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Sentencing guidelines
The first series of new-style guidelines has taken effect for all sentences imposed on or after 13 June 2011, whatever the date of the offence. The guidelines apply to offences under: ...
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Trust and trustee
Maintenance - Maintenance of children Green and another v Hon E Alexander and others: Chancery Division: 19 July 2011 The Chancery Division of the High Court decided that the claimant ...
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Citizenship
United Kingdom citizenship - Deprivation of citizenship - Claimant becoming naturalised British citizen GI v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London): 19 July 2011 ...
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Insolvency
Administration order - Administrator - Appointment of administrator Stanley International Betting Ltd v Stanleybet UK Investments Ltd and Others: Chancery Division: 12 July 2011Stanley International Betting Ltd v Stanleybet UK Investments Ltd and Others: Chancery Division (Stuart Isaacs QC ...
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Employment
Practice and procedure - Jurisdiction - Unfair dismissal Kudjodji v Lidl Ltd: Employment Appeal Tribunal (Mr Justice Langstaff): 25 May 2011 The employee brought a claim against the employer for ...
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Criminal evidence
Procedure - Disclosure - Aggravated trespass - Whether conviction unsafe R v Barkshire and Others: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, Mr Justice Treacy, Mr Justice Calvert-Smith): 20 July 2011 ...
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Criminal law
Trial - Prosecution - Prosecutorial misconduct - Court of Appeal R v Maxwell: Supreme Court (Justices of the Supreme Court: Lords Rodger, Brown, Mance, Collins, Dyson): 20 July 2011 In ...
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Employment
European community - contract Duncombe and others v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families: Supreme Court (Lords Rodger, Mance, Collins, Clarke and Lady Hale): 15 July 2011 The ...
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Human rights
Right to a fair hearing - Employment proceedings Home Office v Tariq: Supreme Court (Lords Phillips P, Hope DP, Rodger, Brown, Mance, Kerr, Clarke, Dyson and Lady Hale): 13 July 2011 ...
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Freedom of movement
European Union - Workers - Social security St Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Ward, Burnton and Black LJJ): 13 July 2011 ...
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Civil procedure
Costs - Probate Shovelar and others v Lane and others: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Justice Ward, Moore-Bick and Lady Justice Arden): 12 July 2011 The Court of Appeal, ...
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Personal injury caused by a hazardous floor
Hufton v Somerset County Council [2011] EWCA Civ 789. The claimant was a pupil at the defendant’s school. She suffered an injury to her knee when slipping on water on the wooden floor of the assembly hall when re-entering the building during the morning break. ...
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Derivatives
Bank - Bank loan - derivative transaction Standard Chartered Bank v Ceylon Petroleum Corporation: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Hamblen): 11 July 2011 The Queen's Bench Division, Commercial ...
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Conflict of law
Challenge to jurisdiction - Claimant judgment creditor bringing proceedings in Greece - Defendant judgment debtors seek to stay UK proceedings Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL and other companies: Queen’s Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Burton): 13 ...