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<title><![CDATA[ High Speed Rail judgment given ]]></title>
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Mr Justice Ouseley handed down judgment today on a number of judicial review challenges to the Government's decision to proceed with a high speed rail link from London to Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. The Judge held that the Government's consultation on the property compensation scheme was flawed and the Government will have to carry out a f ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Kassie Smith in Supreme Court for air pollution appeal ]]></title>
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Kassie Smith will be appearing in the Supreme Court today acting for Defra on an appeal concerning the breach of air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide in Greater London and other zones in the UK. ClientEarth is appealing against the Court of Appeal's decisi ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2013-03-07</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Victims of the Magdalene Laundries finally receive a full apology ]]></title>
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The Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny, has formally apologised on behalf of the State for its role in the Magdalene Laundries.


Raymond Hill of Monckton Chambers has been acting pro bono for the survivors of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries, seeking an apology and redress from the Irish State for its failure to prevent four Religious Orders f ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Victory for part-time judges seeking pensions ]]></title>
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O'Brien v Ministry of Justice (Council of Immigration Judges intervening)


6 February 2013


[2013] UKSC 6 (SC No 2)


[2010] UKSC 34; [2010] 4 All E.R. 62 (SC No 1)


[2012] 2 C.M.L.R. 25 (CJEU)


The Supreme Court has delivered judgment in the long-running case about a fee-paid part-time judge seeking a pension i ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Tim Ward QC steers Iceland to Euro court victory in bank collapse dispute ]]></title>
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Monckton Chambers' Tim Ward QC has successfully steered the Icelandic Government to victory in the European courts, with a ruling yesterday (28 January) meaning that the country is not obliged to repay Britain and the Netherlands for rescuing savers in the collapsed Icesave bank.


A European Free Trade Association (EFTA) court in Luxembou ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2013-01-29</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ AG's Opinion in Abdulrahim in favour of the Appellant ]]></title>
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Case C-239/12 P Abdulrahim v Council


The General Court of the European Union has recently adopted a number of orders declaring that there is no need to adjudicate on applications for annulment in terrorist sanctions listing cases on the basis that the names of the applicants have been removed from the lists impo ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2013-01-22</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Dispute over the sale of Liverpool FC settles ]]></title>
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The high profile dispute over the sale of Liverpool FC has settled, averting a 50 day trial.


The claimants, former owners Hicks and Gillett, attempted to delay the start of the trial and vary the security for costs order. They argued that they could not raise the funds to pay for the case should the trial begin in April and that the paym ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2013-01-11</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ CAT hands down judgment in cheese price fixing appeal ]]></title>
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On 20 December 2012, the Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT") handed down judgment in the case of Tesco v OFT. Tesco had appealed against a decision of the Office of Fair Trading that Tesco had participated in two separate concerted practices, referred to as the 2002 and 2003 cheese initiatives, which had as their object the restriction of compet ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2013-01-09</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Court of Appeal confirms Competition Commission’s jurisdiction to review Ryanair / Aer Lingus ]]></title>
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The Court of Appeal today rejected Ryanair's latest challenge to the UK merger authorities' jurisdiction to review its minority stake in rival airline Aer Lingus.


Ryanair argued, initially before the CAT, that the CC could not investigate the minority stake while the European Commission was in the process of reviewing its public bid for  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-12-13</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Supreme Court rules that volunteers not covered by EU discrimination law ]]></title>
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On 12 December 2012, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau. The case concerned an Appellant who worked as a volunteer adviser at the Citizens' Advice Bureau ("CAB"). She was not contractually bound to work and received no remuneration for doing so. Although volunteers often did go on to becom ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-12-12</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Total Technology (Engineering) Limited ]]></title>
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The Tax Chamber of the Upper Tribunal has released its decision on penalties for late VAT returns and payments and the principle of proportionality. HMRC, represented by Peter Mantle, won the appeal in Total Technology (Engineering) Limited. The decision is an important precedent because the integrity of the VAT surcharge provisions was ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-11-29</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Case C-85/11 EC v Ireland ]]></title>
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Advocate General J&#228;&#228;skinen released his opinion in Case C-85/11 EC v Ireland. He concluded that the practice of permitting non-taxable persons to be members of a VAT Group does not infringe the Principal VAT Directive or any EU principle. The Irish case was heard at the same time as Case C-86/11 EC v UK and other similar infra ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-11-27</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ X v Mid Sussex CAB ]]></title>
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On 30 and 31 October 2012, the Supreme Court heard the appeal in the case of X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau and others. Kassie Smith appeared for the Secretary of State before the Supreme Court.


The Court considered the following issues: (1) Whether the Framework Directive (Directive 2000/78/EC Establishing a Framework fo ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-11-01</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ BCL Old Co. Ltd v BASF plc [2012] UKSC 45 ]]></title>
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The Supreme Court has handed down judgment in the first competition case to come before it, BCL Old Co. Ltd v BASF plc [2012] UKSC 45.


The case concerned the date on which time begins to run for the purposes of the two year limitation period for bringing follow-on damages claims in the Competition Appeal Tribunal, under section  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-10-29</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Sub One v HMRC ]]></title>
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Melanie Hall QC and Ewan West represented HMRC in Sub One v HMRC, in which The Hon Mr Justice Arnold rejected a challenge made by 1,200 hot food outlets to the UK legislation on VAT payable on hot takeaway food. The outlets argued that the legislation, introduced by Thatcher, was contrary to EU law because it inevitably meant t ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-10-09</pubDate>
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