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Introduction
This is the review of a minimum term imposed on a person convicted of murder who was under 18 at the time of the offence and who was sentenced to detention during Her Majesty's pleasure. The House of Lords in R (Smith) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2005] UKHL 51; [2006] 1 AC 159, held th... |
Mr Justice Wilkie :
Introduction
By order dated 19th December 2014, judgment was entered for Mr Siegel, the Claimant, against Mr Pummell, the Defendant. That order, amongst other things, provided that the Defendant should pay the Claimant's costs on the standard basis to be assessed if not agreed. It further provided... |
Mr Justice Warby:
INTRODUCTION
This is a franchise dispute in which the claimant franchisee claims sums in excess of €2 million against the two defendants. The claims against the first defendant are for damages for misrepresentation under the Misrepresentation Act 1967, damages for breach of contract, and restitutio... |
Mrs Justice Andrews:
This is a claim for clinical negligence arising from the admittedly inappropriate treatment of a patient with an unstable 3 column fracture of the spine which was initially misdiagnosed as stable.
In the early hours of the morning on Boxing Day 2010, the Claimant, Mrs Susan Sumner (then aged ... |
Mr Justice Lewis:
INTRODUCTION
This is a claim by Evan Gwyn Williams for damages for wrongful termination of his contract of employment with Leeds United Football Club Ltd. ("the Club"). In brief, the Claimant was employed under a contract which required 12 months notice of termination. He was given notice of terminat... |
The Honourable Mr Justice Blake:
Introduction
On 5 July 2000 at 10.45 am children from the Whitmore Junior School were attending their weekly swimming lesson held at the Gloucester Park pool Basildon. The children were divided into three groups that I will call beginners, intermediate and advanced. The beginner's gr... |
Mr Justice Warby:
The claimant ("Mr Yeo") is an MP. He sues Times Newspapers Limited ("TNL") for libel in articles published in hard copy on the front page and on pages 6-7 of The Sunday Times for 9 June 2013, and a further article published two weeks later on 23 June 2013. All three articles have also been publishe... |
Mrs Justice Patterson:
Introduction
On 6 November 2014 William Davis J ordered that there be a trial to determine the following preliminary issues. Those issues are whether, if the claimant proves the facts pleaded:
a) There was a breach of the statutory duty set out in paragraph 28 of the particulars of claim whi... |
David Pittaway QC :
Introduction
This action arises out of the tragic suicide of Philip Baker sometime on the night of 27 October 2010 or the early morning of 28 October at the age of 51. The claim is brought on behalf of his widow, Pauline Baker under the Fatal Accidents Acts 1976, and on behalf of the estate under ... |
Mr Justice Knowles :
Introduction
This short judgment concerns the hearing, listed today, of the Defendant's renewed application for permission to appeal against decisions of HH Judge Maloney QC reached on 2 May 2014.
The proceedings to date
In August 2003 the Claimant ("the Bank") commenced proceedings in the Bu... |
Mrs Justice Swift DBE :
The background
This is an application by the Applicant for interim delivery up and preservation by the First Respondent of two cars which are currently in the First Respondent's possession. I heard oral submissions on the application on 2 March 2015 and gave my decision, reserving my written r... |
Mr Justice Warby:
Vladimiro Capano was an Italian who worked for Tesco Go SpA, an engineering and design company. He lived in Turin with his wife Daniela and their twin children, Elisa and Matteo, now 16. Between October 2010 and February 2011 Mr Capano commuted weekly from Turin to England, to work on a car project ... |
Sir David Eady :
This is another claim in defamation arising from internet abuse. A short trial took place before me on 3 February 2015. The second Claimant, Mr Timothy Bussey, is a lawyer practising in the state of Colorado in the United States through his law firm, which is the first Claimant and of which he is t... |
The Hon. Mr Justice Coulson:
1. INTRODUCTION
At about 9:14 on the morning of Saturday 19 June 2010, a CASA C-212-100 Aviocar aircraft crashed into a hillside in a remote area of dense jungle in the northwest corner of the Republic of Congo. All 11 people on board were killed. They included 6 members of the Board of... |
Mr Justice Jeremy Baker :
Christian Cooper ("the claimant") is 46 years of age (DOB 7.10.68). On 21st March 2000 she gave birth to her first child, Max, who weighed 2.69kg at 40 weeks. During the course of his vaginal delivery there was some retention of the placenta which required manual removal. Therefore when the ... |
Mr Justice Phillips:
A large number of claims have been brought by claimants against their employers or former employers for damages for noise-induced hearing loss ("NIHL") alleged to have been caused by exposure to excessive noise at work, sometimes still referred to as "industrial deafness" or "occupational deafnes... |
Mr Justice Supperstone :
Introduction
I will refer to Davis Solicitors LLP as the Claimant, and Fida Raja and Hande Riaz as the Defendants.
This is an appeal by the Claimant against the decision of HHJ Mitchell made at the Central London County Court on 1 August 2014 refusing the Claimant relief from sanctions, ... |
RULING ON APPLICATION
FOR ADJOURNMENT
Mr Justice Foskett :
Yesterday I had before me an application made on behalf of the Claimant in this action to adjourn the trial of the issue of liability currently fixed for 5 days to commence during a 5-day window beginning on 20 April – in other words during the first full wee... |
Mr Justice William Davis:
Introduction
The Claimant, Karl Easton, is now aged 48. He left school at 16 with modest academic qualifications. He went to work at a local Sainsbury's supermarket as a trainee butcher. He gradually worked his way up through the ranks at Sainsbury's. By 2001 he was the manager of a Sain... |
The Hon. Mr Justice Coulson:
1. Introduction
In these proceedings, the claimant, GB, pursues a claim in negligence against the defendant arising out of medical treatment which she received whilst detained by the defendant at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre between 16 June and 27 July 2012. It is said that the ... |
MRS JUSTICE NICOLA DAVIES:
The claimant seeks permission to appeal the Order of Deputy Master Eyre (the Master) dated 16 October 2014 dismissing the claimant's applications for permission to re-amend the Particulars of Claim and adduce expert evidence at trial. Before this court the claimant has focussed upon the is... |
MRS JUSTICE PATTERSON:
This is an application by the claimants, Harlow District Council and Essex County Council, for an interim injunction under section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972 and 187B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 against 35 known defendants and persons unknown.
From 8 October 2013 mem... |
Mrs Justice McGowan :
This is an application for permission to appeal a decision of His Honour Judge Denyer QC sitting in the County Court in Bristol. The parties were ordered by Dingemans J to prepare for the appeal even though permission was not granted. This hearing has proceeded, as an effective appeal, on that b... |
Mr Justice Dingemans:
This is the hearing of a claim by the Claimant, Ali Babitu Kololo ("Mr Kololo"), against the Defendant, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis ("the Commissioner"). Mr Kololo claims that the Commissioner has wrongly refused a data subject access request made pursuant to section 7 of the Da... |
Sir David Eady :
Introduction
There are before the court two libel actions brought by a French national, Bruno Lachaux, against respectively Independent Print Ltd and Evening Standard Ltd. He complains of articles appearing in The Independent and the Evening Standard newspapers, both in hard copy and online, which ... |
Mrs Justice Elisabeth Laing DBE :
Introduction
Mr Lloyd worked for various different employers during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, mostly as a welder, and was exposed to asbestos by at least some of those employers. Before he died, he issued a claim for damages for asbestosis against two of those former employers or ... |
HHJ McKenna :
Introduction
This is a claim for damages for clinical negligence brought on behalf of Finlay Middleton by his father and litigation friend, Gavin Middleton, in respect of a significant brachial plexus injury to Finlay's right upper limb as a result of the circumstances of his birth on 1 February 2002 at... |
Mr Justice William Davis:
Introduction
The Claimant, Ian Milroy, is now aged 55. In 1989 he began working for the Defendant, BT, as an engineer. In 2003 he attended a one day BT course in order to qualify as a Mobile Elevated Work Platform ("MEWP") operator. He was trained to operate a Type 5 MEWP. This is a modi... |
Mr Justice Dingemans:
This is the liability only hearing of a claim by the Claimant, Mrs A, against the Defendant East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust ("the Trust"). Mrs A alleges that the Trust, in breach of duties to use reasonable care and skill in the management of her pregnancy, failed to advise ... |
Mr Justice Simon:
Introduction
In this action the Claimant (NXB) claims damages against the Defendant, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) under s.6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 for breaches of the positive obligation that arises under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
No one shall be subjected... |
HHJ Richard Parkes :
THE APPLICATION
This is a dispute involving the Jehovah's Witnesses, an evangelical Christian organisation. The claimant is, or was, a member of that organisation. He complains of an announcement which he says was made by a local elder at the Wimbledon Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses on 19 Ju... |
Mr Justice Dingemans:
This is an appeal from the judgment of Master Kay QC dated 10 December 2014. Master Kay dismissed applications to strike out, or grant reverse summary judgment in respect of, the claim made by the Claimants Steven Trevor Owens and Abigail Diana Owens ("Mr and Mrs Owens"). The claim is for dama... |
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE BLAKE:
Introduction
This is an application made by the defendant Secretary of State to strike out the Particulars of Claim (POC) and enter judgment for the Defendant pursuant to CPR 3(4) because they disclose no reasonable grounds for bringing the claim. In the alternative, summary judgment ... |
His Honour Judge Richard Seymour Q.C.:
Introduction
The claimant in this action, RTA (Business Consultants) Ltd. ("RTA"), carries on business as business transfer agents: that is to say, it seeks on behalf of vendors of businesses purchasers for such businesses.
Mr. Peter Bracewell is the owner of the property know... |
Mr Justice Warby :
On 19 March 2015 I tried the issue of whether the words complained of by the claimant in this libel action are defamatory of him. I held that they are not. These are my reasons for reaching that conclusion.
THE CLAIM
The claimant (Mr Rufus) and the defendant (Mr Elliott) are both former prof... |
The Honourable Mrs Justice Swift :
BACKGROUND TO THE CLAIM
On 13 May 2009, Mrs Lucia Sharma, who was aged 37 years and the mother of two small children, died as a result of a subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) from an aneurysm of the right middle cerebral artery whilst a patient at St George's Hospital, London (SGH). A... |
Sir Colin Mackay :
The Claimant, then aged 49, slipped on a wet pavement inside South Kensington tube station and fell awkwardly. Her left leg was bent underneath her, the force of her body was taken on the front aspect of the knee and the knee was twisted in the process. She brings a claim against the Defendant, wh... |
Mr Justice Warby:
The applications
In this action the claimant sues for libel in respect of the publication in this jurisdiction of allegations of fabricating evidence, conspiracy to murder, and the bribery and corruption of the prosecutor and judges in criminal proceedings. The allegations complained of concern the ... |
Mr Justice Lewis:
INTRODUCTION
This is an application by the Society of Lloyd's ("Lloyd's") for an extended civil restraint order against Mrs Sally Rosemary Noel, or alternatively, a limited civil restraint order. The application is made in accordance with directions given by Popplewell J. following a hearing on 16 D... |
His Honour Judge McKenna :
Introduction
In this action, the Claimant, Mrs Heather Elizabeth Tait, whose date of birth is 22nd February 1981 and who is therefore now 34 years of age (28 at the time of the events with which this claim is concerned) seeks damages from the Defendant, the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS ... |
Mr Justice Warby :
Introduction
The claimant and the defendant first met on the evening of 15 December 2014, at a Christmas Party at a city centre club. In the early hours of 16 December 2014, during a party at the home of a friend of the claimant known in this case as "Mr X", the defendant performed oral sex on the ... |
MRS JUSTICE SIMLER DBE :
Introduction
Mr Allen, Mr Monks and Mr Myson ("the Claimants") who are part of a much larger group of New Zealand and other overseas residents from a number of countries, claim damages for personal injury alleged to have resulted from being implanted with defective prosthetic hip implants man... |
Mr Justice Jeremy Baker:
Two of the mosques currently serving the Muslim community in Newport, Gwent, are known as the Al-Noor Mosque and the Jamia Mosque. The Al-Noor Mosque was the first mosque to be established in Newport in the early 1970s and its premises are in Harrow Road. By the early 1980s the Muslim populat... |
Mr Justice Knowles :
Introduction
On 12 October 2004 Mr Chockalingam, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, performed a right below knee amputation on the Claimant, Mr Robert Baker. The amputation had become necessary after Mr Baker had, the previous year, jumped or fallen from a building and then suffered an assault whi... |
Mr Justice Warby:
This is an application for judgment for damages to be assessed in this action for slander and libel, which arises from a television broadcast in January 2015.
The Claimants are two of the three Labour MPs for the Rotherham area. The first Claimant has been the MP for the Rother Valley constituen... |
Mr Justice Warby:
This is the trial of preliminary issues in this action for defamation. The Claimants are all Labour Party MPs for constituencies in the Rotherham area. The first Claimant has been the MP for Rother Valley since 1983. The second Claimant has represented Wentworth and Dearne since 1997. The third Cla... |
Mr Justice Supperstone :
Introduction
The Claimant is an independent trade union. The Defendant is a commercial airline company operating flights into and out of seven airports in the United Kingdom and one overseas airport. Members of the Claimant are employed by the Defendant, inter alia, as pilots.
By a de... |
Mrs Justice Andrews:
On 21 July 2006 the Respondent Bank ("the Bank") issued proceedings in the District Court of Nicosia, Cyprus, against the Appellant ("Mrs Christofi") and her husband, Lambros Christofi, under action number 4900/2006. The proceedings related to sums alleged to be due under a loan agreement dated 4... |
Mr Justice Warby:
These are the reasons for the orders I made at the hearing on 23 April 2015.
Introduction
Before the Court are application notices issued by the Defendant in these two defamation actions on 4 September 2014, 3 October 2014, and 14 April 2015, by which he seeks orders striking out some of the cla... |
INTRODUCTION
22 May 2014 was Election Day throughout the United Kingdom. There was a nationwide election for members of the European Parliament. Many local authorities had council elections and a few local authorities had mayoral elections. The London Borough of Tower Hamlets had all three. While undoubtedly making pr... |
Mr Justice Nicol:
This is a rolled-up hearing of an application by the Defendant for permission to appeal with the appeal to follow if permission is granted from a decision of HHJ Harington given on 25th July 2014 in Gloucester County Court.
The Defendant is the tenant of the Respondent Housing Association. In the... |
Mr Justice Cranston:
Introduction
This is yet another appeal concerning the proper application of CPR 3.9 as to relief from sanctions. In this case His Honour Judge Lochrane refused to admit witness statements filed late. Having done this he then struck out the appellant's case by reference largely to the pleadings... |
His Honour Judge Robinson:
By this application the Claimant, who is of full age and capacity, seeks a further interim payment on account of damages. She has been represented by Mr Matthew Phillips. Mr David Heaton QC has appeared for the Defendant.
The Claimant was born on 23 April 1990. She suffered extremely... |
Mr. Justice Edis :
This litigation arises out of a tragic incident which occurred at around 11:00pm on 2nd November 2010. The claimant, who was then 23 years old, sustained a very severe brain injury when he fell from a moving taxi and hit the road surface. His injuries are such that he was unable to give evidence ... |
Mr Justice Dingemans:
This is a libel claim brought by the Claimant His Highness Prince Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah Al Alaoui of Morocco ("Moulay Hicham") against the Defendant Elaph Publishing Limited ("Elaph") in respect of an article published in Arabic on its news website on 8th and 9th October 2014. Elaph is a c... |
Mr Justice Newey :
For many years, the claimant, John Raymond Transport Limited ("JRT"), provided Rockwool Limited ("Rockwool"), which manufactures insulation products, with haulage and warehousing services.
In July 2014, however, Rockwool gave notice to terminate certain contracts with JRT. In response, solicitor... |
MRS JUSTICE NICOLA DAVIES:
Before the court are applications in three libel actions brought by the claimant against the publishers of three newspapers; the Independent (HQ14D05024) print and online; the London Evening Standard (HQ14D05025) print and online; the Huffington Post UK (AOL(UK) Limited ("AOL") (HQ15D00253... |
MR JUSTICE GILBART :
Introduction
This is a trial of a preliminary issue:
"Whether the scope of (the Defendant's) liability to the Claimant is to be determined in accordance with the law of England or the law of Greece."
The order for a trial of that issue was made by consent by Master Yoxall on 10th November 20... |
MR JUSTICE GILBART :
On 17th April 2015, I handed down judgment ([2015] EWHC 1002 (QB)) on the preliminary issue in this action:
"Whether the scope of (the Defendant's) liability to the Claimant is to be determined in accordance with the law of England or the law of Greece."
I decided that issue in favour of the... |
Judge Behrens :
1 Abbreviations
In this judgment I shall adopt the following abbreviations:
Bregal Capital LLP Bregal
The Danwood Group Ltd Danwood
Danwood Group Limited Employee Benefit Trust Danwood EBT
Earnings before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortisation EBITDA
Earnings Before Tax EBT
Danwood Group... |
Mr Justice Foskett:
Introduction
The Claimant, James Robshaw, was born on 9 December 2002. He is currently very nearly 12 years and 4 months of age. It is not disputed that his birth was negligently mishandled at Lincoln County Hospital, Lincolnshire, with the result that he sustained significant brain damage leadin... |
HHJ Collender QC :
INTRODUCTION
The Claimant, Mr Spencer claims damages for personal injuries and consequential loss arising from the alleged negligence of the staff of the Hillingdon Hospital following a surgical operation performed upon him at the hospital on 1 February 2010.
The Defendant is the National Health... |
Introduction
On 28 January 2015 I handed down my reserved judgment on the issue of liability in this case in which the claimant alleged that the defendant's management of her birth on 25 October 1999 had been negligent with the result that she suffered a Brachial Plexus Injury as a result of shoulder dystocia.
In p... |
The Honourable Mr Justice Blake:
On 13 February 2015 I handed down judgment in the claim brought against the second and third defendants for injuries suffered when the claimant nearly drowned on 5 July 2000 during the course of a school swimming lesson. In that judgment I concluded that both Deborah Maxwell (the se... |
MRS JUSTICE THIRLWALL:
The background to this litigation is well known. I do not repeat it. On 11th September 2014 I acceded to an application to adjourn the trial listed for 6th October 2014 pending resolution of litigation between Transform and its insurers, Travelers. I ordered Transform and Travelers to pay... |
Mr Justice Warby:
This afternoon I heard an urgent application on behalf of the two claimants in this action for an injunction to prohibit publication by the defendant, the publisher of the Daily Mail, of what the claimants contend is confidential and private information about them.
The information concerns a pe... |
Mr Justice Nicol :
The essential facts of this claim are short and tragic. In 2007 the Claimant's father ('F') shot and killed the Claimant's mother. He was convicted of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility and sentenced to a Hospital Order under the Mental Health Act 1983 s.37 and made subject to a R... |
Mr Justice Green :
A. Introduction
There is before the Court an application for permission to appeal (and if granted the substantive appeal) against an Order of District Judge Khan made on 28th January 2015 in which the Judge permitted the Claimant to adduce expert evidence from a Mr J Franklin in the discipline of ... |
Mr Justice Cranston:
Introduction
This is an appeal brought by the claimant, Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Saeed, against the orders of Master McCloud dated 23 January 2014 and of Deputy Master Eyre ("Master Eyre") dated 24 November 2014. The issue is whether the orders properly give permission to the defendant to amend his de... |
The Honourable Mrs Justice Swift :
Introduction
This is an appeal by the Appellants, Mr and Mrs Axton, against an Order of His Honour Judge Armitage QC, sitting at Manchester Crown Court, dated 14 November 2014 by which summary judgment was entered for the Respondent pursuant to CPR 24.2 in respect of the whole of th... |
Mr Justice Warby :
Introduction
Three years ago, the claimant in this action for breach of confidence and misuse of private information obtained an interim injunction against the defendant, including an anonymity order, to prohibit the disclosure of information of a sexual nature. An injunction, with anonymity, has r... |
Mr Justice Supperstone :
Introduction
At about 11am on Sunday 24 July 2011 a collision occurred on the B3399 Newport Road between a Yamaha motorcycle owned and ridden by the Claimant and a New Holland T8080 tractor and Gurak 2 axle trailer driven by the First Defendant. The First Defendant was executing a right-han... |
The Honourable Mrs Justice Slade DBE:
The Claimant / Receiving Party appeals from the Order of Senior Costs Judge Master Gordon-Saker made on 21 October 2014 refusing to award an additional amount under CPR 36.14(3)(d) on a detailed assessment of costs. The law with which this judgment is concerned is CPR 36 as it w... |
His Honour Judge Cotter Q.C.
Introduction and outline facts
The Claimant was a successful and well respected chartered accountant with a private practice, Channon & Co, which had a significant turnover and a loyal client base. At all material times for the purposes of this claim the practice was not registered to gi... |
Mrs Justice Cox:
Introduction
This is a desperately sad case, as counsel for the Defendants rightly observe. On 16 March 2010 the Claimant, Shahinoor Choudhury, then aged 42 suffered an ischaemic stroke. He developed "locked-in syndrome" due to infarction in the brainstem and cerebellum, secondary to basilar artery... |
JUDGE SEYMOUR: The claimant in this action, Cirencester Friendly Society Limited carries on business as an insurer. It specialises in providing income protection insurance against illness and accidental injury to its members. The defendant, Mr Christopher Parkin, applied on 9 March 2007 to become a member of the cla... |
JUDGE COLLENDER QC
INTRODUCTION
This is a claim for damages for personal injuries and consequential loss arising from the performance of a medical diagnostic procedure, an angiogram, upon the Claimant, Mrs Connolly, on 19 June 2009 at the Mayday University Hospital, in Croydon.
The Defendant is the National Health ... |
Mr Justice Kenneth Parker :
The Claimant, ("EXP") was born on 18 June 1965. She is married with two teenage daughters.
On 5 September 2005 the Claimant was appointed to the role of full-time District Judge, having previously worked as a barrister for about eighteen years. By 2011 the Claimant was sitting as a Di... |
The Hon Mr Justice Turner:
INTRODUCTION
The claimant, Mr Griffiths, is tetraplegic. This issue in this case is whether or not the defendant is, at least in part, responsible for his condition.
THE ACCIDENT
Mr Griffiths is a retired vet. His practice was on the Isle of Wight where he has lived for many years. He h... |
MRS JUSTICE McGOWAN :
Introduction
The Claimant and the Defendant are father and son. They are both Austrian nationals, the father now lives mainly in Thailand and the son in England. Both share an enthusiasm for vintage cars and in particular for Lancia Stratos cars. It is four such cars that are the subject of this... |
Mr Justice William Davis:
This is a clinical negligence claim arising out of the post-birth management of the Claimant HS at the Defendant's hospital in Preston in October 2006. When HS was born she was suffering from a streptococcal infection. Negligent failure by the paediatricians with the neo-natal care of HS t... |
Section Para No.
Introduction 1
The claimants' factual allegations 3
XYZ 4
HTF 5
ZMS 6
The defendant's position 7
The claimants' pleaded case 8
Approach to the preliminary issue 11
The evidence of Iraqi law 12
Areas of agreement 15
The dispute 21
Professor Hamoudi's opinion 23
Commentary of Sanhuri 2... |
Mr Justice Jay:
Introduction
There are three applications currently before the Court. First, by an application notice dated 28th April 2014 the Defendant seeks an order (i) striking out the claims in breach of contract, negligence and misfeasance in public office pursuant to CPR 3.4(2)(a); or (ii) for summary judgme... |
THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE SLADE DBE :
Mr James, the Defendant in a road traffic accident claim, appeals from the Judgment and Order of Master Campbell on 7 August 2014. Master Campbell held that for the purpose of CPR 45.16 and 45.17 the trial of the action had commenced and accordingly the Claimant was entitled to ... |
The Hon Mr Justice Turner:
INTRODUCTION
In this case the claimants seek a wasted costs order against solicitors, Kerman & Co. LLP ("Kermans"), and counsel, Mr Robert Levy QC ("Mr Levy").
Kermans and Mr Levy represented the eighth defendant, Mr Alexander Altman, in contempt proceedings brought against him by the c... |
Mr Justice Warby :
On 22 January 2015 I granted the claimant's urgent application for an injunction to restrain two men, whose identities were unknown, from harassing the claimant and her 9 year-old son. The acts of harassment of which she complained arose from the conviction and sentence of the claimant's husband fo... |
Mr Justice Coulson:
1. INTRODUCTION
In these proceedings, the National Crime Agency ("NCA") pursues claims against the defendants under s.243(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ("POCA") for a Civil Recovery Order ("CRO") in respect of seven properties, four bank accounts, and a Rolex watch. These claims have thus... |
HIS HONOUR JUDGE CURRAN QC:
The claims in this case were the subject of a trial by jury. They arose out of events on 19 July 2009 when armed police attended a block of flats in Townmead Road, Fulham, where the First to Third Claimants were living, at a time when the Fourth Claimant was visiting them. The police were... |
Mr Justice Cooke:
The applications
There are two applications before the Court: (i) the Second Defendant (EMC Corporation) applies to challenge the Court's jurisdiction over the claimant's (Mr Petter's) claim against it (the Part 11 Application); and (ii) Mr Petter applies for an interim anti-suit injunction against ... |
Sir David Eady :
On 30 April 2015, I heard applications to commit the Respondents for contempt of court with reference to alleged breaches of court orders. I had ruled that the matter should proceed in their absence, having been satisfied that they had chosen not to appear. There was no doubt that they had been not... |
Mr Justice Jay:
Introduction
By their Application Notice dated 30th September 2014, the Third, Fourth and Fifth Defendants seek a declaration that the Court does not have jurisdiction over them in relation to the claim brought by the Claimant for damages for personal injuries following an accident which occurred in B... |
Mr Justice Dingemans:
This is an appeal from the order of Master Eastman dated 20th December 2013 by which he ordered that Pammela Linton ("Ms Linton") should be joined as "the Defendant also known as Patricia Carpenter" in place of the Defendant who was described on the Particulars of Claim as "Persons Unknown (Patr... |
H.H. Judge Keyser Q.C.:
Introduction
The claimant, University of Wales ("the University"), was established by Royal Charter in 1893 and is responsible for validating undergraduate and postgraduate degrees of the University of Wales for students in the UK and overseas.
The defendant ("LCB") is a limited company, wh... |
Mr Justice William Davis:
Introduction
The Claimant, Spencer Vaughan, is aged 27. When he was 21 he enlisted in the Royal Marines. After completion of his basic training in July 2009 he was awarded his green beret and posted to 45 Commando in Arbroath. On 18th January 2010 he and five other Royal Marines from his ... |
Mrs Justice McGowan:
On 23 April 2007 in the Crown Court sitting in Northampton HHJ Bray sentenced the Claimant imprisonment for public protection with a minimum term of 3 years and 6 months for assault causing grievous bodily harm and affray. That sentence was varied on 25 April 2007 as neither offence was a seriou... |
Mr. Justice Holgate:
The Second Defendants are the Trustees for the Walford Maritime Limited Pension and Life Assurance Plan ("the Trustees"). They are, and for many years have been, the freehold owners of the Vauxhall Cross Island site ("the site") lying to the South East side of the Wandsworth Road, London, SW8. ... |
HHJ WAKSMAN QC:
Introduction
The claimant in this action, All Property Claims Limited (APC), is a claims management company specialising in property damage insurance claims. It claims £5,056.80 from the defendant, Mr Pang Tang. The money is due pursuant to a written agreement made on 15th November 2010.
The full s... |
MR JUSTICE GLOBE:
Anonymity
On 3 February 2015, although the trial was held in public, the following anonymity order was made.
"No party or non-party shall report or disclose the name, address or any other information which might tend to lead to the identification of any person who was a child or young person at th... |
Mr Justice Knowles :
Introduction
Last Friday 26 June the Chief Constable of the Bedfordshire Police sought interim injunctions under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 ("the 2014 Act") against the Leader and Deputy Leader of "Britain First" ("the Respondents").
"Britain First" is a registered... |
Mr. Justice Edis :
This judgment concerns only costs. In it, without any disrespect, I shall refer to the parties as follows:-
The claimant and second defendant to the Part 20 claim. The passenger in the Saxo. "Davies"
The first defendant to an action brought by Davies and the defendant to an action brought by ... |
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