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Litigation Letter

Between-the-parties costs in Ancillary Relief

M v M [2009] EWHC 1941 (Fam)
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Pre-issue admissions

The 49th Update of the CPR which came into force on 6 April provides that CPR 14.1A (pre-action admissions) is amended to refer to pre-action admissions made after the letter before claim, rather than the letter of claim. However, the personal..
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Ancillary relief appeal

Re M [2009] EWCA Civ 311
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Construction

Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd and others [2009] UKHL 38 HL; SJ 7 July p27
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Contentious or non-contentious?

Bilkus v Stockler Brunton (A Firm) [2009] EWHC 1957 (Ch) 30 July; NLJ 7 August
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Non-exclusive jurisdiction

Deutsche Bank AG and another v Highland Crusader Offshore Partners [2009] All ER (D) 116 (Jul) NLJ 24 July p1067
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Fixed fast-track fees?

In his Preliminary Report on Civil Costs, Lord Justice Jackson said he was minded to recommend fixed fees across the fast-track and has said subsequently that nothing he had heard or read since publishing it has changed his mind. At his request the..
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Cross-claims

Parkes v Martin [2009] EWCA Civ 883
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Meaning of ‘delivered personally’

Primus Build Ltd v (1) Pompey Centre Ltd (2) Slidesilver Ltd [2009] EWHC 1487 QBD (TCC) 16 June
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The end of the law lords

The judicial role of the House of Lords as the highest appeal court in the UK ended on 30 July. From 1 October, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, housed in the splendidly refurbished Middlesex Guildhall in Parliament Square (open to the..
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Meaning of ‘more advantageous’ in Part 36

D Pride & Partners v Institute for animal health and others [2009] EWHC 1617 QBD 8 July
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Conditional fees not recoverable

Seaga v Harper (2) [2009] UKPC 26; TLR 10 July
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Speeding police car

Armsten (executor of the estate of Rachael Cheesewright, deceased) v Kent Police [2009] EWCA Civ 631 CA (Civ Div); SJ 7 July p30
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Circuit and district judges should not communicate on appeal

Brisset v Brisset [2009] EWCA Civ 679 9 July; SJ 21 July p31
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Google is not a publisher

Metropolitan International Schools Ltd v Designtechnica Corporation and others [2009] EWHC 1765 (QB); TLR 3 August
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Bankrupt had no status

Pickthall v Hill Dickinson LLP and another [2009] EWCA Civ 543, [2009] All ER (D) 235 (Jun)
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Ex turpi causa non oritur actio

Stone and Rolls (in liquidation) v Moore Stephens (a firm) [2009] UKHL39; TLR 11 August A company, exclusively controlled by a single director who was primarily liable for frauds committed against third parties, brought a claim for damages against..
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‘Accidents may happen’

Marsden v Bourne Leisure [2009] EWCA Civ 671
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Disability discrimination

Boyle v SCA Packaging Ltd, Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening [2009] UKHL; TLR 6 July; SJ 7 July p5
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Extension of time

Imperial Cancer Research Fund and another v Ove Arup & Partners Ltd and another [2009] EWHC 1453 (TCC)
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Significant increase in income

Hvorostovsky v Hvorostovsky [2009] EWCA Civ 791; SJ 4 August; LSG 6 August
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Pre-nuptial agreement guidance

Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino [2009] EWCA Civ 649
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Examination of foreign judgment debtor

Masri v Consolidated Contractors International (UK) Ltd and others (4) [2009] UKHL 43; TLR 13 August
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Claims against guarantor

Octagon Assets Ltd v Remblance and another [2009] EWCA Civ 58; TLR 27 July
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Excluding the media

In re X (a child) (Rights of media attendance) [2009] EWHC 1728 (fam) FD TLR 14 July
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Public interest immunity certificates

Regina (Al-Sweady and others) v Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWHC 1667 QB Div CT TLR 3 August
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Interim payment on account

Blackmore v Cummings and others CA Civ Div 10 June 2009
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‘Habitual residence’

Re P-J (Children) [2009] EWCA Civ 588; SJ 30 June p29
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Reopening consent order

Walkden v Walkden [2009] EWCA Civ 627 CA 25 June
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