The Foreign Office have today advised against all but essential travel to part of North West Bangladesh following recent civil unrest in which there have been fatalities and serious injuries.

On the 12 September, motorists in the West Midlands will become the first in Britain to use the hard shoulder as a running lane to cut congestion during busy periods.

Competition Commission invites evidence

"I welcome the passing today of Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1706 on Darfur. It responds to the African Union's (AU) call for a mandate for a UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur to replace the African Union (...

A suspected E165m fraud has been disrupted during a pioneering joint UK and German operation against VAT carousel fraud. Codenamed 'Operation Sunrise', mixed teams of UK and German customs officers were deployed...

New measures to strengthen our borders and to accelerate deportations of foreign nationals who pose a threat to national security came into force today.

Radical reforms of the legal aid system were being discussed today by Legal Aid Minister Vera Baird and legal aid practitioners from Wales.

Balmoral seeks to appeal my judgment. In order to be able to do so it needs permission either from me, if I am still able to give it, or from the Court of Appeal, if I am not. It also needs to have filed an appellant...

This is an appeal from a decision of His Honour Judge Eccles QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, the decision being dated 19 May 2006. By it the judge granted an injunction restraining the defendants, now ...

Lord Hunt, Minister for Health and Safety, visited Trewern Adventure Activity Centre near Hay-on-Wye and went caving with the centre's leader, Juliet Parker-Smith on Wednesday, 23 August 2006.

Radical reforms of the legal aid system were being discussed today by Legal Aid Minister Vera Baird and legal aid practitioners from Wales.

Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt today announced the appointment of a new Director General of Workforce at the Department of Health, responsible for workforce issues in the NHS and social care system.

The Small Business Service (SBS), an executive agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, today published Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Statistics for the UK 2005.

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is one of the partners in a £3.5 million scheme to encourage teenagers to get healthy by offering them health advice and information in familiar surroundings.

The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) will be withdrawing its consumer code from the OFT Consumer Codes Approval Scheme (CCAS) from tomorrow, 1 September 2006.

Teenagers in four areas of the country will benefit from more accessible health services suited to their needs, thanks to a new programme launched by Public Health Minister Caroline Flint today.

Teenagers from deprived communities across the UK are today telling Government Ministers how they think child poverty should be tackled.

Divorces fall by 8 per cent in 2005

The OSIAF sets out standards and specifications to be used by the Scottish public sector and it provides a Scottish framework for developing and approving interoperability specifications that support the delivery...

Defence Secretary Des Browne today visited Iraq's crucial oil platforms in the Northern Arabian Gulf, and paid tribute to the Royal Navy for providing off-shore protection.

The European Commission has launched a two-month Internet consultation on a proposed regulation on the classification and labeling of chemicals, based on the United Nations Globally Harmonised System (GHS).

John Stoker is appointed today as the first Commissioner designate for the Compact - a new role to oversee the relationship between government and third sector voluntary and community organisations.

On 10 March 2006 I handed down judgment on this section 459 petition. The principal complaint of the petitioners was that the first respondent, Ian Irvine ("Ian"), had conducted and was continuing to conduct the...

SIR IGOR JUDGE: This is a renewed application for leave to appeal against conviction by Mustafa Mustafa, otherwise known Abu Hamza, otherwise known as Abu Hamza al Masri. On 7th February, in the Crown Court at...

The possession of violent and extreme pornographic material will become a criminal offence punishable by up to three years in prison under proposed new laws announced today by Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker.

Important advice that will help to ensure safety at public events was published today by the Home Office.

Radical reforms of the legal aid system were being discussed today by Legal Aid Minister Vera Baird and legal aid practitioners from the West.

The following statistics were released today by The Information Centre for health and social care

Survey of Planning websites in Scotland

Rate in UK men continues to fall

The Prime Minister has today re-appointed Jane Gordon Clark as Trustee of the Victoria & Albert Museum for a further period of eighteen months until 31 March 2008.

Housing Trends in Scotland: Quarter Ending 31 March 2006

Faster guidance to the NHS and the promotion of physical activity for children

This study reports the findings of a scoping study into learning entitlement. The study focussed on small groups of young care leavers and young people not in education training and employment as well as those ...

This study reports the findings of a scoping study into learning entitlement. The study focussed on small groups of young care leavers and young people not in education training and employment as well as those ...

LORD JUSTICE GAGE: K is now aged 16. On 25th November 2005, at the Cambridge Crown Court, he pleaded guilty to three counts of robbery. On 14th December 2005, the Cambridge Youth Court convicted him of one offence...

MR JUSTICE GIBBS: For reasons known to all parties in this case, it is urgent that the hearing be concluded and the outcome known. It has been listed as vacation business and I am grateful to both counsel for ...

MR JUSTICE COLLINS: This is an application for permission for judicial review of a decision of the Woolwich Crown Court made by His Honour Judge Stone on 4th August 2006 refusing to accept the defence submission...

MR JUSTICE COLLINS: This is an application under section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 seeking to quash the decision of an inspector, who upheld the refusal by the local planning authority, in ...

Asked what were the Prime Minister's or No10's views on the issue of Romania or Bulgaria, the PMS said that again, it was covered last week, and she had nothing to add to that....

Asked what the Prime Minister's view was on inheritance tax, the PMS replied that the question had been asked last week, and people could look at the lobby note to find out. Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with...

Asked if there was any response to Ed Balls' interview regarding the Prime Minister's departure date from No10, the PMS replied that these discussions had all being carried out in the context of a debate about the...

Asked if there were any plans for the Prime Minister to make a trip to the Middle East, the PMS replied that we had set out the Prime Minister's intentions to travel to the Middle East. The timing would...

Asked for further information about the Prime Minister's plans this week, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said that this week was about policy planning, and looking at the subjects and issues that were going...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Social Exclusion, Middle East Trip, Departure Date, Inheritance Tax and Romania/Bulgaria

IT hardware products will be available to the whole of the public sector at discounts of up to 45 per cent from today because of an agreement struck between the government and suppliers.

New statistics published today show that existing stocks of available "brownfield" land could accommodate up to one million new homes.

New statistics published today show that existing stocks of available "brownfield" land could accommodate up to one million new homes.

People would be able to better prevent the damage caused by England's growing wild deer populations under proposed changes to deer protection laws announced by Biodiversity Minister Barry Gardiner today.

People would be able to better prevent the damage caused by England's growing wild deer populations under proposed changes to deer protection laws announced by Biodiversity Minister Barry Gardiner today.

Over 80 defence medical students will today join together for a parade at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, to mark the completion of their health care training.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major-General Martin Spencer White CB CBE DL as Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for the Isle of Wight.

A Race Equality Impact Assessment on Promoting Better Parental Involvement in Education

Ambulances are responding more quickly than ever to emergency calls, taking more patients to hospital and saving more lives, according to new data from the Information Centre (IC) for health and social care.

Scottish Household Survey Statistical Publications Notice- Quarter 1 2006

This appeal raises a narrow but important point of construction as to the applicable time-limit in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ("the 1990 Act") governing enforcement action for breach of planning control...

Leaflet about changes in the way the NHS store health record informaiton

This appeal raises a narrow but important point of construction as to the applicable time-limit in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ("the 1990 Act") governing enforcement action for breach of planning control...

Executive's full response to the report published on June 13, 2006.

This report describes research undertaken between July 2005 and January 2006 to identify and investigate the sustainability issues facing sports clubs.

This booklet has been prepared to help anyone involved in the management of a sports club.

This strategy sets out the objectives and regional focus that will guide Scotland's engagement with China to 2010.

A new campaign to be launched next week will urge parents to have their children immunised against pneumococcal disease which can cause serious illnesses such as meningitis, septicaemia (blood poisoning) and pneumonia...

Intense Investments Ltd v Development Ventures Ltd & Anor [2006] EWHC 1586 (TCC) (29 June 2006)

This is a resumed reference by Her Majesty's Attorney General under section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. On 6 April 2006 before this court differently constituted (Hooper LJ, Owen and Bean JJ) the Attorney...

Margaret Beckett today replied to William Hague's, Shadow Foreign Secretary, enquiry about the discovery of British-made equipment in south Lebanon.

Interactive map of UK renewable energy locations goes live http://maps.restats.org.uk

British troops have completed a successful operation in southern Afghanistan to reinforce security in a former Taliban stronghold and send a clear message to insurgents that the Afghan government are extending their...

The claimants seek to set aside a resolution by the defendant Council to refuse to sell some land owned by it to the claimants. The resolution in question was made as long ago as 26 January 2005 and these proceedings...

Without notice oral applications for permission to appeal made by litigants in person in family proceedings are not the stuff of which reserved judgments, law reports or publicity in the media are made. The reasons...

In view of the fact that the Independent Police Complaints Commission has agreed to investigate this case independently, which the Metropolitan Police Authority welcomes, there will not be a detailed report to the...

The Charity Commission and The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) today formally announced they were joining together as the new joint SORP-making body for charities in the UK.

Proposals to introduce a new electronic online data system for the packaging industry were issued for consultation today by Defra, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Scottish Executive.

The Prime Minister has appointed David Mach to the Board of the National Portrait Gallery with effect from 21 August 2006 for a period of four years.

This is a claim for damages for injury and loss said to have been caused by the Defendant in the management of the Claimant's mother's pregnancy and labour and of the Claimant's birth on 8 August 1998. By an open...

Many citizens of the Philippines work abroad and remit sums from their earnings to family members and others in the Philippines. Businesses operate in the countries where they work for the collection of these sums...

MRS JUSTICE DOBBS: This claimant seeks permission to challenge the decision of the Parking and Traffic Appeals Service of 10th August 2005, refusing his application for a review of the decision of the parking adjudicator...

LORD JUSTICE LAWS: This is an unusual and in some ways a troublesome case. It is a prosecutor's appeal by way of case stated against the decision of Deputy District Judge Hopkinson sitting in the Fylde Coast Magistrates...

This is an application for costs incurred in seeking an injunction and to prevent the letting of a house which is owned by Mr Bolam Junior, and an order under section 288(5) of the Town and Country Planning Act...

MRS JUSTICE DOBBS: On 17th March 2006, at the Snaresbrook Crown Court, this appellant pleaded guilty to one count of being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of the prohibition on the importation of ...

LORD JUSTICE GAGE: On 19th September 2005, at the Blackfriars Crown Court, this applicant was convicted of four counts. They were aggravated burglary (count 1) false imprisonment (counts 2 and 3) and unlawful ...

LORD JUSTICE GAGE: On 8th August 2006, at Aylesbury Crown Court, this appellant was found by His Honour Judge Cripps to have committed contempt in the face of the court. She was sentenced on the same day to a ...

On 28th May 1999, after a trial before Jackson J and a jury, in the Crown Court at Teesside, the appellants were convicted of murder and were sentenced to life imprisonment. They appeal against conviction following...

Ofwat today published proposals to protect customers of Bristol Water, following changes to the company's ownership. Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. (Agbar) acquired Bristol Water Group plc, Bristol...

OBESE GIRLS TO OVERTAKE BOYS BY 2010

The number of NHS operations cancelled at the last minute is at its lowest since September 1999, according to new figures released today by the Department of Health. Figures released for the period April to June...

Grundfos A/S v Gordon [2006] DRS 3666 (15 July 2006)

Royal Bank of Scotland & Ors v Morrison [2006] DRS 3719 (21 July 2006)

Acorn Computers Ltd v Johnson [2006] DRS 3682 (24 July 2006)

Ryanair Ltd v Coulston [2006] DRS 3655 (26 July 2006)

Kohler Mira Ltd v Soper [2006] DRS 3727 (26 July 2006)

Shooting People Ltd v Hai [2006] DRS 3616 (27 July 2006)

Astec International Ltd v Watson [2006] DRS 3753 (28 July 2006)

Warren James Jewellers Ltd v Allan [2006] DRS 3706 (28 July 2006)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc & Ors v Verseer [2006] DRS 3744 (4 August 2006)

Academic Answers Ltd v Jason [2006] DRS Number 3670 (7 August 2006)

Timberland Flooring Services Ltd v Classic Wood Flooring [2006] DRS 3772 (10 August 2006)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc & Ors v Girault [2006] DRS 3806 (10 August 2006)

Skipton Building Society v UK Financial Directory [2006] DRS 3716 (10 August 2006)

Timberland Flooring Services Ltd v Timberland Flooring Co [2006] DRS 3775 (11 August 2006)

Fine Cheese Company Ltd v Lawson's Cheeses [2006] DRS 3747 (15 August 2006)

Bayer Healthcare LLC v Abbeyvet Export Ltd [2006] DRS 3712 (16 August 2006)

Oxfordshire Press Ltd v Cunningham [2006] DRS 3738 (16 August 2006)

Privilege Insurance Company Ltd v Morrison [2006] DRS 3809 (17 August 2006)

SAS Carte Bleue v Morozov [2006] DRS 3794 (17 August 2006)

This is the first day of the trial in this action. The trial is listed for two weeks. Due to problems with the availability of counsel, the second week will be from the 12th to the 15th of June. The difficult...

The claimant ("Monavon") is a building contractor and the defendants ("the Davenports") are the long leasehold owners of a house in Knightsbridge, SW3. The claim and cross-claim arise out of substantial works carried...

I am obliged to Mr Turner and Mr Clegg for their help with this matter.

MR JUSTICE JACKSON: This judgment is in 16 parts, namely:

This is an application by Hillview Industrial Developments (UK) Limited ("Hillview") for summary judgment under Part 24 of the CPR to enforce an award made against Botes Building Limited ("Botes") by Mr. Mark Pontin...

Today I handed down my substantive Judgment in this case with a Neutral Citation Number [2006] EWHC 1325 (TCC). The Claimant's claims against the Defendant failed on both liability and causation. As a result...

At about 5 am on the morning of 9 July 2002, a fork lift truck at the food factory owned and operated by Wessanen Foods Ltd ("the Claimant") at Unit A, Halesfield 10, Telford in Shropshire, caught fire and caused...

Midland Expressway Ltd & Ors v Carillion Construction Ltd & Ors [2006] EWHC 1505 (TCC) (13 June 2006)

These proceedings arise out of a contract made in March 2002 between the claimant ("ABP") and the first defendant ("HSS") under which HSS was engaged to strengthen the quay wall of berth 205 at the port of Southampton...

Following the handing down of my Judgment on the Preliminary Issues on the 29th June 2006, there was a major dispute between the parties as to the costs order that I should make. The Claimant sought an order that...

On 19 June 2005, I set aside the judgment in default in this case that the Claimant had entered against the Defendants. One of the reasons for that decision, reported at [2005] B.L.R. 478, was my view that there...

The defendant company, Vogle-Gapes Ltd., to which I shall refer in this judgment as "the Company", was incorporated in October 1999 to take over the business carried on up to that point by a firm which traded under...

This judgment is in six parts, namely Part One � Introduction; Part Two � The Facts; Part Three � The Present Proceedings; Part Four � The Contractor's preliminary objection to this action proceeding; Part...

In this action the Environment Agency ("EA") claim damages for negligence and breach of contract against Lewin Fryer & Partners ("LFP") arising out of the design and construction of the Jubilee River Project ("the...

This is an application by Harlow & Milner Ltd ("the Claimant"), for an order for sale pursuant to CPR 73.10. It comes at the end of a long road which they have been obliged to take in order to enforce an adjudicator...

In 2002, the First Claimant, Mr Robert Cunningham, and the Second Claimant, Ms Catherine Good, were involved in the purchase of Bengeo Hall, in Hertfordshire ("the property"). The property is an exquisite, late...

This is a claim by Hodson Developments Limited ("Hodson") as developers, against GTA Civils ("GTA") in contract and negligence in respect of setting out drawings prepared by GTA as civil engineers for what was ...

This judgment is concerned with the costs of the action and follows the handing down hearing at which the parties made detailed and very different submissions as to how I should deal with the costs of both the claim...

This is an application for summary judgment and/or interim payment made by a main contractor against the guarantor of an insolvent sub-contractor. The main contractor, which is Claimant in the present action, is...

This claim arises out of a contract for the erection of four group homes, a day care centre and associated works at The Lane, Wyboston, Bedfordshire. Under that contract, the defendant, Brookdale Healthcare Ltd. ("...

This is an appeal from the order of Master Eyre dated 20 December 2005 whereby he gave summary judgment under Part 24 for the claimant against the defendant in the sum of £97,762.42 inclusive of interest. ...

This is an unhappy case and I can understand Mr Tufano's wish to take every opportunity to seek greater access to his children. The question which arises on the present application is whether these libel proceedings...

This is an appeal, pursuant to permission granted by Nelson J after a telephone hearing, against a decision of Master Eyre on 15 August 2005 striking out the Claim Form and particulars of claim of Mr Van Mellaert...

The Claimant is Dr Raphael Wiseman, who sues Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd for breach of contract. He had purchased a return ticket from Gatwick Airport to Port Harcourt, in Nigeria, for him to fly out on 19 April...

Brunsdon v Pattinson and Brewer (a firm) & Ors [2006] EWHC 1562 (QB) (29 June 2006)

This is an application by Shujait Ahmed Sardar, on his own behalf and on behalf of the Watford Hackney Drivers Association, Tariq Aziz and Shafiq Ahmed, for judicial review of decisions taken by Watford Borough ...

Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd [2006] EWHC 1614 (QB) (30 June 2006)

In these proceedings, commenced in December 2005, the Claimant seeks injunctions under Section 187B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to restrain existing and anticipated breaches of planning control. The...

This is an application for permission to appeal by Mr Paul Arnold from a decision in an action brought against him by Tennero Limited. Both the facts underlying the action and the procedural history are complex. ...

The Claimant is a young journalist who has been living and working in the United Kingdom for the past eight years. He was formerly of Yugoslav nationality (being an Albanian from Kosovo) and was granted exceptional...

This is a libel action commenced in 2002, some four years ago. According to the Particulars of Claim, the Claimant was a candidate at the election of a Borough Councillor for the Tipton Green Ward of the Metropolitan...

This libel action is being tried in stages without a jury.

This matter was brought on by way of speedy trial and argued before me on 20 and 21 June 2006. There are a number of issues to be resolved, for the most part concerning the terms of what is called the Serious Professional...

On 24th March 2006 the Claimant received a letter from the Information Commissioners Office ("ICO"). It included the following:

This is an appeal against a refusal by Master Leslie to award summary judgment to the Claimant solicitor's firm against the Defendant which decision forms part of an order of 2nd December 2005. The case comes before...

In 1995 the claimant, Mr Nolan, obtained judgment against both defendants, who were husband and wife, Mr and Mrs Devonport, in the sum of £645,461.64 with interest. Mr Devonport was adjudged bankrupt in 1995...

On 23 February 2006, following a trial of the issue of limitation as a preliminary issue, HH Judge Armitage QC decided that the claimant's claim for damages for personal injuries against the second defendant is ...

This is a curious case in some respects. Much energy has been expended to very little purpose. The essential facts have gradually come to light since the claim was launched on 15 October 2004, through the familiar...

Introduction. The claimant ("Mr Palmer") is a Consultant Surgeon, having been appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1973. He holds the qualifications of BChir (1969) (Cantab), MRCP (1972), FRCS...

The defendant is a commercial bank operating in the City of London. The claimant, who was born on 12 January 1970, was formerly employed by the defendant as a Company Secretary Assistant in its secretariat department...

This is an action for the infringement of European Patent (UK) 0 835 657. The patent stands in the name of Mayne Pharma (USA) Inc, the First Claimant. The Second Claimant is a licensee in respect of the patent...

This is an appeal from a decision of Mr. Probert, the hearing officer acting for the comptroller, whereby he struck out a reference under s.37 of the Patents Act 1977 ("the Act") in respect of patent EP(UK) 1 048...

This is an appeal from a decision of Mr. Jones, the Deputy Director acting for the Comptroller, that UK patent application GB0108683.4 ("the Application") was excluded from patentability under s.1(2)(c) and 1(2...

This is an appeal from the decision of Mr H Jones, the Deputy Director acting for the Comptroller General, who decided that patent application GB 0017772.5, as amended, was excluded from patentability under s.1 (...

This is an appeal from a decision of Mrs. Chalmers, the Deputy Director acting for the Comptroller-General, dated 12th August 2005, that United Kingdom Patent Application 0208751.8 be excluded from patentability...

Canady v Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH & Ors [2005] EWHC 2946 (Pat) (21 December 2005)

In this action, the Claimants ("Mayne") originally sought revocation of ten patents standing in the names of the Defendants ("Debiopharm") and declarations that the marketing in the United Kingdom of a product manufactured...

This is an enquiry as to damages in an action for infringement of patent and unregistered design rights relating to conservatories.

Pozzoli SPA v BDMO SA & Ors [2006] EWHC 1398 (Pat) (21 June 2006)

Vector Corp v Glatt Air Techniques Ltd v [2006] EWHC 1638 (Pat) (07 July 2006)

This is an appeal from a decision of the Comptroller of Patents, acting through his Deputy Director, Mr Barford, who refused a proposed amendment to claims 1 and 2 of the patent in suit on the grounds that the invention...

I am concerned for 7 year old JM who was born on 29 January 1997. His parents were married in the mid 1990s. J is their only son. The father, Mr M is a chorister at L Cathedral. The mother, M is Hungarian by...

E v London Borough of X [2005] EWHC 2811 (Fam) (06 December 2005)

I am giving this judgment in public in an anonymised form. I give my reasons for this later.

This case raises novel questions about the court's inherent jurisdiction in relation to vulnerable adults. I have before me a vulnerable young woman who has just turned eighteen and has therefore attained her majority...

These proceedings are brought under the Hague Convention by the Plaintiff father who is an Australian national resident in New South Wales. He seeks an order against his former wife for the return to Australia ...

On 5 August 2005 the Plaintiff father, Mr J, a 30 year old United States citizen living in Connecticut, issued an application under the Hague Convention. He seeks an order that his 4 year old daughter, AJ, born...

On 6 April 2006, on the application of a Teaching Hospital NHS Trust (The Trust), I made a declaration to enable the medical staff of the Trust to remove from the abdomen of a baby in their care a tube necessary...

I am concerned for Rachelle N. She is either 13 or 17 years old. Care proceedings were brought in respect of her on 3 November 2004. She was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and remained there until November...

In this case a Primary Care Trust (which I shall call Trust A) and a Hospital NHS Trust (whom I shall call Trust B) apply to the court under its inherent jurisdiction in respect of a forty-five year old female patient...

These proceedings under the Hague Convention concern a young girl (whom I shall call A) who was born on 11 May 1992 and is now just 14. Her father who brings the proceedings and her mother, with whom she is living...

In these Hague Convention Proceedings, the plaintiff mother applies for the return of her children T, a girl born on 25 August 1998 and now almost eight, and J, a boy born on 31 December 1999 and now aged 6, to ...

This is an application by the Intervener, the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police ("the Police") of 14 February 2006. It relates to documents which were handed to one of his officers, DC Johnson, by a social...

I am concerned for 2 children, M born on 6 January 2001 and now 5 years of age, and K born on 10 November 2004 who is now 1 � years of age. The father of both children is believed to be Mr O who lives in Benin...

In the recent House of Lords decision in the case of Miller/McFarlane [2006] UKHL 24 ("Miller/McFarlane") Baroness Hale considered that the size of the fortune in the Miller case (about £17.5m) put ...

In these proceedings, the Petitioner Susan Wilkinson seeks a declaration as to her marital status under s.55 of the Family Law Act 1986 ("the 1986 Act").

The Claimant (ERG) operates two oil refineries in Priolo, near Syracuse, in Sicily, known as ISAB Sud and ISAB Nord. The Defendant is part of the Chevron Texaco Group ("Chevron").

The Claimant, to whom I shall refer as "Vertex," is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Utilities plc, which is as its name suggests a utility company. Vertex is the customer management outsourcing division of United...

This is an application under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 ("the 1996 Act") challenging an Arbitration Award dated 17th September 2004, by which the three Arbitrators held that they had substantive jurisdiction...

This trial is the latest instalment in a long-running saga arising out of the provision of upgrade services by the Claimant, Petromec Inc. ("Petromec"), in relation to the Platform (formerly known as Spirit of ...

Trafigura Beheer BV v Kookmin Bank Co [2006] EWHC 1450 (Comm) (16 June 2006)

Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 makes provision for the control and sanctioning of insurance business transfer schemes. Section 112 provides that if an order made under subsection (1) thereof...

On 15 May 2006, Langley J granted a 'without notice' injunction against 21 Respondents in favour of the claimants, whom I shall call Econet.� In my judgment, the injunction should never have been sought as it ...

The issues in this case are whether the defendant is bound by a contract signed by an agent supposedly on its behalf, but without authority to do so, on the grounds either that the agent had ostensible authority...

This is the trial of a preliminary issue ordered to be tried by Mr. Justice Christopher Clarke on 24 March 2006. The issue is one of law, namely, whether a party can avoid a contract procured by duress in circumstances...

On 18 November 2004 Moore-Bick J gave his judgment on liability in this case in favour of the Claimant, and on 27 January 2006 Gloster J gave her judgment on certain issues of principle in relation to the quantum...

The Claimant, Goshawk, in its capacity as sole member of Lloyd's Syndicate 2021, issued an Arbitration Claim Form naming ROP Inc [ROP] as the Defendant.

These are proceedings for relief under ss. 67, 68 and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 ("the Act").

Ullises Shipping Corporation ("Owners") were owners of a tanker called the Greek Fighter which in December 2001 was under time charter to Fal Shipping Company Limited ("Fal"). This is a claim by Owners against ...

This is an application challenging the jurisdiction of the court over proceedings brought against Mr Marco Benatti by WPP Holdings Italy Srl ("WPP Italy"), WPP 2005 Limited ("WPP 2005") and Berkeley Square Holding...

This is a claim against an issuing bank by a confirming bank for reimbursement in respect of payments made under two confirmed letters of credit.

This is an application for permission to cross-examine a person named Dr Nwobodo on his affidavit sworn pursuant to a search order made by Gloster J on 24 March 2006, which was executed on 27 March 2006. The claimant...

This judgment is divided into the following sections:

On the 27th July, 2003, the "TASMAN SPIRIT" ("the casualty"), laden with some 67,537 mt of light crude oil, grounded in or near the approaches to the port of Karachi. Subsequently, on or about the 13th August, the...

The Claimant, Munib Masri ("Mr.�Masri"), is a Jordanian national and Palestinian businessman, now aged 71, who had a career in the energy industry before founding the EDGO group of companies ("EDGO"). At all ...

This application by Rabobank is advanced in somewhat unusual circumstances. In substance it asks for permission to rely on the allegations advanced in a document called Misrepresentation Statement of Case ("MSC...

This claim is a dispute in respect of a very valuable flat (worth around £1,500,000) at the ground and first floor of 90 Eaton Place London SW1 ("the Property").

Since 1945 it has been possible to write down against the profits of a business for the purposes of calculating its liability to tax the capital expenditure which it has incurred on buildings or structures in use...

Mea Corporation Ltd was incorporated on 21 May 1981. It traded as heating and maintenance engineers. It is referred to in some of the contemporaneous documents under its former name of Total Environmental & Maintenance...

This judgment arises out of a hearing on two matters:-

This is an assessment of damages pursuant to an Order of Lewison J following a trial on issues of causation and liability in 2005. In the action, the Claimant, Vision Golf Limited ("Vision Golf"), claimed damages...

The issue in this case is whether in July and August 1984 the late Kaikhushroo Boman Irani ("the Deceased") entered into a contract with, or assumed or became subject to a binding obligation to, his former wife ...

This is an appeal, with a cross-appeal, against the decision dated 26 July 2005 of His Honour Judge Cowell sitting in the Central London County Court in proceedings under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and...

Platinum Investment Trust Plc v Knox D' Arcy Asset Management Ltd [2006] EWHC 1893 (Ch) (25 July 2006)

In this matter I heard 3 applications:-