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Pension reforms

2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

From October 2012 all employers will be obligated to provide employees with a workplace pension - part of the government’s drive to ensure more people are prepared financially for their retirement. Much has been written about the pension reforms from an employment/business perspective, but far less has been said about ...

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Insurance

2012-01-12T00:00:00Z

Contract of insurance - Warranty - Claimant vessel owner obtaining insurance for vessel's voyage with first defendant Argo Systems FZE v Liberty Insurance (PTE) and another: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Justices Laws, Aikens and Tomlinson): 15 December ...

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Contract

2012-01-12T00:00:00Z

Holiday - Package holiday - Claimant booking last minute holiday through defendant company Titshall v Qwerty Travel Ltd: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Justices Longmore, Tomlinson, Lady Justice Black): 15 December 2011 ...

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Employment

2012-01-12T00:00:00Z

Unfair dismissal - Constructive dismissal - Damages - Two appeals being heard together Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Botham v Ministry of Defence (Lords Phillips P, Walker, Mance, Kerr, Dyson and Wilson, Lady Hale): Supreme Court: ...

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Environment

2012-01-12T00:00:00Z

Protection - Pollution - Air pollution - European directive requiring reduction in emissions R (on the application of Clientearth) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: QBD (Admin) (Mr Justice Mitting (judgment delivered ­extempore)): 13 December ...

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Criminal

2012-01-12T00:00:00Z

Appeal - Murder - Transferred malice - Defendants shooting at each other R v Gnango: SC (Justices of the Supreme Court, Lords Phillips (president), Brown, Judge, Kerr, Clarke, Dyson and Wilson): 14 December 2011 ...

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Habeas corpus

2012-01-12T00:00:00Z

Jurisdiction - Prisoner of war - Claimant Pakistani national being captured by British forces in Iraq Rahmatullah v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and another: CA (Civ Div) (Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger, Lord Justices ...

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Matter of opinion

2012-01-12T00:00:00Z

The City of London Law Society has issued a useful Guide to assist practitioners in providing English law opinion letters in financial transactions. The aim of the Guide (available at the website) is to save time and costs spent in discussing which law firm should provide an opinion letter, what ...

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Sentence

2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

Drugs offences - Offender charged with possessing Class A drug with intent to supply Attorney General's Reference (No 17 of 2011); R v Mandale: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Pitchford, Mr Justice Treacy and the Recorder of ...

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Planning

2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

Planning permission - Development - Claimant local authority submitting core strategy and development plan documents for examination R (on the application of Stevenage Borough Council) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another: Queen's Bench Division, ...

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Contract

2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sale of land - Contract - Construction - Contractual term Aberdeen City Council v Stewart Milne Group Ltd: Supreme Court (Lords Hope, Mance, Kerr and Clarke, Lady Hale): 7 December 2011 ...

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Landlord and tenant

2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

Recovery of possession - Order for possession Francis v Southwark London Borough Council: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Justices Carnwath, Lloyd and Toulson): 1 December 2011 The Court of ...

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Shipping

2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

Charterparty - Construction Hyundai Merchant Marine Company Ltd v Trafigura Beheer B.V.: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Flaux): 29 November 2011 The Commercial Court decided a preliminary issue ...

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Employment

2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

Practice - Appeals Korashi v Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board: Employment Appeal Tribunal (Judge McMullen QC, Mr B Beynon and Mr T Stanworth): 12 September 2011 The Employment ...

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Employment

2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

Constructive dismissal - Unfair dismissal McBride v Falkirk Football and Athletic Club: Employment Appeal Tribunal (Lady Smith, Mr P Pagliari, and Mr M Smith): 17 June 2011 The Employment Appeal ...

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Copyright

2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

Infringement - Artistic work Hodgson and another v Isaac and another: Patents County Court (Judge Birss QC): 5 December 2011 The Patents County Court allowed the claimants' application for copyright ...

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Solicitor

2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lien - Money in client account - Money placed in solicitors’ client account in relation to main litigation Withers LLP v Langbar International Ltd: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Lloyd, Kitchin and Sir Robin Jacob): 5 December 2011 ...

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Criminal

2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

Appeal - Drug offences - Disclosure - Defendants charged with importing drugs Prosecution Appeal; R v O and ­others: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Justice Stanley Burnton, Mr Justice Stadlen and Judge Morris QC (sitting as a judge of the ...

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Civil procedure

2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

Parties - Joinder of parties - First claimant company owned by second claimant company and first defendant company R.G.I. International Ltd and another company v Synergy Classic Ltd and others: QBD (Comm) (Mr Justice Teare): 2 December 2011 ...

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Defamation

2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

Pre-trial or post-judgment relief - Injunction - Defendant publishing ‘Solicitors from Hell’ website Law Society and others v Kordowski: QBD (Mr Justice Tugendhat): 7 December 2011 The first claimant was ...