Prosecutors reconsider prosecuting members of Isil ‘Beatles’ gang in the UK –...
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to reconsider its opposition to putting on trial in the UK a pair of British Islamic State terrorists who were members of so-called “Beatles” cell.’ Full...
View ArticleTanzil Chowdhury: Miller (No 2), the Principle-isation of Ministerial...
‘Has the court in Miller (No 2) done the very thing it said it wouldn’t do in Miller (No 1)? Has it given legal enforceability to the constitutional convention of ministerial accountability? Several...
View ArticlePrivatbank v Kolomoisky and ors – Blackstone Chambers
‘The case concerns an alleged scheme perpetrated by the defendants to misappropriate c. US$2 billion from the Bank. The Bank alleged that the scheme was orchestrated by Ds 1 and 2, Ukrainian...
View ArticleVestel UK Ltd & Anor v HEVC Advance LLC & Koninklijke Philips NV – Blackstone...
‘The High Court has declined jurisdiction over an abuse of dominance claim against HEVC Advance (incorporated in Delaware) and Philips (incorporated in the Netherlands).’ Full StoryBlackstone Chambers,...
View ArticleDavid Dennis: Llewellyn, Hart and Miller 2 – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘The decision in Miller 2 has been described by Martin Loughlin as effecting a paradigmatic shift in constitutional law, displacing constitutional review based on common law reasoning of case law and...
View ArticleNew Judgment: In the matter of NY (A Child) [2019] UKSC 49 – UKSC Blog
‘This appeal concerned a father’s application for an order for the immediate return of his daughter from England and Wales to Israel. The issue raised was whether the Court of Appeal, having determined...
View ArticleEPA prosecutions and costs – Nearly Legal
‘This was a judicial review of a costs order made by Camberwell Green Magistrates on a settled Environmental Protection Act 1990 s.82 prosecution. The Magistrates had refused to state a case for the...
View ArticleTen years on: how has the Supreme Court fared? – Counsel
‘An assessment of the court’s performance in decision-making delivered over its first ten years; and what bearing, if any, the Article 50 and Prorogation cases have on the big picture.’ Full...
View ArticleAppeal court allows contempt proceedings based on pre-action witness...
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed a holiday company to bring contempt proceedings against two holiday-makers based on statements made before proceedings were even issued.’ Full StoryLaw Society's...
View ArticleJudge allows inter-country adoption to proceed despite failure to comply with...
‘An application for an inter-country adoption should not fail because of inconsequential errors made by the intending adopter, a High Court Family Division judge has ruled.’ Full StoryLocal Government...
View ArticleDigital assets “are property” under English law – Legal Futures
‘Blockchain and smart contracts were given a major boost towards becoming a standard method for securely storing and transferring cryptoassets yesterday, when the expert panel charged with giving the...
View ArticleRecent Changes to the Financial Ombudsman Service – Hardwicke Chambers
‘On 1 April 2019, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) enacted new rules that substantially expanded the jurisdiction of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). Whereas previously it was limited to...
View ArticlePrincess Haya of Jordan and her husband Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed Al Maktoum...
‘Princess Haya bint al-Hussein of Jordan attended court in July 2019 and made three applications before the High Court of England and Wales. A Forced Marriage Protection Order, Wardship orders in...
View ArticleHigh Court cannot stay liquidated company’s Magistrates’ Court case –...
‘The High Court in England has ruled that it does not have the authority to stop a criminal trial in another court to protect the creditors of a company in voluntary liquidation.’ Full...
View ArticleChild abduction—use of the 1996 Hague Convention as opposed to the inherent...
‘In Re I-L (children) the Court of Appeal allowed the father’s appeal and held that where the 1996 Hague Convention applies between two countries, if a 1980 Hague Convention application is made and is...
View ArticleCriminal Finance Act 2017: Crime still doesn’t pay – 5SAH
‘Financial gain provides the motivation behind all serious and organised crime. Billions of pounds are laundered through the UK every year. Understandably, it has long been the government’s policy to...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal Clarifies Proper Forum in Multi-Party Conspiracy Claims –...
‘On 26 November 2019, the Court of Appeal gave judgment in ED&F Man Capital Markets Ltd v Straits (Singapore) Pte Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 2073. It clarifies when England will be the proper forum in...
View ArticleTribunal unable to impose new Code agreement over occupied site – OUT-LAW.com
‘The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has no jurisdiction to impose rights under the Electronic Communications Code (‘the Code’) in favour of an operator of telecommunications equipment, where a third...
View ArticleWhat happens when a court order in private family law proceedings is...
‘Parties named in a court order must follow the order. A party found to be in breach of an order may be fined, imprisoned, ordered to undertake unpaid work or have their assets seized. The penalty is...
View ArticleIs lawfulness of occupation relevant to the residential occupier test? –...
‘We don’t see the section 106 residential occupier exemption appearing in the law reports all that often, possibly because the law surrounding its meaning is fairly well settled, particularly since...
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