New commentary on recent case law, a selection of which is listed below:
Volume 1
Parts 3, 6, 11 - Cook v Virgin Media (Application to intra-UK disputes, court’s jurisdiction to make orders of own initiative)
Part 3 - Otkritie Capital International Ltd v Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd (Attempts to re-litigate decided issues)
Parts 3, 52 - Safin (Fursecroft) Ltd v Badrig (Extension of time, assignment of appeals)
Parts 3, 12, 31, 40 - Thevarajah v Riordan (Supreme Court decision) (Relief from sanctions) Part 3 - R. (Kigen) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Extension of time for filing claim form Part 3, Rule
3.9 - Blakemores LDP v Scott, Caliendo v Mishcon de Reya, Viridor Waste Management Ltd v. Veolia Ltd, Abdulle v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, R.(Idira) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Relief from Sanctions)
Part 5 - Associated Newspapers Ltd v Bannatyne (Divorce financial remedy proceedings – consent order)
Part 6 - Cartel Damage Claims (CDC) Hydrogen Peroxide SA v Akzo Nobel NV, AMT Futures v Marziller(Judgments Regulation), Vidal-Hall v Google Inc following Kitechnology BV v Unicor GmbH Plastmachinen, Alpha Bank Cyprus (ECJ)
Part 7 - Oyesanya v Mid-Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust (Interest)
Part 14 - Dorchester Group Ltd v Kier Construction, Clark v Braintree Clinical Services Ltd
Parts 16, 37 - RSM Bentley Jennison v Ayton (Tender before Claim)
Part 17 - Su-Ling v Goldman Sachs International, Ali v Siddique (Late amendments to statements of case)
Part 19 - Howden Joinery Ltd v Brain, Blake v Stewart (Adding a Party), Meerza v Al Baho (death of a potential claimant in the light of Millburn-Snell v Evans)
Part 24 - Berntsen v Tait (Dismissal of claim)
Part 25 - Personal Management Solutions Ltd v G7 Group Ltd (Pre-action disclosure), Metropolitan Housing Trust Limited v Taylor (Freezing Order), Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority v Bestfort Development LLP (Security for Costs)
Parts 25 & 58 - JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov (No 10) (Supreme Court decision) (Example of order to restrain assets)
Parts 27, 44 - Chaplair Ltd v Kumari (Costs on small claims track – refuse permission to appeal – r.44.5)
Part 31 - R. (on the application of McKenzie) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office (independent lawyer & seized material), Smailes v McNally (Effect of breach of duty), R v. Edward Brown (Legal professional privilege – additional common law exception), Personal Management Solutions Ltd v G7 Group Ltd (Court’s jurisdiction – disclosure before proceedings start)
Parts 32, 34 – Kimathi v Foreign & Commonwealth Office (Group litigation – witnesses at trial – video link)
Part 35 - British Airways plc v Spencer (Expert evidence & case management)
Part 36 - Yentob v MGN Ltd (Part 36 offer)
Part 40 - Vringo Infrastructure Inc v. ZTE (UK) Ltd (Application after judgment), Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Sinclair (Enforcement – application for a stay)
Part 44 - Kazakhstan Kagazy PLC v Zhunus (Costs - proportionality)
Part 52 - Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council v KW (Dismissing or allowing appeals by consent), Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Emmott (Permission to appeal – residual jurisdiction), Abdulle v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Appeals from strike out decisions), Kishenin v Kalstein Bleach (Permission to appeal), Gohil v Gohil (Supreme Court), Safin (Fursecroft) Ltd v Badrig, R (Sabir) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Permission to appeal)
Part 54 - Mulvenna & Smith v Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government (Judicial Review – Time Limits), R (Kigen) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Judicial review - extension of time for filing claim form), R (Logan) v London Borough of Havering (Relief)
Part 74 - Sindicato Unico de Pescadores del Municipio v International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund, Akcine Bendore Bankas Snoras v Yampolskaya, Michael Wilson & Partners v Sinclair
Part 81 - Al-Baker v Al-Baker, Accident Exchange Ltd v George‑Broom (Contempt of Court)
Part 83 - Michael Wilson and Partners v Sinclair
Volume 2
Part 60- Chliaifchtein v Jessop (TCC)
Part 62 - Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Emmott (Arbitration Act 1996 – permission to appeal)
Part 63 - The Big Bus Company Ltd v. Ticketogo Ltd (IP - Pre-action disclosure), Perry v. FH Brundle (IP - Extended civil restraint order)
Contempt of Court (Section 3C) - Asia Islamic Trade Finance Find Ltd v Drum Risk Management Ltd (Breach of a disclosure order), In re J. (Children) (Family proceedings)
Personal Injury (Section 3F) - Senior v Rock UK Adventure Centres
Supreme Court (Section 4) - Gohil v Gohil, BPE Solicitors v Gabriel
Costs & Litigation Funding (Section 7) - Stone Rowe Brewer LLP v Just Costs Ltd
Limitation Periods (Section 8) - Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Bromley London Borough Council
County Leasing Asset Management Ltd v Hawkes
Senior Courts Act 1981 (Section 9A) - Reinhard v Ondra (Statutory/Simple Interest)
Overriding Objective of the CPR (Section 11) - Hobbs v Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Coventry v Lawrence (Costs – proportionality), Davies v Forrett (also Part 1), Gotch v Enelco (Sanctions)
Rights of Audience (Section 13) - Bank of St Petersburg PJSC v Arkhangelsky (McKenzie Friends)
Interim Remedies (Section 15) – Warner-Lambert Co LLC v. Sandoz GmbH, Sandoz Ltd and Lloyds Pharmacy Ltd (IP injunction)
Metropolitan Housing Trust Limited v Taylor (Freezing Order)
