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(1) Kuenyehia (Nutifafa) (2) Enyonam (Doris) (as Executors and Trustees of the Estate of Emmanuel Kwame Ashiagbor, deceased) (3) Lartisan Services Inc v International Hospitals Group Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 21
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1. Via solicitor 2. Extension of time
Collier v Williams Marshall [2006] All ER (D) 177 (Jan); TLR 3 February
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Bernuth Lines Ltd v High Seas Shipping Ltd [2005] All ER (D) 332 (Dec)
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Time for contribution claim
Aer Lingus plc v Gildacroft Ltd and another [2006] All ER (D) 71 (Jan); CA TLR 23 January
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Register
From 6 April High Court money judgment debts are to be registered in the same way as county court debts when the Register of County Court Judgments will be replaced by the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines.
The new Register will contain..
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Setting aside
Clapp and others v Enron and another CA LSG 12 January
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Duty of care in Children Act proceedings
D v Bury Metropolitan Borough Council; H v Bury Metropolitan Borough Council CA TLR 24 January
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Death after short marriage
Fielden and another; In re Cunliffe [2005] EWCA Civ 1508; LSG 2 February
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Mental incapacity
On 3 January the Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court issued a practice note giving his understanding of the law and practice applying to the implementation of property adjustment orders and orders for sale in ancillary relief proceedings under..
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Ancillary relief: costs
At last! After an 18-month wait the Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2006 come into force on 3 April, having been published in draft in October 2004.
They amend the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 (SI 1991 No 1247) (‘the 1991 Rules’)..
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Specific disclosure
Dayman v Canyon Holdings Ltd ChD LTL 11 January
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Unfair dismissal abroad
Serco Ltd v Larson; Botham v MoD; Crofts v Veta Ltd [2006] All ER (D) 184 (Jan); HL TLR 27 January
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Procedural error
Gover and others v Propertycare Ltd [2005] WL 3464363; EAT LTL 10 January
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Qualified electoral privilege
Culnane v Morris and another [2005] EWHC 2438 (QB); LSG 5 January
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Adoption of defamatory statements
Galloway v Telegraph Group Ltd CA TLR 6 February
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Hotel’s duty of care
Lewis v Six Continents plc CA TLR 20 January
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Reduction for smoking
Badger v Ministry of Defence [2005] EWHC 2941 (QB)
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Deep vein thrombosis
Deep Vein Thrombosis & Air Travel Group Litigation HL SJ 13 January
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Effect of insurer’s rejection of claim
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council v Municipal Mutual Insurance Ltd and another CA TLR 9 February
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In lieu of injunction
Horsford v Lester B Bird and others PC LSG 17 January
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Grieves v FT Everard & Sons and another and other appeals
In re Pleural Plaques Litigation [2006] All ER (D) 187 (Jan)
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Compensation Bill vilified
Clause 1 of the Compensation Bill, which purports to clarify the law of negligence, continues to attract universal condemnation. The All Party Parliamentary Group on the Insurance and Financial Services has called on the Government to drop the..
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Successful claim and counterclaim
Square Mile Partnership Ltd v Fitzmaurice McCall Ltd ChD LTL 18 January
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Rights of audience
The Department of Constitutional Affairs has notified the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen that its application to be granted authorised body status to grant its members formal rights of audience on all costs-related matters has been successful...
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Professional litigant in person
Sisu Fund Ltd and others v Tucker and Spratt and others [2005] EWHC 2321 (Ch)
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Effect of offer to settle
Farag v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis CA SJ 27 January
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Part 20 claims renamed
As it was one of the aims of the CPR to replace legal jargon with plain English, it was difficult to understand why the self-explanatory ‘counterclaim’ was replaced with ‘Part 20 Claim’. From 6 April, after a mere six years..
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Part 36 consultation
Here is the DCA’s Executive Summary of its consultation paper on Offers to Settle and Payments into Court:
Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) has been very effective in encouraging early resolution of disputes. However several issues..
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Protecting journalist’s sources
Mersey Care NHS Trust v Ackroyd QBD TLR 9 February
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Harassment
Howlett v Holding QBD TLR 25 January
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Invasion of privacy
McKennitt v Ash [2005] EWHC 3003 (QB); NLJ 3 February
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