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Monthly Archives: 23rd December 2013
Fraud Seminar
David Melville QC and Sadie Crapper, fresh from their recent success in the case of Homes for Haringey v Fari, the first contested personal injury contempt hearing under new CPR 81, will… Read more »
Simon Edwards successfully represents solicitors seeking to establish their right to be paid
Simon Edwards succeeded in a Chancery Division trial where he represented (with Ben Tankel as his junior) solicitors seeking to establish their right to be paid. He saw off a… Read more »
Simon Edwards successful in seeing off application for wasted costs in the Chancery Division
Simon Edwards was successful in seeing off an application for wasted costs in the Chancery Division against a solicitor. The case establishes that the interest that a solicitor has in… Read more »
James Ramsden & Rebecca Drake succeed on committal application in Ukraine media dispute
James Ramsden and Rebecca Drake, instructed by Bryan Cave LLP and acting for former Yukos Oil head Konstantin Kagalovsky have succeeded in an application for committal for contempt in relation… Read more »
Neil Block QC included in Third Edition of Best Lawyers in the UK for Clinical Negligence
Neil Block QC was selected by the editors of Best Lawyers following an exhaustive and rigorous peer review process. This accolade follows Neil’s selection as ADR Silk of the Year… Read more »
Who can challenge an Inspector
JB Trustees, Phillip Jeans and Sandra Jean v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Dennis Jeans Development Ltd [2013] EWHC 3555 (Admin) In one of the first… Read more »
Modern Slavery Bill: Legal Steering Committee
Gordon Nardell QC was a member of the Legal Steering Committee whose work was acknowledged in the Report accompanying the draft Modern Slavery Bill, published by the Home Office on… Read more »
Neil Block QC and John Pugh-Smith Successful at the Acquisition International – 2013 Legal Awards
Neil Block QC and John Pugh-Smith have been recognised at the Acquisition International 2013 Legal Awards, winning ADR Silk of the Year and Environmental Law Barrister of the Year respectively…. Read more »
Hospital successfully applies for permission to perform emergency Caesarean Section to save mother
A health authority, represented by Vikram Sachdeva, has secured permission to perform an emergency Caesarean Section on a 36 year-old paranoid schizophrenic who had been detained under the Mental Capacity… Read more »
Hunston named as Top 10 planning decision of 2013
Planning Resource have named the decision in St Albans City and District Council v (1) Hunston Properties Limited and (2) Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2013] EWCA… Read more »
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