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The Disclosure Pilot and Technology Assisted Review
A working group has recently reviewed the rules by which parties to civil litigation must plan for and provide disclosure. In promoting a new, draft Practice Direction, it has concluded that the regime needs re-structuring. It is expected that the Business and Property Courts in England and Wales will soon commence a two-year pilot of
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EU Court: Church Jobs Subject to Proportionality Review
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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has warned that the German Evangelical Church might be breaching anti-discrimination laws by requiring its employees to belong to a Christian denomination (C-414/16 Egenberger). While we might expect the local vicar to be a Christian in name at least, it is not clear why an applicant
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Making an effective agreement to reschedule debts: the Supreme Court in Rock Advertising Limited v MWB Business Exchange Centres [2018]
A. The Facts MWB Business Exchange Centres (“MWB”) operated managed office space in central London. Rock Advertising Limited (“Rock”) provided marketing services. For some seven or eight years prior to the events giving rise to the proceedings, Rock occupied as licensee premises managed by MWB. Initially the premises consisted of a relatively small suite of
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Robotics and Tax Compliance
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According to the government website, the UK is the best prepared country for the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI), and attracts the most venture capital investment in Europe. It will come as no surprise that the enthusiasm for AI and machine learning has percolated to public authorities, of which HMRC leads the way.   For
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Boutiques: Highly evolved | The Legal Business Magazine
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Originally printed in The Legal Business Magazine. JHA is pleased to feature in Legal Business Magazine, in an article on the rise of disputes specialist firms “A newer entrant gaining attention is Joseph Hage Aaronson (JHA). Established in March 2013, the tax and litigation specialist’s primary selling point is its prominent integration of barristers and
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A New Chapter in EU Whistleblower Protection
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The European Commission has proposed a new law to strengthen whistleblower protection across the EU as a means to unveil unlawful activities and help enforce EU law. According to the Commission, the catalyst for the new rules has been provided by recent scandals such as Luxleaks, the Panama Papers and Cambridge Analytica. The legislative proposal
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Damages for breach of an Injunction
The recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov and another (No 14) 2 WLR 1125 has held that where there is a defendant who agrees with a third party to break a freezing injunction by dissipating assets covered by that injunction, and agrees to engage in conduct concealing
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Court of Appeal Considers the Interpretation of Consent Orders
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In Botleigh Grange Hotel Ltd v Revenue & Customs Commissioners EWCA Civ 1032 (9 May 2018), a tax case, the Court of Appeal was required to consider the interpretation of the language used in consent orders. In so doing, the court prioritised the formal nature of such an order over a contract-based construction. The
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AG Opinion: VAT Is Recoverable on Costs of Failed Ryanair/Aer Lingus Takeover
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Advocate General (AG) Kokott has opined in C‑249/17 Ryanair Ltd v The Revenue Commissioners that input VAT incurred by Ryanair on costs in a failed takeover of Aer Lingus is deductible. Ryanair made a bid to purchase a 100% shareholding of Aer Lingus in 2006. When the takeover failed, Ryanair tried to claim a deduction
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