• Shea v Winchester Crown Court

    Criminal law Bail. The claimant was charged with fraud offences and challenged the refusal of bail by a judge of the defendant court. He contended that there was no impediment to the judge ordering bail, as a condition against commercial activity or...

    [2013] All ER (D) 166 (May) | Tue, 19/03/2013

  • Swift v Secretary of State for Justice

    Human rights Discrimination. The claimant had cohabited with her partner for six months before he died. She was not entitled to compensation under the because they had not lived together for a minimum period of two years immediately prior to death as...

    [2013] All ER (D) 155 (Mar) | Mon, 18/03/2013

  • Aveda Corporation v Dabur India Ltd

    Trade mark Registration. The Chancery Division considered an appeal by the claimant against the decision to the hearing officer to allow the registration of trade marks regarding phamaceutical, cosmetic and vetinerary preparations. The court held that...

    [2013] All ER (D) 172 (Mar) | Mon, 18/03/2013

  • Taylor v A Novo (UK) Ltd

    Negligence Duty to take care. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowed an appeal by an employer against a finding that the claimant, who was the daughter of an employee who had died as a result of injuries sustained at work, was entitled as a...

    [2013] All ER (D) 167 (Mar) | Mon, 18/03/2013

  • Seven Arts Entertainment Ltd v Content Media Corporation Plc and other companies

    Practice Pre-trial or post-judgment relief. The claimant applied for summary judgment in relation to copyright claims in respect of five motion picture films. The claimant submitted that it was entitled to judgment against the first defendant...

    [2013] All ER (D) 197 (Mar) | Mon, 18/03/2013

  • R (on the application of Buckinghamshire County Council and others) v Secretary of State for Transport

    Railway Construction of railway. The claimants challenged the Secretary of State for Transport's decisions with respect to High Speed Two and measures to assist those affected by the resulting blight. The Administrative Court held that the decision...

    [2013] All ER (D) 185 (Mar) | Fri, 15/03/2013

  • Re Alchemist (Devil's Gate) Film Partnership

    Capital allowances Machinery or plant. The First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) (the FTT) dismissed the appeal by Alchemist (Devil's Gate) Film Partnership against the amendment by the Revenue and Customs Commissioners to the partnership's tax return...

    [2013] All ER (D) 215 (Mar) | Fri, 15/03/2013

  • R (on the application of Catt) v Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland and another; R (on the application of T) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

    Human rights Right to respect for private and family life. The defendant police had kept details of the two claimants on record although neither had been convicted of any criminal offence. The claimants sought to have those details removed, alleging...

    [2013] All ER (D) 126 (Mar) | Thu, 14/03/2013

  • Barclays Pharmaceuticals Ltd and others v Waypharm LP and others

    Practice Pre-trial or post-judgment relief. Following a judgment of the court, the first, second and fourth defendants were held liable to the first claimant in relation to a fraudulent operation of letters of credit. A receiver was appointed. The...

    [2013] All ER (D) 131 (Mar) | Thu, 14/03/2013

  • The Joint Administrators of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) v Lehman Brothers Finance SA

    Contract Construction. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, in allowing the appeal of administrators, held that, in the interpretation of a master agreement between two companies in the Lehman Brothers group, which had incorporated the terms of the...

    [2013] All ER (D) 132 (Mar) | Thu, 14/03/2013