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<title><![CDATA[ X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau & Others [2011] EWCA Civ 28 ]]></title>
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In its judgment of 26 January 2011, the Court of Appeal held that neither the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 ("DDA 1995") nor Directive 2000/78/ EEC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation ("the Framework Directive") afford protection from discrimination on grounds of disability to unpaid volunteers. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Brent London Borough Council & others v Risk Management Partners Ltd ]]></title>
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The Supreme Court has overturned the Court of Appeal ([2009] EWCA Civ 490) and High Court ([2008] EWHC 1094 (Admin)) judgments in holding that a group of local authorities who awarded insurance contracts to a mutual insurance company set up by them for that purpose, without putting the contracts out to competitive tender, had not acted contrary  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Abuse of Law and VAT ~ The ECJ's Decision in Weald Leasing ]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[ Weald Leasing ~ A Curate's Egg is Sent Back to the Domestic Courts ]]></title>
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On 22 December the European Court of Justice delivered its long-awaited judgment in the Weald Leasing case concerning the interpretation of the concept of an 'abusive practice' as referred to in Case C 255/02 Halifax, Case C-425/06 Part Service and Case C-162/07 Ampliscientifica.


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<title><![CDATA[ R(ICO Satellites Ltd) v Office of Communications  ]]></title>
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In a case concerning the ability of the Office of Communications ('Ofcom') to cancel an assignment of a particular radio frequency to a satellite operator, the High Court considered the wider question of whether a public body's decision can be judicially reviewed where it was based upon its understanding of treaty obligati ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Enron Coal Services Limited v English Welsh & Scottish Railway  ]]></title>
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Enron Coal Services Limited's follow-on claim against English Welsh &amp; Scottish Railway has done much to define the CAT's jurisdiction over follow-on claims under section 47A of the 1998 Act.&#160; The case was the first of its kind to reach a full trial before the CAT, and has now generated two appeals to the Court of Appeal.&#160; The most  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2011-02-09</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Sinclair Collis Limited v Secretary of State for Health and the Members of National Association of Cigarette Machine Operators ]]></title>
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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 produced which considered three options for dealing with the sale of tobacco products to persons und ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2011-02-09</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Veolia ES Nottinghamshire Ltd v Nottinghamshire County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 1214 ]]></title>
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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 authority's accounts and related documents under section 15 of the Audit Commission Act 1998. Rix LJ (with w ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2011-02-07</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ R (Thames Water Utilities Ltd) v Water Services Regulatory Authority  ]]></title>
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Mr Justice Mitting was asked in this case to hold that a decision by the Water Services Regulatory Authority ("Ofwat") to appoint a company as the water and sewerage undertaker for a brownfield site in London was unlawful as falling outwith the statutory authority granted to Ofwat by section 7(4) of the Water Industry Act 1991 ("the Act").

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<pubDate>2011-02-01</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Exel Europe Limited v University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust [2010] EWHC 3332 (TCC) ]]></title>
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Exel Europe is one of two recent judgments, the other being The Halo Trust v Secretary of State for International Development [2011] EWHC 87 (TCC), where the High Court (Akenhead J in both cases) has applied a robust American Cyanamid analysis in exercising its discretion under regulation 47H(1)(a) of the Public Contra ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2011-01-10</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Indigo v Colchester Institute ]]></title>
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In Indigo v Colchester Institute, David Donaldson QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge in the QBD, considered an application by the Defendant under Regulation 47H(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended by the Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009) to lift the automatic suspension imposed by Regulation 47G. The automat ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-12-07</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Who Supplies What in a Loyalty Reward Scheme ]]></title>
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A loyalty reward scheme is an increasingly common marketing device used by retailers to encourage their customers to continue to use them for their purchases. The retailer gives the customer a card, and when the customer makes purchases from that retailer they receive a certain number of 'reward points' in proportion to th ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-11-22</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Reviewing the AXA ruling ]]></title>
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On 28 October 2010, the European Court (ECJ) issued its preliminary ruling on the reference made by the Court of Appeal in AXA (C-175/09).&#160; In an outcome reminiscent of the ruling in Case C-452/03 RAL [2005] STC 1025, the ECJ determined the reference on a basis which had not even arisen in the judgments of the ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-11-15</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Alstom v Eurostar International ]]></title>
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In this case Alstom sought an interim injunction preventing Eurostar from entering into a contract to buy new trains from Siemens. Alstom alleged that Eurostar had breached the Utilities Contracts Regulations 20061 and general principles of procurement law when selecting Siemens. Alstom sought to prevent Eurostar from entering into  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ HMRC v AXA UK Plc [2010] c-175/09 ]]></title>
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The European Court of Justice ('ECJ') has recently handed down judgment in the AXA UK plc ('AXA') 'Denplan' case. The case concerned the VAT treatment of certain services provided by AXA to dentists as part of the Denplan dental scheme. Pursuant to the Denplan scheme, a patient typically is required to pay a monthly charge by direct ]]></description>
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