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Reform
Radical reforms to modernise the tribunals system in England and Wales are set out in a Ministry of Justice consultation paper: Transforming Tribunals: Implementing Part 1 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. The proposals..
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Overreaching the mortgagor’s rights
Meretz Investments NV and Anor v ACP Ltd and Ors CA TLR 2 January
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Heritage claim by foreign state
Islamic Republic of Iran v Barakat Galleries Ltd CA TLR 7 January
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Setting aside order for extension
Hoddinott and others v Persimmon Homes (Wessex) Ltd CA TLR 28 December
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Restraining a petition
Moorside Investments Ltd v DAG Construction Ltd (2007) ChD 1 November 2007
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Debt survives bankruptcy
Law Society of England and Wales and others v Shah and others Ch D TLR 20 December
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Homelessness
Waltham Forest LBC v Maloba and other [2007] EWCA Civ 1281; SJ 14 December
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Expert’s evidence
Re M (Children), CA, 22 November 2007
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Split child care hearings
AP v Vale of Glamorgan Council and others [2007] EWCA Civ 1265 30 November; SJ 14 December p 1596
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No duty to parent
L (a child) and other v Reading Borough Council and other (2) CA TLR 27 December
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Enforcing prenuptial agreements
Crossley v Crossley CA TLR 3 January
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Implacable hostility
Re C (a child) (residence) [2007] All ER (D) 187 (October)
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Supervening event
B v B [2007] All ER (D) 404 (Oct)
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Night shift pay not discriminatory
Chief Constable of West Midlands v (1) Susan Elezabeth Blackburn (2) Victoria Jane Manley (2007) EAT 11 December 2007 Lawtel 19 December
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Separating the heads of damage
Choudhary v Martins CA TLR 2 January; LSG 10 January p 24
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Social services’ negligence
Pierce v Doncaster MBC QBD TLR 27 December
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No duty of care to victims
Vicario v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis CA TLR 4 January
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More than one firm of solicitors
Harris and Anor v Moat Housing Group South Ltd [2007] EWHC 3092 (QB) 20 December; NLJ 11 January p 67
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Percentage reduction for conduct
Shore v Sedgwick Financial Services Ltd and another [2007] EWHC 3054 (QB) 20 December
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How to increase profit costs by 12.5%
In an article in the Association of Law Costs Draftsman’s Journal for December, Andrew Hogan considered the decision in Kilby v Gawith of his Honour Judge Stewart QC in the Liverpool County Court on 14 August 2007. A single judge of the Court..
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Third-party funding
According to The Lawyer of 10 December, Herbert Smith is the first firm to instruct directly, a broker, Calunius, to find financial backing for litigating two claims, each in excess of US$50m. Calunius matches hedge funds to firms and clients...
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Inflated claims
Hall & Ors v Stone [2007] EWCA Civ 1354 18 December
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Costs draftsman’s success fee
Crane v Canons Leisure Centre [2007] EWCA Civ 1352 19 December 2007; TLR 10 January
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Interim guideline hourly rates
The current guideline hourly rates for summary assessments expired on 31 December. Pending the result of its thorough research into hourly rates, the Advisory Committee on Civil Costs recommended to the Master of the Rolls a general increase of 4%..
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BCCI reforms
On 1 February, new rules were introduced in the Commercial Court for a trial six-month period in an endeavour to avoid a repetition of the protracted proceedings in the BCCI litigation. The changes were announced in a report ‘Report and..
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Invalid appointment
Sumukan Ltd v Commonwealth Secretariat (2) CA TLR 18 December
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Second action
Aldi Stores Ltd v WSP Group plc and Others CA TLR 4 December; LSG 13 December
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The referral fee genie stays out of the bottle
A recent report prepared for the Law Society found it difficult to identify any firms conducting any great volume of personal injury and road traffic accident work who are not buying it by paying referral fees. On average, the number of personal..
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