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Umbrella Interchange Fee Claimants v Umbrella Interchange Fee Defendants

By a judgment handed down on 19 December 2024 [2024] EWCA Civ 1559 the Court of Appeal (Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, Sir Julian Flaux, Chancellor of the …
20 Dec 24
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R (Hickman) v (1) Parole Board, (2) Secretary of State for Justice

The Administrative Court has dismissed a challenge to the use of closed material procedures in Parole Board proceedings.
20 Dec 24
The Litigation Podcast

Episode 25: The Litigation Podcast Shorts with Michael Beloff KC - Part 4

Listen in to this episode of The Litigation Podcast Shorts, as Michael Beloff KC recounts his final case: the McCloud Appeal.

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5 Dec 24
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ICJ Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

On 2nd to 13th December, the International Court of Justice held public hearings in connection with its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. During …
20 Dec 24
Case
McCaffrey and Birney v PSNI and others

Ben Jaffey acted for journalist Barry McCaffrey in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal and successfully quashed an unlawful directed surveillance authorisation and communications data authorisations designed to identify his journalistic sources.
17 Dec 24
Employee Competition Bulletin
A changing approach to the issues of memory and contemporaneous documents?

In Jaffe v Greybull Capital [2024] EWHC 2534 (Comm) Cockerill J determined a case involving an allegation of fraudulent misrepresentations made orally eight years previously, in which: (i) there was …
16 Oct 24
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Dinah Rose KC appointed to the panel of chairmen of the Competition Appeal Tribunal

The President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal has today announced that the Lord Chancellor has appointed five new members to the panel of chairmen of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, including …
16 Dec 24
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