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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
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.
9 May 2013
Case Update: R (on the application of F) v The Director of Public Prosecutions and “A” [2013] EWHC 945 (Admin)
In a decision published on 24 April 2013 the High Court took the “highly exceptional” step of ordering the CPS to review its decision not to prosecute in a case involving an allegation of rape.
8 May 2013
General Medical Council: changes to Fitness to Practice Rules are now in force
Important changes to the General Medical Council Fitness to Practise Rules will mean more power to case managers, civil rules of evidence and witness statements in lieu of examination-in-chief.
