News – Page 258

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    Property

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Land - Possession - Freehold proprietor Balevents Ltd v Sartori: Chancery Division, Birmingham District Registry (Mr Justice Kitchin): 29 September 2011 The Chancery Division held that the defendant had been ...

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    Hargreaves’ IP framework

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    On 3 August, the government published its response to the independent review of the intellectual property framework carried out by the journalist, academic and public servant, Professor Ian Hargreaves. The review set out to determine whether copyright laws obstruct innovation and economic growth, preventing companies such as Google (that relies ...

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    Sentencing

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    Imprisonment - Length of sentence R v H: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Maddison, Mr Justice Burnett): 27 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, ...

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    Sentencing

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    Custodial sentence - Dangerous offenders - Robbery R v McKenzie: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Richards, Mr Justice Calvert-Smith, Mr Justice Underhill): 29 September 2011 The Court of ...

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    Immigration

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Leave to remain - Appeal - Claimants coming to United Kingdom in 2000 R (on the application of Mine) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (Mr Justice Simon): 9 September ...

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    Removing an arbitrator on grounds of bias

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    One of the fundamental principles upon which arbitration rests is the entitlement of each party to have a fair hearing by an impartial arbitral tribunal. Indeed, this is a principle upheld by article 6 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights. And this is also ...

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    Immigration

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Leave to enter - Indefinite leave Bah v United Kingdom: European Court of Human Rights (Garlicki, President, Bratza, Mijovic, Hirvela, Nicolaou, Bianku and De Gaetano): 27 September 2011 The European ...

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    Immigration

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Leave to enter - Indefinite leave Bah v United Kingdom: European Court of Human Rights (Garlicki, President, Bratza, Mijovic, Hirvela, Nicolaou, Bianku and De Gaetano): 27 September 2011 The European ...

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    Employment

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Unfair dismissal - Reasonableness Of dismissal Perry v Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: Employment Appeal Tribunal (Mr Justice Wilkie, Mr Justice Harris, Mr D Smith): 22 September 2011 The Employment ...

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    Employment

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Contract of service - Written particulars of contract Castledine v Bentley Jennison (a firm) and another: Chancery Division, Birmingham District Registry (Judge David Cooke sitting as a judge of the High Court): 15 September 2011 ...

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    Employment

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Pay - Statutory minimum - Employee working as temporary pub manager Wray v JW Lees & Co (Brewers) Ltd: Employment Appeal Tribunal (Mr Justice Underhill, Mrs R Chapman, Dr K Mohanty): 14 July 2011 ...

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    Insurance

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Warranty - Breach - Claimant's tug insured by defendant and two others P.T. Buana Samudra Pratama v Marine Mutual Insurance Association (NZ) Ltd: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Teare): 29 September 2011 ...

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    Mental Health

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Persons who lack capacity - Best interest - European Convention on Human Rights Re M: CoP (Mr Justice Baker): 28 September 2011 The applicant, W, was the mother of M, ...

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    Family crisis

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    The government’s Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill will reach committee stage on the 11th October 2011. Following the consultation on legal aid earlier this year the government received over 5,000 responses in relation to plans to remove legal aid from large areas of the law.

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    Fees

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Solicitor - Retainer - Dispute over fees Hodge Jones & Allen v McLaughlin: Queen's Bench Division (Michael Harvey QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court): 23 September 2011 ...

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    Criminal

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Trial - Verdicts - Robbery - Logical inconsistency R v Mohammed: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Eady, Mr Justice Macduff): 23 September 2011 The Court ...

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    Criminal

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Trial - Verdicts - Robbery - Logical inconsistency R v Mohammed: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division: 23 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, quashed convictions for robbery where ...

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    Criminal

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Trial - Verdicts - Robbery - Logical inconsistency R v Mohammed: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division: 23 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, quashed convictions for robbery where ...

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    Criminal

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Character of accused - Bad character R v Williams: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Richards, Mr Justice Keith, Mr Justice Nicol (judgment delivered extempore)): 23 September 2011 The ...

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    Immigration

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Leave to remain - Appeal - Right to respect for private and family life AJ v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Pill, Etherton, Sir Mark Potter): 21 September 2011 ...