Archive for July, 2009
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House of Lords Final Sitting
31 Jul 2009The House of Lords sat for the last time yesterday in its judicial capacity with a hearing in the Chamber…
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New Judgment: Fisher (original respondent & cross-appellant) v Brooker & Ors (original appellants & cross-respondents) [2009] UKHL 41
30 Jul 2009On appeal from: [2008] EWCA Civ 287. On a claim for authorship and copyright in Procul Harum’s song ‘A Whiter…
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New Judgment: R (Purdy) v DPP [2009] UKHL 45
30 Jul 2009On appeal from: [2009] EWCA Civ 92. Concerning clarification as to whether the husband of a sufferer of incurable, progressive…
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New Judgment: Lexington Insurance Company (respondents) v Wasa International Insurance Company Ltd (appellants) [2009] UKHL 40
30 Jul 2009On appeal from: [2008] EWCA Civ 150. Concerning a term in a contract of reinsurance. The Court of Appeal held…
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New Judgment: Moore Stephens v Stone & Rolls Ltd [2009] UKHL 39
30 Jul 2009On appeal from: [2008] EWCA Civ 644. Whether ex turpi causa provides a defence to the claim advanced by the…
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New Judgment: Masri (respondent) v Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL & Ors (appellants) [2009] UKHL 43
30 Jul 2009On appeal from: [2008] EWCA Civ 876. On the power to make orders against foreign directors for the examination of…
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Next Weeks’s House of Lords Business, w/c 27 July 2009
24 Jul 2009The House of Lords, in its final week, will hear appeals in three cases and give judgments in four more.…