News – Page 300
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Immigration
Human rights – Contractual rights – Closed material – Visas Murungaru v Secretary of State for the Home Department & ors: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Sedley, Jacob, Mr Justice Lewison): 12 September 2008. ...
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Employment
Banking and finance – Civil procedure – Contracts – Springboard relief (1) UBS Wealth Management (UK) Ltd (2) UBS AG London branch v Vestra Wealth LLP & 5 ors: QBD (Mr Justice Openshaw): 4 August 2008. ...
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Intellectual property
Shopping centres – Trade marks – Service provision – Registration In the matter of trade mark application no. 2417145B sub nom Land Securities Plc: in the matter of trade mark application no. 24200205B sub nom Capital Shopping Centres ...
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For richer, for poorer...
Adding back – but when and how? Christopher Tromans reviews the court’s powers when family assets have been dissipated. If a party to a marriage squanders part of the family assets before the final hearing of an ancillary relief application, what can the court do to ...
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IP/IT: English courts and patent injustice
The English courts have a reputation for being hostile to patents. There exists a perception that if the validity of a patent is challenged – for example, on the classic grounds that the patented invention is not novel, or that it is obvious, or that the patent does not sufficiently ...
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Family law
Agreements – Ancillary relief – Reliance – Trust funds – Time limits – Notice to show cause S v S (2008): Fam Div (Mrs Justice Eleanor King): 20 August 2008. ...
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Criminal procedure
Administration of justice offences – Concept of court – Failure to attend – Service by the court – Witness summaries R v Harish Popat: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Justice Hughes, Mrs Justice Dobbs, Judge Pert QC): 28 July 2008. ...
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Criminal law
Benefit from criminal conduct – Confiscation orders – Fraudulent evasion of duty R v Steven Waller: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Justice Gage, Mr Justice Silber, Judge Radford): 18 July 2008.
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Human rights
Bail – Detention without charge – Right to liberty and security – Terrorism R (on the application of I) (claimant) v (1) City Of Westminster Magistrates’ Court (2) Chief Constable of Manchester Police (defendants) and Crown Prosecution Service ...
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Banking and finance
Hospitality and leisure – Credit – Debts – Dishonour of cheques – Gambling Aspinall’s Club Ltd v Fouad Al-Zayat: QBD (Comm) (Mr Justice Teare): 3 September 2008. The claimant ...
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Are you being served?
Robert Hill looks at the new regime for service of documents as outlined in the changes to the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I 2008 no 2178) come into force on 1 October. The most important change is to repeal ...
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Freedom of information
Requests to public authorities under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoI) are becoming more challenging. Some authorities are even receiving requests about how they handle such requests.
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Family law
Civil procedure – Practice directions – Trial bundles – Sanctions for non-compliance – Identification of defaulters in open court Re X & Y (bundles): Fam Div (Mr Justice Munby): 22 August 2008
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Employment
Tax – Contracts of employment – Information technology – Provision of services through intermediary – IR35 Dragonfly Consultancy Ltd v Revenue & Customs Commissioners: Ch D (Mr Justice Henderson): 3 September 2008 ...
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Sentencing
Attempts – Kidnapping – Sentence length – Violent nature of offence R v Jason Matthew Eminson: CA (Crim Div) (Mr Justice Mitting, Mr Justice Tugendhat): 29 August 2008 The ...
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Legal profession
Negligence – Bankruptcy – Breach of contract – Causation – Conveyancing – Legal advice Sara Dayman (as trustee of the estate of Sandra Estelle Fielding, a former bankrupt) v Lawrence Graham (a firm): ChD (Judge Hodge QC): 28 August ...
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Criminal law
Environment – Unincorporated associations – Clubs – Criminal liability – Pollution R v (1) RL (2) JF: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Justice Hughes, Mr Justice David Clarke, Mr Justice Blair): 28 August 2008 ...