Court Report

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Tarbuc v Martello Piling Ltd: EAT clarifies scope of section 111A protected conversations

Section 111A does not shield pre-termination negotiations from all claims — only ordinary unfair dismissal.

Oxfordshire County Council v M & Ors: chronic neglect, late parenting assessment applications, and long-term foster care

Final care orders granted for three children after father's application for independent social worker assessment refused mid-hearing.

Candy Ventures v Aaqua: Part 20 claim struck out after wholesale failure to comply with court orders

Part 20 claimants lose damages inquiry arising from wrongly obtained worldwide freezing orders

Lish v Northern Block: Court of Appeal draws the line on Henderson abuse in royalty disputes

When a second claim crosses the line into abuse of process — and when it does not.

Horton v Norman: High Court rejects money laundering defence in loan recovery disputes

Establishing money laundering in civil proceedings requires an irresistible inference that funds could only derive from crime, not merely suspicious circumstances.

NCA v GKC (No 2): open justice prevails over anonymity in unexplained wealth order proceedings

High Court rules that Article 8 privacy rights do not invert the starting point of open justice in contested UWO hearings.

Bourlakova v Bourlakov estate: High Court refuses expanded disclosure and defers partnership account to post-trial inquiry

Partnership account too complex for trial; remedies on counterclaims to follow separate accounting process

Thakrar v Secretary of State for Justice: Court of Appeal upholds lawfulness of long-term CSC segregation

Non-engagement with prison psychologists can justify prolonged segregation without breaching Articles 3 or 8 ECHR.