Monthly Archives: December 2021
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03/12/2021
LB Havering & other local authorities v Stokes & others
Tuesday 30th November – 2nd December 2021 The appellants are local authorities who have obtained injunctions against unauthorised encampments on land in their areas. The orders are expressed to be against not only a number of named defendants but also “persons unknown”. In a Judgment handed down on the 12th May 2021, Nicklin J held that, whereas interim […]
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03/12/2021
Cassini SAS -v- Emerald Pasture Designated Activity Company & others
Tuesday 30th November 2021 The 1st defendant appeals the order of HHJ Kramer (sitting as a High Court Judge) dated 27 August 2021, whereby he declared that the 1st defendant is in breach of the Senior Facilities Agreement “SFA” and ordered that they pay the claimant’s costs. The applicant is subject to French Insolvency proceedings. These are main […]
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03/12/2021
Message from Mr Justice Mostyn: Family Procedure Rules – contempt forms
On 30 July 2021, a new form for making a contempt application (external link, opens in a new tab), FC600, was added to the prescribed list of Forms in FPR PD5A. In addition four further forms for the use of the court in contempt proceedings have been issued. These are: FC601 (Summons to appear at […]
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02/12/2021
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Appointment: Daley
The Queen has appointed Mark Daley to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed him to the North Eastern Circuit, […]
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01/12/2021
Commercial Court User Group Meeting – November 2021
The Judges of the Commercial Court recently met with users to provide updates and answer questions on the Court’s business. Topics covered included lead times and listing matters, the forthcoming updated Commercial Court Guide, and the approach to urgent hearings, as well as statistics, and updates on the Disclosure Pilot and the COVID-19 business interruption […]