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Arbitration
Stay of proceedings - Defendant purporting to invoke arbitration clause in consultancy agreement Wilky Property Holdings PLC v London & Surrey Investments Limited: Chancery Division: (Richard Snowden QC): 17 August 2011 ...
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Conflict of laws
Foreign judgment - Enforcement or recognition - Jurisdiction of foreign court Re New Cap Reinsurance Corporation Ltd (in liquidation): Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Mummery, Lloyd, Mr Justice McFarlane): 9 August 2011 ...
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Immigration
Asylum seeker - Removal from United Kingdom to state of which person not national or citizen R (on the application of Elayathamby): Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London) (Mr Justice Sales): 11 August 2011 ...
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Immigration
Leave to enter – Entry clearance – Spouses of British nationals – Claimant foreign nationals married to British nationals R (on the application of Kotecha) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (on the application Das) v ...
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Employment
Contract of service - Breach of contract - Inducing breach of contract BGC Capital Markets (Switzerland) LLC v Rees and others: Queen's Bench Division (Sir Raymond Jack sitting as a judge of the High Court): 27 July 2011 ...
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Hive talking
Staff at City firms Olswang and Mishcon de Reya will have noticed a buzz in the air this week, after their central London offices took delivery of beehives and several thousand bees. The firms are taking part in a pilot scheme testing the impact of ...
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Terminal verbosity
Obiter was amused by a discussion posted on the Gazette’s LinkedIn group by solicitor David Lewis, entitled ‘What annoys me about other lawyers’. Lewis bemoans his peers’ verbosity, writing ‘pursuant to’ or ‘under the provisions of’ instead of ‘under’, and ‘in respect of’ instead of ‘for’. ...
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Court clash
In the heart of legal London, the latest dispute in need of resolution appears to be between near-neighbours the Royal Courts of Justice and ancient lawyer watering hole the Seven Stars pub on Carey Street. Obiter recently spied ...
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High-flying lawyers
This Saturday, a team of 19 daredevil claimant lawyers from north London firms Bolt Burdon Kemp and Bolt Burdon will be jumping out of an aeroplane in a skydive event in aid of charity Headway, which supports those affected by brain injury. To donate visit ...
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Implications for foreseeability in claims for personal injury
The Court of Appeal has ruled that in order to recover damages for personal injury all a claimant for damages for anxiety and distress arising from the negligent conduct of building works needs to prove is that the injury was the foreseeable result of the intrusive works. All that was ...
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Personal injury
Damages - Pain, suffering and loss of amenities - Liability admitted - Assessment of damages Whiten (by his litigation friend, Nowell) v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust: QBD (Mr Justice Swift): 5 August 2011 ...