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Public order
Appellant charged for using threatening, abusive or insulting words - Public Order Act 1986 Harvey v Director of Public Prosecutions: QBD (Admin) (Mr Justice Bean) (judgment delivered extempore): 17 November 2011 ...
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The law on ‘Gangbos’
Recent changes brought about by section 34 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (PCA) now permit the civil courts to make injunctions aimed specifically at preventing (and protecting respondents from) gang-related violence, shifting consideration of a specific criminal activity into the civil arena.
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Immigration
Leave to remain - Claimants seeking indefinite leave to remain - Claimants convicted of serious offences in the UK R (on the application of Mayaya and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: QBD (Admin) (Mr Justice ...
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Human rights
Inhuman or degrading treatment - Claimed mistreatment while being held in detention - European Convention on Human Rights R (on the application of Mousa) v Secretary of State for Defence and another: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Maurice Kay ...
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Inquiring minds
Throughout 2011, the phone hacking scandal has rocked the UK’s public landscape, drawing comparisons with Watergate in terms of its effect on our national psyche and its long-term significance. The saga has kicked off again this Autumn with the Leveson Inquiry, but listening to testimony of News Corporation staff throughout ...
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Jurisdiction
Conflict of laws - Challenge to jurisdiction - Parties entering into licence agreement Seven Licensing Company Sarl and another company v FFG-Platinum SA and other companies: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Gloster): 16 November 2011 ...
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Insolvency
Compulsory winding-up order - Liquidator - Appointment Re Business Dream Ltd: ChD (Judge Behrens sitting as a judge of the High Court): 8 November 2011 BD Ltd (the company) traded ...
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Deferring a minor’s entitlement to capital beyond 18
In Wright v Gater [2011] EWHC 2881 (Ch), Mr Justice Norris made some very helpful comments on the court’s approach to applications under the Variation of Trusts Act 1958 (VTA) which seek to defer a minor’s entitlement to capital beyond 18. This application was made on ...
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Immigration
Right of appeal - Claim for asylum - Notice of refusal of leave to enter AS (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; CW (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; SD (Zimbabwe) v Secretary ...
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Local authority
Public library - Duty of library authority - Defendant local authorities making changes to library services R (on the application of Green) v Gloucestershire County Council; R (on the application of Rowe and another) v Somerset County Council: QBD ...
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Landlord and tenant
Lease - Duration - Certainty Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd v Berrisford: Supreme Court (Lords Hope DP, Walker, Mance, Neuberger, Clarke and Dyson, Lady Hale): 9 November 2011 The Supreme ...
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Conflicting messages on asylum
A recent test case involving a former Afghanistan interpreter working for the British army in Helmand province has raised important questions about the decision to prosecute for passport offences and claims for asylum.