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Monthly Archives: June 2019

UK Law Weekly

Vedanta Resources PLC v Lungowe [2019] UKSC 20

Since 2005 it is alleged that the Nchanga Cooper Mine in Zambia has been pumping out toxic chemicals into the water supply and caused havoc for the local population who now demand compensation. As the parent company is domiciled in the UK the claimants initiated

Pleadings in Nevada Courts

This is a guest post from Zia Akhtar – LLB (Lon) LLM (Lon) Grays Inn Phd law Sussex Introduction The expertise of litigation lawyers comes equipped with the knowledge of  written pleadings, the responsibilities of the pleader; the form and structure of skeleton argument; relevancy

UK Law Weekly

R (Derry) v Commissioners for HMRC [2019] UKSC 19

What happens when a tax avoidance scheme runs a little too closely to what is within the bounds of the law? For Mr Derry this meant an unwelcome investigation from HMRC and a bill for almost £100,000. In this case we examine the judicial review