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07 April 2017
Issue: 7741 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Coroner

R (on the application of Duggan) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for the Northern District of Greater London [2017] EWCA Civ 142, [2017] All ER (D) 179 (Mar)

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appellant’s appeal by way of judicial review into the directions given by the coroner to the jury into the killing of Mark Duggan by a police officer in August 2011. The coroner had been found not to have erred in any way in his direction to the jury as to the issue of unlawful killing.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Jean-François Le Gal

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Jean-François Le Gal

Penningtons Manches Cooper strengthens international disputes team with appointment of leading arbitration partner

Shakespeare Martineau—Aaron Sanders & Kate Saunders

Shakespeare Martineau—Aaron Sanders & Kate Saunders

Shakespeare Martineau strengthens trust and estates disputes team with new appointments

Bellevue Law—Shannon Moore

Bellevue Law—Shannon Moore

Bellevue Law strengthens employment disputes and international advisory capability with senior associate appointment

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More than 500 former rugby players can pursue brain injury claims despite serious failures to disclose documents ordered by the High Court
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Developers in areas with poorly performing councils can apply directly to the Planning Inspectorate for permission under section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
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