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Loser should pay the costs

F&C Alternative Investments (Holdings) Ltd v Barthelemy & Anor [2011] EWHC 1851 (Ch), 14 August 2011
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Interim payment

Berry v Star Autos Ltd and Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 1304; [2011] WLR (D) 327; TLR 10 November 2011
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Public policy prevents sale of claim

Simpson v Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust [2011] EWCA Civ 1149, 12 October 2011
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Non–matrimonial property

S v AG (Financial Remedy: Lottery Prize) [2011] EWHC 2637 (Fam), 14 October 2011
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Breaches of natural justice

Systech International Ltd v PC Harrington Contractors Ltd [2011] EWHC 2722 (TCC), 27 October 2011
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Before-the-event insurance – choice of solicitor Brown-Quinn & Anor v Equity Syndicate

Managment LTD & Anor [2011] EWHC 2661 (Comm), 21 October 2011
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Swimming pool accident

Woodland v The Swimming Teachers' Association & Ors [2011] EWHC 2631 (QB), 17 October 2011
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PI warning

Non-lawyers at claims management firms could be left in charge of running complex personal injury cases in future as a result of government reforms, legal campaigners have claimed. The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) expressed its..
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Referral fees in the Lords

On 1 November, the second day of the Report Stage of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill in the Lords, the Government tabled a series of new clauses, numbers 18 to 22, which would make it an offence for regulated persons..
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No right to priority social housing

Bah v the United Kingdom – 56328/07 [2011] ECHR 1448, 27 September 2011
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Setting aside permission

Obsession Hair and Day Spa Ltd v Hi-Lite Electrical Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1148, 13 October 2011
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Liability of trustee after assignment

Hunt v Harb and Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 1239, 27 October 2011
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RTA backlog

According to District Judge Gold in the New Law Journal of 4 November, road traffic accident claims for repair charges by Royal & Sun Alliance policyholders have been clogging up county court lists with quantum arguments arising from the..
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Malicious falsehood

Tesla Motors Ltd and Anor v BBC [2011] EWHC 2760 (QB), 28 October 2011
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Concurrent use of same trade mark

Budejovicky Budvar, národní podnik v Anheuser-Busch Inc; Case C-482/09 ECJ, 31 October 2011
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Cohabitation property rights

Jones v Kernott [2011] UKSC 53, 9 November 2011
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Effect of brief reconciliation – Court of Appeal

Brough v Law & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 1183, 20 October 2011
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Indemnity basis

MIOM 1 Ltd & Anor v Sea Echo ENE (No 2) [2011] EWHC 2715 (Admlty), 26 October 2011
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Fees hike proposed in the High Court and Court of Appeal Civil Division

Responses to: Diane Flanders, Ministry of Justice 102 Petty France London SW1H 9AJ. Tel: 0203 334 3134 Email: mojfeespolicy@justice.gsi.gov.uk
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New small claims service

A new small claims service is to be introduced at the Patents County Court, helping small and medium sized businesses protect their copyright, patents, trademarks and designs. It will limit fixed costs and allow damages of up to £5,000 per..
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Applying commercial common sense

Rainy Sky SA & Ors v Kookmin Bank [2010] EWCA Civ 582, 27 May 2011
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Fresh evidence

Jalocha v Judicial Authority of Poland [2011] All ER (D) 103 (Oct) 21 October 2011
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Litigants in person

A Civil Justice Council working group has looked at how litigants in person are likely to be affected by reductions to public funding for legal advice and representation, and ways in which public and voluntary bodies can best respond to the..
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