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08 December 2017
Issue: 7773 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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R (on the application of SD) v Chief Constable Of North Yorkshire and another [2017] EWCA Civ 1838, [2017] All ER (D) 169 (Nov)

The defendant, the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police and the judge had both erred in the way they had balanced the interests of children, a vulnerable group, against the right of the claimant in failing to have regard to a relevant consideration. The Court of Appeal Civil Division allowed the claimant’s app eal and quashing the entry in the enhanced criminal records certificate in relation to the claimant.

European Community

Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v Visa Europe Services LLC and others [2017] EWHC 3047 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 17 (Dec)

The defendants’ (together, Visa’s) multilateral interchange fee for Visa payment card transactions in the UK did not restrict competition within the meaning of art 101(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Commercial Court so held in dismissing a claim brought by Sainsbury’s Supermarkets for a declaration and for damages of £148,636,686.

Fatal accident—Action

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A discount on damages does not automatically mean an equivalent haircut for legal costs in military deafness claims
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