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Litigation Letter

Referral rules flouted

Solicitors, rather than claims management companies, are largely responsible for breaches in personal injury referral arrangements according to a report published by the Ministry of Justice’s claims management regulator. According to The Law..
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

Higher rights of audience

Solicitors should be automatically granted higher rights of audience on qualification rather than undertake additional training, according to plans outlined by the solicitors regulation authority. Subject to approval from the Ministry of Justice,..
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

Constructive trust

Levi v Levi CA 12 March; SJ 3 June
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

Unlawful dispossession

McCann v United Kingdom (Application number 19009/04) ECHR TLR 23 May
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Dispensing with adoption consent

SB v X County Council CA TLR 29 May
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Revoking adoption placement order

S-H v Kingston upon Hull City Council and another CA TLR 28 May
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

Tribunal’s approach too technical

Towergate London Market Ltd v Harris [2008] EWCA Civ 433; SJ 13 May p29
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

Contract not illegal

Enfield Technical Services Ltd v Payne; Grace v BF Components Ltd CA TLR 2 June
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

Interest on loss of financial dependency

Train & Sons Ltd v Fletcher [2008] EWCA Civ 413 24 April
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

Contribution

Mason v Satelcom Ltd and another CA TLR 4 June
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

Public nuisance

Corby Group Litigation v Corby Borough Council CA TLR 28 May
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

Pleural plaques

The APIL journal PI Focus has reported that hopes are high that prime ministerial intervention in the pleural plaques issue could finally lead to compensation for victims. When answering a question on pleural plaques at Prime Minister’s..
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

Untraced drivers

Byrne v Motor Insurance Bureau [2008] EWCA Civ 574; SJ 3 June
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

12.5% or 100% success fee?

Sitapuria v Khan Liverpool County Court, His Honour Judge Stewart QC, 10 December 2007
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

No security in ancillary relief

Bradley v Bradley CA Civ Div 8 May; SJ 29 May p31
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12.5% success fee is fixed

Kilby v Gawith CA 19 May (not yet reported)
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

Costs against receivers

Mills v Birchall and another [2008] Civ 385 CA 18 April
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Disclosure

Gower Chemicals Group Litigation v Gower Chemicals Ltd and another [2008] EWHC 735 QBD 17 April
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

Notice of funding

Supperstone v Hurst and another [2008] EWHC 75 ChD 16 April
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Repudiatory breach

Alan Auld Associates Ltd v Rick Pollard Associates and another CA SJ 27 May
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Fraud-based claims

Satyam Computer Services Ltd v Upaid Systems Ltd CA TLR 27 May
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Order to inspect accounts

Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services Plc and another CA TLR 15 May
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Court of Appeal can overrule itself

Actavis UK Ltd v Merck and Co Inc CA TLR 5 June
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Fraud allegations must be specific

Berezovsky v Abramovich [2008] EWHC 1138 (Comm) 22 May
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

It’s a deal

In a speech to the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration in Melbourne on 30 May, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, described the framework document on the funding and operation of the courts, which he had agreed..
Online Published Date:  01 July 2008

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