News – Page 247

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    Immigration

    2012-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Appeal - Deportation - Appeal against deportation on national security grounds W (Algeria) and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department; PP (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Z (Algeria) and others v ...

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    Erasure

    2012-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Disciplinary committee - Erasure of name from registry - Panel finding appellant carrying out programme of investigation without ethics committee approval Walker-Smith v General Medical Council: QBD (Admin) (Mr Justice Mitting): 7 March 2012 ...

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    Disclosure

    2012-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Pre-trial or post-judgment relief - Disclosure of documents - Orders being made in phone-hacking case limiting disclosure of court documents Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another: ChD (Mr Justice Vos): 27 February 2012 ...

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    Revised FIT hit in solar plexus

    2012-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Government plans to amend the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) scheme were ­torpedoed again on 25 January, this time by the Court of Appeal. The scheme had already taken a first instance hit before Christmas with the judgment of Mitting J. However, following the Court of Appeal’s judgment, and while former energy ...

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    Pensions

    2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Pension scheme - Department successfully appealing Molyneux v Department for Education: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Sir Anthony May P, Lady Justice Arden and Lord Justice Aikens): 28 February 2012 ...

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    Libel and slander

    2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Publication - Internet posting - Claimant bringing libel action against first and second defendant companies Tamiz v Google Inc and another: Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice Eady): 2 March 2012 ...

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    Conflict of laws

    2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Jurisdiction - Challenge to jurisdiction - Civil and commercial matters Merchant International Co Ltd v Natsionalna Aktsionerna Kompaniia 'Naftogaz Ukrayiny': Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Neuberger MR, Lord Justices Hooper and Toulson): 29 February 2012 ...

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    Copyright

    2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Infringement - Artistic work - Claim arising from use of peer-to-peer file-sharing website Dramatico Entertainment Ltd and others companies v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and other companies: Chancery Division (Mr Justice Arnold): 20 February 2012 ...

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    Insolvency

    2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Administration - Client funds - Company providing services for clients wishing to invest in securities Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration): Supreme Court (Lords Hope DP, Walker, Clarke, Dyson and Collins): 29 February 2012 ...

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    Employment

    2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Workplace stress - Employee diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome MacLennan v Hartford Europe Ltd: Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice Hickinbottom): 24 February 2012 The Queen's Bench Division held that given ...

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    Intellectual property

    2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Application - Supplementary protection certificate - Application University of Queensland and another v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks: ChD (Patents) (Mr Justice Arnold): 14 February 2012 The first ...

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    Valuation of general damages in mesothelioma claims

    2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Unless one has been in a life-threatening situation, it is impossible to grasp the concept of imminent mortality. When young, human beings are blinded from seeing the horizon of their lives by the light of expectation.

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    Environmental

    2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Nuisance - Motor racing - Defendants using land for motor racing Lawrence and another v Fen Tigers Ltd and others: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Mummery, Jackson, Lewison): 27 February 2012 ...

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    Employment

    2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Sex discrimination - Employee married to husband - Tribunal dismissing claim Dunn v Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management: EAT (Judge McMullen QC, Mrs R Chapman and Mr P Smith): 2 December 2011 ...

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    SRA 'grey areas' an issue for troubled firms

    2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

    The implementation of the Legal Services Act in October 2011 has brought a significant wave of changes and challenges to the legal profession, which is only just starting to be felt by law firms. Law firms are facing several challenges and opportunities: new regulatory structures ...

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    Immigration

    2012-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Appeal - Weight to be given to expert evidence SS (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Maurice Kay VP, Stanley Burnton and Lewison): 21 February 2012 ...

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    Criminal

    2012-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Prosecution - People trafficking - Child trafficking for labour exploitation R v N; R v E: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Judge CJ, Mr Justice Royce and Mr Justice Globe): 21 February 2012 ...

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    Terrorism

    2012-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Criminal law - Military Dissemination of terrorist publications R v Gul: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Sir Anthony May P, Mr Justice Silber and Mr Justice Kenneth Parker): 22 February 2012 ...

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    Human rights

    2012-03-08T00:00:00Z

    High Court Appeal - Defendant protesters setting up camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral - Freedom of expression City of London Corporation v Samede and others: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury (Master of the Rolls), Lord Justices Stanley ...

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    Driving lessons

    2012-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Case law about liability for road traffic accidents is sparse. Now, oddly, within the space of a month, no fewer than four cases have been reported concerning driving habits. They are instructive both for those of us who are drivers and also for those who have to deal with the ...