Each of the appeals sought to question the court's interpretation and application of CPR Rule 3.9 which provides for parties to make
application for relief against sanctions.
Not exact matches
(a) Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights secured by this title, and that the pattern or practice is of such a nature and is intended to deny the full exercise of the rights herein described, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the United States by filing with it a complaint (1) signed by him (or in his absence the Acting Attorney General), (2) setting forth facts pertaining to such pattern or practice, and (3) requesting such preventive
relief, including an
application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or other order
against the person or persons responsible
for such pattern or practice, as he deems necessary to insure the full enjoyment of the rights herein described.
(a) Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights secured by this title, and that the pattern or practice is of such a nature and is intended to deny the full exercise of the rights herein described, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the United States by filing with it a complaint (1) signed by him (or in his absence the Acting Attorney General), (2) setting forth facts pertaining to such pattern or practice, and (3) requesting such
relief, including an
application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or other order
against the person or persons responsible
for such pattern or practice, as he deems necessary to insure the full enjoyment of the rights herein described.
Permission to appeal
against ancillary
relief orders (after Barder v Barder (Caluori intervening)[1988] AC 20, [1987] 2 FLR 480, HL) has been in the reports recently; but in two cases which only emphasise that,
for such an
application to succeed, the circumstances must be exceptional.
LawPRO, on behalf of Mr. Singer, proceeded
against Stewart Title by way of an
application for an interpretation of the exception from coverage clause relied upon to deny coverage and, in the alternative,
for a
relief from forfeiture.
Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Hicks [2010] EWHC 2568 Appeared on behalf of RBS on successful
applications for injunctive
relief against the former owners of Liverpool Football Club.
There can be no doubt that the Court of Appeal's warning
against opportunism and the threat of the imposition of heavy costs sanctions
for the unreasonable refusal of extensions or the unreasonable oppositions of
applications for relief will make practitioners think twice.
As a pupil, Zac was also involved in: R (on the
application of RWE Generation UK Plc) v Gas and Electricity Markets Authority [2016] 1 CMLR 17, a challenge
against a decision modifying the charges imposed on users of the National Grid (as a pupil assisting Gerard Rothschild); Speed Medical Examination Services Ltd v Secretary of State
for Justice [2015] EWHC 3585, a judicial review challenging reforms to the process
for handling whiplash claims (as a pupil assisting Gerard Rothschild); and an
application for interim
relief by a company that had been redesignated under a European Union sanctions regime (as a pupil assisting Maya Lester).
The training was facilitated by the Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, Connecticut Coalition
Against Domestic Violence, Robinson + Cole, and Statewide Legal Services
for attorneys interested in representing victims of domestic abuse applying
for civil restraining orders (
applications for relief from abuse) under Conn..
[2015] EWHC 473 (Ch)
Application for permission to continue a derivative action, seeking
relief against directors
for alleged diversion of corporate opportunities
Obtaining urgent injunctive
relief,
for example in relation to employee fraud and making
applications for judicial review
against public authorities and central government
The court held that the NPO made
against the UAE bank should be set aside on the basis that the court did not have jurisdiction to permit service out of the jurisdiction of an
application for Norwich Pharmacal
relief.
The decision also contains important messages about the nature of the evidence necessary to support an
application for interim springboard
relief and the extent of the English court's jurisdiction when tort claims are asserted
against non-domicile employee defendants.
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (Peter Freeman QC) has rejected an urgent
application by Flynn Pharma
for interim
relief against the CMA's decision that Flynn should reduce its prices of Phenytoin capsules with effect from Monday.
His commercial work focuses on claims
against former employees and directors, including
applications for urgent injunctive
relief.
Patrick's commercial work focuses on claims
against former employees and directors, including
applications for urgent injunctive
relief.
The appellants brought an action
against their next door neighbour seeking injunctive
relief and damages
for: (i) invasion of privacy arising from video and audio cameras which they say were trained on their property; (ii) nuisance arising from outside speakers, floodlights and the occasional errant hockey puck; (iii) trespass arising primarily from the construction of two fences; and (iv) abuse of process arising from an
application for a peace bond made by the respondents before a justice of the peace.
In the High Court, Patrick regularly makes and resists
applications for interim
relief against current and former employees and directors.