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Turner v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2016] EWCA Civ 466, [2016] All ER (D) 141 (May)

Re Z (A child) (No 2) [2016] EWHC 1191 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 153 (May)

Hosking and another (as joint liquidators of Hellas Telecommunications (Luxembourg) II SCA) v Slaughter and May [2016] EWCA Civ 474, [2016] All ER (D) 173 (May)

PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2016] UKSC 26, [2016] All ER (D) 135 (May)

Comic Enterprises Ltd v Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation [2016] EWCA Civ 455, [2016] All ER (D) 172 (May)

Director of Legal Aid Casework and another v IS (a protected party, by his litigation friend the Official Solicitor) [2016] EWCA Civ 464, [2016] All ER (D) 170 (May)

Ministry of Defence v Iraqi Civilians [2016] UKSC 25, [2016] All ER (D) 88 (May)

R (on the application of Sky Blue Sports and Leisure Ltd and another) v Coventry City Council and others [2016] EWCA Civ 453, [2016] All ER (D) 120 (May)

Local Authority X v HI and others [2016] EWHC 1123 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 131 (May)

University of Huddersfield Higher Education Corporation v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2016] EWCA Civ 440, [2016] All ER (D) 104 (May)

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