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19 March 2009
Issue: 7361 / Categories: Case law , Local government , Public , Law digest
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Civil litigation

Bovale Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2009] EWCA Civ 171, [2009]

Individual judges or courts do not have the power to vary the Civil Procedure Rules or practice directions. However, where there was a gap in the Rules or practice directions, pending the handing down of a practice direction, a judge has inherent jurisdiction to include procedural directions of general application in his judgment.

Issue: 7361 / Categories: Case law , Local government , Public , Law digest
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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