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Using the Wrong Form
Hannigan v Hannigan (CA The Independent 23 May)
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Statutory Charge
Morgan and others v Legal Aid Board (Ch D WLR 24 April)
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Why They’re Calling Last Orders at the Bar
Article by Anne Mizzi and Jonathan Ames, The Independent 18 April
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No Protective Tenancy of Houseboat
Chelsea Yacht and Boat Club Ltd v Pope (CA TLR 7 June)
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Reopening Case After Final Judgment
Stewart v Engel and another (CA TLR 26 May)
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Judgment Delivered After Settlement
Prudential Assurance Company Ltd v McBains Cooper (a Firm) and others (CA TLR 2 June)
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Sale of Land Abroad
Ashurst v Pollard and another (Ch D [2000] 2 All ER 7772)
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No Stay Pending ECtHR Application
Locabail (UK) Ltd and another v Waldorf Investment Corporation and others (No 4) (Ch D TLR 13 June)
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Lord Woolf’s Warning
On his appointment as Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf warned that ‘impractical and far-fetched arguments, with little or no chance of success, would bring the Human Rights Act into disrepute and squander court resources’. He was confident..
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Associated Persons
G v F (Non-Molestation Order: Jurisdiction) (FD TLR 24 May)
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Children Act Review
Jane Kennedy, junior minister at the Lord Chancellor’s Department has announced a full review of the Children Act because of delays in the hearing of children cases. She suggested that because the Act introduced the concept of joint parental..
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The Divorce etc (Pensions) Regulations 2000
Sl 2000 No 1123 Coming into force 1 December 2000
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Revoking a Freeing Order
In Re J (a Minor) (Adoption: Freeing Order) (FD WLR 26 May)
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Court Bundles Warning
In Re H (a Minor) (Court Bundles: Disallowance of Fees) (FD WLR 6 June)
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Contact Between Children and Violent Parents
In Re L (A Child) (Contact: Domestic Violence) and Three Other Appeals (CA TLR 21 June)
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Non-Party Disclosure of Documents
In Re Howglen Limited (Ch D WLR 21 April)
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Tracing Money
Foskett v McKeown (H of L WLR 24 May)
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Determining Whether Dismissal for Misconduct was Fair
Midland Bank plc v Madden (EAT [2000] 2 All ER 741)
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Employee’s Rights Under Illegal Contract
Hall v Woolston Hall Leisure Ltd (CA WLR 31 May)
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Psychiatric Injury to Secondary Victim
Greatorex v Greatorex and others (QBD WLR 6 June)
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Interest on Special camages
Wisely v John Fulton (Plumbers) Ltd, Wadey v Surrey County Council (H of L [2000] 2 All ER 545)
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Failure to Remove Ice and Snow from Road
Goodes v East Sussex County Council (H of L WLR 16 June)
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Resiling from Admission of Liability
Sollitt v D J Broady Ltd (CA, CLW 5 June)
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Judge Berates ‘Greedy’ Paddington Lawyers
Under the above headline the Evening Standard of 1 7 April quoted Lord Cullen, the judge conducting the Paddington rail crash inquiry as saying “I am surprised it has not been possible for the solicitors to subordinate their own interests to..
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Children’s Mischief is Foreseeable
Jolley v Sutton LBC (H of L WLR 24 May)
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Main Contractor Was Not a Nursemaid
Makepeace v Evans Brothers (Reading) (a Firm) and another (CA WLR 13 June)
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Reduction for Supervening Events
Heil v Rankin and another (CA TLR 20 June)
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Electronic Transfers
The County Court Bulk Centre, under the name of Northampton County Court, processes 54% of all county court claims for money. On 5 June a pilot testing electronic transfer between the Centre and firms of solicitors, finance houses, banks, water..
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Costs not Following the Event
Gwembe Valley Development Co Ltd v Koshy (Ch D LSG 16 March)
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Wasted Costs Order
In Re H (a Minor) (Court Bundles: Disallowance of Fees) (FD TLR 6 June)
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Part 36 Offer not Effective on Summary Judgment
Petrotrade Inc v Texaco Ltd (CA TLR 14 June)
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Appeals from Authorised Court Officers
Civil Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2000 prescribes that any party to detailed assessment proceedings may appeal against a decision of an authorised court officer in those proceedings to a costs judge or a district judge of the High Court. The..
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COSTS
The new costs practice direction which came into force on 3 July is too long and came too late for inclusion in this issue. It is about 90 pages long, some 50 of which are new. Paragraphs which are not new have been re-numbered and divided into 57..
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Copying Press Cuttings
Newspaper Licensing Agency v Marks and Spencer plc (CA TLR 15 June)
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Full Satisfaction or Final Settlement?
Heaton and Others v Axa Equity and Law Life Assurance Society plc and another (CA TLR 7 June)
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Withdrawal of Part 36 Offer
Pitch mastic plc v Birse Construction Ltd (QBD LSG 8 June p41)
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Exchange of Skeleton Arguments
Brown and another v Bennett and others (Ch D TLR 13 June)
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ANCILLARY RELIEF ROLLS OUT
The Family Proceedings (Amendment No 2) Rules 1999 came into force on 5 June amending the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 so as to create anew procedural code for applications for ancillary relief under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. This code..
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