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14/12/2021
High Court Appointment: Bennathan QC
The Queen is pleased to approve the appointment of a Justice of the High Court. This appointment will take effect from 11 January 2022. It is anticipated that further appointments will be announced. The candidate approved as a High Court Judge is Joel Bennathan QC. This appointment will fill a vacancy in the High Court following […]
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14/12/2021
District Judge Appointment: Justin Evans
The Queen has appointed Justin Probert Evans 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 him to the Wales Circuit, based at […]
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14/12/2021
District Judge Appointment: Justin Evans
The Queen has appointed Justin Probert Evans 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 him to the Wales Circuit, based at […]
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11/12/2021
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (defendant/appellant) –v- Akinsanya (claimant/respondent)
Tuesday 7th December 2021 Appeal by the SSHD against the order of Mostyn J of 09 June 2021 by which he declared that: The SSHD erred in law when providing, in Annex 1 to Appendix EU to the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules HC 395 as amended, that the definition of a person with […]
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11/12/2021
Brown & ors (claimants/appellants) –v- South West Lakes Trust & ors (defendant/respondents)
Wednesday 8th – Thursday 9th December 2021 The Claimants appeal the order of HHJ Gore, dated 17 February 2021, sitting as a High Court Judge by which he struck out the three Claimants’ claim for damages against two sets of defendants: (a) the First Defendant/Respondent and the Second Defendant/Respondent as occupiers of the reservoir; and (b) the […]
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11/12/2021
BDW Trading Ltd (claimant/respondent) –v- AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Ltd & Ors
Wednesday 8th 2:00pm – Thursday 9th December 2021 D3 and D4 appeal against the order made by HHJ Kramer (sitting as a High Court Judge) dated 16/10/20 dismissing Ds’ application to disallow the amendments of 17 and 18 March 2020 to add a claim in respect of Feltham Axiom and to add Cameron Taylor Consulting Limited as […]
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11/12/2021
Smith (appellant) –v- Pimlico Plumbers Ltd (respondent)
Tuesday 7th – Wednesday 8th December 2021 The Claimant appeals against the order made by the Employment Appeals Tribunal (Choudhury J) dismissing C’s appeal against the judgment of the Employment Tribunal. The issues raised are: -Can C, whose employer declined his worker status and did not provide him with any paid annual leave in breach of the […]
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11/12/2021
Re: R (a child)
Tuesday 7th – Wednesday 8th December 2021 The father appeals the decision of Roberts J, sitting in the High Court of Justice, Family Division, by which she: 1) dismissed his application for disclosure of the material submitted in support of the child’s asylum application and 2) dismissed his application for the child’s summary return to the Ukraine […]
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11/12/2021
Latvia MGI Tech SIA & Ors (defendants/appellants) –v- Illumina Cambridge Ltd (claimant/respondent)
Tuesday 7th – Wednesday 8th December 2021 The Appellant/Defendant appeals the Order of Mr Justice Birss (sitting as a Judge of the High Court in Patents Court) dated 18 February 2021, making declaration as to validity of various European Patents. Background This is a patent action about DNA sequencing technology. The patentee (Illumina) holds patents which […]
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11/12/2021
Message from the Lord Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals – Plan B
The Prime Minister has announced that further COVID-19 restrictions will come into force in England next week. The work of courts and tribunals will continue as it has done over the course of the pandemic. The measures being introduced under Plan B mean that hearings should continue to take place in person alongside effective use […]