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Ritual and animal welfare
The Halal Food Authority (HFA) is working to achieve agreement with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) over the rules governing the ritual slaughter of animals ahead of full implementation of new regulations. It is both important, and possible, to find a practical legal consensus here. ...
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Changes to council surveillance powers
Local authorities will soon face severe restrictions on their powers to undertake surveillance of citizens under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).
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Right message, wrong case?
Despite the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) defeat in the Upper Tribunal in FSA v Pottage (23rd April, 2012), senior management responsibility remains a key pillar to the enforcement agenda.
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Intellectual property
Validity - Novelty - Defendant holding patent concerned with therapeutic agents for treatment of range of diseases by preventing growth of associated blood vessels Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc v Genentech; Bayer Pharma AG v Genentech: ChD (Pat) (Mr Justice ...
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Intellectual property
Petition for revocation - Obviousness - Defendant company holding patent for a sustained release formulation of an anti-psychotic drug Teva UK Ltd and other companies v Astrazeneca AB: ChD (Pat) (Mr Justice Arnold): 22 March 2012 ...
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Applications to vary or revoke an order pursuant to Civil Procedure Rule 3.1(7)
Does the court, pursuant to Civil Procedure Rule 3.1(7), have the power to vary or revoke an order which it has itself made? This was the question before the Court of Appeal in Tibbles v SIG Plc (trading as Asphaltic Roofing Supplies) [2012] EWCA Civ 518.
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A-Z of boundary disputes
‘I do not… accept that the days are gone when a party can litigate over a tiny strip of land, although I would certainly agree that it is usually economic madness to do so, but a person remains entitled in law to protect and preserve that which is his or ...
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How to keep control of your e-disclosure
In today’s digital age we are faced with numerous issues related to various types of e-disclosure matters. Be it a litigation dispute, regulatory enquiry or an internal investigation there are common obstacles which need to be addressed at each phase of the e-disclosure life cycle. For instance, a project may ...
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DPAs: start of a new wave of massive corporate fines?
With the proposed introduction of US-style deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) into UK law expected later this year, it is likely our regulators will soon be armed with a powerful new weapon to fight serious fraud, bribery and corruption. But how should UK companies be reacting to this news and what ...
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Completion accounts clauses that are a contradiction in terms
There have been a number of recent judgments dealing with the jurisdiction of experts appointed in the context of expert determinations *. As a forensic accountant, I have been involved with many expert determinations arising from business sale and purchase agreements (SPAs). In my experience, the most common jurisdictional ...
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Social security
Services for sick and disabled persons - Assessment of needs of sick and disabled persons - Direct payments R (on the application of KM) (by his mother and litigation friend) v Cambridgeshire County Council: Supreme Court (Lords Phillips, Walker, ...
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Family proceedings
Disclosure of documents - Third party Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Charman and another: Family Division (Mr Justice Coleridge): 29 May 2012 The Family Division, in dismissing an application ...
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Immigration
Leave to remain - Appeal - Claimants appealing Patel and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Neuberger, Lady Justice Hallett and Lord Justice Stanley Burnton): 1 June 2012 ...
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Employment
Unfair dismissal - Reason for dismissal Ackroyd & others v Meter U Ltd and another case: Employment Appeal Tribunal (Mrs Justice Slade, Mrs M McArthur and Mr A Harris): 28 February 2012 ...