Current Awareness

Resolution Chemicals Ltd v H Lundbec A/S – WLR Daily

Posted November 28th, 2013 in appeals, bias, expert witnesses, judges, law reports, recusal by sally

Resolution Chemicals Ltd v H Lundbec A/S: [2013] EWCA Civ 1515; [2013] WLR (D) 453

‘The fair-minded and informed observer, having considered the facts, would not conclude that there was a real possibility that the judge would be subconsciously biased in his assessment of the evidence of an expert witness in a patent action where the witness had been the judge’s research supervisor at university.’

WLR Daily, 25th November 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Oboh and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted November 28th, 2013 in appeals, EC law, families, freedom of movement, law reports by sally

Oboh and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department: [2013] EWCA Civ 1525; [2013] WLR (D) 452

‘Article 3(2(a) of the Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC did not give the right to the dependent relatives of an EU citizen in a member state to freely move and reside in another member state if the dependency on the EU citizen or membership of his or her household arose only after they had arrived in the member state.’

WLR Daily, 25th November 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisons

Posted November 28th, 2013 in law reports by sally

Supreme Court

Zoumbas v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC 74 (27 November 2013)

Bull & Anor v Hall & Anor [2013] UKSC 73 (27 November 2013)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Newcastle International Airport Ltd v Eversheds LLP [2013] EWCA Civ 1514 (28 November 2013)

Mitchell MP v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1537 (27 November 2013)

Isis Investments Ltd v Oscatello Investments Ltd & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 1493 (27 November 2013)

Farrer (p/a Farrer Huxley Associates) & Anor v Wiles [2013] EWCA Civ 1511 (27 November 2013)

PK Congo v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 1500 (27 November 2013)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Alansi, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Newham [2013] EWHC 3722 (Admin) (27 November 2013)

Devon & Cornwall Police v HM Coroner for Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon & Ors [2013] EWHC 3729 (Admin) (27 November 2013)

Mevagissey Parish Council, R (on the application of) v Cornwall Council & Anor [2013] EWHC 3684 (Admin) (27 November 2013)

Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Inner North London [2013] EWHC 3724 (Admin) (27 November 2013)

Cotswold District Council v Secretary of State for Communities And Local Government & Anor [2013] EWHC 3719 (Admin) (27 November 2013)

McKay v Secretary of State for Justice [2013] EWHC 3728 (Admin) (27 November 2013)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Galaxy Energy International Ltd v Murco Petroleum Ltd [2013] EWHC 3720 (Comm) (27 November 2013)

Venetico Marine SA v International General Insurance Company Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 3644 (Comm) (27 November 2013)

High Court (Patents Court)

Teva Pharma BV & Anor v Amgen, Inc & Anor [2013] EWHC 3711 (Pat) (27 November 2013)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

John Ruskin College v Harley [2013] EWHC 3714 (QB) (26 November 2013)

Source: www.bailii.org

Litigation Trends Survey – The Jackson Effect – New Law Journal

Posted November 28th, 2013 in budgets, costs, fees, law firms, news by sally

‘In the first of NLJ / LSLA’s litigation trends surveys, James Baxter charts how firms and practitioners are navigating Jackson LJ’s revolutionary road-map of change.’

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New Law Journal, 30th October 2013

Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk

Commission calls for code to protect whistleblowers – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 28th, 2013 in codes of practice, news, reports, whistleblowers by sally

‘Workers who expose wrongdoing should be protected by a statutory whistleblowing code, according to a report by a retired senior judge.’