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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
28 May 2013
Case update: Hassan v General Optical Council
High Court allows appeal against decision of Fitness to Practise Panel of General Optical Council to erase name of student optometrist from register
28 May 2013
Case update: R (Hill) v Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, [2013] EWCA Civ 555
Court of Appeal considers whether to continue to hear evidence in the temporary absence of panel member in disciplinary proceedings is a breach of natural justice.
24 May 2013
Case Update: Interflora wins long-running trademark battle against Marks & Spencer
The “long war of attrition” between Interflora and Marks & Spencer has finally come to an end, with the High Court ruling that the retail giant had infringed the ‘Interflora’ trade mark by using it to promote M&S flowers on the internet.
22 May 2013
Case Update: Bamgbelu v General Dental Council [2013] EWHC 1169 (Admin)
High Court upholds decision of Professional Conduct Committee of GDC to continue conditions in the absence of evidence of full remediation.
16 May 2013
Case Update: Judge refuses to recuse himself from hearing wasted costs application in respect of expert evidence
In the recent case of Mengiste and another v Endowment Fund for The Rehabilitation of Tigray and others [2013] EWHC 857, the High Court Judge, Peter Smith J, refused to recuse himself from hearing an application for wasted costs on the grounds that his previous criticisms prevented him from trying the issue objectively.