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Geeks Ltd v Watts: Court of Appeal strikes down training fee clawback as unreasonable restraint of trade

Bean LJ holds financial disincentives are not exempt from scrutiny, whatever the drafting.

Arunoday v General Medical Council: High Court dismisses appeal against erasure on findings of fact

Poole J restates that credibility findings made after cross-examination are virtually unassailable on appeal.

Todd v Marsh: High Court upholds paper title boundary over long-standing deer fence

Judge's misstatement of the general boundaries rule did not undermine an otherwise sound construction.

Nexans France v London Array: Court of Appeal refuses permission in power cables follow-on damages claim

Green LJ upholds CAT findings on leniency conduct, adverse inferences and counterfactual bidders.

R (BUJ) v London Borough of Bromley: Court of Appeal quashes adult education centre closure over failure to consult

Section 31(2A) threshold not met where consultation might have shifted the option chosen.

Ermis v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government: inspector's "precise and unambiguous" test quashed

Planning Court finds inadequate reasoning and a misunderstanding of how assured shorthold tenancies roll over.

R (EXR) v Home Office: correctness standard applies to age in trafficking decisions

Fordham J narrows Home Office latitude on age in both UK-France Treaty removals and NRM decisions.

Bourlakova v Anufriev: High Court rejects iniquity exception challenge to privilege over investigator communications

Richards J finds no iniquity where clients believed their enquiry agents were acting lawfully.