Candey Ltd v Crumpler and another (as Joint Liquidators of Peak Hotels and Resorts Ltd (In Liquidation)) [2022] UKSC 35 – UKSC Blog

Candey Ltd, the appellant, acted as a solicitor for Peak Hotels & Resorts Ltd (“PHRL”) between April 2014 and March 2016 in respect of worldwide litigation and various other matters. One such matter was an action in the High Court in London, referred to as “the London Litigation”. On 21 October 2015, PHRL entered into […]

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1st National Moot Court Competition, 2023 by Lex Explore › The Legal Lock

About Lex Explore Lex Explore is an Open Access, Peer Reviewed, Quarterly & Multidisciplinary legal Journal which provides an online platform to all academicians, research scholars, lawyers and law students who are genuinely interested in excelling in the field of law. Lex Explore is highly dedicated to bringing positive changes in society at large by […]

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Goldsboro, NC murder-suicide victim is lawyer Patrick White

GOLDBORO A lawyer who lived in Raleigh was killed Monday in an apparent murder-suicide at a Goldsboro law firm, the Goldsboro Police Department said Tuesday. Patrick White, 42, was killed at the Goldsboro office of the Riddle & Brantley Law Firm, according to a police incident report. Police said the suspected shooter was Francisco Sanchez, […]

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US attorney general in hot seat as Trump’s legal woes grow

Filing criminal charges against Donald Trump would be a long and complex process ultimately requiring US Attorney General Merrick Garland to weigh the enormous legal and political implications of placing a former president on trial. The House committee that was suspected of the January 6, 2021 storming of the US Capitol by Trump supporters recommended […]

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Idaho murders: Lawyer for victim’s family says police may be in ‘over their heads’

A lawyer for the shattered family of Idaho murder victim Kaylee Goncalves said police may need to consider handing over the probe to a more experienced agency. “If they’re not capable of handling a quadruple murder, if they are in over their heads, then admit that and turn the investigation over to someone who is […]

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Recap! Seyfarth Attorneys Marcus Mintz and Alex Meier Present at AIPLA Conference on Trade Secrets | Seyfarth Shaw

The American Intellectual Property Law Association recently completed its Trade Secrets Summit in Miami, Florida. The topics for the conference included: A legislative update Best practices for identifying trade secrets in litigation Developments in trade secret trials and changing trends Arbitration of trade secret disputes Recent innovations in trade secret protection technologies and forensics (Alex […]

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Gov-elect Katie Hobbs legally certified her win over Kari Lake in Arizona

The claim: Post implies it’s unconstitutional for Katie Hobbs to certify the results of her own election Former news anchor Kari Lake repeatedly called for her Democratic opponent in Arizona’s 2022 gubernatorial race, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, to recuse herself from certifying the results of her own election. Hobbs refused, and a social media […]

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Amber Heard Settles Defamation Claim Against Johnny Depp: ‘I Never Chose This’

Amber Heard announced she has settled her defamation claim against ex-husband Johnny Depp. Heard took to Instagram to share the legal update on the case six months following Depp’s win in the $15 million judgment against Heard, with a jury finding that Heard defamed Depp with her claims of domestic abuse in a 2018 Washington […]

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This Week in the Supreme Court – week commencing 19th December 2022 – UKSCBlog

On Wednesday 14th December the Supreme Court will hand down two judgments. The hand-downs will take place at 9:45 a.m. in Courtroom One: Stanford International Bank Ltd (In Liquidation) v HSBC Bank PLC, on appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 535. The Court was asked to consider whether an insolvent company suffers any loss if payments […]

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