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Advocacy
An article, ‘Arguably, knowledge is power’ by the Solicitors’ Association of Higher Court Advocates in the Law Society’s Gazette, emphasised the importance ofwell-researched skeleton arguments. Judges, whether specialist or..
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Effect of fraud on civil legal professional privilege
Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Co (No 6) CA TLR 25 April
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Breach of confidence
Douglas and others v Hello! Ltd and others CA TLR 24 May; NLJ 27 May
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Personal liability
In an article ‘Hints for Hungry Litigators’ in the New Law Journal of 6 May, Simon Headley considered a company’s obligations and liabilities concerning its name and stationery, and the question of directors’ personal..
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Design defect
Abbott and another v Will Gannon and Smith Ltd CA TLR 28 April
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Tolerated trespasser
Newham London Borough Council v Hawkins and others CA TLR 3 May
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Judicial appointment
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 has at last reached the statute book. Under Part 4, the Judicial Appointments Commission is established and under Schedule 10 the size and membership of the Commission is set out. For the first time in history..
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Disqualification appeal
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Paulin ChD TLR 26 May
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Discharge by variation of loan
Triodos Bank NV v Dobbs (No 2) CA TLR 30 May
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Cohabitation: Law, Practice and Precedents
Third edition; Helen Wood, Denzil Lush and David Bishop; Family Law; £75. Hardback plus CD-ROM
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Deception by the court
Harb v King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz CA TLR 6 June
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Costs of residential assessment
Lambeth London Borough Council v S and others FD TLR 19 May
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Recognition of overseas divorce
Duhur-Johnson v Duhur-Johnson FD TLR 18 May
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Challenging care order
In re W (children: removal into care) CA TLR 25 May
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Breach of children injunction
In re M-B and D (children); In re J-B (a child) CA SJ 6 May
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Contact and adoption
The Child Contact and Inter-Country Adoption Bill (formerly the Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill) was incorporated in the Queen’s speech as part of the 2005–06 legislative programme. The Bill seeks new methods of enforcing contact..
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Information about prospective adopters
In re S (a child) CA SJ 27 May
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Paternity under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
In re D (a child appearing by her guardian ad litem) HL SJ 27 May
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Costs order set aside
Seiwa v Sankofa CA SJ 6 June
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Third party disclosure
Mitsui & Co Ltd v Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd ChD TLR 18 May
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Late witness statement
Roberts and others v Williams and others CA SJ 27 May
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Holiday pay after sick pay
Ainsworth and others v Inland Revenue Commissioners CA TLR 16 May
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Amplification of employment tribunal reasons
Barke v SEETEC Business Technology Centre Ltd CA TLR 26 May
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Employment tribunal jurisdiction
Crofts and others v Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and others CA TLR 31 May
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Rehabilitation
In an article in the Law Society’s Gazette of 26 May, Lucy Trevelyan wrote: ‘Rehabilitation companies which specialise in treating injured people and massaging them into shape and back into the workforce are springing up in droves, and..
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Vibration white finger litigation
Rugby Joinery UK Ltd v Whitford CA TLR 31 May
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No award of costs
Alli v Luton & Dunstable NHS Trust CA SJ 6 May
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Effect of non-disclosure
Bradford and Bingley plc v Ross CA TLR 2 May
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Stress at work
Harding v The Pub Estate Co Ltd CA SJ 27 May
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Judge was wrong to find claimant incredible
Coles v Greaves and another CA SJ 27 May
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A single civil court?
In its response to the Government’s consultation paper on the benefits of creating a single civil court, the Law Society addressed the question of economics. It pointed out that the consequences of the introduction of the CPR was that by..
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‘A licence to print money’
According to The Lawyer of 6 June, since the decision in U (or KU) v Liverpool City Council (24/LL p61) insurers have been wringing their hands calling it a licence to print money. Until that decision defendant insurers had been successful in..
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Not at any price
Writing in the Law Society’s Gazette of 2 June, Andrew Underwood, president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers argued for a behavioural code of practice for multi-tracked cases which the personal injury pre-action protocol fails to address...
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Apportionment of success
Hackney London Borough Council v Campbell and others CA SJ 6 May
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Funders liable for costs up to the amount of their potential gain amount of their potential gain
Arkin v Borchard Lines Ltd, Zim Israel Navigation Company Ltd and others and Managers and Processors of Claims (Part 20 defendants) and others [2005] EWCA Civ 655
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