News – Page 245
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Immigration
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
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
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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Intended retirement ruling opens door to employment tribunal claims
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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Civil procedure
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...