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Harrison and another v Gibson and others ChD TLR 25 January
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Nationwide
Guidelines
A staged nationwide rollout of the telephone hearings scheme commenced on 1 April. A pilot scheme has been running at Newcastle Combined Court Centre since September 2003 and at Luton and Bedford County Courts since February 2004. The..
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Reinstatement
Gaydamak v UBS Bahamas Ltd [2006] UKPC 8; NLJ 10 March
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‘Ere wigo again
The president of the Law Society, Kevin Martin, and the Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates have reopened the debate over advocates’ wigs, claiming that solicitors are treated as second class citizens because they wear a..
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Restrictive covenant
Allan Janes LLP v Johal [2006] EWHC 286 (Ch); NLJ 3 March
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Address for service
Fairmays (a firm) v Palmer [2006] EWHC 96 (Ch); SJ 24 February
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By fax
Kuenyehia and others v International Hospitals Group Ltd CA TLR 17 February
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In the European communities
Plumex v Young Sports NV ECJ KC-473/04; TLR 22 February
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Rules demystification
The Civil and Family Procedure Rule Committees are in future to conclude with a question-and-answer session in which members of the public can participate. Announcing the innovation, the Department for Constitutional Affairs said that open meetings..
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Partial waiver
Fulham Leisure Holdings Ltd v Nicholson Graham and Jones (a firm) ChD TLR 23 February
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UK v Strasbourg
Kay and others v Lambeth London Borough Council and another; Leeds City Council v Price and others [2005] 3 All ER 71; HL TLR 10 March
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Hypothetical question
Cohen v Kingsley Napley (a firm) and another CA LSG 2 March
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Meaning of ‘knowledge’
Haward and others v Fawcetts (a firm) and another HL TLR 3 March; SJ 10 March
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Recusal
AWG Group Ltd v Morrison [2006] All ER (D) 139 (Jan)
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European enforcement
In the Law Society’s Gazette of 23 February, District Judge Angela Marston provided a beginner’s guide to obtaining and executing a European enforcement order. The European enforcement order (EEO) has been an option for judgment..
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No case to answer
Graham v Chorley Borough Council [2006] All ER (D) 288 (Feb); NLJ 10 March
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Setting aside own judgment
Messer Griesheim GmbH v Goyal MG Gases PVP Ltd QBD TLR 14 February
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Third-party debt order
FG Hemisphere Associates, LLC v Republic of Congo QBD TLR 27 February
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CSA – good money after bad?
John Hutton, the Work and Pension Secretary, has announced that the child support system in the UK is to be completely redesigned. He has found little evidence to suggest that outcomes under the CSA are any better than under the court system it..
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Transparency
‘There is undoubtedly a need to make the family justice system more transparent, if only because it has been on the receiving end of a lot of largely unjustified criticism. In a number of cases, the courts are unable to defend or correct..
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Witness summonses
Tajik Aluminium Plant v Hydro Aluminium AS [2005] EWCA Civ 1218
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Hearsay in contempt proceedings
Daltel Europe Ltd (in liquidation) and others v Makki and others CA TLR 8 March; SJ 10 March
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Immunity for honest expert
Meadow v General Medical Council QBD (Admin) TLR 22 February; SJ 10 March
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Continuity
Prater v Cornwall County Council [2006] EWCA Civ 102; NLJ 3 March
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Occupier’s liability
Keown v Coventry Health Care NHS Trust [2006] All ER (D) 27 (Feb); NLJ 24 February
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Limitation
Adam v Ali CA TLR 6 March; SJ 3 March
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Assignment of CFA
Jenkins v Young Brothers Transport Ltd [2006] All ER (D) 270 (Feb); NLJ 10 March
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CFA backdated but not retrospective
Holmes v Alfred McAlpine Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd [2006] EWHC 110 (QB); SJ 3 March
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Minimum charging rates
In Italy, compulsory minimum and maximum rates for lawyers’ fees are fixed, with the scales being set every two years by the National Council of the Bar and approved by the Justice Minister. The Advocate-General of the European Court of..
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Failure to pay costs of previous action
Investment Invoice Financing Ltd v Limehouse Board Mills Ltd CA TLR 23 January
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Acceptance of offer
Hawley v Luminar Leisure plc and others CA TLR 14 February
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Refusal to enforce
Kanoria and others v Guinness and another CA TLR 28 February
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Fixed Costs and the indemnity principle
Nizami and another v Butt QBD LSG 2 March; NLJ 17 February
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