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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, ...

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Tax

2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

Corporation tax - Taxpayer company claiming deduction in respect of loan relationship debit MJP Media Services Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners: Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (Mr Justice Arnold): 2 September 2011 ...

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Family

2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

Orders in family proceedings - Care order - Threshold criteria Re H-W (Children): Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Ward, Black): 16 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, Civil ...

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Intellectual property

2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

European Union - Trademarks - Registration Chalk v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM): General Court of the European Union (First Chamber) (Judges Azizi (Rapporteur), President, Cremona and Frimodt Nielsen): 9 September 2011 ...

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Intellectual property

2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

European Union - Trademarks - Registration Deutsche Bahn AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM): General Court of the European Union (First Chamber) (Judges Azizi, President, Cremona, and Frimodt Nielsen (Rapporteur)): 9 ...

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Family

2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

Publication of information - Mother making false allegations about father - Local authority applying to make information public Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council v Haigh and others: Fam Div (Sir Nicholas Wall): 22 August 2011 ...

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Probate

2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

Will - Deceased leaving majority of estate to sons - Daughter contesting validity of will Ahluwalia v Singh and others: ChD (Mark Cawson QC sitting as a High Court judge): 6 September 2011 ...

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Withdrawal of medical treatment

2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Cases involving the withdrawal of medical treatment or, in some cases, the use of medical treatment against the wishes of a child or an adult without capacity are some of the most emotive cases that come before courts. There is a natural and widespread interest from members of the public ...

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Criminal

2011-10-03T00:00:00Z

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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Judicial review

2011-09-29T00:00:00Z

Availability of remedy - Challenge to validity of public authority's decision R (on the application of B) v Chief Constable of Derbyshire Constabulary: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (Lord Justice Munby and Mr Justice Beatson): 16 September 2011 ...

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Contract

2011-09-29T00:00:00Z

Evidence - Breach of contract Camertown Timber Merchants Ltd and another v Sidhu and others: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Ward, Moore-Bick and Rimer): 8 September 2011 The ...

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Sentencing

2011-09-29T00:00:00Z

Deferment of sentence - Exercise of power of deferment - Wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm Attorney General's Reference (No 62 of 2011); R v Johnson: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Pitchford, Mrs Justice ...

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Sentencing

2011-09-29T00:00:00Z

Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Robbery Attorney General's Reference (Nos 48 and 49 of 2011); R v Stokes and another The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division held, as unduly ...

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Sentencing

2011-09-29T00:00:00Z

Custodial sentence - Young offenders - Detention and Training order R v T: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division: 16 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, held that ...

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Sentencing

2011-09-29T00:00:00Z

Imprisonment - Length of sentence R v Scarth: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lords Justice Pitchford, Wilkie, Mr Justice Holroyde (judgment delivered extempore)): 9 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, ...

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Sentencing

2011-09-29T00:00:00Z

Non-custodial sentence - Suspended sentence Attorney General's Reference (No 64 of 2011); R v Crawford: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lords Justice Pitchford, Wilkie and Mr Justice Holroyde (judgment delivered extempore)): 14 September 2011 ...

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Practice

2011-09-29T00:00:00Z

Pre-trial or post-judgment relief - Freezing order Linsen International Ltd and others v Humpuss Sea Transport PTE Ltd and others: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Flaux): 14 September 2011 ...