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The legal context of FIFA corruption claims
Is FIFA a law unto itself? Jeremy Summers considers the legal context of Lord Triesman’s allegations that FIFA executive members sought bribes in return for backing England’s 2018 World Cup bid Although football will ...
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Law firms and disreputable private investigators
The legal profession is probably the most prolific source of work for private investigators, or enquiry agents, as they are more commonly known in the profession. But have you ever stopped to ask to ask yourself 'Who really is the enquiry agent that I ...
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Civil procedure
Administration of justice - Delay - Judgments and orders Grahame Henry Bond v (1) Dunster Properties Ltd (2) Dunster Holdings Ltd (3) Grahame Miles James Bond: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Lady Justice Arden, Lord Justice Longmore): ...
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Personal injury
Asbestos - Duty of care - Proximity David Brian Chandler v Cape Plc: QBD (Mr Justice Wyn Williams): 14 April 2011 The court was required to determine whether a duty ...
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Insolvency
Jurisdiction - Liquidation - Remuneration On the matter of Eurodis Electron Plc (in administration): in the matter of Eurodis Electronics Plc (in administration): in the matter of Eurodis Electronics UK Ltd (in administration): in the matter of Eurodis Electron ...
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Case management
The decision in R (Firth) v Epping Magistrates’ Court [2011] EWHC 388 (Admin) will, in a number of cases, make it difficult for solicitors to assist the court in case management following a ‘not guilty’ plea. Ms Firth was arrested for common assault and entered ...
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Parent residence orders and relocation
One of the most difficult decisions a family judge can be called on to make is whether to grant permission to a parent with a residence order to relocate outside the jurisdiction of England and Wales. Cheap air travel, emails, mobile phones, Facebook and Skype ...
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Implications of new product placement regime for lawyers
On 28 February 2011, viewers of the This Morning breakfast show witnessed the first paid-for product placement on UK TV – the Dolce Gusto coffee machine. This cost Nescafé a reported £100,000, but what return on investment (ROI) did it generate, how was the price ...
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Financial regulation
Financial Services Authority - Payment protection insurance - Financial Ombudsman R (on the application of British Bankers Association) (Claimant) v (1) Financial Services Authority (2) Financial Ombudsman Service (Defendants) and Nemo Personal Finance Ltd (Interested Party): QBD (Admin) (Mr ...
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Intellectual Property
Media and entertainment - Information technology - European Union R (on the application of (1) British Telecommunications Plc (2) Talktalk Telecom Group Plc) (Claimants) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Defendant) and BPI (British Recorded Music ...
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Presumption of death; intestacy and polygamous marriages
There have been some rather unusual recent cases that invite comment. In Bayes-Walker and another v Bayes-Walker and others [2010] EWHC 3142 (Ch) the High Court made a declaration that a missing RAF sergeant was to be presumed dead for the purposes of rights to a ...
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Essential Family Procedure Rules 2010
The law is unchanged. Therefore so is the terminology taken from the primary legislation, whatever relabelling the procedural changes purport to make. For example, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 section 1 speaks of ‘petitions for divorce’. In the Family Procedure Rules ...
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Immigration
Penology and criminology - Absconding - Category D prisoners - Classification R (on the application of Gregory Omoregbee) (Claimant) v (1) Secretary of State for Justice (2) Governor of Hewell Prison (Defendants) and UK Border Agency (Interested Party): CA ...
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Human rights
Freezing orders - Lists - Right to a fair trial - Terrorists Secretary of State for the Foreign Office and Commonwealth Affairs v (1) E Maftah (2) A Khaled: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Judge LCJ, Lord Justice Sedley, Lady ...
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Administrative law
Licensing - Local government - Irrationality - Legitimate expectation Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences (Appellant) v Albert Court Residents Association and Ors (Respondents) and Westminster City Council (Additional Party): Westminster City Council (Appellant) v Albert Court ...
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Team GB: world police?
It is said that it is far better to give than to receive. That may be so, but under the Bribery Act 2010 both may be an offence, so ‘receiving’ may now have the edge. After a false start or two, the act will finally come ...
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Personal injury
Health and safety at work - Codes of practice - Employers’ liability - Noise Stephanie Baker (Respondent) v (1) Quantum Clothing Group (2) Pretty Polly Ltd (3) Meridian Ltd (Appellants): SC (Justices of the Supreme Court: Lords Mance, Kerr, ...