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Islamic Nikah ceremony and marriage validity
[ad_1] The case of Khan v Akhter has now been decided by the Court of Appeal. It received a huge amount of coverage in the legal press and beyond. In simple terms, the court has ruled that a couple who went through a religious-only wedding ceremony in the UK are neither validly married nor parties…
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Landmark UK court ruling due in ‘bride price’ dispute | Family law
[ad_1] A landmark judgment that could bring part of UK law into line with sharia law’s position on “bride price” payments is to be announced this week in the central London county court, in a case backed by a women’s charity. A bride price – or mahr – is one of the important aspects of…
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Necessary Delay) – WLR Daily – Current Awareness
[ad_1] In re M-F (Children) (Appeal: Case Management: Necessary Delay) [2014] EWCA Civ 991; [2014] WLR (D) 326 ‘Section 32(1)(a)(ii) of the Children Act 1989, as amended, required that care cases be concluded within 26 weeks. However, that time limit could be extended if it was necessary to enable the court to resolve the proceedings justly since the…
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bids for adjournments based on Coventry receiving “short shrift” – Litigation Futures – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘Applications for adjournments of costs assessment until the Supreme Court’s decision in Coventry v Lawrence are rightly being given “short shrift”, the Senior Costs Judge has said.’ Full story Litigation Futures, 30th October 2014 Source: www.litigationfutures.com [ad_2]
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Last minute adjournment in criminal legal aid appeal – Law Society’s Gazette – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘The Court of Appeal has adjourned delivering judgment on the lord chancellor’s criminal legal aid reforms until Wednesday. The case had originally been listed for this morning.’ Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 19th March 2015 Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk [ad_2]
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Kite v The Phoenix Pub Group – Zenith Chambers – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘The Claimant brought a claim in damages for injuries sustained in November 2014 when he fell into an uncovered man hole in the car park of a pub. Whilst the Defendant company operates anumber of pubs it alleged that at the time of the accident the pub was owned, operated and occupiedby a different…
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Setting Aside Notices of Discontinuance and QOCS – Kite v The Phoenix Pub Group – Zenith PI Blog – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘The Claimant brought a claim in damages for injuries sustained in November 2014 when he fell into an uncovered man hole in the car park of a pub. Whilst the Defendant company operates a number of pubs it alleged that at the time of the accident the pub was owned, operated and occupied by…
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Planning for Protests – Tanfield Chambers – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘In recent years there have been many high-profile protests on public property; St Paul’s Cathedral and the Parliament Square protests are two of the best known. These resulted in the cases of City of London v Samede and others [2012] EWCA Civ 160 and Hall and others v Mayor of London [2010] EWCA Civ…
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Thousands of court cases adjourned due to failures in interpreting services – The Guardian – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘More than 2,600 court cases have been adjourned over the past five years because of failures in the interpreting service, according to figures released by the Ministry of Justice.’ Full story The Guardian, 4th May 2016 Source: www.guardian.co.uk [ad_2]
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A Practical View from the Bar – Littleton Chambers – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘There has recently been a run of cases in which courts have at case and costs management conferences (CCMC) refused permission to a party seeking to call an expert. Such refusals may be made on grounds of relevance, proportionality or because the evidence that is sought to be adduced is, on analysis, not expert…