The authorities were convinced, and within a month Zahraa had her asylum claim upheld.
Calling the McCourts "a couple of blaguards," Mr. Scanlon said they had also neglected to pay royalties for post-Pulitzer productions of the show, a claim upheld by the judge.
Mr. Spitzer's claim, upheld in a January 2001 ruling by Justice Gans, whose court is in New York City, said the company had led consumers to believe that the fire hazard in a faulty switch could not be fixed.
He wrote: "The man described by Ian Kershaw, the leading historian of the Hitler years, as 'the most significant English clergyman of the 20th century', is now being ruined by an anonymous, unpublished claim, upheld by a non-court which won't explain its decision.
In a landmark ruling in 2007 the Supreme Court of Canada rejected that claim, upholding the Manitoba Employment Board's decision that managers with limited supervisory responsibilities must be paid overtime.
Ryanair continued to dig its heels in, despite Wragg finally going to the small claims court – where his claim was upheld.
This approach to investor claims was upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in August.
Lyon might decide that the appropriate parallel is the case of Jeremy Browne, whose contested claims were upheld by Sir Paul Kennedy.
It had come as a shock that Varnish's claims were upheld, he said: "It hit me a little bit [from] left field, that one.
