Judgment in full: Douglas v. Hello! – The Times

Posted May 2nd, 2007 in confidentiality, contracts, economic loss, law reports by sally

Douglas v. Hello! [2007] UKHL 21

The Times, 2nd May 2007

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Lords OK Hello!’s Zeta-Jones wedding payout – The Times

Posted May 2nd, 2007 in confidentiality, contracts, economic loss, news by sally

“OK! magazine won it’s [sic] appeal today against glossy rival Hello! in the dispute over the Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas wedding photographs.”

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The Times, 2nd May 2007

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Firm wins compensation for executive time wasted in dispute – OUT-LAW.com

Posted May 1st, 2007 in contracts, damages, news by sally

“A printing firm has successfully won compensation for the wasted time of a company executive in a construction dispute. Bridge Communications was awarded £4,800 for the time which a senior executive spent dealing with the dispute.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 1st May 2007

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Forced to sign on the dotted line – The Times

Posted April 17th, 2007 in contracts, legal aid, solicitors by sally

“To the outside world it must seem extraordinary that lawyers (of all people) signed a contract so apparently weighted in favour of the paymaster that the profession’s own contract lawyer advised them not to put pen to paper.”

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The Times, 17th April 2007

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20 Essex Street barristers conclude key breach of contract case in the Lords – The Lawyer

Posted April 16th, 2007 in contracts, damages, news by sally

“A trio of barristers from 20 Essex Street has secured a House of Lords ruling that could alter significantly the principles governing the way damages are measured for breach of contract.”

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The Lawyer, 16th April 2007

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