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Contract

2012-04-26T00:00:00Z

Construction - Business purchase agreement - Agreement providing for apportionment of payments and liabilities of business before and after effective dates David Whelan Sports Ltd v JJB Sports: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Ward, Stanley Burnton, Elias): 19 ...

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Paternity

2012-04-26T00:00:00Z

Declaration of paternity - Registration of declaration - Judge deferring registration of declaration of paternity until children informed Re F (children: declaration of ­parentage): CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justice Thorpe, Lady Justices Black, Hallett): 14 December 2011 ...

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Licensing

2012-04-26T00:00:00Z

Licence - Reduction of terminal hours - Local authority reducing claimant company’s hours of permitted licensable activities R (on the application of Festiva Ltd) v Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court: QBD (Admin) (Timothy Straker QC sitting as a deputy judge ...

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Signing a will and section 9 of the Wills Act 1837

2012-04-26T00:00:00Z

Decisions on the formalities of the ­execution of a will usually turn on whether the witnesses were jointly present when the testator signed or acknowledged. In the rather unusual case of Barrett v Bem [2012] EWCA Civ 52, the point in issue was whether the will was signed by the ...

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Family

2012-04-26T00:00:00Z

Orders in family proceedings - Contact order - Child born following extra marital affair between mother and father Re H (a child: contact order): CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justice McFarlane, Sir Scott Baker): 27 February 2012 ...

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French probate

2012-04-24T00:00:00Z

Anyone who has dealt with a probate in England will be familiar with obtaining a grant of probate if there is a will and letters of administration if there is no will. Broadly speaking in England the executors or administrators of the estate are obliged to pay any inheritance tax ...

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Negligence

2012-04-19T00:00:00Z

Highway - Duty of highway authority AC and others v TR and another: Queen's Bench Division (Mrs Justice Slade DBE): 29 March 2012 In considering the circumstances of a road ...

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Contract

2012-04-19T00:00:00Z

Construction - Terms Jet2.com Limited v Blackpool Airport Limited: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Justices Longmore, Moore-Bick and Lewison): 2 April 2012 The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, upheld ...

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The scope of legal professional privilege

2012-04-19T00:00:00Z

The question before Mr Justice Akenhead in Walter Lilly & Company Ltd v Mackay and another [2012] EWHC 649 (TCC) was this: does legal professional privilege (LPP) attract to documents produced by a claims consultant, even one which retains legally qualified personnel?

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Pensions

2012-04-19T00:00:00Z

Bankruptcy - Bankrupt's estate - Vesting in trustee Raithatha (as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Michael Roy Williamson) v Williamson: Chancery Division (Bernard Livesey QC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the Chancery Division): 4 April 2012 ...

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Inheritance

2012-04-19T00:00:00Z

Inheritance rights - Statutory next of kin - Adopted children - Human rights Re Erskine Trust, Gregg and another v Pigott and others: ChD (Mr Mark Herbert QC (sitting as a deputy judge of the Chancery Division)): 29 March ...

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Criminal law

2012-04-19T00:00:00Z

Proceedings - Extradition proceedings - Court of Appeal - Jurisdiction R (on the application of Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court: CA (Civ Div) (Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Lord Justices ...

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Criminal evidence

2012-04-19T00:00:00Z

Admissibility - Defendant being charged, inter alia, with possession of cocaine with intent to supply - No defence being served by time of plea and case management hearing R v Newell: CA (Crim Div) (Sir Anthony May (president), Mrs ...

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Shipping

2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

Charterparty - Off-hire clause Osmium Shipping Corporation v Cargill International SA: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Cooke): 13 March 2012 The Commercial Court ruled that, on the true ...

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Criminal

2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

Trespass - Aggravated trespass Richardson and another v Director of Public Prosecutions; Nero and another v Director of Public Prosecutions: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London) (Lord Justice Laws and Mr Justice Owen) (judgment delivered extempore): 29 March 2012 ...

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Personal injury

2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

Damages - Discount made for future pecuniary loss Simon v Helmot: Privy Council (Lords Hope, Brown, Clarke, Dyson, Lady Hale): 7 March 2012 Privy Council: In dismissing an appeal ...

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Jurisdiction

2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

High Court - Inherent jurisdiction - Circumstances in which exercisable A Local Authority and others v DL: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Justices Maurice Kay, McFarlane and Davis): 28 March 2012 ...

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Custody

2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

Prison conditions - Removal from association R (on the application of King) v Secretary of State for Justice; R (on the application of Bourgass and another) v Secretary of State for Justice: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Justices ...

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The Leveson Inquiry

2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

The government announced plans last month to bring an end to the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in England. Great news for animal lovers concerned by the risk of mistreatment and cruelty to animals. But will it herald the demise of this unique entertainment event? If so, help ...

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Intellectual property

2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

Equity - Confidence - Breach of confidence Force India Formula One Team Ltd v 1 Malaysia Racing Team SDN BHD and others: Chancery Division (Mr Justice Arnold): 21 March 2012 ...