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The end of adverse possession?
JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd and another v United Kingdom (Application no 44302/02) ECtHR TLR 23 November
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Last minute amendment
Davies Attbrook (Chemists) Ltd v Benchmark Group plc ChD TLR 24 November
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Possession order for son’s behaviour
Manchester City Council v Higgs CA TLR 14 December
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Recognising foreign judgment under appeal
Philips and others v Avena and another ChD TLR 22 November
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County court freezing orders
Schmidt v Wong CA TLR 13 December
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Shared residence
In re P (a child) CA SJ 25 November
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Death comes as the end
Harb v Aziz CA TLR 21 November
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Miller v Miller goes to the House of Lords
Alan Miller, a multi-millionaire businessman, has been given permission to appeal to the House of Lords from the decision of the Court of Appeal (24/LL p92) upholding the award of £5m to his wife Melissa by Singer J. The parties had been..
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No order for therapy
In re G (a child) (interim care order: residential assessment) HL TLR 25 November
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New form E
The Family Proceedings (Amendment) (No 5) Rules 2005 (SI 2005 No 2922) introduce a new form E (financial statement) and a new pensions procedure and forms P1, P2 and P3 for applications for ancillary relief brought on or after 5 December. The new..
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Discharging a care order
NP v (1) South Gloucestershire County Council (2) MLC (the child) by his guardian CA LSG 1 December
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Single set of rules
The Family Procedure Rules will be a single set of rules for all family proceedings in the High Court, county courts and magistrates courts. They will replace the separate rules that currently exist for family proceedings in the different levels of..
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Pre-action disclosure
Riggs & Forrester Electrical Ltd v (1) The Governors of South Field School for Girls (2) Northampshire County Council [2005] EWHC 1734 (TCC)
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Compensation for injured feelings
Melia v Magna Kansei Ltd CA TLR 14 November
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Qualified privilege at election
Culnane v Morrison and another [2005] EWHC 2438 (QB); NLJ 25 November
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Compensation Bill
In our last issue at 24/LL p110, we asked if it is really the function of the judiciary to have a sliding scale of duty of care depending on how each judge perceives the benefit to society of a particular activity? Denise Kitchener, the chief..
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Evidence should not be separated
Hall v Jakto Transport Ltd CA TLR 28 November
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Sexual abuse
A v The Archbishop of Birmingham [2005] EWHC 1361
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Deep vein thrombosis
In re Deep Vein Thrombosis and Air Travel Group Litigation HL TLR 12 December
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Increasing agreed security
Kazakhstan v Istil Group Inc CA SJ 25 November
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Mediation
R (on the application of G and others) v Worcestershire County Council
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Effect of Calderbank offer
Codent Ltd v Lyson Ltd CA Lawtel 8 December
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Pre-action offer
Walker Residential Ltd v Davis and another ChD Lawtel 9 December
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Indemnity costs
Wates Construction Ltd v HGP Greentree Allchurch Evans Ltd [2005] EWHC 2174 QBD (TCC); Lawtel 4 November
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Regional costs judges
With effect from 14 November, a number of district judges known as regional costs judges have been designated to carry out detailed assessments of bills of costs lodged in courts in their region in certain circumstances, upon the direction of the..
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Enforcement of charge
Doodes v Gotham and another ChD TLR 25 November
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Video conferencing facilities
Pastouna and another v Black [2005] EWCA Civ 1389; NLJ 2 December
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Power to remit
Adami v Ethical Standards Officer of the Standards Board for English CA TLR 2 December
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Leave to appeal
In re B (a patient) (Court of Protection: appeal) [2005] EWCA Civ 1293; NLJ 11 November
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Adjudicator not an arbitrator or a judge
Carillion Construction Ltd v Davenport Royal Dockyard Ltd CA TLR 24 November
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Failure to consider effect of refusal
Thomson v O’Connell CA SJ 25 November
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Refusal
Islam v Meah CA SJ 25 November
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The price of not using a solicitor
Agassi v Robinson (Inspector of Taxes) [2005] EWCA Civ 1507; NLJ 9 December
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