On April 22nd 2008 Lord Justice Stanley Burnton handed down his judgment in R (on the application of Risk Management Partners) –v– the Council of the London Borough of Brent [2008] EWHC 692 (Admin). LAML, who were an interested party in the case, say that the court threw “out claims from the private sector that councils [...]
From the monthly archives:
April 2008
I just had a big win on a case of major importance in its field. Here is the press release. A more detailed analysis will follow: Local authorities not authorised to act as insurers In a landmark case, the High Court has found that Brent LBC had no power to participate in LAML, a mutual insurer [...]
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–Begin Daily Mail rant– More ridiculous politically-correct nonsense from HM Government (following the Abu Qatada debacle). This time, according to the Times: THE Royal Navy, once the scourge of brigands on the high seas, has been told by the Foreign Office not to detain pirates because doing so may breach their human rights. [...]
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Reinsurance assets will more easily be accessible to foreign liquidators in multinational insolvency proceedings following the House of Lords’ decision last week in the long-running HIH saga. Their Lordships found that English courts should co-operate “as much as possible” to ensure that the assets of bankrupt companies based abroad are distributed among creditors under a single [...]
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This week, the Mexican parliament will debate an energy reform bill that aims to change the way that PEMEX, the state-owned oil monopoly, operates. Right of centre president Felipe Calderón introduced the bill which aims to allow PEMEX greater managerial and financial autonomy to provide a role for the private sector in the construction and operation of [...]
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In the recent case of Expandable Ltd. v. Rubin, the Court of Appeal has held that mere mention of a letter does not automatically waive legal professional privilege. The judgment, given by Rix LJ, went to two points. First, had the letter been “mentioned” for the purposes of CPR 31.14; second, if it was so [...]
