
By Jade-Amanda Laporte | October 30, 2011 at 10:30 am | One comment
Traditionally when seeking to find answers on how one should interpret the law, judges turn to previous case law, however in a dispute over a property lease on Thursday last week, Lord Justice Rimer referred to a passage in Dickens’ 1853 novel ‘Bleak House’ in order to...
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By Liam Draper | October 4, 2011 at 11:31 pm | No comments
The European Court of Justice today issued guidance to the High Court of England and Wales regarding the use of decoding boxes and decoder cards to broadcast Premier League football matches at pubs from cheaper, foreign providers than the British Broadcaster of Premier League...
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By Ruth Bailey | September 14, 2011 at 3:36 pm | 3 comments
Yesterday the European Commission announced new targets to increase to number of prosecutors, judges and legal practitioners across Europe. That's to say, it wants half of the current 1.4 million legal practitioners in the EU to undergo training in Union law by 2020. The...
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