14 Oct 2009 [2009] UKSC 1; [2009] 1 WLR 2353; [2010] 1 All ER 1; [2009] 4 Costs LR 695; [2009] WLR (D) 298; The Times, 19 October 2009; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Hope of Craighead DPSC, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood JJSC)
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[2009] UKSC 1; [2009] 1 WLR 2353; [2010] 1 All ER 1; [2009] 4 Costs LR 695; [2009] WLR (D) 298; The Times, 19 October 2009; Case details, SC(E)
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