Abandonment meaning

Misuse of private information claim based on broadbrush allegations fails (Hussain & others v Rahman & others) Hussain and others v Rahman and others [2024] EWHC 116 (KB) What are the practical implications of this case? An appraisal of the evidence led the court to determine that the second claimant’s choice to halt the third claimant’s proceedings against the defendants arose from the pressures of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and his health anxieties in March 2020, decisively dismissing the claimants’ contention that intimidation by the defendants prompted the abandonment of the action. The court reaffirmed adherence to the approach articulated in Murray v Express Newspapers plc [2009] Ch 481 when assessing whether private information has been misused. On these facts, the court concluded that the first claimant—a young woman from a traditional Muslim household who had sought to shield her social activities from the relatively illiberal strictures of family expectation—had a reasonable expectation of privacy over photographs depicting her dressed in Western clothing and embracing a non-Muslim boyfriend....

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On 26 August 2025, the IUMI stated that underwriters might be viewed as facilitating human rights abuses committed by their commercial policyholders. Modern slavery is an expansive concept that includes forced labour, debt bondage and human trafficking. The IUMI highlighted that seafarers face particular danger because many hail from economically disadvantaged regions, endure exploitative recruitment practices and have limited routes to justice. It added that insurers must exercise enhanced due diligence to ensure they are not in any way complicit in sustaining modern slavery. 'Although they may not be directly involved...

CASE HUB ARCHIVED –this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the abandonment of the transaction on 13 June 2016; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline and commentary. Case facts Outline UK merger review of Clariant’s intended purchase of the Kilfrost Group’s European aircraft de-icing fluid and rail de-icing fluid business. The deal presented a horizontal overlap in the supply of aircraft de-/anti-icing fluids. Latest developments On 13 June 2016, the CMA stated the investigation was cancelled after the parties chose to abandon the deal. On 10 June 2016, the parties had announced their decision to withdraw following the CMA’s provisional findings and the expectation that the transaction would have been prohibited. Parties Clariant AG: a Swiss-based speciality chemicals company, headquartered near Basle, operating in 150 countries worldwide. Kilfrost plc: a UK-based firm in Newcastle specialising in heating and cooling products. The target business is Kilfrost’s European aircraft de-icing fluid and rail de-icing fluid operations. Kilfrost’s...

This Practice Note is the third in a three-part series on health care procurement under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), brought into effect by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (PSR Regs 2023), SI 2023/1348, effective from 1 January 2024. It addresses: standstill period contract award contract modifications urgent awards/modifications contract management termination Standstill period A contract arranged using the: direct award process C most suitable provider process competitive process framework agreement must not be concluded until the standstill period has ended. The standstill begins on the day after the notice of intention to make award is published on the central digital platform and must last for at least eight working days. This pause allows any service provider who is aggrieved, or who believes PSR Regs 2023 have not been observed, to send written representations to the relevant authority (RA), particularising their concerns, before the contract...

CASE HUB ARCHIVED This archive records the position as at the date the deal was abandoned on 16 December 2021 and is no longer being maintained. See further, timeline. Case facts Outline: European Commission merger inquiry into International Airlines Group’s proposed purchase of Air Europa (M.9637). The contemplated deal would create a horizontal overlap in the market for providing passenger air transport services. Latest developments On 16 December 2021, the parties withdrew the Commission notification and confirmed that the transaction had been abandoned. Parties International Airlines Group (IAG): Headquartered across Spain and the UK, IAG owns Spain’s flag carrier Iberia and the Spanish low-cost airline Vueling, as well as the UK flag carrier British Airways, Level, and Ireland’s flag carrier Aer Lingus. IAG ranks as Europe’s third-largest airline group, behind Ryanair and Lufthansa, and is the largest in Spain. Iberia belongs to the Oneworld alliance. Air Europa: Air Europa, currently part of Globalia, a Spanish tourism group, is Spain’s third-largest...

Was a tenancy created with this agreement? Because the term is under three years, a lease can still indeed be valid even though it was not executed as a deed. Therefore, a tenancy could have come into being based, provided there is exclusive possession (see commentary Halsburys Laws of England, 8. Nature of grant of exclusive possession), certainty of term, and payment of rent. The tenancy might also have been protected by the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) on the footing that it was a fixed term lasting more than six months in duration...