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  • 26/05/2022

    Practice Note: Business and Property Courts in Manchester and Leeds

    Friday Applications Lists 1. Starting on 27 May 2022, the default position for applications to be heard before s.9 Judges in Manchester and Leeds on Friday Applications lists in the Business and Property Courts will be that they are heard in person unless, in the discretion of the Judge, a fully remote or hybrid hearing […]

  • 26/05/2022

    Seminar for the Third Sector, a Career in the Judiciary – Could you become a tribunal judge?

    A judicial careers evening designed for lawyers working in the third sector will take place on Monday 13 June 2022 at 16:30-17:45pm via MS Teams The Judicial Office and the Judicial Appointments Commission invite you to a discussion led by judges about their careers in the First-tier and Upper Tribunals. The seminar aims to help […]

  • 24/05/2022

    Lord Chief Justice appears at the House of Lords Constitution Committee

    The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon, has given evidence at the House of Lords Constitution Committee’s annual evidence session. Lord Burnett gave evidence on a number of topics, including the backlog of casework in the courts due to COVID-19, the increased use of online procedures and remote working, modernisation of the courts, judicial […]

  • 23/05/2022

    Circuit Bench Retirement: Lynch QC

    Her Honour Judge Patricia Lynch QC retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 22 May 2022. Background information Her Honour Judge Lynch QC (70) was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1979 and took Silk in 1998. She was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1997, a Recorder in 2000 and a Circuit Judge […]

  • 21/05/2022

    Exhibition of trailblazing women in the law at the Royal Courts of Justice

    To celebrate the centenary of the first woman at the Bar, we are pleased to announce a free exhibition is available for all to view in the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Dr Ivy Williams was called to the Bar in 1922 and although she never practised as a barrister, she did go on […]

  • 20/05/2022

    Neurim Pharmaceuticals (1991) Ltd (claimant/respondent) v Generics UK Ltd (T/A Viatris) & anr (defendants/appellants)

    Thursday 19 May 2022 The Appellant/Defendants appeal the Order Of Mr Justice Marcus Smith dated 7th March 2022 by which he held European Patent (UK) 3,103,443 (the “Patent”) valid and infringed. View hearing: Part 1 Please note that we are currently experiencing a problem with part 2 of the hearing and will upload this as […]

  • 20/05/2022

    Gardiner (claimant/appellant) v Hertsmere Borough Council & anr (defendant/respondent)

    Wednesday 18 May 2022 The Claimant appeals the Order of Thornton J dated 6 July 2021, by which she dismissed C’s claim for Judicial Review. Factual background: This appeal concerns the application of the Community Infrastructure Levy (“CIL”) the purpose of which is to ensure that the costs incurred by public authorities in supporting the […]

  • 20/05/2022

    Rhino Enterprises Properties Ltd & anr (claimants/appellants) v Clyde & Co LLP (defendant/respondent)

    Tuesday 17 – Wednesday 18 May 2022 (Appeal 1) The Appellants, Rhino Enterprises Properties Ltd and Askwith Investments Ltd (1st and 2nd Claimant below respectively) challenge the Order of HHJ Davis-White QC, dated 22 September 2021, by which he struck out their claim insofar as it alleged a breach of duty while acting as agents […]

  • 20/05/2022

    Wood Group Canada Inc & anr (defendants/appellants) v AIG Europe SA & ors (claimants/respondents)

    Tuesday 17 – Wednesday 18 May 2022 The Appellants, John Wood Group PLC and Wood Group Canada INC (1st and 2nd Defendants below) appeal the two Orders of Jacobs J dated 7 October 2021. The Defendants seek to challenge the anti-suit injunction order, with a penal notice, which prohibits them from taking any further steps […]

  • 20/05/2022

    Gemalto Holding BV & ors (claimants/appellants) v Infineon Technologies AG & ors (defendants/respondents)

    Tuesday 17 – Wednesday 18 May 2022 The 15 Claimants, collectively Gemalto, appeal, with permission from Mrs J Bacon, her order dated 28 January 2022, upon hearing a preliminary issue trial, whereby she dismissed their claims against the First to Fifth Defendants (D1- D5 ) as time barred and granted permission to appeal. Her order […]