“A former industry boss has lost a Supreme Court appeal in his battle to avoid extradition from the UK to the US over obstructing justice allegations.”
BBC News, 24th February 2010
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“The science writer Simon Singh is in court today to appeal against a preliminary libel ruling over a Guardian article in which he criticised the British Chiropractic Association (BCA).”
The Guardian, 23rd February 2010
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“A woman who smothered her three-year-old son to death with a pillow was sentenced to four years jail for his manslaughter today after successfully appealing against her conviction for his murder.”
The Independent, 19th February 2010
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“The revenue had not been shown, in considering cases founded upon asserted non-resident status, to have altered its interpretation or application of relevant guidance material.”
WLR Daily, 18th February 2010
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“A midwife won a High Court appeal against being struck off today after a judge ruled she did not have a fair hearing.”
The Independent, 18th February 2010
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Bilkus v Stockler Brunton (a firm) [2010] EWCA Civ 101; [2010] WLR (D) 43
“When a solicitor rendering his invoice to a client charged an uplift fee he had to give careful attention to the question whether the work charged for was contentious or non-contentious work.”
WLR Daily, 17th February 2010
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“Three men accused of murdering a 23-year-old man during riots in Birmingham have been found not guilty.”
BBC News, 17th February 2010
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Eweida v British Airways plc [2010] EWCA Civ 80; [2010] WLR (D) 37
“A Christian employee who had been suspended from work for wearing with her uniform a small, visible cross in breach of her employer’s staff dress code, which forbade the wearing of visible neck adornment, had not suffered unlawful indirect discrimination.”
WLR Daily, 15th February 2010
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“Disgraced officer, jailed for four years, is to appeal against conviction for corruption, says legal team.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2010
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“The catering trade and retailers won their court battle today over the charges they pay for playing recorded music. High Court judge Mr Justice Arnold upheld a ruling from a Copyright Tribunal which the Institute of Licensing said will mean pubs, hotels and restaurants across Britain will now receive up to £20 million in refunds.”
The Independent, 12th February 2010
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Midgulf International Ltd v Groupe Chimique Tunisien [2010] EWCA Civ 66; [2010] WLR (D) 34
“Where the court had found that there was a valid contract governed by English law to conduct arbitration of disputes in England, it would be inappropriate for one party to the contract to seek a foreign court to declare that there was no such agreement and the English Court could restrain that party who had submitted to the jurisdiction of English court from instituting or continuing the action in the foreign court contrary to the arbitration agreement.”
WLR Daily, 11th February 2010
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“When a court was considering an application for leave to apply to discharge a special guardianship order pursuant to s 14D(5) of the Children Act 1989 it was important to adopt the correct approach to the question whether there had been a ‘change in circumstances’ for the purposes of that provision.”
WLR Daily, 11th February 2010
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R v Hancox and another [2010] EWCA Crim 102; [2010] WLR (D) 30
“The interference that the imposition of a serious crime prevention order would make to a defendant’s freedom of action had to be justified by the public benefit in preventing, restricting or disrupting involvement by the defendant in serious crime; it was not enough that the order might have some benefit.”
WLR Daily, 10th February 2010
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“The foreign secretary has lost a bid to prevent the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident.”
BBC News, 10th February 2010
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NML Capital Ltd v Republic of Argentina [2010] EWCA Civ 41; [2010] WLR (D) 28
“A court had no jurisdiction to permit a claimant to serve proceedings on a foreign state unless it was satisfied that there was, at the least, a good arguable case that the defendant state was not immune from suit. S 31 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 remained subject to the provisions of the State Immunity Act 1978 as regards the circumstances in which the courts could exercise jurisdiction over states when a claimant wished to implead them in those courts.”
WLR Daily, 5th February 2010
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Shah and another v HSBC Private Bank (UK) Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 31; [2010] WLR (D) 27
“Where a bank claimed, for the purposes of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, to entertain ‘suspicion’ about money-laundering concerning a proposed transaction on a customer’s account, and had failed to carry out instructions promptly, a customer might be entitled to proceed with a claim in breach of contract or duty.”
WLR Daily, 5th February 2010
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“A magistrates’ court exercising its discretion under s 64(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 ‘to make an order for costs … as it thinks just and reasonable’ in relation to forfeiture proceedings successfully defended was entitled to refuse to order the police to pay the costs on the ground that they had acted honestly, properly and reasonably in bringing and continuing the proceedings in the public interest.”
WLR Daily, 5th February 2010
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“Media organisations hope judgment will clear away tangle of legal complexities around defence of fair comment.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2010
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Regina v Iqbal [2010] WLR (D) 23
“An application for the time for proceedings for a confiscation order to be postponed, or for a postponement to be extended, may be made only during the permitted period provided for in s 14 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.”
WLR Daily, 4th February 2010
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