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Ball v JMW Solicitors: client file must come before particulars of claim, rules High Court

Master Clark orders solicitors to produce missing client file before claimants need to plead professional negligence claim.

B (a child): Court of Appeal overturns interim care order separating boy from father

Court of Appeal allows appeal against interim care order, finding the recorder failed to apply the correct test for removal.

Petersen v Argentina: English court stays enforcement claim as US appeal saga rolls on

A $16 billion judgement reversed on appeal, a rehearing declined, and a Supreme Court petition looming. Mr Justice Robin Knowles had to decide what to...

Dillon judgment and withdrawal agreement tensions

The Supreme Court’s Dillon judgment raises doubts over UK commitments under the Withdrawal Agreement and Windsor Framework

Slater Heelis appoints new partner in commercial property

Slater Heelis Solicitors has strengthened its commercial property team by appointing Helen Marsh as partner in Manchester office

Emirates NBD Bank v Al Kuwari: owning a £115m London palace is not enough to serve a bankruptcy petition

A Qatari billionaire's London properties could not anchor jurisdiction for service when he was abroad and untried in Qatar.

Omirou v District Court in Nicosia: why specific assurances still trump systemic prison concerns in Cyprus extradition cases

Fresh CPT evidence of deteriorating Cypriot prison conditions failed to displace tailored assurances from the Ministry of Justice.

Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police v Nugent: how a law not yet in force derailed a wrongful arrest finding

An arrest found unlawful at trial was overturned on appeal because a key alternative remedy simply did not exist yet.