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Sinclair Collis Limited v Secretary of State for Health and the Members of National Association of Cigarette Machine Operators

This case concerned legislation prohibiting the sale of tobacco from automatic vending machines. On 31 May 2008 the Secretary of State published a consultation paper on the "Future Control of Tobacco" and in December 2008 an impact assessment was ...

Veolia ES Nottinghamshire Ltd v Nottinghamshire County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 1214

The Court of Appeal's recent decision in Veolia clarifies the extent to which a local authority may withhold commercially sensitive information in its possession from those seeking to exercise a right to inspect the ...

R (on the application of Low) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] I.C.R. 755

The Court of Appeal in R (on the application of Low) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] 2 C.M.L.R. 34 [2010] I.C.R. 755 [2010] EWCA Civ 4 has given an important judgment holding that companies established in the European ...

Veolia ES Nottinghamshire Ltd v Nottinghamshire County Council [2009] EWHC 2382 (Admin)

The High Court's recent decision in Veolia ES Nottinghamshire Ltd v Nottinghamshire County Council [2009] EWHC 2382 (Admin) has potentially far reaching implications for the protection of confidential ...

It Pays to Check Your Parking Ticket

According to various press reports, a number of local authorities across the country using the same or a similar form of words as the Barnet PCN were watching the result somewhat nervously. In London alone, over 5 million PCNs ...

Human Rights Update

On 2 October 2005 it was the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Human Rights Act 1998. This article selects five key cases decided by the House of Lords, which have been significantly elucidated the following general ...

Food for Thought

Food for Thought: the ECJ Clarifies the Scope of the Food Supplements Directive

On 12 July 2005, the ECJ gave a ruling under the preliminary reference procedure on the validity of the Food Supplements Directive (2002/46/EC) ("the Directive"). Its judgment had been eagerly awaited by the millions of ...

Spare the Rod

Equality at Work

Human Rights in the UK Courts - Anufrijeva v Southwark LBC