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Civil procedure
Global 5000 Ltd v Wadhawan (2012) EWCA Civ 13, Court of Appeal (Civil Division). Rix LJ; Lewison LJ; Sullivan LJ.
19 January 2012
For the purposes of service out of the jurisdiction, where a claim was made under or pursuant to a contract, that was the contract "in respect of" which it had to be shown, to the standard of a good arguable case, that it existed and that one of the requirements of CPR PD 6B para.3.1(6) had been met.
Appeal dismissed
For the appellant
Brickcourt Chambers' Mark Hapgood QC and Jasbir Dhillon; Ince & Co partner Jonathan Lux
For the respondent
Quadrant Chambers' Robert Lawson QC and Tim Marland; Gates and Partners partner Daniel Soffin
Human rights
DM v Doncaster MBC (2011) EWHC 3652, Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court). Langstaff J. 16 December 2011
A local authority was entitled to charge a person for his accommodation in a care home while he was detained there under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Judgment for defendant
For the claimant
1 Crown Office Row's Guy Mansfield QC; Matrix Chambers' Professor Conor Gearty; Switalskis' barrister (non-practising) Doug Feery
For the defendant
St Johns Buildings' Joseph O'Brien; Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council head of legal services Roger Harvey
For the first interested party Secretary of State for Health
11 Kings Bench Walk's Jason Coppel; Department of Work & Pensions' Anastasia Eleftheriades
Police
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