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Methods of severing a joint tenancy
Quigley v Masterson [2011] EWHC 2529 (Ch) is an interesting case involving loss of capacity and methods of severing a joint tenancy. Mr Pilkington and Mrs Masterson had cohabited for more than 20 years. They had bought a property together which was conveyed into their names as joint tenants ...
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Sentencing
Principles - Sentence appeals - Sentencing in context of national public disorder R v Blackshaw and other appeals: CA (Crim) (Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, Sir John Thomas (president), Lord Justice Leveson): 18 October 2011 ...
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Insolvency
Company - Administrator - Restrictions on power to appoint Minmar Ltd and another v Khalatschi and another: Chancery Division (Sir Andrew Morritt): 8 April 2011 The Chancery Division of the ...
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Employment
Statutory sick pay - Employer's liability Seaton v Revenue and Customs Commissioners: Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (Sir Stephen Oliver QC and Edward Sadler): 22 July 2011 The Upper ...
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Paperless working concerns
As many defence practitioners will be aware, the Crown Prosecution Service is rapidly moving forward with its plans to achieve a paperless office through its Transforming Through Technology (T3) project. The impetus to achieve this ‘holy grail’ of the paperless office - first spoken of in the commercial world in ...
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Local government
Council tax - Rating - Rating list Wilson v Jo Coll (listing officer): Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London) (Mr Justice Singh (judgment delivered extempore)): 13 October 2011 The Administrative ...
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Personal injury
Maintenance of action - Assignment of right of action - Claimant appealing Simpson v Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Maurice Kay (vice-president), Moore-Bick, Dame Janet Smith): 12 October 2011 ...
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Human rights
Right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions - Property - Devolution issues - Scotland AXA General Insurance Ltd and others v Lord Advocate and others (Scotland): SC (Justices of the Supreme Court - Lords Hope (deputy president), Brown, Mance, Kerr, ...
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Immigration
Leave to remain - Refusal of leave - Human rights - Right to respect for private and family life R (on the application of Aguilar Quila) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (on the application of ...
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Workers’ rights go in and out of fashion
Many comparisons can be made between employment law and the fashion industry - even leaving aside the glamour of its practitioners. Both can be cruel mistresses, blown in the winds of opinion; each is subject to changes that can appear at best fickle (and are often imported from the continent). ...
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Service by email outside the jurisdiction
Can a defendant domiciled out of the jurisdiction be served by email with a claim form issued in England? That was the question before the High Court in the case of Louise Bacon v Automatic Inc and others [2011] EWHC 1072 (QB).
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Human rights
Insolvency - Voluntary arrangement - Approval by creditors Kapoor v National Westminster Bank and another: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Pill, Etherton, Sir Mark Potter): 5 October 2011 ...
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Mental health
Court of Protection - Practice LG v DK: Court of Protection (Sir Nicholas Wall): 5 October 2011 The Court of Protection held that section 21(4) of the Family Law Reform ...
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Contempt of court
Civil Contempt - Committal - Claimant being responsible for motor accident involving defendants' car Lane v Shah: Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court (Lords Justice Laws and Simon (judgment delivered extempore)): 5 October 2011 ...
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Financial Services
Financial Services Authority (FSA) - Regulation of financial services - Collapse of hedge fund Visser and another v Financial Services Authority: Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (Mr Justice Bishopp, Keith Palmer, Terence Carter): 9 August 2011 ...