Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.
On Wednesday 10th may the Court will hand-down judgment in Jalla and another v Shell International Trading and Shipping Company and another [2023] UKSC 16. The Court will determine whether pollution caused to land and waterways by an offshore oil spill constitutes a continuing nuisance with fresh causes of action accruing until such time as the oil is cleared up, or it eventually disappears of its own accord, in circumstances where is the event causing the pollution to occur only once? The hand-down will take place at…
In this appeal, the Supreme Court is asked to decide whether the Jehovah’s Witness organization is vicariously liable for a rape committed by Mark Sewell, a former elder.
In 1984, Mr and Mrs B began attending services of the Barry Congregation. There, they made friends with Mark Sewell, his wife Mary, and their children. The families became close, visiting each other’s houses for tea and going on holidays and days out together. Mrs B considered Mark Sewell to be her best friend.
Towards the end of 1989, Mark Sewell’s behavior changed. He began abusing alcohol and appeared depressed. He began…
In this post, David McKie and Dany Bitar, partners and associates respectively in the litigation team at CMS, preview the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in JTI POLSKA Sp. Zoo and Ors v Jakubowski and Ors.
Overview
This leapfrog appeal was heard by the Supreme Court on 28 February 2023. The case concerns whether a carrier is liable under the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road 1956 (“CMR”) for approximately £500,000 in excise duty payable by the owners of a cargo of cigarettes, because of a partial theft of the cargo in the…
Big Hit Music has released new statements about its legal response to the violation of its artists’ rights.
On June 29, Big Hit Music shared two separate statements regarding the protection of its artists BTS and TXT against personal attacks such as maliciously edited posts, false rumors, sexual harassment, and more.
Big Hit Music’s full English statement regarding BTS is as follows:Hello.This is Big Hit Music.
Our company regularly initiates legal proceedings against perpetrators of malicious activities related to BTS, including defamation, personal attacks, sexual harassment, the spread of groundless information, and ill-intentioned criticism. We would like to provide…
![Candey Ltd v Crumpler and one other (as Joint Liquidators of Peak Lodges and Resorts Ltd (In Liquidation)) [2022] UKSC 35 – UKSC Weblog](https://i.ibb.co/5Bztk5L/stress-free-job-interview-picture-id1185978119.jpg "Candey Ltd v Crumpler and one other (as Joint Liquidators of Peak Lodges and Resorts Ltd (In Liquidation)) [2022] UKSC 35 – UKSC Weblog")
Candey Ltd, the appellant, acted as a solicitor for Peak Lodges & Resorts Ltd (“PHRL”) between April 2014 and March 2016 in respect of worldwide litigation and numerous different issues. One such matter was an motion within the Excessive Courtroom in London, known as “the London Litigation”.
On 21 October 2015, PHRL entered into a hard and fast price settlement (the “FFA”) with the appellant, beneath which the appellant agreed to proceed to behave for PHRL in return for a hard and fast price (the “Mounted Payment”). Fee of the Mounted Payment was deferred till the handing down of judgment…
Conor McGregor‘s legal team is speaking out after a video emerged of him with his rape accuser.
On Thursday (June 15), the 34-year-old UFC fighter was accused of raping a woman at Game 4 of the NBA Finals earlier this month.
A video that seems to show Conor and his accuser walking together into a bathroom was released shortly thereafter.
His legal team cited the clip in a new statement that questions the story about the encounter.
Read more about Conor McGregor’s accusations and his team’s response to the video…
TMZ obtained the video, which appears to call into question…
