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Hussein & Ors v Hamilton Franks & Co Ltd & Anr (2013)
The Husseins the Applicants were a family who lived in the USA but were of British nationality. The mother and father were doctors. Although living in the States they retained substantial connections in the UK. The libel concerned a section on the website of Hamilton Franks & Co Ltd , the Respondents referred to as the “blacklist”
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Defamation. Peers vote for Low cost Arbritration service.
In a massive defeat for the government Ministers were taken by surprise as peers voted by 272 to 141 to introduce a low-cost arbitration system for victims of press defamation, one of the key recommendations of the Leveson report.
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Margin of error in surveyors and valuers negligence claims
In the case of Blemain Finance Ltd v E.Surv Ltd [2012] EWHC 3654 (TCC) the court considered the margin of error in surveyors and valuers claims.