News – Page 286
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Civil procedure
Admissibility – Civil recovery proceedings – Proceeds of crime Ronald Olden v Serious Organised Crime Agency: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Rix, Wilson, Sir Scott Baker): 26 February 2010 The ...
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Family law
Human rights – Local government – Care proceedings – Child sexual abuse – Cross examination Re W (children): SC (Lady Hale, Lords Walker, Brown, Mance, Kerr): 3 March 2010 The ...
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Probate: inheritance tax, mistakes, Hastings-Bass and disinherited children
Mr Pitt was left brain damaged after a road accident. His wife was appointed his receiver. Mr Pitt received £1.2m in agreed damages. Acting on the advice of financial advisers Mrs Pitt transferred the lump sum to a discretionary settlement.
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Financial regulation
Civil evidence – Human rights – Disclosure – Documents (1) Financial Services Authority (2) Elisabeth Connell (3) Patricia Senra (appellants) v (1) AMRO International SA (2) Creon Management SA (respondents) and Goodman Jones LLP (interested party): CA (Civ ...
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Legal profession
Barristers’ powers and duties – Instructions – Overriding objective – Retainers Richard Buxton (solicitors) (appellant) v Huw Llewelyn Paul Mills-Owens (respondent) and Law Society (intervener): CA (Civ Div) (Sir Mark Potter (President Fam Div), Lords Justice Dyson, Maurice ...
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Secret filming and the case law that subsequently arises
A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth – Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale
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Dispute resolution: recovering costs before allocation
Is a costs judge entitled to take the view that a matter would have been allocated to the small claims track (and therefore requiring the paying party to pay costs on the small claims track basis) where a case is settled before allocation and the consent order provides for costs ...
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Employment
Christianity – Detriment – Religious discrimination – Jewellery Eweida v British Airways Plc: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Sedley, Carnwath, Lady Justice Smith): 12 February 2010 The appellant employee ...
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Immigration
Detention – Foreign nationals – Human rights R (on the application of (1) WL (Congo) (2) KM (Jamaica)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Neuberger, Master of the Rolls, Lords Justice Carnwath, ...
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Civil evidence
Banking – Admissibility – Agreements – Estoppel – Settlement Oceanbulk Shipping and Trading SA v TMT Asia Ltd: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Ward, Longmore, Stanley Burnton): 15 February 2010 ...
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Legal profession
Bias – Clerks – Findings – Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Amritpal Singh Virdi (appellant) v Law Society (respondent) and Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (intervener): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Jacob, Lloyd, Stanley Burnton): 16 February 2010 ...
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Civil procedure
Costs – Personal injury – Allocation – Detailed assessment Drew v Whitbread: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Waller (vice-president), Hooper, Etherton): 9 February 2010 The appellant (D) appealed against ...
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Local government
Environmental health – Buildings – Burials and cremation – Religions R (on the application of Ghai) (appellant) v Newcastle City Council and Others (respondent) and Secretary of State for Justice (interested party) and (1) Ramgharia Gurdwara, Hitchin (2) ...
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Employment
Local government – Bonus payments – Equal pay – Sex discrimination Gibson and Others v Sheffield City Council: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Pill, Maurice Kay, Lady Justice Smith): 10 February 2010 ...
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Freedom of information: exemptions and vetoes
The tax status of the Conservative Party’s major donor and deputy chairman, Lord Ashcroft, has been the subject of much controversy and media headlines over the past few years.
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Local government – Taxi! Breach of consultation and apparent bias, please
Taxis take you wherever you want to go, but Newport City Council’s taxi ride to the Administrative Court didn’t end well for the authority.
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Human rights
Deformation – Breach of confidence – Freedom of expression – Injunctions LNS v Persons Unknown: QBD (Mr Justice Tugendhat): 29 January 2010 The applicant (X) applied for an injunction ...
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Criminal law: use of hearsay evidence; professional conduct
The Supreme Court in R v Horncastle [2009] UKSC14 has upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal that, in appropriate circumstances, the Crown may rely wholly or mainly on hearsay evidence to establish its case. The Court of Appeal had, however, emphasised the need to check the reliability of ...