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TV review: Defending the Guilty

Defending the Guilty, BBC 2 Pilot: 19 September 2018 Creators: Alex McBride and Kieron Quirke Director: Jim Field Smith read more

Book review: The Role of the Circuit Courts in the Formation of United States Law in the Early Republic

The Role of the Circuit Courts in the Formation of United States Law in the Early Republic Author: His Honour David Lynch Publisher: Hart Publishing (2018) ISBN: 9781509910854... read more

Book review: Clarity for Lawyers: Effective Legal Language

Clarity for Lawyers: Effective Legal Language (3rd edition) Authors: Mark Adler and Daphne Perry Publisher: Law Society, 270pp ISBN: 978-1784460488 read more

Book review: The Common Freedom of the People

The Common Freedom of the People Author: Michael Braddick Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780198803232 read more

Film review: The Children Act

The Children Act (12A) Release date: 24 August 2018 Director: Richard Eyre Screenwriter: Ian McEwan Based on the novel by: Ian McEwan read more

Book review: Chance, Cheek and Some Heroics

Chance, Cheek and Some Heroics Author: Frederic Reynold QC Publisher: Wildy, Simmonds & Hill (February 2018) ISBN: 9780854902446 read more

Book review: Tomb and Temple: Re-imagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem

Tomb and Temple: Re-imagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem Editor: Robin Griffith-Jones and Eric Fernie Publisher: Boydell (May 2018) ISBN: 9781783272808 read more

Theatre review: Learned Friends

Learned Friends, a Ginny Davis Production 9 June 2018, Manchester Crown Court, Minshull Street Percentage of ticket sales to The British Red Cross Society Manchester Emergency Fund... read more

Book review: Walden Back in Session & One Law for the Rest of Us

Walden Back in Session Author: Peter Murphy Publisher: No Exit Press (May 2018) ISBN: 9780857302038 One Law for the Rest of Us Author: Peter Murphy... read more

TV review: A Very English Scandal

Truth or proof? A Very English Scandal, BBC 1 Directed by Stephen Frears and written by Russell T Davies | Based on A Very English Scandal:... read more

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McCashin v Revenue and Customs Commissioners

Income tax – Pension. On the basis that there had been unauthorised payments which had amounted to almost the full value of the pension scheme at issue and because those payments had been in respect of the taxpayer, there had been a loss of tax for the purposes of the Taxes Management Act 1970....

Wiemer & Trachte GmbH v Tadzher

European Union – Civil and commercial matters. Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 should be interpreted as meaning that the jurisdiction of the courts of the member state within the territory of which insolvency proceedings had been opened to hear and determine an action to set...

* R (on the application of Rafique-Aldawery) v St. George's, University of London; R (on the application of Sivasubramaniyam) v University of Leicester

Practice – Stay of proceedings. The judge had erred in the guidance he provided when staying the applications for judicial review pending the conclusion of the respondent students' complaints to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowed...

Wellington Properties Ltd v Trustees of the Will of the Second Duke of Westminster and another

Boundary – Party wall. The appellants' appeal against a decision in a property dispute succeeded. The Chancery Division held that, on the true construction of a transfer, a wall adjoining two properties in London was not to be considered a party wall, within the meaning of s 38(1) of the Law of...

Cardtronics Europe Ltd and other companies v Sykes and others (Valuation Officers); Sykes and others (Valuation Officers) v Tesco Stores Ltd and another company

Land – Rates. In considering an appeal by several supermarkets over the ratable valuation of the floor space on which ATM's stood, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, Upper Tribunal (Lands Tribunal) had not erred in its approach to the identification of a hereditament but had erred in its...

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