Wife in £20m divorce rifled husband’s safe while he played golf – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 26th, 2013 in divorce, financial provision, freezing injunctions, news by sally

“A wife persuaded a court to freeze £20 million of her husband’s assets using papers she raided from his safe while he was out playing golf, a High Court judge has disclosed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2013

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Cusack (Respondent) v London Borough of Harrow (Appellant) – Supreme Court

Cusack (Respondent) v London Borough of Harrow (Appellant) [2013] UKSC 40 | UKSC 2012/0006 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 19th June 2013

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AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP v Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC – WLR Daily

AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP v Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC [2013] UKSC 35; [2013] WLR (D) 232

“The English court had a long-standing and well-established jurisdiction to grant an injunction restraining the commencement or continuation of foreign proceedings brought in breach of an arbitration clause, even when neither party had commenced, nor intended to commence, arbitration proceedings in the agreed forum. The Arbitration Act 1996 did not affect the court’s power under that jurisdiction or under s 37 of the Senior Courts Act 1981.”

WLR Daily, 12th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

English courts can stop parties bringing foreign legal proceedings in breach of arbitration agreements – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 14th, 2013 in arbitration, foreign jurisdictions, injunctions, news, Supreme Court by sally

“English courts have the power to prevent parties to an arbitration agreement from beginning legal proceedings in foreign courts in breach of that agreement, the Supreme Court has ruled.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 13th June 2013

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Group Seven Ltd v Allied Investment Corpn Ltd and others – WLR Daily

Group Seven Ltd v Allied Investment Corpn Ltd and others [2013] EWHC 1509 (Ch); [2013] WLR (D) 224

“A company which had a sole director, who also owned all its shares, did not hold or control its assets in accordance with that sole director and shareholder’s ‘direct or indirect instructions’ within the meaning of paragraph 6 of the standard form freezing order in the Civil Procedure Rules.”

WLR Daily, 6th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC (Appellant) v AES Ust-Kamenogorstk Hydropower Plant LLP (Respondent) – Supreme Court

Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC (Appellant) v AES Ust-Kamenogorstk Hydropower Plant LLP (Respondent) [2013] UKSC 35 | UKSC 2011/0172

Supreme Court, 12th June 2013

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Too soon? – NearlyLegal

Posted May 28th, 2013 in housing, injunctions, judicial review, local government, news by sally

“Unusually, this is a published Judicial Review permission decision. Further, Anthony Thornton QC J has ‘certified that this judgment may be cited and referred to in other cases or situations. This direction is made pursuant to paragraph 6.1 of the Practice Direction (Citation of Authorities) [2001] 1 WLR 1001, CA.’. Why will become clear.”

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NearlyLegal, 27th May 2013

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AAA v Associated Newspapers Ltd – WLR Daily

AAA v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 554; [2013] WLR (D) 189

“Where a judge at first instance had carried out the careful balancing exercise required in respect of an individual’s right of privacy and a publisher’s right of freedom of expression, an appellate court should not intervene unless the judge had erred in principle, or reached a conclusion which was plainly wrong or outside the ambit of conclusions that could reasonably be reached.”

WLR Daily, 20th May 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Birmingham City Council v James (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted May 23rd, 2013 in appeals, ASBOs, gangs, injunctions, law reports, local government, violence by sally

Birmingham City Council v James (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening) [2013] EWCA Civ 552; [2013] WLR (D) 185

“If the conditions in section 34 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 were met then an injunction to prevent gang-related violence was appropriate. The court would not be required to ask itself whether an anti-social behaviour order under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 would have provided an adequate remedy.”

WLR Daily, 17th May 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Novartis AG v Hospira UK Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted May 22nd, 2013 in appeals, injunctions, law reports, patents by sally

Novartis AG v Hospira UK Ltd [2013] EWHC 1285 (Pat); [2013] WLR (D) 184

“When considering an application for an interim injunction pending an appeal, the court must not mechanically equate the existence of a real prospect of success on an appeal by a losing party with that of a good arguable case on the merits at the outset of proceedings prior to trial so that the granting of an interim injunction at the outset of proceedings before the parties’ rights had been decided would automatically justify an interim injunction pending an appeal.”

WLR Daily, 14th May 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Public has right to know Boris Johnson fathered child during affair, court rules – The Guardian

Posted May 21st, 2013 in appeals, injunctions, media, news, paternity, privacy, public interest by sally

“The public has a right to know that Boris Johnson had an extramarital affair with a woman who later gave birth to their daughter, the appeal court has ruled.”

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The Guardian, 21st May 2013

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Being civil – NearlyLegal

“Morshead Mansions has been involved in a quite astonishing amount of litigation. Bailii throws up 13 hits, cases in the LVT, Lands Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal. It’s really must be the most awful burden on all those involved. And now, there is another case to add to the list, Di Marco v Morshead Mansions Ltd [2013] EWHC 1068 (Ch).”

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NearlyLegal, 14th May 2013

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Judge bars affair revenge naked pictures – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 14th, 2013 in injunctions, news, photography, privacy by sally

“A married woman has won the backing of a High Court judge to stop naked photographs of her being distributed by the man with whom she was having an affair and by his furious girlfriend.”

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Daily Telegraph, 13th May 2013

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Ban on images of Jon Venables and Robert Thompson – Attorney General’s Office

Posted May 1st, 2013 in anonymity, injunctions, news, photography, suspended sentences by sally

“Before Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were released from custody, a court ruled that their identities should remain secret. The court granted an injunction which prevents the media or individuals from publishing images which claim to be of Venables and Thompson (whether or not it is them). The injunction is worldwide and applies equally to the internet, social media and mainstream media.”

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Attorney General’s Office, 30th April 2013

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Court agrees Facebook and Twitter users breached injunction – Attorney General’s Office

Posted April 30th, 2013 in contempt of court, injunctions, internet, news, photography by sally

“Two men who published photographs on Twitter and Facebook said to show the killers of James Bulger have admitted being in contempt of court.”

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Attorney General’s Office,

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Judge throws out Sir Victor Blank’s bid to stop basement development – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 26th, 2013 in housing, injunctions, news, planning by sally

“A High Court judge has opened the way for a City trader to build an underground
swimming pool at his London home, despite objections from a string of
high-profile neighbours, including Sir Victor Blank, the former banker, and
Richard Madeley, the television presenter.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th April 2013

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How can the courts manage the Facebook phenomenon? – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted April 24th, 2013 in children, damages, human rights, injunctions, internet, news by sally

“In this somewhat chaotic action, the Plaintiff sued ten defendants, in anonymised form by her father and next friend.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 24th April 2013

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Anti-social behaviour – The future – Hardwicke Chambers

“In February 2011 the Home Office produced the consultation document ‘More Effective Responses to Anti-Social Behaviour’ – a response to the earlier document ‘The Coalition: our programme for government’.”

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Hardwicke Chambers, 12th April 2013

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Stobart lorry chief faces contempt trial – The Guardian

Posted April 12th, 2013 in contempt of court, injunctions, news, whistleblowers by sally

“The chief executive of Stobart Group, one of Britain’s biggest trucking companies, will go on trial for contempt after a whistleblower partially won a high court case against him and another executive.”

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The Guardian, 11th April 2013

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Margaret Thatcher and the Constitution – UK Human Rights Blog

“The consequences of Margaret Thatcher’s administration have been long lasting. In many areas of national life Thatcher took the British Bulldog by the scruff of the neck and house-trained it. In the context of the constitution her impact was no less significant.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 10th April 2013

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