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Competition tribunal rejects bid to throw out first opt-out class action application – Litigation Futures – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has rejected strenuous attempts to dismiss the first application to certify an opt-out class action under the new collective proceedings procedure.’ Full story Litigation Futures, 5th April 2017 Source: www.litigationfutures.com [ad_2]
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Dove v Havering LBC – Arden Chambers – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a decision that two joint tenants had lost security of tenure under the Housing Act 1985 because they no longer occupied the property as their only or principal home.’ Full story Arden Chambers, 16th March 2017 Source: www.ardenchambers.com [ad_2]
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mobility scooters roll on for now – Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘Last Friday the CAT handed down a judgment on the first ever-application for a collective proceedings order under the new regime introduced by the Consumer Rights Act 2015. The judgment will generally be welcomed by potential claimants, but it has a sting in the tail which may cause serious difficulties for class actions in…
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When can a tribunal be forced to pay the costs of judicially reviewing it? – Free Movement
[ad_1] ‘“Not often” is the answer. Only if the tribunal acts in an improper way. Incompetence or unlawfulness is not sufficient.’ Full story Free Movement, 18th May 2017 Source: www.freemovement.org.uk [ad_2]
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High court to hear if RBS has agreed last-ditch deal with shareholders – The Guardian
[ad_1] ‘A judge will hear on Wednesday whether a deal has been agreed to avert a legal battle that would force the former RBS chairman Fred Goodwin to give evidence in the high court.’ Full story The Guardian, 24th May 2017 Source: www.guardian.co.uk [ad_2]
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Fred Goodwin escapes high court appearance as RBS settles lawsuit | Royal Bank of Scotland
[ad_1] Fred Goodwin has escaped being summoned to the high court to explain his actions during the 2008 financial crisis, after disgruntled shareholders finally reached a settlement with Royal Bank of Scotland. In a high-profile and potentially explosive case, thousands of investors argued they were misled into buying the bank’s shares during the bank’s £12bn…
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Strike out of Claim due to Solicitor’s failure to comply with Court Orders – Park Square Barristers
[ad_1] Strike out of Claim due to Solicitor’s failure to comply with Court Orders 23rd June 2017 Park Square Barristers The facts In REECE GLADWIN v ADRIAN BOGESCU [2017] EWHC 1287 (QB) the Court was concerned with an appeal by the Defendant in a road traffic accident claim against a decision to grant the Claimant…
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Janine Wolstenholme Reviews a Recent Case on Relief from Sanctions – Park Square Barristers
[ad_1] Janine Wolstenholme Reviews a Recent Case on Relief from Sanctions 27th June 2017 Park Square Barristers Gladwin v. Bogescu [2017] EWHC 1287 (QB) The substantive claim was a straight forward, low value personal injury claim arising out of a road traffic accident. Liability was admitted. Trial directions were given, requiring witness statements to be…
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Exclusive: Bar disciplinary tribunal panel recuses itself after barrister complains of bias
[ad_1] BSB: third case against barrister The panel of a Bar disciplinary tribunal has taken the highly unusual step of recusing itself after an allegation that it had shown actual or apparent bias against the defendant barrister, Legal Futures can reveal. The tribunal said it arrived at the decision narrowly and was simply erring “on…
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Inquests open into deaths of four Grenfell Tower fire victims | Grenfell Tower fire
[ad_1] The inquests of four people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire were opened at Westminster coroner’s court on Wednesday. Iranian-born sisters Sakineh Afrasiabi, 65, and Fatemeh Afrasiabi, 59, were both identified by their dental records after their remains were found on the 23rd floor of the tower block. They lived in an 18th-floor…