Practice Direction (Upper Tribunal: Judicial review jurisdiction); [2008] WLR (D) 336
“Two classes of application to the Upper Tribunal were specified for the purposes of s 18(6) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.”
WLR Daily, 30th October 2008
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“High Court ruling includes details of Abramovich’s UK properties, other assets, travel plans and business dealings.”
The Times, 30th October 2008
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IPCO (Nigeria) Ltd v Nigerian National Petroleum Corpn [2008] EWCA Civ 1157; [2008] WLR (D) 324
“Part of a New York Convention arbitration award could be enforced pursuant to the Arbitration Act 1996.”
WLR Daily, 23rd October 2008
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Regina v M (Restraint order: Jurisdiction)
Court of Appeal
“A trial judge did have jurisdiction to try an application by the prosecution for a defendant to be committed for contempt for allegedly breaching a restraint order.”
The Times, 24th October 2008
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Gomez and others v Gomez-Vives and others [2008] EWCA Civ 1065; [2008] WLR (D) 305
“The fact that a trust was expressed to be subject to English law might not be conclusive to establish its domicile in England but it was very difficult to see what other circumstances would be sufficient to outweigh it.”
WLR Daily, 3rd October 2008
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“A dispute between oligarchs leads to questions over how far the courts are willing to go in passing judgment over another jurisdiction.”
The Times, 12th August 2008
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Regina (A) v Director of Establishments of the Security Service
Queen’s Bench Division
“The Investigatory Powers Tribunal did not have exclusive jurisdiction where a claim that a public authority proposed to act in a way incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights brought up matters within its purview.”
The Times, 5th August 2008
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“The court had jurisdiction under CPR r 71.2 to order the examination of a foreign director of a company which had submitted to the jurisdiction, defended a claim on the merits and failed to pay the judgment debt. A director of a corporate director of the judgment debtor was not ‘an officer of that body’ within the meaning of the rule.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2008
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“Sex tourists who abuse children abroad face prosecution in the UK. The new legislation, contained in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, will come into effect from Monday. It means that UK nationals who commit a specified sexual offence against a child overseas can expect to be prosecuted for the offence on their return to the UK.”
Daily Telegraph, 11July 2008
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“The Swiss bank has been told by the High Court that it must defend itself against a £100m lawsuit in the US, not in London.”
The Times, 8th July 2008
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Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Co SAL and Another (No 3)
Court of Appeal
“The English court had an ancillary power to grant an injunction restraining a foreign defendant, who had submitted to the court’s jurisdiction and against whom judgment had been awarded, from continuing proceedings abroad which attempted to relitigate issues determined in the English court.”
The Times, 25th June 2008
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Courts-Martial Appeal Court
“The Courts-Martial Appeal Court had no jurisdiction to entertain an appeal by a prosecutor unless at, or before informing the court that it intended to appeal the prosecutor had agreed that the accused should be acquitted of the charge if leave to appeal was not obtained.”
The Times, 13th June 2008
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“The English court had power over persons properly subject to its in personam jurisdiction to make ancillary orders in protection of its jurisdiction and its processes, including the integrity of its judgments. The power was a discretionary one to be exercised in accordance with the requirements of international comity.”
WLR Daily, 9th June 2008
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Regina (Smith) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxfordshire; Secretary of State for Defence v Same
Queen’s Bench Division
“The right to life, protected by article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, could extend to members of the Armed Forces, wherever they might be; whether it did so would depend on the circumstances of the particular case.”
The Times, 30th May 2008
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Court of Appeal
“A restraint order made in an English court after a request from a foreign prosecutor for such an order on property did not apply to property in Scotland.”
The Times, 23rd May 2008
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King v Serious Fraud Office [2008] EWCA Crim 530; [2008] WLR (D) 147
“Arts 6, 7 and 8 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005, read as a whole, provided a scheme to make a restraint order in response to an external request only in respect of property in England and Wales. There was no power to make a restraint order in respect of property outside the jurisdiction.”
WLR Daily 12th May 2008
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National Westminster Bank plc v King
Chancery Division
“The High Court’s power of transfer under section 40(2) of the County Courts Act 1984 was not limited to cases which would otherwise be within a county court’s jurisdiction.”
The Times, 14th April 2008
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Islamic Investment Company of the Gulf (Bahama) Ltd v Symphony Gems NV and Others
Court of Appeal
“Judges should be cautious before making a committal order against a judgment debtor who was prevented from attending an oral examination as to his means by the order of a court in a foreign jurisdiction.”
The Times, 4th April 2008
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Westminster City Council v IC and Others
Court of Appeal
“A judge did not have jurisdiction to make a declaration that a marriage based on lack of consent was not valid under English law, since such a marriage was voidable and not void ab intitio; the judge should have declared that the marriage was not recognised as a valid marriage in this jurisdiction.”
The Times, 3rd April 2008
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“A judge did not have jurisdiction to make a declaration that a marriage based on lack of consent was not valid under English law, since such a marriage was voidable and not void ab intitio. The judge should have declared that the marriage was not recognised as a valid marriage in this jurisdiction.”
WLR Daily, 20th March 2008
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