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BN66 - the road to Judicial Review

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    Originally posted by nuffsaid View Post
    Presumeable you can come and go as you please (i.e we don't have to arrive at a specific time to get in)?


    PS. Google maps get the location wrong, they're here http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...67%2C-0.113141
    Technically yes, but we don't want too many distractions - we want our case heard!
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      Glad to see we have the same judge that granted the JR. He's aware of the case history etc.

      Good luck to all. I can not attend but will be glued to this forum !

      LL

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        Originally posted by Emigre View Post
        Looks like the first on the list is for some kind of direction ie they will be over and done with in a few minutes - we had one of those at the last Hearing.
        I have spoken to our legal team and the Court has advised that the first hearing (Nursing And Midwifery Council v Akinleye) is scheduled to only last 15 minutes.

        Therefore, we should be on at 10:30

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          Originally posted by Lazylobster View Post
          Glad to see we have the same judge that granted the JR. He's aware of the case history etc.

          Good luck to all. I can not attend but will be glued to this forum !

          LL
          I seem to recall he had very little hesitation in granting the JR as well. He knows there is a very serious issue at that heart of this that needs a judgement. Bearing in mind that he is judging the legality of the retrospection as opposed to the scheme (not that the scheme was in anyway illegal, just that the waters are not muddied), I think this is very good news. We don't have a HMRC stooge.

          Personally, I'm looking forward to this. At long last we get our say, and no longer have to take the lies and smears spread by the likes of lurch. I hope that HMRC and the Government are humiliated. And I hope when the dust settles, that some of them will be taken to task on how they have abused their position and their power.

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            Originally posted by DonkeyRhubarb View Post
            I have spoken to our legal team and the Court has advised that the first hearing (Nursing And Midwifery Council v Akinleye) is scheduled to only last 15 minutes.

            Therefore, we should be on at 10:30

            Does anyone know if the court officials will be taking official notes of the proceedings so that we afterwards we can review in detail what each side has said.

            If not can we take tape recordings of the proceedings on our mobiles etc.

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              Originally posted by seadog View Post
              Does anyone know if the court officials will be taking official notes of the proceedings so that we afterwards we can review in detail what each side has said.

              If not can we take tape recordings of the proceedings on our mobiles etc.
              Don't know the answer to the 1st point. As for the second, I don't think you allowed to use recording devices in the court room.

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                Originally posted by seadog View Post
                Does anyone know if the court officials will be taking official notes of the proceedings so that we afterwards we can review in detail what each side has said.

                If not can we take tape recordings of the proceedings on our mobiles etc.
                Stripey suit for you if you start recording or taking pictures.

                There is a Court stenographer present but I'm not sure how long it is before the transcripts are available - may be several weeks, don't know.
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                  50 people going

                  http://forums.contractoruk.com/accou...al-review.html



                  PS. Hopefully Court No 2 is one of the bigger ones.
                  Last edited by DonkeyRhubarb; 18 January 2010, 16:25. Reason: PS

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                      I've stumbled upon this thread only today! Well done to all of you and especially DR.

                      Working in Southbank so should be able to attend at least for a couple of hours each day. In fact I turned up there an hour ago and found Court 2 locked up. Someone explained to me that I've got my dates mixed up. Doh.

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