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Exhibiton review: Of things not seen @ Temple Church

Of things not seen: A year in the life of a London priest tells the story of a year of ministry by the Reverend Kit Gunasekera... read more

Theatre review: Just an ordinary lawyer? A play, with songs

Teatro Technis, London, 11-22 January Written and performed by Tayo Aluko, with live piano accompaniment. Directed by Amanda Huxtable. Designed by Emma Williams read more

Exhibition review: High Court Jurisdictions in Art @ Rolls

A new selection of paintings of the London skyline is currently brightening up the walls of the Rolls Building in Fetter Lane. read more

Music review: Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite & Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf

Bar Musical Society, Middle Temple Hall, November 2016 It has been a fine tradition of the Middle Temple to put on a concert for children towards Christmas every year. read more

Film review: Denial

Directed by Emmy Award® winner Mick Jackson (Temple Grandin) and adapted for the screen by BAFTA and Academy Award® nominated writer David Hare (The Reader). Release date: 27 January read more

Book review: East West Street: on the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

Author: Philippe Sands Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (2016) Format: Hardcover 496pp and e-book ISBN: 9781474601900 read more

Book review: Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse

Edited by: Ros Burnett Publisher: Oxford University Press (2016) Format: Hardcover 336pp ISBN: 9780198723301 read more

Book review: Breaking Law: the Inside Guide to Your Legal Rights and Winning in Court or Losing Well

Author: Stephen Gold Publisher: Bath Publishing (2016) Format: Paperback 517pp and e-book ISBN: 9780993583605 read more

Music review: Bar Choral Society

HHJ Philip Bartle QC reviews a dramatic and confident Bar Choral Society Performance of The Creation at Middle Temple Hall The magnificent sixth concert of the Bar Choral... read more

Film review: Sea Sorrow

‘I hope the film may be of some help to the agencies who do their utmost to support the refugees who have survived, most especially to their children.’ Dir: Vanessa Redgrave... read more

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EOS KSI Slovensko s.r.o. v Ján Danko and another

European Union – Consumer protection. Council Directive (EEC) 93/13, read together with the principle of equivalence, had to be interpreted as meaning that it precluded national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which prevented a consumer protection organisation from...

BV Nederlandse Industrie Van Eiprodukten v Rembrandt Enterprises, Inc.

Contract – Misrepresentation. The defendant company was entitled to rescission of a revised contract (which had required it to pay more for the supply of a dried egg product) by reason of fraudulent misrepresentation by the claimant company. Consequently, the original contract between the...

Camway Contracts Ltd v Chapman Lang Ltd

Building contract – Adjudication. The adjudicator, in considering that the defendant employer's defence of set-off was outside the scope of an adjudication relating to the payment of VAT, had failed to rule substantively on a material issue on which he should have ruled. Accordingly, the...

Re B-P (children) (adoption or fostering)

Family proceedings – Orders in family proceedings. The recorder had not given any weight at all to the evident potential benefits of adoption for three children, then aged 4, 3 and 18 months, whether together or separately, in terms of commitment, security and permanence. Accordingly, the Court...

Seatreiver International Holdings Ltd v Daly and others

Confidential information – Injunction against disclosure of information. The claimants had made out a case for the grant of a limited springboard injunction, and a springboard injunction lasting for 12 months was a proper and proportionate order to make. However, the Chancery Division, held that...

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