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Muca v El Amrani and Harker v Hubert: pre-occupation gas safety certificates and the section 21 bar

Court of Appeal holds that failure to provide a gas safety certificate before a tenant first occupies is a permanent and irremediable bar to service...

Magomedov v TPG: Court of Appeal refuses to reopen permission to appeal refusal in Russian ports conspiracy claims

Application to reopen a refusal of permission to appeal in high-value conspiracy claims concerning two Russian port businesses dismissed; exceptional circumstances threshold under CPR 52.30...

Horsman v Attorney General: BVI merger recognised as universal succession to English land

When a BVI company merges, English law may vest its property in the surviving entity automatically.

Airconco v DC Air: copyright damages and the notional licence fee in the IPEC Small Claims Track

Court rejects copywriter cost approach in website text infringement appeal, upholding £10,000 award.

Lau v Dragon Cat Ltd: EAT clarifies extension of time rules for respondents' answers

A less rigid standard applies when respondents file late answers to EAT appeals, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed.

Dix v Chigili: High Court upholds £147,000 preference claim against former director of insolvent 99p retailer

Liquidators of Max 99p Ltd succeed in recovering repaid director loans despite discretion arguments.

Ndow v University Hospitals Birmingham: EAT dismisses appeal on time limit grounds

New arguments not raised before the Employment Tribunal cannot found an appeal, the EAT confirms.

University of Sussex succeeds in judicial review of Office for Students' £585,000 fine

The High Court quashes a landmark regulatory decision on freedom of speech in higher education.