Category: choice of forum

Abdulla and others v Birmingham City Council – WLR Daily

Posted December 2nd, 2011 in choice of forum, employment tribunals, law reports, limitations, sex discrimination by tracey

Abdulla and others v Birmingham City Council: [2011] EWCA Civ 1412;  [2011] WLR (D)  342

“Where an equal pay claim under the Equal Pay Act 1970 was brought in an ordinary court within the six-year limitation period for bringing contract claims, the claim could not be struck out under section 2(3) of the 1970 Act on the grounds that it could be ‘more conveniently disposed of’ by an employment tribunal in circumstances where it was known to the court that the tribunal would have to decline jurisdiction to deal with the claim on the basis that it had been brought outside the six-month time limit for presenting an unequal pay complaint to the tribunal.”

WLR Daily, 29th November 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

eDate Advertising GmbH v X: Martinez and another v MGN Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted November 18th, 2011 in choice of forum, EC law, electronic commerce, law reports, privacy by tracey

eDate Advertising GmbH v X: Martinez and another v MGN Ltd; (Joined Cases C-509/09 and C-161/10);  [2011] WLR (D)  330

“Under article 5(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 a person who considered that his privacy rights had been infringed by content placed online on an internet website had the option of bringing an action either before the courts of the member state in which the publisher of that content was established or before the courts of the member state in which the centre of his interests was based. Under article 3 of Directive 2000/31/EC (‘the E-Commerce Directive’) member states had to ensure that, subject to the derogations authorised in accordance with the conditions set out in article 3(4), the provider of an electronic commerce service was not made subject to stricter requirements than those provided for by the substantive law applicable in the member state in which that service provider was established.”

WLR Daily, 25th October 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Russian wife’s £2.85m divorce in Britain will ‘open floodgates’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 1st, 2011 in choice of forum, divorce, news by sally

“A Russian student has been awarded £2.8 million after an 18-month marriage in a settlement that her ex-husband’s lawyer claimed could turn Britain into the ‘divorce capital of the world’.”

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Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Defamation Bill intended to kill off ‘libel tourism’ – The Independent

Posted March 15th, 2011 in bills, choice of forum, defamation, defences, freedom of expression, internet, news by sally

“Major changes to Britain’s antiquated defamation laws will be outlined by ministers today with the publication of a bill to provide greater protection for free speech and an end to ‘libel tourism’.”

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The Independent, 15th March 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

New rules to discourage ‘libel tourism’ in Britain – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 14th, 2011 in choice of forum, defamation, news by sally

“The new rules will block celebrities and businessmen from bringing libel cases in this country unless they can prove that publication caused them ‘substantial harm’ in England and Wales, it is understood.”

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Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Libel tourism is a very rare thing in UK courts, finds study – OUT-LAW.com

Posted September 2nd, 2010 in choice of forum, defamation, news by sally

“Just three out of 83 defamation cases reported in the UK in the past year involved libel tourism, according to a study. Concern about foreign residents suing foreign publishers in UK courts greatly outweighs its actual occurrence, the figures suggest.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 2nd September 2010

Source: www.out-law.com

Invasion of the libel tourists – The Independent

Posted August 21st, 2008 in choice of forum, defamation, special report by sally

“US celebrities are being actively courted by media lawyers to take advantage of Britain’s tougher libel laws and bring their cases to London.”

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The Independent, 21st August 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk