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Tort

2011-07-28T00:00:00Z

Harassment - Causation Jones and another v Ruth and another: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Aikens and Patten, and Lady Justice Arden): 12 July 2011 The Court of ...

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Derivatives

2011-07-28T00:00:00Z

Bank - Bank loan - derivative transaction Standard Chartered Bank v Ceylon Petroleum Corporation: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Hamblen): 11 July 2011 The Queen's Bench Division, Commercial ...

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Company

2011-07-28T00:00:00Z

Administration order - Powers Re TXU Group plc: Chancery Division (Mr Justice Newey): 12 July 2011 The Chancery Division of the High Court found that a proposed payment by the ...

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Conflict of law

2011-07-28T00:00:00Z

Challenge to jurisdiction - Claimant judgment creditor bringing proceedings in Greece - Defendant judgment debtors seek to stay UK proceedings Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL and other companies: Queen’s Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Burton): 13 ...

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Criminal

2011-07-28T00:00:00Z

Possessing false identity document - Whether offence of strict liability - Judge ruling defence of ­reasonable excuse not ­available to defendant R v Unah: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Wyn Williams and Sir David ...

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National security

2011-07-28T00:00:00Z

Closed material - Claimants subject of ­detention by foreign states - Claimants bringing action for damages Al Rawi and others v Security Service and others: Supreme Court (Lady Hale, Lords Phillips P, Hope DP, Rodger, Brown, Mance, Kerr, Clarke ...

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Trademark

2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

Infringement - Sale of reconditioned goods Schutz (UK) Ltd and another v Delta Containers Ltd and another: Chancery Division (Mr Justice Briggs): 5 July 2011 The Chancery Division held that ...

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Practice

2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

Pre-trial or post judgment relief - Injunction - Loans remaining unpaid Russian Commercial Bank (Cyprus) Ltd v Khoroshilov and others: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Blair): 5 July 2011 ...

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Contract

2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

Construction - Contractual team Pioneer Freight Futures Company Ltd v Cosco Bulk Carrier Company Ltd: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Flaux): 5 July 2011 The Commercial Court, Queen's ...

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Patent

2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

Infringement - Validity of patent - Revocation of patent Medimmune Ltd v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd and another: Chancery Division, Patents Court (Mr Justice Arnold): 5 July 2011 The Chancery ...

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Naturalisation

2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

British nationality - Acquisition R (on the application of Chockalingam Thamby) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London) (Mr Justice Sales): 8 July 2011 ...

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Criminal

2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

Trial - Trafficking R v K: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Toulson, Wyn Williams, Mr Justice Lindblom): 8 July 2011 The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, was allowing ...

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Human rights

2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

Jurisdiction - Extra-territorial jurisdiction Al-Skeini and others v United Kingdom: European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber): 7 July 2011 The European Court of Human Rights held that the applicants’ ...

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Planning

2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

Claimant being refused permission for development - Claimant’s appeal - Authority refusing to discharge undertaking R (on the application of Millgate Developments Ltd) v Wokingham Borough Council: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Justices Pill, Rimer and Munby (judgment ...

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Sharon Shoesmith case: accountability and fairness

2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

Power politics can be brutal to those perceived as prejudicial. A former Archbishop of Canterbury found this out to his cost. For in December 1170, Thomas Becket was murdered at Canterbury Cathedral in apparent compliance with the wishes of King Henry II, with whom he had had a series of ...

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Damages

2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

Further evidence - Breach of competition rules - European Commission issuing redacted judgment National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc v Abb Ltd and others: Chancery Division (Mr Justice Roth): 4 July 2011 ...

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Trademark

2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

Infringement - Claimant proprietor of ‘money saving expert’ - Whether claimant’s trade marks valid Lewis v Client Connection Ltd: Chancery Division (Mr Justice Norris): 6 July 2011 The claimant was ...

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Local authority

2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

NHS - Nursing care - Authority seeking to amend care package R (on the application of McDonald) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Supreme Court (Lords Walker, Brown, Kerr, Lady Hale, Lord Dyson SJJ): 6 July 2011 ...

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Practice - parties

2011-07-14T00:00:00Z

Joinder of parties - Joinder of defendant - Claimant bringing proceedings for wrongful dismissal Shetty v Al Rushaid Petroleum Investment Company and others [2011] All ER [D] 195 [Jun], Christopher Pymont QC [2011] EWHC 1460 (ch) ...

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Landlord and tenant

2011-07-14T00:00:00Z

Service charge - Flat - Restriction on recovery of service charge Brent London Borough Council v Shulem B Association Ltd [2011] All ER (D) 238 (Jun), (Morgan J) [2011] EWHC 1663 (Ch) ...