An opposite-sex couple is filing an application for a civil partnership at London’s Islington Registry Office.
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Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City Law School, City University London. W www.city.ac.uk/law
Switalski v F&C Asset Management Plc [2009] All ER (D) 06 (Jan)
Law Alderson v Wings Aeromedical Services Ltd [2009] All ER (D) 11 (Jan)
Solicitors claim the silk selection procedure is biased towards barristers and too costly and time consuming to complete.
Neary v Governing Body of St Albans Girls’ School [2009] All ER (D) 30 (Jan)
Most practitioners will already be aware of the decision in Johnston v NEI International Combustion Ltd; Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd; Topping v Benchtown Ltd; Grieves v F T Everard & Sons [2007] UKHL 39, [2007] 4 All ER 1047.
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