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Subrogation
Circumstances in which doctrine applicable - Loan used to pay off existing debt to third party Ibrahim and Barclays Bank plc and another: Chancery Division (Mr Justice Vos): 21 July 2011 ...
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Immigration
Deportation - Bail - National Security R (on the application of BB) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission: Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court (Sir Anthony May, Mr Justice Maddison): 2 August 2011 ...
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Arbitration
Appointment - Arbitrators required by arbitration clause in agreement between parties to be members of Ismaili community Jivraj v Hashwani: Supreme Court (Lords Phillips P, Walker, Mance, Clarke, Dyson): 27 July 2011 ...
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Expert witnesses
In parallel with the current debate about whether the law of privacy should be developed by the courts or by parliament, seven justices of the Supreme Court have been divided on a similar issue relating to the creation of an exception to the general rule that grants immunity from suit ...
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Sale of goods
Rejection of goods - Right to reject - Parties using terms and conditions from GAFTA 119 RG Grain Trade LLP (UK) v Feed Factors International Ltd: QBD (Comm) (Mr Justice Hamblen): 20 July 2011 ...
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Telecommunications
Mobile telephone networks - Claimants entering into agreements for use of sites by mobile phone network operators Arqiva Ltd and other companies v Everything Everywhere Ltd and other companies: QBD (TCC) (Mr Justice Ramsey): 26 July 2011 ...
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Partnership
Dissolution - Effect - Partnership property - Partnership Act 1890 Boghani v Nathoo: ChD (Sir Andrew Morritt): 2 August 2011 The parties carried on the business of hotel development as ...
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Arbitration
Award - Enforcement - Arbitration finding repudiatory breach of contract Dowans Holding SA and another company v Tanzania Electric Supply Co Ltd: QBD (Comm) (Mr Justice Burton): 27 July 2011 ...
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UK opens route for exceptionally talented migrants
On 20 July the government announced requirements and application procedures for the recently introduced tier 1 (exceptional talent) route under the points-based system. These are part of recent reforms to reduce net migration into the UK and to tackle abuse, while at the same time encouraging the best and the ...
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Growing problem of child abduction
Almost every other day a child is abducted from England and Wales to a country where they are unprotected by international conventions to ensure their return home. Recently published statistics from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) state that the last 12 months saw a 10% increase from the previous ...
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Conflict of laws
Jurisdiction - Challenge to jurisdiction Merchant International Company Ltd v Natsionalna Aktsionerna Kompaniya 'Naftogaz Ukrayiny': Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice David Steel): 14 July 2011 The Queen's Bench ...
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Landlord and tenant
Recovery of possession - Tenant's insolvency Sharples and another v Places for People Homes Ltd: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Mummery, Etherton, Mr Justice Wilson): 15 July 2011 ...
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Immigration
Leave to remain - Appeal Rahman v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Court of Appeal, Civil Division: 15 July 2011 The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held that ...