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Obsession Hair and Day Spa Ltd v Hi-Lite Electrical Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1148, [2011] All ER (D) 228 (Oct)

R (on the application of Maxwell) v The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education [2011] EWCA Civ 1236, [2011] All ER (D) 232 (Oct)

R v Rheines [2011] EWCA Crim 2397, [2011] All ER (D) 221 (Oct)

Tesla Motors Ltd and another company v British Broadcasting Corporation [2011] EWHC 2760 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 233 (Oct)

Gale and another v Serious Organised Crime Agency [2011] UKSC 49, [2011] All ER (D) 212 (Oct)

Motto and others v Trafigura Ltd and another [2011] EWCA Civ 1150, [2011] All ER (D) 138 (Oct)

R (on the application of Davies and another) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2011] UKSC 47, [2011] All ER (D) 157 (Oct)

Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences v Albert Court Residents’ Association and others [2011] EWCA Civ 430, [2011] All ER (D) 118 (Apr)

S v AG (financial remedy: lottery prize) [2011] EWHC 2637 (Fam), [2011] All ER (D) 143 (Oct)

National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia v BP Oil Supply Company [2011] EWCA Civ 1127, [2011] All ER (D) 139 (Oct)

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Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

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