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English Heritage Trust v Information Commissioner: blue plaques research ordered disclosed under FOIA

FOIA exemptions under ss.36 and 43 examined in appeal over withheld historical research on Charlie Chaplin's blue plaque nomination.

Segulah Medical Acceleration v Tripathi: implied representations and the threshold for contested amendments

High Court allows amendment to deceit claim based on phone call implying legitimacy of investment funds.

Whittingham v Jones: libel claim struck out over failure to plead serious harm in school dispute

Parent's defamation claim against headteacher dismissed after court finds no realistic prospect of proving serious reputational harm from emails to chair of governors.

Logix Aero v Siam Aero: Court of Appeal confirms fraud breaks causation chain in email interception claims

Email interception fraud does not create contractual liability where the breach merely enabled, rather than caused, the loss.

Gardner v DPP: Privy Council rules constitutional motions cannot bypass criminal appeals in closed cases

Constitutional challenge to jury selection cannot substitute for criminal appeal process where adequate redress remains available.

Hosein v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago: Privy Council dismisses constitutional claim over 17-year delay

A state employee retrenched in 2003 fails to obtain constitutional relief after the Board finds his 17-year delay in bringing proceedings to be inordinate and...

Fenech and Dunne v FCA: unsuitable pension transfer advice and the limits of the "transfer in isolation" model

Upper Tribunal finds majority of advice suitable despite systemic compliance failings and dishonesty findings.

O'Boyle v Wallis: costs liability of CPR 19.12 representatives clarified

Personal representatives and estate representatives are not the same — and costs orders against them should not be treated identically.