Reprieved Travellers are warned they face a bill for costs of delay – The Independent

Posted September 21st, 2011 in bailiffs, costs, enforcement notices, injunctions, local government, news, travellers by michael

“Families who celebrated a last-gasp reprieve which prevented their eviction from a Travellers’ site at Dale Farm in Essex on Monday have been warned they will be hit with a bill for the costs of the delay, should the temporary injunction be cancelled at a second hearing on Friday.”

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The Independent, 21st September 2011

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Travellers win last-gasp delay – The Independent

Posted September 20th, 2011 in injunctions, local government, news, repossession, travellers by sally

“Residents of the UK’s biggest illegal travellers’ site tonight won a last-minute injunction temporarily halting moves to evict them from their homes.”

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The Independent, 19th September 2011

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Dale Farm travellers lose court bid to halt eviction – BBC News

Posted September 16th, 2011 in enforcement notices, injunctions, local government, news, planning, travellers by sally

“A last-ditch bid to halt the clearance of the UK’s largest illegal travellers’ site, at Dale Farm in Essex, has been rejected by an appeal judge.”

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BBC News, 16th September 2011

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Nomihold Securities Inc v Mobile Telesystems Finance SA – WLR Daily

Posted September 13th, 2011 in appeals, freezing injunctions, law reports by sally

Nomihold Securities Inc v Mobile Telesystems Finance SA [2011] EWCA Civ 1040;  [2011] WLR (D)  278

“Where a freezing order bound a party against whom an arbitral award had been made the position was not directly analogous to that of a ‘judgment debtor’ when the question fell to be determined whether the party owing the sum awarded should be permitted to make a payment out to a third party.”

WLR Daily, 1st September 2011

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Law Society to hold superinjunction debate – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted September 1st, 2011 in injunctions, Law Society, media, news, privacy by sally

“A Law Society debate will this month consider how superinjunctions can survive in an era of social media.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 1st September 2011

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Dale Farm travellers’ eviction: High Court appeal due – BBC News

“A severely ill traveller living on an illegal site in Essex is going to the High Court to try to stop a council evicting her and other residents.”

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BBC News, 31st August 2011

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Online libel cases double – The Independent

Posted August 30th, 2011 in defamation, injunctions, internet, news by sally

“The number of libel cases in which claimants say they have been defamed online has more than doubled in a year – and the growth of social media may be a cause of the surge, according to new research.”

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The Independent, 26th August 2011

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Case law on injunctions is still the preserve of the few – The Guardian

Posted August 9th, 2011 in freedom of information, injunctions, media, news, statistics by sally

“Legal data collection should happen as a matter of course. Lawyers and judges often scold the media for its representation of legal cases. ‘There are lots of judgments that have been criticised where it’s quite apparent that people haven’t read them,’ Mr Justice Eady told legal journalist Joshua Rozenberg earlier this year.”

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The Guardian, 8th August 2011

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Superinjunctions, gagging orders and injunctions: the full list – The Guardian

Posted August 5th, 2011 in injunctions, news, privacy, public interest by sally

“Guardian research shows newspapers are quick to drop public interest arguments for stories about celebrities. Get the full list of gagging orders, superinjunctions and injunctions here – and download it for yourself.”

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The Guardian, 5th August 2011

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Media ‘must be forewarned’ of celebrity injunctions – The Guardian

Posted August 3rd, 2011 in injunctions, media, news, privacy, public interest by sally

“Newspapers and broadcasters must be forewarned of the existence of all relevant high court gagging orders obtained by celebrities and other public figures, under new guidance issued by Lord Neuberger, the Master of the Rolls, on Monday.”

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The Guardian, 2nd August 2011

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Neuberger unveils privacy guidance and scheme to monitor injunctions – Legal Week

Posted August 2nd, 2011 in injunctions, judiciary, news, practice directions, privacy by sally

“The use and scope of privacy injunctions will be formally monitored from today (1 August) under a pilot scheme launched by the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger.”

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Legal Week, 1st August 2011

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Judges could veto plans to count number of injunctions – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 2nd, 2011 in injunctions, judiciary, news, practice directions, privacy by sally

“Judges will be able to veto moves to discover the true scale of injunctions and secret court orders despite a bid for more transparency.”

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Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2011

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High court extends gagging order to prevent reporting of actor’s affair – The Guardian

Posted July 26th, 2011 in injunctions, media, news, privacy by sally

“The high court has extended a gagging order obtained by a leading actor to prevent reporting of his ‘sexual relationship’ with a former escort girl.”

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The Guardian, 25th July 2011

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Domestic violence rules ‘boost cost of disputes’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 21st, 2011 in costs, domestic violence, injunctions, legal aid, news, undertakings by sally

“Family lawyers have attacked the government’s plans to deny legal aid to domestic violence victims who accept ‘undertakings’ from an allegedly abusive partner.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 21st July 2011

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Noisy wind farm ‘drove couple out of their home’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 4th, 2011 in compensation, injunctions, news, noise, nuisance by sally

“A couple who say they were driven out of their family farm by the ‘nightmare’ hum of wind turbines have mounted a ground-breaking £2.5 million compensation bid in London’s High Court.”

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Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2011

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Astellas Pharma Ltd and others v Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and others – WLR Daily

Astellas Pharma Ltd and others v Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and others [2011] EWCA Civ 752;  [2011] WLR (D)  213

“An injunction obtained in representative proceedings was binding on all persons represented in the claim, but a judge was entitled, in the exercise of his discretion, to refuse to frame the order in terms which would make it enforceable by or against persons who were not parties to the claim.”

WLR Daily, 29th June 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Coventry City Council v O and others – WLR Daily

Posted June 24th, 2011 in adoption, county courts, fostering, injunctions, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Coventry City Council v O and others [2011] EWCA Civ 729; [2011] WLR (D) 205

“Where foster parents issued a notice of intention to adopt a child they were fostering, the local authority retained the power to remove the child from the foster parents’ home to the home either of other foster parents or of prospective adopters, under section 38 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.”

WLR Daily, 22nd June 2011

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Sir Fred Goodwin colleague appeals decision – The Independent

Posted June 24th, 2011 in anonymity, appeals, injunctions, media, news, privacy by sally

“Lawyers representing the work colleague with whom former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Sir Fred Goodwin had an affair has filed an appeal against a High Court judge’s decision that although the media must not identify her by name they could give her job description.”

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The Independent, 23rd June 2011

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Tory MP Zac Goldsmith defends super-injunction – BBC News

Posted June 15th, 2011 in electronic mail, injunctions, media, news, privacy by sally

“Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has insisted he was right to take out a super-injunction after private e-mails were hacked and passed to newspapers.”

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BBC News, 14th June 2011

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Fred Goodwin told by judge details of his affair were in the public interest – The Guardian

Posted June 10th, 2011 in injunctions, judgments, news, public interest by michael

“The former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland could not have expected to keep an alleged affair with a colleague concealed by the use of privacy injunctions because the nature of his job meant there was a public interest in his relationships, a judge has said.”

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The Guardian, 9th June 2011

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