England and Wales Case Law

Cable News International Inc v Saima Bhatti

The claimant's employment had a sufficient connection with Great Britain from 1 March 2017 onwards, making her claims justiciable under UK employment legislation. The Employment Tribunal had international jurisdiction to determine the claims, as the Brussels Regulation did not bar jurisdiction and domestic law conferred it. Service of claim documents via the London bureau was sufficient.

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• Territorial scope of legislation
• International jurisdiction
• Forum
• Discrimination
• Unfair dismissal
• Equal pay

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Matthew Grimm v Government of USA

The High Court refused permission to appeal in an extradition case, rejecting arguments on dual criminality and forum under the Extradition Act 2003.

• Dual criminality
• Forum
• Mens rea
• Money laundering
• Conspiracy
• Extradition

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Grimm v Government of USA

Grimm v Government of USA [2024] EWHC 1460 (Admin) (13 June 2024)

The High Court refused permission to appeal in an extradition case, rejecting arguments on dual criminality and forum under the Extradition Act 2003.

• Dual criminality
• Mens rea
• Forum
• Extradition act 2003
• Extradition
• Dual-criminality

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Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd & Anor, R (on the application of) v HM Treasury & Anor

Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd & Anor, R (on the application of) v HM Treasury & Anor [2016] EWHC 279 (Admin) (17 February 2016)

Judicial review of the Restitution Interest Tax Provisions was stayed because the First-tier Tribunal was the appropriate forum to determine the legality challenge.

• Restitution interest tax provisions
• Judicial review procedure
• Alternative remedy
• Forum non conveniens
• Retrospective taxation
• Legal certainty

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Republic Of Rwanda v Brown & Ors

Republic Of Rwanda v Brown & Ors [2015] EW Misc B50 (EXTRADITION) (22 December 2015)

Extradition proceedings concerning Rwandan genocide allegations. The court ordered extradition for four respondents and barred Celestin Mutabaruka on double jeopardy grounds.

• Double jeopardy
• Extraneous considerations
• Passage of time
• Prima facie case
• Article 3 echr
• Article 6 echr

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Reeve v Reeve

On a renewed permission application, the Court of Appeal held the Family Division was the proper forum and granted permission to appeal.

• Constructive trust
• Proprietary estoppel
• Abuse of process
• Pre-action disclosure
• Stay of sale
• Permission-to-appeal

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Reeve v Reeve

Reeve v Reeve [2015] EWCA Civ 616 (19 May 2015)

The Court of Appeal granted permission to appeal in a family-property dispute, finding arguable error in the judge’s forum choice and possible procedural unfairness.

• Jurisdiction
• Constructive trust
• Proprietary estoppel
• Pre-action disclosure
• Abuse of process
• Procedural fairness

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