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Libel and Malicious Falsehood by The Times
Solicitors Journal, 24 November - Hodge Jones & Allen (HJA) has received an apology and substantial compensation from The Times newspaper, following claims the firm was being sued by a former client for negligence.
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Amount of PPI commission rendered agreement unfair
Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd and Another [2013] EWCA Civ 1658 SC TLR 28 November
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Solicitor fabricated litigation in three-year deception
Islamic Investment Company of the Gulf (Bahamas Ltd) v Symphony Gems and Rajesh Kishor Mehta and Vijay Kumar Kirtilal Mehta Law Society Gazette, 20 November
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Judicial Appointment
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Rights to Light
Consultation - The Law Commission commenced this project in March 2012 and published a consultation paper on 18 February 2013. They published their final Report, Rights to Light (Law Com No 356), which contains recommendations for reform on 4..
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General Statute Law spring clean
The Law Commission has published proposals to repeal 56 obsolete Acts and the part repeal of 49 other Acts relating to topics as diverse as agriculture, criminal law, housing, merchant shipping and guard dogs.
The Acts span the period 1267 to..
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Judge quashes ‘generous interpretation’ of Mitchell
In British Gas Trading v Oak Cash & Carry Ltd [2014] EWHC 4058 (QB) the Law Society Gazette, 8 December
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Reduction for late submission
Law Society Gazette, 21 November - The receiving party, Carat, submitted its statement of costs just three hours before the hearing. The practice direction requires this should usually be filed at least 24 hours in advance.
Akenhead J, who..
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Construing Bills of lading
Caresse Navigation Ltd v Office National de l’Electricité and Others [2013] EWHC 3081 (Comm) CA TLR 4 December
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Mesothelioma
McDonald v National Grid Electricity Transmission plc [2014] UKSC 53, [2014] All ER (D) 257 (Oct) NLJ, 5 December
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No compensation for foetal alcohol damage
CP (A Child) v First-tier Tribunal (Criminal Injuries Compensation) [2014] EWCA Civ 1554. NLJ 5 December
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Public access barrister named as ‘a risk’ to clients
Law Society Gazette, 9 December; Solicitors Journal, 9 December
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Overtime and holiday pay
Bear Scotland Ltd and Others v Fulton and Others [2014] UKEAT 0047/13/0411, Hertel (UK) Ltd v Woods UKEAT/0160/14/SM and Amec Group Ltd v Laws UKEAT/0161/14/SM; NLJ, 14 November, SJ 25 November
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Saudi prince required to sign
Apex Global Management Ltd and another v FI Call Ltd and Others (No 2) [2014] EWHC 779 (Ch) SC TLR, 8 December
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Council liable for unlawful eviction
Loveridge v London Borough of Lambeth [2014] UKSC 65 NLJ, 4 December
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Fire loss
Sugar Hut Group and others v A J Insurance [2014] EWHC 3352 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 233 (Oct) NLJ, 5 December
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Respondent’s notice
Altomart Ltd v Salford Estates (No 2) Ltd (Rev 1) [2014] EWCA Civ 1408 CA TLR, 9 December
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Medical innovation
A solicitor has questioned Lord Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill, calling for concrete evidence that doctors are being sued for trying innovative procedures.
The Bill would give legal protection to doctors seeking to try alternative..
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Sell and remain
Scott v Southern Pacific Mortgages Ltd and others [2014] UKSC 52, [2014] All ER (D) 251 (Oct) NLJ, 5 December
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Lack of capacity
Re X and others (Deprivation of Liberty) (Number 2) [2014] EWCOP 37, [2014] All ER (D) 224 (Oct) NLJ 5 December
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Notice by one joint tenant
Sims v Dacorum Borough Council and another [2014] UKSC 63, [2014] All ER (D) 126 (Nov);SJ 25 November; NLJ Civil Way by District Judge Stephen Gold, 28 November
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Remedying breach of covenant
Telchadder v Wickland Holdings Ltd [2014] UKSC 57 SC TLR, 19 November
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Actions against law firms soar
Law Society Gazette, 4 December - The number of professional negligence claims against law firms in the High Court has almost tripled in a year, according to data compiled by City firm RPC reported in the Law Society’s Gazette of 4..
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Judicial Review of Order in Council
R (on the application of Barclay and another) v Secretary of State for Justice and others (Attorney General of Jersey and the States of Guernsey intervening) [2014] UKSC 54, [2014] All ER (D) 258 (Oct) NLJ 5 December
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No to “hybrid” DBAs
Damages-Based Agreements (DBAs) recommended by Lord Justice Jackson in his review of civil litigation costs, have largely been shunned by litigators owing to a lack of clarity about how they would operate in practice. One solution to this was to..
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Solicitors are placing pressure on experts to amend reports
Expert witnesses feel their impartiality has been damaged by some practitioners - Expert witnesses say they are under pressure to change their reports, according to the latest Bond Solon Annual Expert Witness Survey.
The survey of 186 expert..
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