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This week we bring news of another government consultation, this one relating to the licensing of non-surgical cosmetic procedures in England and Wales. This is something the team has been discussing even since before Dominique Smith wrote her book on cross border…
So that’s it. We’ve had A level and GCSE results, the late August Bank Holiday, the now traditional holiday air traffic control meltdown, and the Summer is over. And as we hurtle towards Christmas (117 days to go, since you ask) our…
An unusual, complicated and interesting case which confronts the delicate conflict between religious belief and inclusive secular education.
Earlier this year HHJ Lethem handed down judgment in Montague, a case that generated a good deal of press coverage. In this article Richard…
The court allowed this appeal, making supervision orders in place of care orders for the children who are placed at home. The court addressed the fact that this issue was being approached differently based on whether the court was North or West,…
In a recent decision the Court of Appeal considered whether the judgments of the Venezuelan Supreme Court (‘the STJ’) should be recognised by the courts of England and Wales – recognition being the first step towards enforcement. The Court held that that…
Our eye was caught this week by a recent judgment by Mellor J in a cryptocurrency case. Not that the subject matter of the claim especially concerns travel and cross border practitioners; but the question of whether a party can rely on…
Attentive readers will recall Max Melsa’s recent article on the decision in Abbott v Ministry of Defence [2023] EWHC 1475 (KB) relating to group actions (
Commercial analysis: The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has called for holiday protections and terms and conditions to be simplified to reduce confusion for consumers. Sarah Prager KC of Deka Chambers considers what the CTSI has called for, the current legal position…
This week we bring you a Dekagram all about costs recoverability, in the contexts of Part 36 and of summary judgment and strike out. The cases on split liability offers just keep coming, with the decision in Mundy v TUI [2023] EWHC…
A recent judgment of the Privy Council explores the interplay between two principles on appeal.
First, findings of fact are notoriously difficult to appeal, the appellate courts taking the understandable view that the judge at first instance was in a better position…