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R (Cornwall Council) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government: £2.1m ERDF clawback upheld

Threshold error immaterial; late amendment refused for want of procedural rigour.

Ideasoft Solutions v Kolomiets: harassment claim sent to trial despite strong argument victims were abroad

Linden J declines to decide territorial reach of the 1997 Act summarily.

Emerging Media Ventures v Kundra: High Court enforces Rajasthan Royals settlement with permanent anti-suit injunction

Summary judgement granted in defendants' absence after they filed no evidence at all.

London North Eastern Railway v Jiwanji: EAT upholds section 145B finding over direct pay offer to RMT members

Business reasons for abandoning collective bargaining do not displace the prohibited purpose.

R (Worsley) v Tameside Magistrates' Court: conviction quashed after bench announced verdict before closing speeches

High Court criticises trainee legal adviser's refusal to state a case as frivolous.

Gibson Dunn expands London practice group

Gibson Dunn has announced the addition of Richard Surtees as a partner in London’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group

Howard Beckett v Sharon Graham and Unite the Union: privacy claim survives strike-out over ambiguous tribunal finding

Employment Tribunal paragraph too unclear to found issue estoppel, High Court holds.

Re T and F (Placement Orders: Child's Permanence Reports): Court of Appeal dismisses appeal despite serious procedural irregularity

Failure to serve permanence reports breached repeated directions but did not render placement orders unjust.