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Withdrawing admission

White v Greensand Homes Ltd and another CA TLR 19 July

Online Published Date: 01 October 2007

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Out of the jurisdiction

Tasarruf Mevduati Sigorta Fonu v Demirel and others CA TLR 24 August

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Corporate personality

Beckett Investment Management Group Ltd and others v Hall and others CA TLR 11 July

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Information gathered by the European Patent Office discloses that to litigate a small- to medium-sized patent case in England costs between three and 10 times as much as the same case in Germany or the Netherlands. The Gowers Review published in..

Online Published Date: 01 October 2007

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Permission to issue proceedings

Seal v Chief Constable of South Wales Police HL TLR 5 July

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Technology and Construction Court

According to The Lawyer, the judicial mediation scheme launched by the Technology and Construction Court two years ago looks doomed to failure. The report says that when the scheme was launched, it was greeted with derision from solicitors,..

Online Published Date: 01 October 2007

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Claim by liquidator

In re Eurocruit Europe Ltd (in liquidation) ChD TLR 16 July

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Addition or substitution of party

Adelson and others v Associated Newspapers Ltd CA TLR 18 July

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Effect of rent review clause

Contour Homes Ltd v Rowen CA TLR 13 July

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No priority for damages

In re Leeds United Association Football Club Ltd ChD TLR 4 September

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Solicitors’ duty to advice

David Truex (a firm) v Kitchin CA TLR 29 August

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Amendments

With effect from 1 October, the Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) (No 2) Order 2007 (SI 2007 No 2176) amends the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2004 (SI 2004 No 3121). The fees for starting proceedings in the High Court and county courts have been..

Online Published Date: 01 October 2007

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Wife v Trustee in Bankruptcy

Turner and another v Avis CA TLR 22 August

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Recalcitrant mother (2)

In re A (a child) CA SJ 22 June

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Recalcitrant mother (1)

In re C (a child) CA SJ 13 July

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Divorce rate plunges

Figures published by the Office of National Statistics reveal that the divorce rate in 2006 was its lowest for 22 years, being 7% lower than the previous year. There were 132,562 divorces in 2006, amounting to 12.2 of every 1,000 married couples...

Online Published Date: 01 October 2007

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New fees

The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) (No 2) Order 2007 (SI 2007 No 2175) amends the Family Proceedings Fees Order 2004 (SI 2004 No 3114) from 1 October as follows: Searches. The fee to search the central index at the Principal Registry (fee..

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Unacceptable delay in abduction case

In re M (child abduction: delay) CA TLR 28 August

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Increasing nominal order

North v North CA TLR 17 August

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Appeal judges always available

In re F (children) (declaration of paternity) CA TLR 6 August

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Permission to appeal

In re W (children) (permission to appeal) CA TLR 2 August

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Appeal judges always available

In re A (a child) (change of residence) CA TLR 27 June

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Defended adoption proceedings

In re P (a child) (adoption proceedings) CA TLR 29 June

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Disadvantage and disablement

Paterson v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis EAT TLR 22 August

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Opera review

Associated Newspapers Ltd v Burstein [2007] EWCA Civ 600; SJ 29 June

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Motor Insurers’ Bureau

Byrne v Motor Insurers’ Bureau and another [2007] EWHC 1268 (QB); TLR 15 June

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Court Funds Office errors

A recent review of children’s damages awards held in court and administered by the Court Funds Office identified approximately 4,000 children’s accounts where the award had not been placed in an index tracker fund, as directed by the..

Online Published Date: 01 October 2007

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