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Breaking the silence

A woman who defied death threats to give evidence in a landmark ‘honour killing’ case turned trainer when agencies failed to learn lessons from the case. By James Keeley A... read more

Letting facts get in the way

Lucy Reed introduces The Transparency Project, an initiative to correct sensationalist and lazy journalism and encourage healthier debate about the law Lawyers and... read more

Alfie Harper & Dominic Woodbridge

Clerks: team leader’s assistants at Fountain Court read more

James Smithdale

Associate in Quinn Emanuel’s London office Quinn Emanuel Urquhart is a 650+ attorney top tier business litigation firm with 20 offices around the globe, each devoted solely... read more

Mr Justice Hellman

Supreme Court judge in Bermuda and a founding member of 33 Chancery Lane, Chambers of Andrew Mitchell QC read more

Koye Akoni

Barrister at Quadrant Chambers Quadrant Chambers is a leading set of barristers specialising in commercial law. read more

Nick Hill

Senior Clerk at Three New Square and Chairman of the Institute of Barristers’ Clerks Three New Square specialises in intellectual property law, in particular patent... read more

Robert Griffiths QC

Head of Mondial Chambers The chambers will specialise in domestic, commercial and international law with a core base in London, consisting of leading QCs and other senior... read more

Obituary: John RWD Jones QC

John Jones devoted his life to helping those in peril in the courts. read more

Stephen Ward

Managing director at Clerksroom Clerksroom is a nationwide chambers of barristers and mediators providing advocacy, advice and mediation throughout England & Wales. read more

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Martin v Southern Rock Insurance Company Ltd

Civil procedure – Sheriff court – Expenses – Simple procedure action. Sheriff Court: In a simple procedure claim for damages for loss arising from a car accident which the parties agreed to settle for £1,000 but were unable to agree whether the capped expenses of £150 in terms of the Sheriff...

Burnett (or Grant) v Marcius and others

Insurance – Public liability insurance policy – Construction – Exclusion clause. Court of Session: In a derivative claim arising out of the death of the pursuer's husband as a result of the actions of a door steward of a bar, in which the pursuer sought to enforce the rights under a public...

Devon Angling Association and others v Scottish Water

Reparation – Negligence and nuisance – Pollution of river – Title to sue. Sheriff Appeal Court: Allowing an appeal in action in which an angling association sought reparation in relation to a discharge of sulphuric acid from a tank on Scottish Water's property into a river, which killed large...

Sandhu and another v Nagra and others

Company – Member. A company's affairs had been conducted in a manner unfairly prejudicial to the interests of both petitioners as members. The Chancery Division so ruled in allowing the petitioners claim for relief under s 994 Companies Act 2006. The court rejected the respondents' contention...

Instant Access Properties Ltd (in liquidation) v Rosser and others; Murphy and another (as joint Liquidators of Instant Access Properties Ltd) v Rosser and others

Company – Director. The claim of the claimant company, which was in liquidation, alleging breaches of fiduciary duties against persons involved in its running, failed. The Chancery Division held that, among other things, the first and third defendants had not acted dishonestly or fraudulently,...

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