Simon Butler led Anirudh Mandagere in the Court of Appeal yesterday in Roberts v Jones. The Court of Appeal was sitting in Swansea County Court. The significant issues in this appeal concern the operation of CPR 71 and the civil enforcement regime, as well as the relevance of contempt in family court proceedings to civil proceedings.
The matter was referred to Simon and Anirudh through Advocate. Both barristers made submissions to the Court of Appeal.
Following the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C 629/24, MH v Costa Crociere SpA we ask whether the basis for claims against sea and air carriers will now shift from the Athens and Montreal Conventions (with their two…
Section 96 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 implements a proposal of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse by introducing new provisions into the Limitation Act 1980 in relation to claims for child sexual abuse. Paul Stagg KC (who successfully defended the claims…
Giles Bedloe successfully concluded the prosecution in Operation Orientation, a case widely reported in the media (including the BBC and The Independent), at Winchester Crown Court on the 5th of June 2026 The defendant, Anwar Ashraf, was convicted of attempted murder in April for stabbing his…
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