Judicial Immunity in UK Law
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Speak No Evil: Section 236 Examinees And Immunity From Suit
... ... in the course of a section 236 examination ... Accordingly, the question arose as to whether the examination ... was a "judicial proceeding" for the purposes of the ... witness immunity rule, and whether the examinee was merely giving ... information (which would not attract ... ...
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UK Antitrust Authority Seeks Powers to Increase Merger Scrutiny, Issue Sectoral Interim Regulations and Weaken Judicial Accountability
On 21 February 2019, the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), at the U.K. government’s request, set out ‘wide-ranging and radical’ proposals to reshape U.K. competition enforcement and con...... ... Weakening judicial review and civil-immunity for CMA actions: the CMA asks that its actions be immunized from civil liability and, in particular, defamation, allowing it to have robust ... ...
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Skadden Discusses UK Antitrust Authority’s Proposals for More Scrutiny and Weaker Judicial Review
On February 21, 2019, the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), at the U.K. government’s request, set out “wide-ranging and radical” proposals to reshape U.K. competition enforcement and co...
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UK Antitrust Authority Seeks Powers To Increase Merger Scrutiny, Issue Sectoral Interim Regulations And Weaken Judicial Accountability
... ... Weakening judicial review and civil-immunity for CMA actions: the CMA asks that its actions be immunized from civil liability and, in particular, defamation, allowing it to have robust ... ...
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Insolvency Team ' Recent Insolvency Case Update
... ... re-amendments correspondingly had no prospect of success ... Immunity from suit requires a context-specific approach. The ... High Court's view - that s 236 examinations were investigative ... and not judicial in their nature - was wrong. Its application of ... the Trapp v Mackie ... ...
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Insolvency Team ' Recent Insolvency Case Update
... ... re-amendments correspondingly had no prospect of success ... Immunity from suit requires a context-specific approach. The ... High Court's view - that s 236 examinations were investigative ... and not judicial in their nature - was wrong. Its application of ... the Trapp v Mackie ... ...
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Oil, Gas & Energy Disputes: Trends in Tough Times - Part 2*
... ... As a result, and by a process of judicial interpretation, absolute immunity has given way (in various countries, ... ...
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New Fault Lines In International Cartel Enforcement And Administration Of Leniency Programs - Disclosure Of Immunity Applicant Statements
... ... whether information is to be disclosed in the ACCC's / an immunity applicant's favour, the precise ramifications of section 157B in light of judicial decisions like Prysmian remain uncertain." ... United States– Disclosure of proffer notes at trial ... Since 1993, with the adoption of the DOJ ... ...
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Witness Statements - Hersi v The Lord Chancellor
... ... Court considers the scope of the witness immunity principle ... Where a non-expert witness gives evidence in court ... is that its claim is based on what the witness did not say in the judicial proceedings, rather than what he/she did say: "To say that someone has not ... ...
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Immunity for criminal conduct in undercover investigations to be granted to a wide range of UK authorities
The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021 (the Act) received royal assent on 1 March 2021 but is yet to come into force. It will enable criminal conduct by a covert human in...
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