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Estoppel

2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

Proprietary estoppel - Constructive trust Crossco No 4 Unlimited and others v Jolan Ltd and others: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Justices Arden, Etherton and McFarlane): 21 December 2011 ...

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Mediation, unreasonable behaviour and costs

2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mediation as an effective dispute resolution method for civil disputes is well established. Therefore it was not surprising that Lord Justice Jackson reinforced the important role of mediation in chapter 36 of his Review of Civil Litigation Costs Final Report: ‘The most important form of ADR… is mediation. The reason ...

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Fraud

2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

Breach of trust - Constructive trust - Claimant employing first defendant Glen Dimplex Home Appliances Ltd v Smith and others: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Judge Hirst QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court): 20 December ...

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Employment

2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

Contract of service - Church - Claimant being minister of Methodist church Preston v President of the Methodist Church: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Maurice Kay (vice-president), Longmore and Sir David Keene): 20 December 2011 ...

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Competition

2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

Merger - Substantial lessening of competition Claimant airline seeking to purchase 30% share in second respondent airline Ryanair Holdings plc v Office of Fair Trading and another: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Lloyd, Elias and Kitchin): 21 December 2011 ...

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Criminal

2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

Terrorism - Detention - Claimant being arrested in Somaliland - Claimant being deported to UK CC v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and another: QBD (Admin) (Mr Justice Collins): 20 December 2011 ...

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Contract

2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

Construction - Contractual term - Indemnity clause - Claimant found guilty of criminal acts in phone-hacking scandal Mulcaire v News Group Newspapers Ltd: ChD (Sir Andrew Morritt): 21 December 2011 ...

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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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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 ...