News – Page 245

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    Pensions

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Company pension scheme - Employer in administration BEST Trustees plc (as Trustee of the Singer & Friedlander Ltd Pension & Assurance Scheme) v Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd (in administration): Chancery Division (Mr Justice Sales): 16 March 2012 ...

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    Education

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Local education authority - Statutory duty to provide special education Shurvinton and others v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Neuberger MR, Lord Justices Richards and Davis): 21 March 2012 ...

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    FoI

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Exempt information - Disclosure prohibited by or under enactment Kennedy v Charity Commission: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Justices Ward, Etherton and Sir Robin Jacob): 20 March 2012 The ...

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    Immigration

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Asylum - Refugee - Temporary admission R (on the application of ST (Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Supreme Court (Lords Hope DP, Brown, Mance, Kerr, Clarke and Dyson, Lady Hale) : 21 March 2012 ...

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    Criminal law

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Appeal - Engaging in misleading commercial practice R v Scottish and Southern Energy plc: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Davis, Mr Justice Nicol and Judge Kramer QC): 16 March 2012 ...

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    Intellectual property

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Transfer of action - Action assigned to Patents County Court - Defendant applying for transfer of trade mark proceedings to High Court Comic Enterprises Ltd v Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation: PCC (Judge Birss QC): 22 March 2012 ...

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    Nuisance

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Smell - Damages - Test case in group action brought by householders seeking damages for odour nuisance from defendant Barr and others v Biffa Waste Services Ltd: CA (Civ Div) (Lady Justice Arden, Lord Justices Carnwath, Patten): ...

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    Company

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Takeover - Reverse takeover - Claimant and defendant companies entering into heads of terms in relation to reverse takeover of claimant by defendant ParOS Plc v Worldlink Group Plc: QBD (Comm) (Jonathan Hurst QC sitting as a deputy ...

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    Intended retirement ruling opens door to employment tribunal claims

    2012-04-04T00:00:00Z

    The Court of Appeal handed down judgment this week in the case of R&R Plant Hire (Peterborough) Ltd v Bailey, ruling in favour of the employee. The decision is not only a win for Mr Bailey; it is also a boon for an inestimable number of employees who will suddenly ...

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    Tax

    2012-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Dividends - Deduction of tax - Taxpayer company self-assessing corporation tax for relevant accounting period First Nationwide v Revenue and Customs Commissioners: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Rix, Moses and Mr Justice Briggs): 13 March 2012 ...

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    Criminal

    2012-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Appeal - Perverting the course of justice R v A: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Judge, Mr Justice Silber and Mr Justice Maddison): 13 March 2012 The Court of ...

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    Criminal

    2012-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Appeal - Fraud - Defendant solicitor acting for both purchasers of properties and mortgagor building society R v Cornelius: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Sir Anthony May P, Lords Justice Hughes and Lewison, Mr Justice Dobbs and Underhill): 14 ...

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    Criminal

    2012-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence R v Wilson: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Judge, Mr Justice Silber and Maddison): 14 February 2012 The Court of Appeal, Criminal ...

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    Civil procedure

    2012-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Practice - Striking out - Claimant bringing claim for damages and permanent non-disclosure injunction Giggs (previously known as CTB) v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another: Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice Tugendhat): 2 March 2012 ...

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    Immigration

    2012-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Appeal - Evidence - Use of linguistic analysis reports RB (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Rix, Moses and Mr Justice Briggs): 13 March 2012 ...

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    Immigration

    2012-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Asylum seeker - Child - Best interests of child HK (Afghanistan) and others (by their litigation friend) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Pill, Rimer and Elias): 16 March 2012 ...

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    Child abduction

    2012-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Removal outside jurisdiction - Return order - British mother returning from Australia to UK with child Re S (a child) (international abduction: subjective fear of risk): SC (Justices of the Supreme Court Lords Phillips (president), Mance, Kerr, Wilson, Lady ...

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    Criminal law

    2012-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Human rights - Suicide - Liability for complicity in another’s suicide - Claimant being paralysed Nicklinson v Ministry of Justice: QBD (Mr Justice Charles): 12 March 2012 The claimant was ...

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    Recovering costs where both parties have succeeded in some of their arguments

    2012-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Even though a party may succeed in obtaining a judgment in its favour, the unsuccessful party may have succeeded in defeating some of the successful party’s arguments. The questions which arise in such a scenario are: which party should be awarded its costs? If the successful party is awarded its ...

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    Investment clubs

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Recently I was asked about the law relating to investment clubs. The investment club had been going for many years, with meetings arranged on a monthly basis, and had about 50 members each contributing a reasonably modest amount per month. A problem arose when their broker, who supplied investment advice ...