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Court of Appeal backs ValueLicensing over Microsoft in second-hand software licence fight

Court of Appeal dismisses Microsoft's appeals on jurisdiction and copyright exhaustion in second-hand licence dispute.

Lawrence and others v Associated Newspapers: High Court dismisses Prince Harry's unlawful information gathering claim

High Court dismisses unlawful information gathering claims by Prince Harry and co-claimants against Associated Newspapers.

Barstow v Green GEN Cymru: High Court clarifies land-entry survey powers for grid connection projects

Planning Court sets limits on how acquiring authorities notify and survey land for infrastructure.

Boswell v Information Commissioner: ONS wrongly withheld staff replies to Black Lives Matter email under section 41

Tribunal rules employee emails responding to a work request were not obtained from another person.

Fox v Information Commissioner: section 166 application fails after regulator addresses wider data-sharing complaints

Tribunal dismisses complaint-progress application after the Commissioner provided outcomes across all elements of the complaint.

Nord Stream v Lloyd's: war exclusion defeats pipeline sabotage claim

Commercial Court rules Baltic pipeline damage fell within the policy war exclusion, however the sabotage was carried out.

Carl v Limbani: Court of Appeal upholds no order as to costs against dishonest but successful defendant

Successful defendant denied costs for dishonest conduct despite a procedural error at the consequentials hearing.

St Patrick's International College v HMRC: Court of Appeal allows VAT education exemption appeal, bound by earlier LIFE decision

Court of Appeal allows education providers' VAT exemption appeal, bound by earlier LIFE decision.