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| January 2009 |
Legal Update - January 2009
This edition considers three recent trust cases in which members of New Square Chambers appeared. Chambers UK 2009 describes us as having a “particular strength in contentious trusts and property litigation”. All of the editors of Lewin on Trusts are members of chambers.
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| October 2008 |
Legal Update - October 2008
This edition contains an article by Alexander Learmonth, analysing the House of Lords’ recent decision in Cobbe v Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd [2008] 1 WLR 1752; an article by John Ross Martyn entitled “Carry on Varying”; and an article by our most recent recruit, Charlotte Ford, entitled “The end of some bank charges?”
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| July 2008 |
Legal Update - July 2008
This edition focuses on the area of property law. It contains an article by Gary Pryce entitled “Getting your deposit back”; an article by Gerard van Tonder, analysing the Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Ashe v National Westminster Bank plc; and an article by Kenneth Munro entitled “Enfranchisement valuations post-Sportelli”.
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| April 2008 |
Legal Update - April 2008
This edition contains an article by David Eaton Turner and Emily Gillett, highlighting the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 which come into force on 6 April 2008; and an article by Sebastian Prentis, explaining when trustees in bankruptcy can use domestic courts to assert rights relating to overseas property.
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| February 2008 |
Legal Update - Special Edition (Bankruptcy Annulments)
This special edition of Legal Update, contains an article by James Bailey in relation to bankruptcy annulments. This follows the recent decision in Halabi v Camden Council and others which has a material impact on the practice and procedure of annulment applications.
James Bailey (counsel for the applicant) summarises the effects of the case in this special edition of Legal Update.
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| January 2008 |
Legal Update - Issue 8 - January 2008
This edition contains an article by Nicholas Le Poidevin and Watson Pringle on the Money Laundering Regulations 2007, which entered into force during December 2007; and an article by James Thom QC and Shelley White on the European Court of Human Right’s latest decision in Pye v United Kingdom, which re-considers whether rules on adverse possession are consistent with the European Convention on Human Rights.
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| October 2007 |
Legal Update - Issue 7 - Autumn 2007
This edition contains articles by George Laurence Q.C. on R (Godmanchester Town Council) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2007] 3 WLR 85 (HL), Jane Evans-Gordon on Stack v Dowden [2007] 2 WLR 831 (HL), and Nicola Allsop on the recent changes to Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules.
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| June 2007 |
Legal Update - Issue 6 - June 2007
This edition looks at some aspects of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, proprietary estoppel, trusts and intellectual property.
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| February 2007 |
Legal Update - Issue 5 - February 2007
This special edition examines some important aspects of the new Companies Act 2006, a substantial piece of legislation which makes substantial alterations to various aspects of company law. The topics covered include the statutory statement of directors' duties, shareholders' rights, institutional shareholder reporting, deregulation, auditors' liability, and bringing the 2006 Act into force.
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| November 2006 |
Legal Update - Issue 4 - Winter 2006
This edition examines a recent decision on domicile of choice and domicile of origin, whether the trademark "FCUK" was lawful, the decision in Corbett v Bond Pearce in relation to the case of White v Jones, and when not to present a petition under s. 459 of the Companies Act 1985.
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| September 2006 |
Legal Update - Issue 3 - Autumn 2006
This edition examines the nature of misconduct for unfair prejudice petitions under s. 459 of the Companies Act 1985, the role of trustees who are also directors of trustee companies, disclosure in share sale agreements, and the interplay between acknowledgments of liability under the Limitation Act 1980 and the without prejudice rule.
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| 1 June 2006 |
Legal Update - Issue 2 - June 2006
This edition examines two recent decisions (one of the European Court of Justice and one of the High Court) on human rights and adverse possession, a recent decision on rights of access to documents on the court record (Dian AO v Davis Frankel & Mead), and the recent charities case of X v A.
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| 1 February 2006 |
Legal Update - Issue 1 - February 2006
This edition examines the House of Lords' decisions in Spectrum Plus (fixed and floating charges) and O'Brien v. Chief Constable of South Wales Police (similar fact evidence), the Privy Council's ruling in Barlow Clowes (dishonest assistance), and the Court of Appeal's judgment in Murad v. Al-Saraj (breach of fiduciary duty).
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| 1 January 2002 |
Company and Insolvency Law Newsletter - Issue 2 - Spring 2002
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