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11/11/2021
Lord Justice Haddon-Cave pens article for the Australian Law Journal
Lord Justice Haddon-Cave has written an article about the conduct of terrorism trials in England and Wales for a special edition of the Australian Law Journal on ‘National Security and the Law’. The manner in which these complex and sensitive trials are conducted, he writes, “…is a mark of how civilised a society we are, […]
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11/11/2021
Family Justice Council Debate – ‘Should the age of majority be reduced to 16?’
The Family Justice Council is holding its 14th Annual Debate and panel discussion on Wednesday 8 December 2021, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. The event will take place in person in London and will be live streamed via MS Teams. The motion for this year’s debate reads: ‘Should the age of majority be reduced to 16?’ The […]
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11/11/2021
President of the Family Division: Drafting Orders
The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has issued a memorandum setting out the approach for drafting orders in the Family Court, in order to mitigate a number of problems. The full details can be found below.
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11/11/2021
President of the Family Division: Witness Statements
The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has issued a memorandum setting out how witness statements should be prepared for use in the Family Courts to ensure they meet proper professional standards. The full details can be found below.
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10/11/2021
Deadline extended to have your say on judiciary.uk
The Judicial Office is working to create an improved website that acts as the most trusted and accessible source of information about the judiciary and the rule of law in England and Wales. As part of this work, we have created a short survey to elicit feedback on the current site, judiciary.uk. The deadline to […]
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09/11/2021
District Judge Appointment: Guirguis
The Queen has appointed Sheren Guirguis to be a District Judge 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 her to the Northern Circuit, based at Liverpool […]
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07/11/2021
High Court: Retirement of The Honourable Sir Stephen Paul Stewart
The Honourable Sir Stephen Paul Stewart retires as a Judge of the High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) with effect from 6 November 2021. Background information Sir Stephen Stewart (68) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1975, took Silk in 1996 and was elected a Bencher in 2013. He was appointed as an Assistant […]
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06/11/2021
Penhallurick (claimant/appellant) –v- MD5 Ltd (respondent)
Tuesday 2nd – Wednesday 3rd November 2021 By Appellant’s Notice filed on 18 May 2021, the Claimant/Appellant (C) seeks permission to appeal from the Order of HHJ Hacon sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court in Intellectual Property Enterprise Court dated 27 April 2021, dismissing the C’s claim. Background The C’s claim was that the […]
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06/11/2021
Lufthansa Technik AG (claimant/respondent) –v- Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems & ors (defs/appellants)
Wednesday 3rd – Thursday 4th November 2021 The Defendants appeal the order of Morgan J dated 22 July 2020, sitting in the Patents Court. Upon certain issues of liability having been tried before Morgan J (other issues had been adjourned) he held inter alia that the Claimant’s European Patent (UK) No 0 881 145 B1 (the Patent) […]
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06/11/2021
Park (claimant/ appellant) –v- CNH Industrial Capital Europe Ltd (respondent)
Thursday 4th November 2021 The Claimant (C) appeals the order of HHJ Khan dated 23 February 2021 sitting in Blackpool County Court (1) allowing the Defendant’s (D) appeal against the order of DJ Woosnam dated 20 April 2020 (2) setting aside paragraphs 1 and 2 of the DJ’s order (3) striking out the claim as an […]