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<title><![CDATA[ Metropolitan Resources North West Ltd v Secretary of State for Home Department [2011] EWHC 1186 (Ch) ]]></title>
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The United Kingdom Border Agency, represented by Elisa Holmes,&#160;won a hearing determining its application to have an automatic suspension imposed under Regulation 47G of the Public Contract Regulations 2006 (as amended by the Public Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2009) lifted.


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<title><![CDATA[ BT v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2011] EWHC 1021 (Admin) ]]></title>
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The High Court has today dismissed a challenge to the lawfulness, under EU law, of the provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2010 aimed at requiring internet service providers (ISPs) to help reduce illegal 'peer to peer' file-sharing.


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<title><![CDATA[ John Wilkins & Others v HMRC [2011] EWCA Civ 429 ]]></title>
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The case concerns claims for compound interest by motor traders who made overpayments of VAT. They seek to recover compound interest under VATA 94 and through the tax tribunal. This is the latest decision in the VAT compound interest litigation, given by the Court of appeal on appeal from the first instance decision of the Upper Tribunal.

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<title><![CDATA[ Eden Brown Limited & Others v OFT [2011] CAT 8 ]]></title>
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The Competition Appeal Tribunal has allowed in large part the appeals of 3 undertakings against the penalties imposed by the OFT in relation to the construction recruitment cartel.


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<title><![CDATA[ Galliford Try Plc & Others v Office of Fair Trading [2011] CAT 7 ]]></title>
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Following a five year investigation into the construction industry,&#160;the OFT imposed financial penalties totalling &#163;129.2 million on 103 construction companies for having engaged in cover pricing. The Decision is the longest ever taken by the OFT running to nearly 2000 pages. Twenty five companies appealed to the Competition Appeal Trib ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ballast Nedam N.V. & Others v Office of Fair Trading [2011] CAT 3 ]]></title>
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Following a five year investigation into the construction industry,&#160;the OFT imposed financial penalties totalling &#163;129.2 million on 103 construction companies for having engaged in cover pricing. The Decision is the longest ever taken by the OFT running to nearly 2000 pages. Twenty five companies appealed to the Competition Appeal Trib ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Halo Trust v The Secretary of State for International Development [2011] EWHC 87 (TCC) ]]></title>
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The case concerns the procurement of services for mine clearance and development work in Cambodia.&#160; The Department of International Development (DFID) had been funding the claimant, the Halo Trust, and the successful tenderer, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) through an "Accountable Grant" mechanism. DFID decided to put the funding on a contractu ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau and Others [2011] EWCA Civ 28 ]]></title>
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On 26 January 2011, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau and others [2011] EWCA Civ 28.&#160; The case concerned a volunteer worker at a Citizens Advice Bureau who alleged that she had been discriminated against on the grounds of her disability.&#160; The relevant domestic law (at ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Brennan v Health Professionals Council [2011] EWHC 41 (Admin) ]]></title>
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Physiotherapist Stephen Brennan has today (21 January) won his appeal against the decision of the Health Professions Council ("HPC") to strike his name from the register of physiotherapists after his involvement in what has become known as the "bloodgate" scandal. Mr Brennan admitted a total of five instances of being involved in faking blood in ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Exel Europe Ltd v University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust ]]></title>
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The High Court has today delivered judgment in only the second case to date dealing with the approach to procurements which are automatically suspended upon the issue of proceedings challenging the procurement exercise under the new Remedies Regime.&#160; The High Court has confirmed that despite the introduction of the new regime the appropriat ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ R(Sinclair Collis Ltd) v Secretary of State for Health (NACMO intervening) [2010] EWHC 3112 (Admin) ]]></title>
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The Administrative Court today handed down judgment dismissing judicial review challenges to primary and secondary legislation which bans the sale of tobacco from vending machines from 1 October 2011. The claim was brought by a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco Ltd and was supported by the members of the National Association of Cigarette Machine Op ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ BAA Ltd v Competition Commission & Ryanair Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 1097 ]]></title>
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The Court of Appeal has reinstated the report of the Competition Commission which required the sale by BAA of Gatwick airport, Stansted airport and one of Glasgow or Edinburgh airports.&#160; The Court of Appeal's judgment over turns the effect of an earlier decision of the Competition Appeal Tribunal which set aside the report on the basis that ]]></description>
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