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01 September 2016
Issue: 7712 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Constitutional law

R (on the application of the Freedom and Justice Party and others) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and another [2016] EWHC 2010 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 32 (Aug)

The Divisional Court held that it was appropriate to grant declarations that: (i) customary international law required a receiving state to secure, for the duration of a special mission, personal inviolability and immunity from criminal jurisdiction for the members of the mission accepted as such by the receiving state; and (ii) that rule of customary international law was given effect by the common law.

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mfg Solicitors—Hayley Pearce & Lauren Williams

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Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions

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A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified the distinction between contracts of 'indefinite' and 'perpetual' duration, with potentially significant implications for commercial drafting
The Court of Appeal was entitled to uphold the government's decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, according to an analysis of the ruling
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