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Which of two regimes?
Bouhadi v Breish [2016] EWHC 602 (Comm), [2016] All ER (D) 167 (Mar) NLJ 25 March
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CPR Part 36: concessions and intentions
Jockey Club Racecourse Limited v Willmott Dixon Construction Limited [2016] EWHC 167 (TCC). Report by Masood Ahmed in the Law Society Gazette 11 April
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Solicitors Regulation Authority Handbook
The SRA Handbook sets out the standards and requirements the regulated community is expected to achieve and observe, for the benefit of the clients they serve and in the public interest.
The sixteenth version of the Handbook was..
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Clinical round-up
A two page up-to-date review by Jock Mackenzie of recent medical case law particularly claims concerning delayed treatment and incorrectly performed operations. It has the benefit of Dr Mackenzie having the dual qualification of being a doctor of..
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European Union quiz
According to the April issue of The Oldie, practically all of us know practically nothing about the European Union. If you think you are an exception it invites you to test yourself on what it describes as “some of the most elementary..
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It’s a man’s world
One hundred children aged between seven and 11 were asked to draw a nurse, a builder, a banker and a lawyer. Unsurprisingly 88% drew builders as male, 81% drew nurses as female and 80% depicted bankers as male. However 35% of the children showed..
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Committal
Swindon Borough Council v Webb trading as Protective Coatings [2016] EWCA Civ 152, [2016] All ER (D) 147 (Mar) NLJ 8 April
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Production order
R (on the application of Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Britain) v Charity Commission [2016] EWCA Civ 154, [2016] All ER (D) 129 (Mar) NLJ 25 March
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Defendants not covered by moratorium
Mortgage Debenture Ltd v Chapman and Others CA TLR 11 April
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Summary judgment
Goldman Sachs International v Videocon Global Ltd and another [2016] EWCA Civ 130, [2016] All ER (D) 151 (Mar) NLJ 8 April
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Budgeting
“Costs budgeting simply doesn’t work”, say Charles Auld & Kate Harrington in the New Law Journal of 25 March.
“At first sight, costs budgeting appears an attractive solution; restricting the costs that parties..
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Hague Convention
Ciccone v Ritchie (No 1) [2016] EWHC 608 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 189 (Mar) SJ 29 March; NLJ 8 April
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Mediation flop
A government policy aimed at promoting family mediation as the preferred way of settling disputes over parenting, finance, and property has failed, new figures show.
Under the Children and Families Act, April 2014 mediation information..
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Not idea or invention
Magmatic Ltd v PMS International Group plc (Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks intervening) [2016] UKSC 12; TLR 25 March; SJ 15 and 29 March; NLJ 11 March.
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Mis-selling financial products
CGL Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland [2016] EWHC 281 (QB); SJ 24 March
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Default on “unless” order
Oak Cash and Carry Ltd v British Gas Trading Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 153, [2016] All ER (D) 128 (Mar).LSG 15 March
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“All reasonable endeavours”
Bristol Rovers (1883) Ltd v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 160; SJ 12 April
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A life in the day
Athelstane Aamodt shares a walk through chambers
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“Abhorrent” overcharging
Edgar Stephen George Thomas, a sole practitioner who admitted having no understanding of accounts rules who had not updated his “rubbish” client care letter for a decade, has been struck off for overcharging clients. He was charged by..
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Handbook slashed from 600 to 50 pages
Law Society Gazette 23 March
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Court lenient over seven-day delay in filing costs budget
Murray v BAE Systems PLC; LSG 5 April
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Certifying as “totally without merit”
Wasif v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 82
; Hossain v Secretary of State for the Home Department CA TLR 4 April
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Media’s ability to report case involving children too wide
In re W (Children) (Care Proceedings: Publicity) CA TLR 7 April
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Sorting Out Finances on Divorce
The Family Justice Council has launched a new guide to help litigants in person (LiP) reach financial agreements without the need to go to court.
Sorting Out Finances on Divorce is aimed at demystifying any complexities in the areas of..
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Income tax
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Apollo Fuels Ltd and others [2016] EWCA Civ 157, [2016] All ER (D) 170 (Mar) NLJ 8 April
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Creditors to get nothing from failed crowd-funded CMC
The Rebus Group
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Financial relief
Estrada v Al-Juffali (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs intervening) [2016] EWCA Civ 176, [2016] All ER (D) 197 (Mar) NLJ 8 April
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Civil Procedure Rules
“Changes galore”
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Employers’ liability for asbestos exposure
Heneghan v Manchester Dry Docks Ltd and Others CA TLR 1 April; SJ 1 March
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How to assess
Bacciottini and another v Gotelee and Goldsmith (a firm) [2016] EWCA Civ 170 CA SJ 29 March
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