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Managing the risk of IP theft
Intellectual property theft is often linked to cases of redundancies or team moves, where an employee leaves the company, taking with them sensitive documents such as business plans, customer information, or financial results. The employee will then offer a next employer this IP or will use it to start a ...
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Delays in the family justice system
How often has it been said that delay is the cancer which eats away at our system of justice? The Civil Procedure Rules were brought in on a tide of enthusiasm to reduce delay. The latest Family Procedure Rules adopt much of the style, form and content of their civil ...
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Increase in damages by 10%
In Simmons v Castle [2012] EWCA Civ 1039, the Court of Appeal has added to the general splashing about which precedes the enactment of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. In an effort to provide ‘proper, prospective warning’, it has jumped in ahead of the implementation ...
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International law
Foreign sovereign state - Immunity from suit - Applicant company obtaining foreign judgment against one of Iraq’s government ministries Bank and others: SC (Justices of the Supreme Court, Lords Phillips (president), Clarke, Sumption, Reed, Lady Hale): 17 August 2012 ...
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Assumption of responsibility for a subsidiary's responsibilities
In the landmark decision of Chandler v Cape plc [2012] EWCA Civ 525, the Court of Appeal upheld a High Court decision that a parent company owed a direct duty of care towards an employee of one of its subsidiaries to ensure a safe system of work. This case has ...
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Benefit fraud: additional checks
This is the third of four articles focusing on benefit fraud prompted by the case of Coventry City Council v Vassel 2011 EWHC 1542 Admin. In particular, it highlights the additional checks solicitors make when reviewing the evidence and alternative penalties. ...
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Social security
Income support – Jobseeker's allowance – Claimants claiming allowance R (on the application of Reilly and another) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London): 6 August 2012 ...
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Dr, Do Little?
The similarities between employment law and Doctor Dolittle are of course striking. Both are a little eccentric among their peers and have at times struggled to be recognised fully. Sometimes they are assisted by monkeys and of course neither can sing. But perhaps most notable of all may be their ...
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Investment
Dealing in securities – Defendants issuing guaranteed notes – Claimants investing Azevedo and Alvarez v Imcopa Importacao, Exportaacao e Industria de Oleos Ltda and other companies: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court: 30 May 2012 ...
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Intellectual Property
European Union – Patent Eli Lilly and Co v Human Genome Sciences Inc: Chancery Division, Patents Court: 3 August 2012 The Chancery Division, Patents Court, refused the claimant's application for ...
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Shipping
Charterparty – Arbitration Global Maritime Investments Ltd v STX Pan Ocean Co Ltd; Global Maritime Investments Ltd v Navios International Inc; Navios International Inc v Sangamon Transportation Group: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Christopher Clarke): 8 August ...
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Criminal law
Suicide - Liability for complicity in another's suicide R (on the application of Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice; R (on the application of AM) v Director of Public Prosecutions and others: QBD (Admin) (Lord Justice Toulson, Mr Justice ...
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Magistrates
Jurisdiction - Laying of information Media Protection Services Ltd v Crawford and another: QBD (Admin) (Lord Justice Stanley Burnton and Mr Justice Kenneth Parker): 16 August 2012 The respondents were ...
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Corporate manslaughter
On 3 July 2012 Lion Steel Limited became the third company in the UK to be convicted of the statutory offence of corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (the act). The case concerned the death of Stephen Berry on 29 May 2008, who died following ...
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Extradition
Convention rights - Prison conditions in Poland Krolik and others v Several Judicial Authorities of Poland: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London) (Sir John Thomas P and Mr Justice Globe): 17 August 2012 ...
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Fair access to justice for vulnerable?
Insufficient screening procedures and routine support for vulnerable defendants are placing their right to a fair trial at risk, and solicitors have a key role to play in ensuring defendants get the right support. The Prison Reform Trust briefing Fair Access to Justice?, explains that vulnerable ...