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R (on the application of SM and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (on the application of SR and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Coram Children’s Legal Centre intervening) [2013] EWHC 1144 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 78 (May)
 

PC (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) and another v A Local Authority [2013] EWCA Civ 478, [2013] All ER (D) 71 (May)
 

A Council v M and others [2012] EWHC 2038 (Fam), [2012] All ER (D) 381 (Jul)
 

Re CB (a child) (adoption proceedings: lack of care order) [2013] EWCA Civ 476, [2013] All ER (D) 29 (May)

Re C (a child) (adoption proceedings: change of circumstances) [2013] EWCA Civ 431, [2013] All ER (D) 235 (Apr)

Heron v TNT (UK) Ltd and another [2013] EWCA Civ 469, [2013] All ER (D) 28 (May)

Vaughan v Lewisham Borough Council and others [2013] EWHC 795 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 226 (Apr)

Lane v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2013] All ER (D) 233 (Apr)

Walker and others v Burton and another and another case [2013] EWHC 811 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 201 (Apr)

El Corte Ingles, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade and Designs) (OHIM) and another T-571/11, [2013] All ER (D) 175 (Apr)

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