CC & C Ltd v Revenue and Customs Comrs – WLR Daily
CC & C Ltd v Revenue and Customs Comrs [2014] EWCA Civ 1653; [2014] WLR (D) 557 ‘In exceptional cases, the court could entertain a claim for judicial review of a decision, under section 100G(5) of...
View ArticleThe Rise and Rise of Damages in Human Rights Claims – Family Law Week
‘Julie Stather, barrister of Westgate Chambers, considers the development of claims for damages arising from breaches of human rights in care proceedings.’ Full story Family Law Week, 12th February...
View ArticleAl-Malki and another v Reyes and another (Secretary of State for Foreign and...
Al-Malki and another v Reyes and another (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and others intervening) [2015] EWCA Civ 32; [2015] WLR (D) 75 ‘A contract of employment between a...
View ArticleQuite like a whale – Panopticon
‘As my colleague Robin Hopkins has warned, the decision of the Upper Tribunal in Fish Legal looks like a pretty big beast: sixty pages on whether water companies are public authorities for the purposes...
View ArticleAMT Futures Ltd v Marzillier, Dr Meier & Dr Guntner Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft...
AMT Futures Ltd v Marzillier, Dr Meier & Dr Guntner Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH [2015] EWCA Civ 143; [2015] WLR (D) 95 ‘A tortious claim for inducement of breach of a contractual term providing...
View ArticlePitfalls for Single Parents in Surrogacy – Family Law Week
‘Anne-Marie Hutchinson OBE, Partner, and Colin Rogerson, Solicitor Advocate, both of Dawson Cornwell, consider the options for single parents seeking legal parentage of children born through a...
View ArticleSpeech by Mr Justice Hickinbottom: Administrative Court in Wales – Evolution...
‘The Hon Mr Justice Hickinbottom gave a speech at The First Administrative Court in Wales Lecture on “Administrative Court in Wales – Evolution or Revolution” on 20 February 2014.’ Full speech...
View ArticleNilon Limited v Royal Westminster Investments – Privy Council – claims...
‘The Privy Council decision in Nilon Limited v Royal Westminster Investments₁ has put the brakes on the expanding jurisdiction of the BVI Courts over claims involving BVI companies, and reiterated the...
View ArticleBlackwood v Birmingham: Neither the Time nor the Placement – Cloisters
‘In Blackwood v Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust UKEAT/0130/14 the EAT was faced with a jurisdictional issue which is of practical importance but is somewhat bereft of...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank AG London Branch v Petromena ASA (in bankruptcy) – WLR Daily
Deutsche Bank AG London Branch v Petromena ASA (in bankruptcy) [2015] EWCA Civ 226; [2015] WLR (D) 133 ‘Where a party, which entered an acknowledgment of service to proceedings and made an unsuccessful...
View ArticleGoogle’s misuse of private browsing data entitles individuals to damages –...
‘This case concerned the misuse of private information by an internet provider based in the United States. Google had secretly tracked private information about users’ internet browsing without their...
View ArticleThe Cat’s Out of the Bag: legal advice privilege and the risks of being...
‘Samuel Littlejohns, pupil at 1 Hare Court, examines whether the very fact that a party consulted a lawyer at a given time is privileged information, and the practical consequences of this for...
View ArticleStranded Spouses and Immigration Control – Family Law Week
‘Sulema Jahangir, solicitor with Dawson Cornwell, explains the plight of wives and mothers who are stranded in foreign countries, often separated from their children, and unable to return to England...
View ArticleVidal-Hall v Google Inc (Information Commissioner intervening) – WLR Daily
Vidal-Hall v Google Inc (Information Commissioner intervening) [2015] EWCA Civ 311; [2015] WLR (D) 156 ‘A claim for misuse of private information should be categorised as a tort for the purposes of...
View ArticleDaedalus’s Twist? Secure Accommodation after a Child’s 16th Birthday – Family...
‘Alex Laing, pupil at Coram Chambers, examines whether, and if so on what basis, the court can place in secure accommodation a child who has celebrated his 16th birthday.’ Full story Family Law Week,...
View ArticleAriadne’s Golden Thread: Placing Children in Secure Accommodation – Family...
‘Alex Laing, pupil at Coram Chambers, provides a step-by-step guide through the secure accommodation labyrinth when determining whether to use section 25 of the Children Act 1989 or the inherent...
View ArticleTV ‘exposure’ of Scientology halted by UK libel law split – The Guardian
‘Plans to broadcast HBO’s Church of Scientology exposé, Going Clear, have been shelved by Sky Atlantic in a virtual repeat of events two years ago, when UK publishers abandoned publication of the book...
View ArticleNews focus: law and justice pledges – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The general election manifestos are in – here’s our quick-fire summary of their headline pledges on law and justice.’ Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 20th April 2015 Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
View ArticleChristofi v National Bank of Greece (Cyprus) Ltd – WLR Daily
Christofi v National Bank of Greece (Cyprus) Ltd [2015] EWHC 986 (QB); [2015] WLR (D) 170 ‘There was no general power to extend the mandatory two-month time limit for an appeal against the registration...
View ArticleAl-Saadoon and others v Secretary of State for Defence – WLR Daily
Al-Saadoon and others v Secretary of State for Defence [2015] EWHC 715 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 168 ‘Individuals in certain test cases who had been shot by British forces in Iraq were within the United...
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