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Who was the winner?
Pindell Ltd and another v Airasia Berhad [2010] EWHC 3238 (Comm) 9 December
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Lack of respect
Mr Justice Coleridge, speaking to the Association of Lawyers for Children’s 21st Annual Conference, suggested that in the interests of children it was time for the family court to take a more authoritative role court and reassert its..
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Right to light
HKR UK II (CHC) Ltd v Heaney [2010] EWHC 2245 (Ch); Solicitors Journal 7 December, p11
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The defence of honest comment
Joseph and others v Spiller and another [2010] UKSC 53, [2010] All ER (D) 16 (Dec); NLJ 10 December p1716
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Damages Act discount rate
Love v Dewsbury QBD (Judge O’Brien) 19 November; SJ 30 November p5
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By fax
Writing in the Law Society Gazette of 28 October District Judge Stephen Gerlis said practically every reported case concerning service shared the same characteristic-reckless practice of last-minute service. In Thorne v Lass Salt Garvin (a firm)..
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Extent of CPR Order 36 offers
HMRC v Blue Sphere Global [2010] EWCA Civ 1448
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Success fee was ‘grotesque’
James Pankhurst v (1) Lee White (2) Motor Insurers Bureau [2010] EWCA Civ 1445 15 December
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On a partnership under the CPR
Brooks v AH Brooks & Co (a firm) and another [2010] EWHC 2720 (Ch); [2010] All ER (B) 85 (Nov); NLJ 19 November p1615
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CPR Part 36
Dominic Regan was scathing in the New Law Journal of 19 November about the government’s proposals in respect of CPR Part 36. Firstly it is consulting on whether to reverse Carver v BAA which the Court of Appeal has already effectively..
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Ogden Tables challenged
In an article in the New Law Journal of 3 December 2010 Brent McDonald considered the future of the Ogden Tables in the light of judicial reaction to the sixth edition. A significant change by the sixth edition was the lower residual earning..
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Breach of trust
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc v Markandan & Uddin (a firm) [2010] EWHC 2517 (Ch) 14 October; LSG 4 November, p19
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Non-disclosure of assets
Kingdon v Kingdon [2010] EWCA Civ 1251;TLR 18 November
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Ministry of Justice
The House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee has challenged the Ministry of Justice over its failings identified in a National Audit Office report published in July. The report found the MoJ lacked understanding of the cost of its policy..
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One-way fee shifting
‘One-way fee shifting will allow just about every crook – claimants or solicitors – to have a go on the basis there is no risk … Take for example someone suing the police alleging mistreatment and making a Part 36 offer to..
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Closures
Following consultation the Minister of Justice, Jonathan Djanogly, has announced that the following 49 county courts will close and that five on the original list are to be retained:
North West
Northwich County Court, Southport County Court, Penrith..
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Costs order was premature
Chadwick v Hollingsworth (No.2) [2010] EWHC 2718 (QB) 2 November
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Maintenance and champerty
Maurice and Sibthorpe v London Borough of Suffolk [2010] EWHC B1 (QB)
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Special circumstances
Falmouth House Freehold Co Ltd and another v Morgan Walker LLP [2010] EWHC 3092 (Ch) 23 November
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Which route?
Donald Chadwick v Robin Hollingsworth [2010] EWCA Civ 1210 2 November
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Sears Tooth Agreements
Sandler v Sandler and Lloyd Platt & Co [2010] EWHC 1415; Family Law Journal December 2010/January 2011 p15
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Privacy versus free speech
Adakini Ntuli v Howard Donald [2010] EWCA Civ 1276; LSG 2 December p14
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ProcureCos
ProcureCos are commercial vehicles that can be grafted on to barrister’s chambers enabling them to contract for work directly with public bodies and corporations. The introduction of a system of one case, one fee in legal aid work will enable..
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Amendment
SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd [2010] EWHC 3012 (Ch) 22 November
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Jackson PI winners and losers
Litigation Funding for December reported on the revealing of some of Professor Paul Fenn’s calculations about the personal injury winners and losers if Lord Justice Jackson’s proposals for the end of recoverability combined with a 10%..
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Judicial role play
The Judicial Appointments Commission has published an analysis of the appointment of solicitors to judicial roles over the period 1999-2009. Solicitors cannot be appointed to the judiciary unless they apply-the practice of being tapped on the..
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Jackson good for claimant costs lawyers?
Writing in the December issue of Costs Lawyer, the journal of the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen of which he is president, Mathew Harman argued that the proposals may actually prove to be positive for claimant costs lawyers. Apart from the..
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Enforcement by committal
Broomleigh Housing Association Ltd v Okonkwo [2010] EWCA Civ 1113, TLR 18 November
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