• R v Dixon

    Criminal law Appeal. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division dismissed a defendant' appeal against conviction for murder in circumstances where the defendant contended that given his intellect and mental conditions the judge should not have permitted...

    [2013] All ER (D) 110 (Apr) | Wed, 17/04/2013

  • A and S (Children) v Lancashire County Council

    Family proceedings Costs. The Family Division ordered the respondent local authority to pay the applicants' costs of the proceedings in the Family Division, in circumstances where the applicants had been subject to freeing orders in favour of the...

    [2013] All ER (D) 209 (Apr) | Wed, 17/04/2013

  • Woolway v Mazars LLP

    Rates Separate hereditament. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, upheld a determination of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Tribunal) that two floors occupied by a firm of accountants on the second and sixth floors in a modern office block had amounted to a...

    [2013] All ER (D) 206 (Apr) | Wed, 17/04/2013

  • Continental Bulldog Club Deutschland eV v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM),

    European Union Trade marks. The General Court of the European Union dismissed the action by Continental Bulldog Club Deutschland eV, against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks...

    [2013] All ER (D) 03 (May) | Wed, 17/04/2013

  • R v Khan and others

    Sentence Imprisonment. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, ruled on a number of appeals against sentence following the defendants pleading guilty to terrorism offences. In all but one of the appeals, the sentences were reduced.

    [2013] All ER (D) 90 (Apr) | Tue, 16/04/2013

  • R v Foran

    Criminal law Appeal. The defendant was convicted of robbery and conspiracy to rob in 1985. He had unsuccessfully appealed against conviction on two occasions. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, allowed the defendant's third appeal against...

    [2013] All ER (D) 232 (Apr) | Tue, 16/04/2013

  • R v Cairns; R v Morris; R v Rafiq and another; R v Firfire and another

    Criminal law Appeal. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division provided detailed guidance on the issue of pleading guilty on a basis of plea in circumstances where a number of appeals against sentence were determined together where they each raised some...

    [2013] All ER (D) 12 (May) | Tue, 16/04/2013

  • R v Cosford and others

    Criminal law Appeal. The defendants were employed as either a nurse or prison-health officer in a prison. They had all been convicted of misconduct offences for activities undertaken during their course of employment involving supplying mobile...

    [2013] All ER (D) 56 (May) | Tue, 16/04/2013

  • Spain v European Council

    European Union Patent. The Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed the action of Spain and Italy seeking an annulment of Council Decision (EU) 2011-167 of 10 March 2011 (authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary...

    [2013] All ER (D) 44 (May) | Tue, 16/04/2013

  • Interflora Inc and another company v Marks and Spencer plc and another company

    Practice Evidence. In the course of proceedings, the claimant companies sought to adduce expert evidence including documents and academic articles. The first defendant company opposed the application, contending that the material had not been...

    [2013] All ER (D) 314 (May) | Mon, 15/04/2013