http://www.bllaw.co.uk/ The latest Privy Council news from Blake Lapthorn en Thu, 17 May 2012 03:08:02 GMT @copyright Blake Lapthorn 0 http://www.bllaw.co.uk http://www.bllaw.co.uk/images/templateimages/bl-logo.gif Our Privy Council team highlights recently revised guidance on court dress in the Privy Council. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/privy_council_dress_code.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/privy_council_dress_code.aspx Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Our Privy Council team looks at the case of DPP v AA Bholah in which the Board had to consider whether the anti-Money Laundering Provisions in Mauritius contravened the Mauritian Constitution. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/money_laundering_provisions.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/money_laundering_provisions.aspx Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Our Privy Council team highlights a case that considered whether the absence of the judge from the jurisdiction and the fact that the judgment was delivered in his absence after a delay was a breach of the Mauritian Constitution. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/mauritius_privy_council.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/mauritius_privy_council.aspx Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Our Privy Council team look at the recent decision in an appeal in the Privy Council from the Court of Appeal of Bermuda, which considered the court's power to strike out appeals for abuse of process. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/power_to_strike_out_appeals.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/power_to_strike_out_appeals.aspx Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Our Privy Council team summarises the Privy Council's review of whether continuation of employment acts as a waiver where the employer changes an employment contract and the change was too minor to be repudiatory. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/continuation_of_employment.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/continuation_of_employment.aspx Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT In a recent case, the Privy Council concludes no error was made in using the 'comparables' method for valuing land for the purposes of taxation of the gain. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/land_valuation_systems.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/land_valuation_systems.aspx Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Our Privy Council team reviews the recent decision in an appeal from the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands that considered the equitable jurisdiction of the court to appoint receivers over the powers of revocation. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/powers_of_revocation.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/powers_of_revocation.aspx Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Lord Rodger, one of the finest legal minds of his generation and one of two Scottish judges who sat in the House of Lords and thereafter in the Supreme Court, has died. His passing is a great loss to the law. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/lord_rodger_of_earlsferry.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/lord_rodger_of_earlsferry.aspx Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Our Privy Council team look at the decision in the recent Privy Council case of Jervis v Skinner, which considers the issue of delay in issuing a judgment and situations where the Privy Council will disturb findings of fact by the lower courts. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/findings_of_fact_and_delay.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/privy_council/news_and_updates/findings_of_fact_and_delay.aspx Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Our Commercial Litigation team outlines the procedure for enforcing foreign judgements and arbitration awards. http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/litigation_dispute_resolution/news_and_updates/enforcing_foreign_judgments.aspx http://www.bllaw.co.uk/services_for_businesses/litigation_dispute_resolution/news_and_updates/enforcing_foreign_judgments.aspx Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT