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Defamation
Chiropractors – Fair comment – Libel – Evidence British Chiropractic Association v Singh: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Chief Justice Judge, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls, Lord Justice Sedley): 1 April 2010 ...
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Practical consequences of Twomey case for non-jury trials
Solicitors need to start thinking about the practical consequences of Twomey for non-jury trials, explains Seth Levine
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Local government: standards appraisal – what are the options?
In the acclaimed BBC comedy The Office, David Brent had rather a hard time trying to conduct an appraisal with Keith from accounts, who came across as a less-than-helpful appraisee. However, Standards for England (SFE) appeared to have less trouble with its appraisal of the local government standards framework, for ...
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Real property
Disclosure – Misrepresentation - Mortages – Spouses Jayne Hewett v First Plus Financial Group Plc: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Jacob, Leveson, Mr Justice Briggs): 24 March 2010 ...
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Social security
Accidents – Heart – Industrial injuries benefits – Personal injury Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v James Scullion: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Pill, Etherton, Aikens): 23 March 2010 ...
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Criminal procedure
Causation – Foreseeability – Joint enterprise – Jury directions R v (1) Reece Mendez (2) Seaon Thompson: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Justice Toulson, Mrs Justice Cox DBE, Judge Barker QC (Common Serjeant of London)): 22 March 2010 ...
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Probate: another disputed will relating to a farm
There seems no end to the flood of disputed wills relating to farms. The most recent is Key v Key [2010] EWHC 408 (Ch).
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Civil procedure
Personal injury – Costs – Fraud – Judgements Martin Raymond Owens v Mark Noble: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Sedley, Elias, Lady Justice Smith): 18 March 2010 The Court ...
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Landlord and tenant
Animals – Housing – Human rights – Nuisance Dee Thomas-Ashley v Drum Housing Association Ltd: CA (Civ Div) (Sir Andrew Morritt (chancellor), Lord Justice Thomas, Sir Scott Baker): 17 March 2010 ...
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Employment
Disciplinary procedures – Doctors – Gross misconduct – Unfair dismissal Sameer Sarkar v West London Mental Health NHS Trust: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Mummery, Richards, Rimer): 19 March 2010 ...
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Negligence
Child sexual abuse – Clergy – Duty of care – Vicarious liability MAGA (by his litigation friend the Official Solicitor) v Trustees of the Birmingham Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master ...
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Why you should be interested in World Intellectual Property Day
The World lntellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is a UN agency dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system. Based in Geneva, WIPO has a mandate to promote the protection of worldwide IP through cooperation among states and collaboration with other international organisations.
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Examining the RTA provisions ahead of next month’s implementation
The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2010 and update 52 come into force on 30 April. This article is confined to a summary of the most important aspects of these amendments, namely the new Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents (the RTA Protocol). All lawyers ...
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Local government: general competence to restore vires confidence
If money does actually make the world go round (as enthusiastically asserted by MC and Sally Bowles in the 1972 film Cabaret) then it is confidence that fuels it. For, as we have all been experiencing, just as confidence ebbs, so does the economic system slow down and stagnate. And ...
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Intellectual property
Contracts – Commercial law – Media and entertainment – Electronic commerce Pink Floyd Music Ltd & anr v EMI Records Ltd: Ch D (Sir Andrew Morritt (chancellor)): 11 March 2010 ...
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Civil procedure
Civil evidence – Personal injury – Appeals – Fraud – Fresh evidence Martin Raymond Owens v Mark Noble: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Sedley, Elias, Lady Justice Smith): 10 March 2010 ...
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Family law
Conflict of laws – Ancillary relief – Divorce – Foreign judgements Agbaje (respondent) v Akinnoye-Agbaje (FC) (appellant): SC (Lords Phillips (president), Rodger, Collins, Kerr, Lady Hale): 10 March 2010 ...
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Criminal law: sentencing, costs and confiscation
On 26 October 2009, the sentencing guideline for statutory offences of fraud came into force. The guideline does not deal with the offences of conspiracy to defraud or cheating the public revenue, where case law will continue to apply. Since many fraud offences are broadly defined, some types of activity ...