‘A former aide to ex-Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has lost a bid to challenge a judge’s conclusion he was jointly responsible for the killing of police officer Yvonne Fletcher in 1984.’
BBC News, 6th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former minister in Muammar Gaddafi’s government was jointly liable for the shooting of PC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984, a high court judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld an injunction over what was a relatively minor breach of a right to light, primarily because of the developer’s poor conduct throughout the dispute.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th July 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Andy Creer considers the recent decision of Laditi and another v Marlbray Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 476 in which Brie Stevens-Hoare QC and Lina Mattsson acted for the Claimants/Respondents.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 13th June 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘Claims involving multiple defendants are often complex in terms of the facts, the law and the expert medical evidence. They are claims that we all have some experience of, and the issues involved have no doubt troubled us all to a greater or lesser degree at times.’
Cloisters, 3rd October 2014
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘The defence of marital coercion, unsuccessfully used by Chris Huhne’s former wife Vicky Pryce at her trial last year, is to be abolished.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Benedetti v Sawiris and others [2013] UKSC 50; [2013] WLR (D) 286
“A restitutionary award made on the basis of unjust enrichment where the benefit was in the form of services was normally to be assessed by reference to the objective market value of the services, tested by the price which a reasonable person in the defendant’s position would have had to pay for the services, and taking into account conditions which increased or decreased the objective value of the benefit to any reasonable person in that position.”
WLR Daily, 17th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Benedetti (Appellant) v Sawiris and others (Respondents) [2013] UKSC 50 | UKSC 2011/0087 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 17th July 2013
“The trio of documents published by the Commission last week mark an important moment in private competition enforcement in the EU. After years of debate and consultation, it is now clear that, whilst the Commission is determined to take some important steps to assist claimants in private actions, it is not prepared to bring about the sorts of fundamental changes which would be needed to realise the full potential of private enforcement.”
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 15th June 2013
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
Fish & Fish Ltd v Sea Shepherd UK and others [2013] EWCA Civ 544; [2013] WLR (D) 181
“In order for a party to be liable as a joint tortfeasor by virtue of doing acts in furtherance of a common design to do acts that were tortious, it was not a requirement that the party’s acts had been an essential part of or of real significance to the commission of the tort.”
WLR Daily, 16th May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“If you pay Amazon and it passes the money on to the retailer, a loophole could leave you without redress.”
The Guardian, 19th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A father has gone to court claiming he deserves a greater share of his son’s £5 million inheritance left to him by his mother.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Online marketplace eBay is not jointly liable for the sale of any counterfeit L’Oreal products through its website, the High Court in London has ruled.”
BBC News, 22nd May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Limiting out-of-court statements
Persaud v. State of Trinidad and Tobago
“The exception to the rule that out-of-court statements made by one defendant were inadmissible against a codefendant applied only where the defendants were being tried for an offence for which they were jointly liable.”
The Times, 7th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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