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California To Hurl Fines At Frisbee Throwers

California, a state known for their sunny weather, beautiful beaches and easy going personality, has a new law concerning Frisbees on their beaches. In a place visited by 50-70 Million tourists a year, what was once a harmless game of frisbee can now earn you a $100 penalty. All ball games except for volleyball can [...]

February 21, 2012   Posted in: News  No Comments

Insurance Law: Starlight Shipping v Allianz Marine & Aviation (Comm) 19/12/11

The terms of a settlement agreement in a Tomlin order could be enforced without lifting the stay and without the need to issue fresh proceedings. The decision of the Court of Appeal in Hollingsworth v Humphrey did not address declarations, specific performance or damages other than under contract. Whether its impact was limited to the [...]

February 17, 2012   Posted in: Case Reports  No Comments

Financial Services Law: Interim Injunctions and Freezing Orders – 21/12/11

The FSA published a press release announcing it had secured interim injunctions and freezing orders at the High Court against nine firms, including St Clair Estates Ltd, OFG Investments Ltd, Option Land UK Ltd, and GIG Properties Ltd. The injunctions prohibit the firms from selling plots of land on a specific site at Winkleigh Airfield [...]

February 16, 2012   Posted in: Case Reports  No Comments

SeaWorld sued by ‘enslaved’ killer whales

One historic case opened this week as 5 killer whales were named as plaintiffs in a case against Sea World. The five incredible plaintiffs are now known to be Tilikum and Katina from SeaWorld Orlando and Kasatka, Corky, and Ulises from SeaWorld San Diego. The buzz all started when the People for the Ethical Treatment [...]

February 14, 2012   Posted in: News  No Comments

Insurance Law: Teal Ass. Co. Limited v W.R.Berkley Ins. (Europe) Limited & Anr (CA) 15/12/11

The Black and Veatch insurance programme consisted of a tower of insurance contracts providing it with worldwide cover for any one claim (and in annual aggregate) of US$60 million in excess of the deductible and self insured retention. The first layer was written by Lexington Insurance. Above this were three further layers of excess of [...]

February 10, 2012   Posted in: Case Reports  No Comments

Construction Law: Leander Construction v Mulalley and Co Ltd [2011] EWHC 3449 (TCC)

This case concerned whether a sub-contract allowed the main contractor (Mulalley) to claim from the sub-contractor (Leander) if the sub-contractor’s actions interfered with the progress of the main contract works. Mulalley issued withholding notices for delays by Leander, which Leander challenged in these proceedings. Leander argued that the sub-contract did not contain an express obligation [...]

February 9, 2012   Posted in: Case Reports  No Comments

Caution on Twitter urged as tourists barred from US

“Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America.”- this is the tweet posted by Leigh Van Bryan that alerted the US Security to take action. The 26 year old Irish national together with his companion Emily Bunting were taken into custody and questioned for 5 hours upon their arrival at Los Angeles [...]

February 7, 2012   Posted in: News  No Comments

Employment Law : O’Cathail v Transport for London EAT

The Tribunal should not have refused the Claimant’s application for a second adjournment on the basis of ill-health. Where the Claimant’s presence is needed for a fair hearing, but he is blamelessly unable to attend, the tribunal should usually grant an adjournment. The tribunal is entitled to be satisfied that the inability to attend is [...]

February 3, 2012   Posted in: Case Reports  No Comments

Professional Negligence Law: Chapper v Jackson (Ch) 21/12/11

An application against a trustee in bankruptcy that he pay £200,000 to the estate as loss alleged to have been occasioned by the sale of a property at an undervalue failed. Following proceedings relating to the property the court ordered that it should sold for not less than £650,000. That was the price at which [...]

February 2, 2012   Posted in: Case Reports  No Comments

Cat Chaos Grounds Canadian Flight for Hours

What would happen if a cat escaped and decided to run around a huge commercial flight to Canada? It’s utter chaos. This is what the passengers of Air Canada Flight 603 from Halifax to Toronto experienced when a cat accidentally escaped its carrying case and decided to run all over the plane. According to the [...]

January 31, 2012   Posted in: News  No Comments