MP to report Carter-Ruck to Law Society over attempt to gag Guardian – The Guardian

Posted October 14th, 2009 in freedom of expression, injunctions, law firms, media, news, parliament by sally

“The law firm at the centre of the an unprecedented attempt by a British oil trading firm to prevent the Guardian reporting parliamentary proceedings is to be reported to the Law Society, it emerged today.”

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The Guardian, 14th October 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Lawcast 155: The Guardian Gag affair with Carl Gardner – Charon QC

Posted October 14th, 2009 in freedom of expression, injunctions, internet, media, parliament, podcasts by sally

“Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer, a barrister and author of The Head of Legal blog. We look at whether the Bill of Rights has, in fact, been infringed by the gag, the use of injunctions generally and specifically in this instance, the use of parliamentary privilege and whether the judges are going too far in granting injunctions which can, effectively, be destroyed in their effect by many thousands of angry people on twitter and in the blogosphere.”

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Charon QC, 13th October 2009

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.

Reporting bans may lose their power in Twitter age says expert after Guardian ban is lifted – OUT-LAW.com

Posted October 13th, 2009 in freedom of expression, injunctions, internet, news by sally

“The editor of a newspaper which was banned from reporting on the tabling of a question in Parliament has thanked the users of micro-blogging service Twitter for their role in what he called a ‘victory for free speech’.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 13th October 2009

Source: www.out-law.com

Gag on Guardian reporting MP’s Trafigura question lifted – The Guardian

Posted October 13th, 2009 in freedom of expression, injunctions, media, news, parliament by sally

“The existence of a previously secret injunction against the media by oil traders Trafigura can now be revealed.”

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The Guardian, 13th October 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Guardian gagged from reporting parliament – The Guardian

Posted October 13th, 2009 in freedom of expression, injunctions, media, news, parliament by sally

“The Guardian has been prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 Bill of Rights.”

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The Guardian, 12th October 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Legal risk to property investors – BBC News

Posted October 9th, 2009 in contracts, injunctions, news by sally

“Investors hit by the downturn and who choose not to complete property deals can still be forced to buy after a court injunction, lawyers have warned.”

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BBC News, 8th October 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Supreme Court to hear terror case – BBC News

Posted October 5th, 2009 in freezing injunctions, news, terrorism by sally

“The new UK Supreme Court is to hear its first case as five men suspected of financing terrorism challenge the freezing of their assets.”

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BBC News, 5th October 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Swindon Borough Council v Redpath – WLR Daily

Posted September 15th, 2009 in housing, injunctions, law reports by sally

Swindon Borough Council v Redpath [2009] EWCA Civ 943; [2009] WLR (D) 290

“For the purposes of an application for an anti-social behaviour injunction by a local authority under s 153A of the Housing Act 1996, the term “housing-related” in that section was to be given a broad rather than a narrow interpretation, so that the victims of such conduct need not be residents of local authority accommodation or their visitors or those engaged in lawful activity in such premises.”

WLR Daily, 11th September 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Nude Brands fails to stop Stella McCartney’s ‘Stellanude’ perfume – OUT-LAW.com

Posted August 25th, 2009 in injunctions, news, trade names by sally

“Stella McCartney’s fashion house would suffer more than a small cosmetics company if its demand for an interim injunction was granted, the High Court has said. McCartney has won the right to use ‘nude’ in her perfume name until a full trial is heard.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 25th August 2009

Source: www.out-law.com

Legal bid over temple demolition – BBC News

Posted August 20th, 2009 in historic buildings, injunctions, news, planning, Sikhism by sally

“A heritage group has started a legal challenge to try to prevent a Sikh temple in Kent from being demolished.”

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BBC News, 20th August 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Metrobus Ltd v Unite the Union – WLR Daily

Posted August 5th, 2009 in ballots, industrial action, injunctions, law reports, trade unions by sally

Metrobus Ltd v Unite the Union [2009] EWCA Civ 829; [2009] WLR (D) 279

“Where an employer sought an injunction to restrain a strike, a union’s failure to comply with its obligation under s 231A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 to inform the employer as soon as reasonably practicable of the result of the ballot could justify the grant of an injunction restraining the strike. S 231A, and also ss 226 and 234A, were not disproportionate restrictions on the rights of association conferred by art 11 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The obligations under those sections could not be regarded as onerous so that they could be said to constitute a serious impediment on a union’s ability to call a strike.”

WLR Daily, 3rd August 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Deutsche Bank AG and another v Highland Crusader Offshore Partners LLP and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 27th, 2009 in conflict of laws, injunctions, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Deutsche Bank AG and another v Highland Crusader Offshore Partners LLP and others [2009] EWCA Civ 725; [2009] WLR (D) 254

“There was no presumption that the prosecution of foreign litigation in parallel with litigation in England pursuant to a non-exclusive jurisdiction clause was of itself vexatious and oppressive unless exceptional circumstances could be shown to justify it.”

WLR Daily, 24th July 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Judge secures injunction against ‘snarling’ dogs next door – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 13th, 2009 in dogs, injunctions, news by sally

“District judge Araba Obadai has found herself on the other side of the court for the last 18 months over a long-running feud with her neighbour over his Doberman dogs.”

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Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Bloom and Others v Harms Offshore AHT “Taurus” and “Magnus” GmbH and Co KG – Times Law Reports

Posted July 10th, 2009 in injunctions, insolvency, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Bloom and Others v Harms Offshore AHT “Taurus” and “Magnus” GmbH and Co KG

Court of Appeal

“Where creditors of a company in administration had attached property owned by that company in a foreign jurisdiction, the courts had power, in some circumstances, to grant injunctive relief affecting procedures in that foreign jurisdiction.”

The Times, 10th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Business associate of Jowell’s husband has assets frozen – The Independent

Posted July 7th, 2009 in fraud, freezing injunctions, news by sally

“An Iranian millionaire and business associate of David Mills, the estranged husband of Tessa Jowell, has had his assets frozen by the High Court as part of a claim that he and his company received £6.2m in unauthorised fees and payments from a Welsh steel mill which collapsed with the loss of more than 300 jobs.”

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The Independent, 7th July 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Book by former anti-terror chief Andy Hayman banned from shops – The Times

Posted July 3rd, 2009 in injunctions, news, police, terrorism by sally

“Copies of a book by Scotland Yard’s former anti-terrorism chief were hastily removed from bookstore shelves yesterday after the Attorney-General obtained a last-minute injunction.”

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The Times, 3rd July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

SmithKline Beecham plc and others v Avery and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 1st, 2009 in harassment, injunctions, law reports by sally

SmithKline Beecham plc and others v Avery and others [2009] EWHC 1488 (QB); [2009] WLR (D) 218

“The word ‘person’  in section 1(1A)(c) Protection from Harassment Act 1997 is not limited to individuals and includes a body corporate, so a company may apply for an injunction under section 3A on grounds of unlawful harassment of its employees and others.”

WLR Daily, 30th June 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Bloom and others v Harms Offshore AHT “Taurus” GmbH & Co KG and another – WLR Daily

Posted June 30th, 2009 in injunctions, insolvency, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Bloom and others v Harms Offshore AHT “Taurus” GmbH & Co KG and another [2009] EWCA Civ 632; [2009] WLR (D) 211

“Where creditors had, in a foreign jurisdiction, attached certain property owned by a company in administration, the comity owed by the courts of different jurisdictions to each other would normally make it inappropriate for the municipal courts to grant injunctive relief affecting procedures in a court of foreign jurisdiction. However, due regard to certain relevant factors, such as the conduct of the creditors against whom the injunction was sought and the circumstances of the attachment, might justify the grant of an injunction.”

WLR Daily, 29th June 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Napier and another v Pressdram Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted May 28th, 2009 in complaints, confidentiality, injunctions, law reports, solicitors by sally

Napier and another v Pressdram Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 443; [2009] WLR (D) 172

“Where a complainant made a complaint against his solicitor to the Law Society the complainant owed no duty of confidentiality to the solicitor or his firm not to reveal to others the result of the adjudication where the subject matter underlying the adjudication contained no private information concerning the solicitor. The procedural nature of the investigation itself did not give rise to a duty of confidentiality.”

WLR Daily, 27th May 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Failure to gag Private Eye clears the way to publication of rulings against lawyers – The Times

Posted May 21st, 2009 in disciplinary procedures, injunctions, legal profession, news by sally

“Thousands of disciplinary rulings against lawyers accused of misconduct can be publicised after one of Britain’s leading solicitors lost a battle in the Court of Appeal to keep his own case under wraps.”

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The Times, 21st May 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk