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Multiplex Constructions (UK) Ltd v (1) Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd (2) Cleveland Bridge Dorman Long Engineering Ltd (No 6) [2008] EWHC 2220 and 2280 (TCC)
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Protective costs orders – 1
R (on the application of Buglife-Invertebrate Conservation Trust) v Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation & another [2008] EWCA Civ 1209
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Fundamental review
The Master of the Rolls has now appointed the recently elevated Lord Justice (Sir Rupert) Jackson, assisted by a team of experts, to undertake the fundamental review of civil costs (see 27/LLp97). After some hiccups the timescale has slipped to the..
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Unilateral mistake of fact
Statoil ASA v Louis Dreyfus Energy Services LP [2008] All ER (D) 116 (Sep) QBD (Comm) 29 September; NLJ 3 October
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Hourly rates
A v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [2008] EWHC 1658 QB
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Consent order confusion – 2
Richardson Roofing Co Ltd v Ballast Plc and others [2008] EWHC 1806 (TCC)
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Consent order confusion – 1
Newall and anor v Lewis and ors [2008] EWHC 910 Ch D
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Employment Tribunal
Ramsay and others v Bowercross Construction Ltd and others (2008) EAT 14 August
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Pre-action protocol costs
Birmingham City Council v Lee [2008] EWCA Civ 891 CA 30 July
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Against non-party
(1) Equitas Ltd (2) Additional Underwriting Agencies (No 9) Ltd v (1) Horace Holman & Co Ltd (2) Arwyn Morgan Powell [2008] EWHC 2287 QBD (Comm) 3 October
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Protective costs orders – 2
Baker v (1) Quantum Clothing Group Ltd (2) Meridian (3) Pretty Polly [2008] [EWCA] Civ 823 CA 11 June
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Judicial error
Cooper v Attorney-General Ch D TLR 7 October
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The ‘but for’ test
Sanderson v Hall EWCA Civ 1211 5 November; SJ 11 November
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Capping in group litigation
Various claimants v Corby BC [2008] EWHC 619 (TCC) 1 April
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Adoption consent
Sandwell MBC v (1) GC (2) HC (3) Mr and Mrs X (4) MMC (by the children’s guardian) 2008 EWHC 2555 (Fam) 24 October; SJ 4 November
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‘Potential’ or ‘prospective’ adoptor?
In re S (a Child: Adoption) CA TLR 27 October
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Financial threat to family courts
In an interview in The Times of 23 October, Sir Mark Potter, President of the Family Division expressed the following concerns.
The policy of recouping the full costs of running the courts through fees charged to users is putting the family courts..
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Damages or account of profits?
Devenish Nutrition Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis SA (France) & Others CA TLR 4 November
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Correspondence
Warner v Verfides (a firm) Ch D TLR 6 November
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Sale by mortgagee
Horsham Properties Group Ltd v Clark & another Ch D TLR 29 October; NLJ 17 October p 1458
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Disclosure of witness statement
Re C (a child): CA (Civ Div) 2 September; LSG 9 October
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‘Agreement’ as preliminary issue
S v S [2008] EWHC 2038 (Fam), [2008] All ER (D) 16 (Sep)
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Legal professional privilege
Winters v Mishcon de Reya [2008] EWHC 2419 CH; NLJ 24 October
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Higher rights of audience
The board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority has applied to the Ministry of Justice to close off the accreditation and exemption routes to higher rights from 1 January 2010.
The remaining development route will be remodelled into a single..
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Constructive trust
Parris v Williams [2008] EWCA Civ 1147 23 October; SJ 4 November
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