Judge blocks ‘worrying’ attempt to take girl away from blind adoptive mother – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 18th, 2013 in adoption, carers, disabled persons, injunctions, local government, news, social services by sally

“A council has been blocked from removing a girl from her would-be adoptive mother who had gone blind, after a judge ruled social workers were wrong to assume that her visual impairment meant she was not a suitable parent.”

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Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corpn and others v Harris and others – WLR Daily

Posted February 7th, 2013 in copyright, injunctions, law reports, media by sally

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corpn and others v Harris and others [2013] EWHC 159 (Ch); [2013] WLR (D) 42

“A copyright owner did not have a proprietary claim to money derived from infringement of the copyright.”

WLR Daily, February 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

VTB Capital plc v Nutritek and others – WLR Daily

VTB Capital plc v Nutritek and others [2013] UKSC 5; [2013] WLR (D) 41

“Where a claimant alleged that it had been induced by the fraudulent misrepresentations of a third party to enter a contract with a company, and sought to make a contractual claim against the third party as being jointly and severally liable with the company, it was not appropriate for the court to pierce the corporate veil, even if it could do so on appropriate facts, since to do so would render the third party liable as if he had been a co-contracting party with the company when he had not, and when none of the contracting parties, including the claimant, had intended that he should be.”

WLR Daily, 6th February 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

VTB Capital plc (Appellant) v Nutritek International Corp and others (Respondents) – Supreme Court

VTB Capital plc (Appellant) v Nutritek International Corp and others (Respondents) [2013] UKSC 5 | UKSC 2012/0167 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 6th February 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

Kate Winslet’s husband Ned RocknRoll is not a public figure, says judge – The Independent

Posted January 18th, 2013 in injunctions, media, news, privacy by tracey

“Actress Kate Winslet’s husband is not a public figure in his own right, a High Court judge said today. Ned RocknRoll had ‘briefly become something of public figure’ as a result of his relationship with Miss Winslet, said Mr Justice Briggs. But the judge said that was not enough to place Mr RocknRoll – a nephew of tycoon Sir Richard Branson – into the ‘public sphere’.”

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The Independent, 17th January 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Gagging order preventing Sun report on child protection scandal overturned – The Guardian

“The Sun has won a two-month battle to overturn an injunction brought by Bristol City Council that prevented it from reporting details of a child protection scandal.”

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The Guardian, 9th January 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police chief in high court battle to block successor – The Guardian

Posted January 8th, 2013 in injunctions, judicial review, news, police by sally

“A legal attempt by a chief constable to block the recruitment of his successor has been thrown out by the high court in London.”

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The Guardian, 8th January 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hold the front page: News-gathering in a time of change – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted December 14th, 2012 in injunctions, media, privacy, prosecutions, speeches by tracey

” ‘Hold the front page: news-gathering in a time of change,’ speech by Lord Justice Leveson, University of Melbourne, Australia, 12 December 2012.”

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Judiciary of England and Wales, 12th December 2012

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Permanent injunction against anti-vivisection protestors – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted December 12th, 2012 in harassment, injunctions, medical ethics, news, vivisection by sally

“The High Court has granted a medical testing laboratory a final injunction against anti-vivisectioners protesting outside their premises.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 12th December 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Judge strikes down Facebook page “Keeping our Kids Safe From Predators” – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted December 6th, 2012 in anonymity, criminal records, injunctions, internet, news, sexual offences by sally

“This fascinating case comes to light in the midst of general astonishment at the minimal attention paid in the Leveson Report to the ‘wild west’ of the internet and the question of social media regulation.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 5th December 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

An Analysis of Employment Injunctions in 2011/12: are applicants slipping on their own banana skins? – Littleton Chambers

Posted December 4th, 2012 in compensation, employment, injunctions, news by sally

“Although there is no data available to establish the actual figures, it is a truism that only a small proportion of cases in which applications are made for interim employment injunctions culminate in a trial.”

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Littleton Chambers, December 2012

Source: www.littletonchambers.com

YouView is sued over YourView naming dispute – BBC News

Posted November 26th, 2012 in injunctions, internet, news, telecommunications, trade marks, trade names by sally

“UK internet TV provider YouView has been sued for trademark infringement in a dispute over the product’s name.”

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BBC News, 26th November 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Asylum lawyers warned over disclosure – BBC News

Posted November 19th, 2012 in asylum, disclosure, injunctions, law firms, news, professional conduct by sally

“Lawyers could be disciplined for not disclosing ‘all material facts’ in legal bids to halt removal of asylum seekers, a senior judge has said.”

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BBC News, 19th November 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Swan Housing Association Ltd v Gill – WLR Daily

Swan Housing Association Ltd v Gill: [2012] EWHC 3129 (QB);   [2012] WLR (D)  325

“A tenant facing anti-social behaviour injunction proceedings was not prevented from applying to register his possessory title with the land registry by virtue of paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 6 to the Land Registration Act 2002.”

WLR Daily, 7th November 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

 

David Walliams and Lara Stone fail in harassment claim against photographer – The Independent

Posted November 12th, 2012 in harassment, injunctions, news, photography by sally

“Actor David Walliams and his model wife Lara Stone have failed to bring a harassment claim against a freelance photographer.”

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The Independent, 12th November 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

TNK-BP whistleblower wins case – The Guardian

Posted October 17th, 2012 in corruption, disclosure, injunctions, news, whistleblowers by tracey

“Oil firm loses attempt to extend gagging order preventing former logistics head disclosing documents alleging corruption.”

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The Guardian, 16th October 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Freddie Starr: media wins court battle to overturn injunction – The Guardian

Posted October 5th, 2012 in defamation, injunctions, media, news by tracey

“Five media organisations have overturned a high court injunction brought by the TV entertainer Freddie Starr over an allegedly libellous allegation.”

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The Guardian, 4th October 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Top judge reveals fury over extradition delays like Abu Hamza – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 27th, 2012 in appeals, extradition, injunctions, judges, news, terrorism by sally

“The most senior judge in the country has spoken of his ‘fury’ that cases like Abu Hamza are allowed to drag on for years.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Privacy protection: have the courts been led astray? – The Guardian

Posted September 6th, 2012 in freedom of expression, injunctions, news, notification, privacy, public interest by sally

“Self-interested tabloids enjoy reporting on the existence of an injunction. We have seen what this unfettered power can lead to.”

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The Guardian, 6th September 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Sun had public interest in publishing Steve McClaren affair story, says judge – The Guardian

Posted September 6th, 2012 in injunctions, media, news, privacy, public interest by sally

“A high court judge has outlined his reasons for rejecting a privacy injunction sought by former England manager Steve McClaren against the Sun over an extramarital affair.”

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The Guardian, 5th September 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk