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Monthly Archives: 31st October 2014
Brian Ash QC successfully defends decision of the Local Government Ombudsman
Brian Ash QC successfully defended, both at first instance and in the Court of Appeal, a decision of the Local Government Ombudsman not to investigate part of a complaint of… Read more »
39 Essex Chambers leads practice area rankings in Chambers UK Bar Directory 2015
39 Essex Chambers is delighted to announce that it is once again the leading set, by number of practice area rankings, in Chambers UK Bar Directory. The 2015 edition, launched last night, shows… Read more »
A New ASDA Superstore for Lydney
R (Tesco Stores Limited) v. (1) Forest of Dean District Council (2) Asda Stores Limited and Others [2014] EWHC 3348 (Admin) In October 2013 the Planning Committee of the Forest… Read more »
Marion Smith co-presents ‘The Perfect Expert’s Report’.
Marion Smith has been invited to speak at this seminar held by RICS South, CIARb Southern Branch and the Society of Construction Law. About this seminar: Expert witness evidence is… Read more »
Jenni Richards QC, Victoria Butler-Cole and Annabel Lee appear in prison book ban challenge
Jenni Richards QC, Victoria Butler-Cole and Annabel Lee are representing a prisoner, Ms Barbara Gordon-Jones, in a test case challenging the lawfulness of the Government’s policy to ban books being… Read more »
Annual Planning & Environmental Law Update- Cardiff
Speakers include Matthew Horton QC (Chair), John Steel QC, Richard Harwood OBE QC, Victoria Hutton Venue Civic Suite 5 Park Plaza Greyfriars Road Cardiff CF10 3AL Timings 5.30 – 7pm… Read more »
Green Belt policy article – “The answer’s no, what’s the question?”
In this short article, Peter Village QC and Jonathan Darby consider the issue of Green Belt policy as the political battle lines are drawn in advance of next year’s general… Read more »
Stephen Kosmin successful in substantive financial services judicial review
Stephen Kosmin successfully defended the Financial Ombudsman Service in the High Court in judicial review proceedings arising from an Ombudsman’s decision concerning the scope of a legal expenses insurance policy…. Read more »
Alex Ruck Keene appointed to the Mental Health and Disability Sub-Committee of the Law Society of Scotland
Alex Ruck Keene has been appointed to the Mental Health and Disability Sub-Committee of the Law Society of Scotland. This makes Alex the first person ever to have been appointed… Read more »
Timothy Lyons QC speaking at European Judicial Network Training Conference
Timothy Lyons QC is speaking at the EJTN conference on EU law and direct taxation. He is conducting a seminar on thin capitalisation on 22nd October.
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