Rolls Royce plc v Unite the Union [2009] EWCA Civ 387

Industrial Action: Government may challenge strike’s validity

Paul McFarlane and Louise Singh comment on the education secretary’s recent attempt to have proposed industrial action ruled unlawful ‘Courts may be willing to consider interventions by a secretary of state, who is not the employer, where they find this to be in the public interest.’ In The Secretary of State for Education v National …

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Banking: Show me the money

Daniela Vella examines the new Financial List: a ‘beacon’ for litigants? ‘Having a single judge, with the appropriate background, experience and understanding of complex financial structures, products and markets, dealing with a case from start to finish is a simple yet effective idea.’ In the second half of 2014 a group of judges from the …

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Rights Of Light: Timing is everything

Emma Humphreys and Richard Flenley examine a case highlighting the different considerations that apply when a court is considering a claim for an injunction and a claim for declaratory relief The defendants contended that the court should only grant an injunction or make a declaration in a quia timet action where the defendant is threatening …

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