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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
16 November 2015
Freezing orders: when loans become assets
On 21 October 2015, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in JSC BTA Bank v Mukhtar Ablyazov and Others [2015] UKSC 64. The judgment adds to the ever expanding volume of case law generated by this long running litigation, in this instance giving clarity to when loans become assets within the meaning of a freezing order.
13 November 2015
Legal update: a cautionary tale to claimants when deciding who to issue a claim against
Camille Saskia Richardson v Facebook; Camille Saskia Richardson v Google (UK) LTD (2015) EWHC 3154 (QB).
The claimant had sought damages for defamation and breach of her right to privacy in respect of two publications on a Facebook profile and Google blog page respectively.
27 October 2015
Fun and games, but not a sport - judicial review action determines bridge’s status
The courts appear to have intervened in the age old discussion as the English Bridge Union (“the Union”) lost its fight against Sport England in the High Court recently.
26 October 2015
Requiring possession: 'Ejectment'
An image called “The Ejectment” was published in the “Illustrated London Times” on 16 December 1848. It shows a despondent farmer’s wife pleading with a rotund gentleman who is on a horse wearing a shiny top hat. Men are removing items from the thatched cottage and rolling up the roof itself. Some soldiers look on, seemingly chatting nonchalantly to a passer-by while the tenant farmers plead with the overlord for mercy.
26 October 2015
How to make Litigation simpler and more cost effective
The Court has recently implemented the “Shorter and Flexible Trial Schemes” to make business litigation more expeditious, simpler and more cost effective. These Schemes will be piloted for two years from October 2015 in the Commercial Court, the Technology and Construction Court, the Chancery Division and the London Mercantile Court. A new Practice Direction – 51N – spells out these Schemes.
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