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Identifying perpetrator of child injuries
T (a child) [2009] EWCA Civ 1208
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22 December 2009
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Clinical negligence
Farraj and others v King’s Health Care NHS Trust and others [2009] EWCA Civ 1203; LSG 3 December p19
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22 December 2009
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Abuse of process
Walbrook Trustees (Jersey Ltd) and others v Fattal and others [2009] EWCA Civ 297; LSG 15 October p16
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22 December 2009
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Judicial activism
In a two-page article in the Solicitors Journal of 24 November Graham Huntley of Lovells propounded that amending procedural codes is not enough to resolve the costs problem in complex commercial litigation; the judges themselves should address..
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22 December 2009
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Claims against the police
Johnston v The Chief Constable of Merseyside Police [2009] EWHC 2969 (QB); SJ 8 December p10
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22 December 2009
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‘Lies are told in litigation every day’
Widlake v BAA Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1256 CA 23 November; SJ 1 December p29
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22 December 2009
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One agreement or two?
Southern Pacific Mortgage Ltd v Heath CA TLR 20 November
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22 December 2009
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Stigma loss of £2.79m
Chagger v Abbey National [2009] EWCA Civ 1202 13 November
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22 December 2009
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Privacy complaint
Mr Max Mosley’s claim that English law does not offer sufficient protection for claimants in privacy cases has been declared admissible by the European Court of Human Rights. He claims that English law does not go far enough to protect the..
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22 December 2009
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Repudiatory breach
Mayhaven Healthcare Ltd v (1) David Bothma (2) Teresa Bothma (T/A DAB Builders) [2009] EWHC 2634 (TCC) QBD 26 October
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22 December 2009
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Closed material and special applicants
Al Rawi and others v Security Services and others [2009] EWHC 2959 (QB); TLR 24 November; NLJ 27 November p1668
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22 December 2009
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Employer’s liability
The Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Bill will enable the victims of accidents at work whose employers become insolvent to recover compensation directly from their insurers. Commenting on the bill, Tom Jones of Thompsons said it would remove..
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22 December 2009
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Compromise agreements
Gibb v Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust [2009] IRLR 707, [2009] EWHC 862, [2009] All ER (D) 209 (Apr); NLJ 9 October p1380
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22 December 2009
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Interim care order
In the matter of B (a child) sub nom KB (by her guardian)
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22 December 2009
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Child outside the EU
In re I (a child) (jurisdiction) Supreme Court [2009] UKSC 10 TLR 4 December; SJ 8 December p32
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22 December 2009
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Breach of an unless order
Neary v Governing Body of St Albans Girls’ School and another [2009] EWCA Civ 1190
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22 December 2009
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Contested will
David Robert Perrins v (1) Richard Philip Holland (as executor of the estate of Robert Merrins, deceased) (2) Sharon Ruth Moore (as executor of the estate of Robert Perrins, deceased) (3) Anne Dooney [2009] EWHC 2558 (Ch) Ch D (Birmingham) 21 October
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22 December 2009
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Grandmother prevails
In re B (a child) (Residence Order) Supreme Court [2009] UKSC 5; TLR 23 November
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22 December 2009
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Prohibiting further applications
C (a child) [2009] EWCA Civ 674; SJ 8 December p30
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22 December 2009
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Second action
McDonnell and another v Walker [2009] EWCA Civ 1257 24 November; SJ 1 December p29
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22 December 2009
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Substitution of defendants
Aventis Pasteur v O’Byrne ECJ C-358/08; SJ 8 December p5
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22 December 2009
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Access to Court of Protection
Independent News and Media Ltd and others v A FD TLR 17 November
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22 December 2009
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Retention of private documents
White v Withers & Dearle [2009] EWCA Civ 1122; SJ 3 November p4
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22 December 2009
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Referral fees
Des Hudson, the chief executive of the Law Society, has welcomed the news that the Legal Services Board’s consumer panel has indicated it will look at referral fees as a priority ‘because it has been a matter of controversy for some time..
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22 December 2009
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Intention to occupy
Patel and another v Keles and another [2009] EWCA Civ 1187; TLR 8 December
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22 December 2009
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Jurisdiction
Choudhary and others v Bhatter and others [2009] EWCA Civ 1176; TLR 20 November
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22 December 2009
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Interim removal of child
L-A (children) [2009] EWCA Civ 822; SJ 8 December p30
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22 December 2009
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No costs set-off
Amin and another v Amin and 17 others (costs) [2010] EWHC 827 (Ch); Costs Lawyer May p15
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26 December 2009
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Volume 29 No. 6 - 01 June 2010