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Hunte v E Bottomley and Sons Ltd CA TLR 21 November
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The ‘cab-rank’ rule
R v Ucay and another [2007] All ER (D) 296 (Oct)
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Keeping up appearances
‘George Bernard Shaw famously opined that all professions are conspiracies against the laity. Though one would hardly expect the Law Societies’ Gazette to subscribe to this view, research commissioned by the Solicitors Regulation..
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Variation
Lawntown Ltd v Camenzuli and another CA TLR 14 November
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Legal Services Act
The Legal Services Act received the Royal Assent on 30 October and the new measures are:
Office for Legal Complaints – a single and fully independent body to remove complaints handling from both branches of the profession.
Alternative..
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Undertakings in possession proceedings
Hastoe Housing Association v Ellis CA SJ 23 November
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Contravention is for the trial judge
Hawkes v Cuddy and others CA TLR 13 November
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In-court conciliation
The key findings of a report, ‘The Longer Term Outcomes of In Court Conciliation’, on helping parents agree over child contact and residence by the University of East Anglia are:
Two years following conciliation the great majority..
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Child abduction
In re M and another (Minors) HL TLR 6 December
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Disclosure of birth
Re C (a child) v XYZ CC & ANR CA Telegraph 23 November
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Wife v trustee in bankruptcy
Haines v Hill and Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 1284 5 December
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Self- incrimination
Kensington International Ltd v Republic of Congo and Others EAT TLR 30 November
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Improved rights on transfer
Power v Regent Security Services [2007] EWCA Civ 1188
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Judicial oath binding
McClintock v Department of Constitutional Affairs EAT TLR 5 December
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Age discrimination cases on hold
The president of the Tribunals Service, Judge Meeran, has announced that all cases relating to dismissal on grounds of retirement arising under Regulation 30 of the Employment (Equality) Age Regulations 2006 are being stayed until the European..
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Servant of God?
New Testament Church of God v Stewart CA TLR 20 November
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Equal pay comparators
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council v Bainbridge and Others CA TLR 28 November
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Contributory negligence
Hughes v Guise Motors Ltd QBD (Manchester) Telegraph 1 November
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Civil harassment
Conn v Sunderland City Council CA TLR 23 November
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Temporary trespass
Sinclair v Gavaghan [2007] EWHC 2256 (Ch)
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The trouble with fixed costs
In 2004, a German lawyer, Dr Juergen Graefe, acted for an elderly pensioner from St Augustin, near Bonn, who was sent a tax demand for €287 million, even though the woman’s income was only €17,000. Dr Graefe fixed the problem with..
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Indemnity basis
Ian Franses v Somar Al Asad [2007] EWHC 2442 (Ch) 26 October
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MoJ costs committee
The Ministry of Justice has established a costs committee to advice it on solicitors hourly rates in personal injury matters. The committee will be cared by Professor Stephen Nickell and include Frazer Whitehead of Russell Jones & Walker, Steve..
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Pre-judicial review permission
R (Davey) v Aylesbury Vale District Council CA TLR 21 November
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Hourly rates
According to The Lawyer of 19 November, average partner hourly rates at magic circle firms have risen by 67% from £375 to £625 during the past four years, with the costs for specialist tax or regulatory advice coming in at around..
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Success fee cap to go?
The Office of Fair Trading has recommended that courts hearing competition cases should have discretionary powers to cap costs and to allow solicitors to charge more than a 100% uplift on success fees. It is concerned that many potential..
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Damages but no injunction
Tamares (Vincent Square) Ltd v Fairpoint Properties (Vincent Square) Ltd (2007) CA Civ (15 Nov)
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Costs as damages
National Westminster Bank Plc v Rabobank Nederland [2007] EWHC 1742 (Comm) QBD 30 October
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Exceeding an estimate
Mastercigars Direct Ltd v Withers LLP [2007] EWHC 2733 (Ch) 23 November
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When is director’s disqualifaction claim brought?
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Vohora and another ChD TLR 10 December
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2:2 is not good enough
Introducing a 350-page report on how to widen access to the Bar, Lord Neuberger said too many people were aspiring to the Bar, or ‘too many of the wrong people, because they are not all of the high quality they should be’. The report..
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Bewigged, bovvered and bewildered
As the rest of the world faces the brave new year, English lawyers remain preoccupied with the problem of whether or not to put horsehair on their heads in court to signify their authority and importance.
The custom of wearing wigs began when Louis..
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