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)
New online and CD only content (Volume 2)
Further sections of the Civil Jurisdictions & Judgments Act 1982
Housing (Wales) Act 2014
New MIB Untraced Driver Supplemental Agreements and new MIB Uninsured Driver Agreement
Updates on the Law Society Model Conditional Fee Agreement and Guidance for Barristers and Clerks; Relating to Privately Funded Civil Litigation
