Gordon Brown has promised a co-ordinated effort as more floods cause havoc in parts of Britain.
Yarmouth Coastguard has sent a team of Coastguard Rescue Officers and Coastguard vehicles at the request of Lincolnshire Police dealing with flooding in the county.
The Coastguard Rescue Helicopter Whiskey Bravo has returned to base on the South coast after airlifting 15 people stranded by flood waters in Welford On Avon, near Stratford.
A lone Norwegian sailor has been rescued from a life raft today after his yacht sank 48 miles North West of the Isles of Scilly.
MSC Napoli container ship has been successfully separated with minimal loss of residual heavy oil.
Following the motion to revoke the Home Information Pack (No. 2) Regulations 2007, the Government are placing their response on record.
A number of debates have taken place over the past year about home...
The Coastguard Rescue Helicopter Whiskey Bravo based at Portland on the South Coast is on its way to Gloucester to assist with the evacuation of people from flooding in the Tewkesbury and Evesham area. There have...
This application under CPR Part 24 raises a point of principle arising out of the recent decision of the House of Lords in Melville Dundas Ltd. (In Receivership) & Ors. -v- George Wimpey (UK) Ltd. & Anr. [2007...
I must now decide who must pay the costs of these actions. They are, not surprisingly, very substantial. I say not surprisingly because escitalopram is a product of enormous commercial significance. As I explained...
I now need to deal with the costs of the action. There are four elements which I need to concern myself with: the costs of the amendment; the method of treatment; obviousness and general costs. Merck accept that...
The claimant (TNEB) is the State Electricity Board for the State of Tamil Nadu. Its principal objective is to generate, transmit and distribute electrical power. The defendant (ST-CMS) is an Indian incorporated...
On 11th May 2007, after a trial lasting 52 days, this court gave judgment for NWB on its claim, yet to be finally quantified, but said to amount to £5.5 million, and dismissed Rabobank's counterclaim, said...
The substitution of Conditional Fee Agreements ("CFAs") for legal aid for most personal injury claims gave rise to a number of schemes that were sold to potential claimants on the basis that if their claim were ...
Oldham Signs Ltd Pension and Life Assurance Scheme ("the Scheme") was constituted with effect from 6th April 1989 by an Interim Trust Deed ("the Interim Trust Deed") dated 20th February 1989 made between Oldham ...
This is an appeal brought by Mobile Export 365 Limited ("Mobile") and Shelford IT Limited ("Shelford") against an interlocutory decision of the VAT and Duties Tribunal ("the Tribunal") (Chairman: Dr David Williams...
THE DEPUTY HIGH COURT JUDGE: On 3 April 2007, Forbes J ordered this case to be considered on a "rolled-up" basis at an expedited hearing. He also granted interim relief and made various other directions. When...
MR JUSTICE MITTING: There has existed for many years a disagreement between householders to whose properties access is gained by Old Roar Road, St-Leonards-on-Sea and the owners of the land on which Old Roar Road...
By this application for judicial review, the Community of the Many Names of God ("the Community") seek to quash the two relevant decisions of the Welsh Assembly Government ("the Government") and prevent a bullock...
Cinderford is a small town in the Forest of Dean. In what is now within the designated town centre is the Cinderford Rugby and Sports Club which, as its name suggests, includes a rugby ground. The claimants...
These two claims have been heard together because they each depend upon the true construction of Regulation 24 of the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000 as amended (the 2000 Regulations). The ...