News – Page 259

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    Insurance

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Warranty - Breach - Claimant's tug insured by defendant and two others P.T. Buana Samudra Pratama v Marine Mutual Insurance Association (NZ) Ltd: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Teare): 29 September 2011 ...

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    Mental Health

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Persons who lack capacity - Best interest - European Convention on Human Rights Re M: CoP (Mr Justice Baker): 28 September 2011 The applicant, W, was the mother of M, ...

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    Family crisis

    2011-10-10T00:00:00Z

    The government’s Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill will reach committee stage on the 11th October 2011. Following the consultation on legal aid earlier this year the government received over 5,000 responses in relation to plans to remove legal aid from large areas of the law.

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    Fees

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Solicitor - Retainer - Dispute over fees Hodge Jones & Allen v McLaughlin: Queen's Bench Division (Michael Harvey QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court): 23 September 2011 ...

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    Criminal

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Trial - Verdicts - Robbery - Logical inconsistency R v Mohammed: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Eady, Mr Justice Macduff): 23 September 2011 The Court ...

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    Criminal

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Trial - Verdicts - Robbery - Logical inconsistency R v Mohammed: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division: 23 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, quashed convictions for robbery where ...

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    Criminal

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Trial - Verdicts - Robbery - Logical inconsistency R v Mohammed: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division: 23 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, quashed convictions for robbery where ...

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    Criminal

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Character of accused - Bad character R v Williams: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Richards, Mr Justice Keith, Mr Justice Nicol (judgment delivered extempore)): 23 September 2011 The ...

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    Immigration

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Leave to remain - Appeal - Right to respect for private and family life AJ v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Pill, Etherton, Sir Mark Potter): 21 September 2011 ...

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    Contract

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Misrepresentation - Fraudulent misrepresentation - Sale of company Barnett and another v Rose and others: Chancery Division (A.G. Bompas QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court): 21 September 2011 ...

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    Sentencing

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm R v James: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Richards, Mr Justice Keith, Mr Justice Nicol): 22 September 2011 ...

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    Sentencing

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Imprisonment - Length of sentence R v Hudson: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Eady, Mr Justice Macduff): 21 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, ...

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    Sentencing

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Custodial sentence - Sexual assault R v Borrill: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Eady, Mr Justice Macduff): 21 September 2011

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    Sentencing

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Imprisonment - Length of sentence R v Davies: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Eady, Mr Justice Macduff): 20 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, ...

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    Sentencing

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Imprisonment - Length of sentence R v Flanders: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Richards, Mr Justice Keith, Mr Justice Nicol): 20 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, Criminal ...

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    Sentencing

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Dangerous offenders - Life imprisonment R v Brown: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Eady, Mr Justice Macduff): 23 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, Criminal ...

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    Employment

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    European Union - Employment - Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age Prigge and others v Deutsche Lufthansa AG: Court of Justice of the European Union (Grand Chamber) (Judges Skouris (President), Tizzano, Cunha Rodrigues, Lenaerts, Bonichot, Schiemann, Svaby ...

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    Dishonesty, statements of truth, and Jackson

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    It is a strange world. The perception was, and remains, that legal costs in fast-track road traffic claims are disproportionate to damages. The solution was to ask a senior judge, Lord Justice Jackson, with minimal practical experience of personal injury litigation, to review and report. ...

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    Competition

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    European Union - Cartel offence Lucite International Ltd and another v European Commission: General Court of the European Union (Fourth Chamber) (Judges Forwood, President, Labucka (Rapporteur) and O'Higgins): 15 September 2011 ...

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    Tax

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    European Union - Meaning of taxable person Slaby v Minister Finansow; Kuc and another v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Warszawie: Court of Justice of the European Union (Second Chamber) (Judges Cunha Rodrigues (President of the Chamber), Arabadjiev (Rapporteur), Lohmus, ...