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President Donald J. Trump v Orbis Business Intelligence Limited [2024]
President Donald J. Trump v Orbis Business Intelligence Limited [2024] EWHC 173 (KB) In June 2016, Orbis Business Intelligence Limited (Orbis), an English company specialising in strategic intelligence and investigative services, was engaged by a US consultancy on behalf of a US law firm. The objective was to gather intelligence on any Russian efforts to […]
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Elliott v Hattens Solicitors (a firm) [2021] EWCA Civ 720
In Elliott v Hattens Solicitors (a firm) [2021] EWCA Civ 720 the court considered the preliminary issue at trial of the question of whether or not the claim brought by Mrs Elliott (‘the Respondent’), against her solicitors, Hatten Solicitors (‘the Appellant’), was outside the limitation period for bringing a claim. The answer would depend upon […]
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Reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance(Provision for Family and Dependants)Act 1975
Miles & Shearer v Shearer [2021] EWHC 1000 (Ch) is a claim that was brought against the estate of Anthony Presley Shearer by his two adult daughters Juliet and Lauretta. At the time of the action Juliet was 40 years old and Lauretta 39 years old. The claimants brought an action against the estate seeking […]