BSB’s regulatory assessment: the challenge of change – Legal Services Board

“The Legal Services Board publishes today its assessment of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) performance in the legal services sector. This performance review of the BSB’s regulatory functions represents a baseline on which future regulatory performance can be judged. It also reinforces the continuing importance the LSB attaches to improving regulatory performance. ”

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Legal Services Board, 29th May 2013

Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk

The Intellectual Property Bill – NIPC Law

Posted May 29th, 2013 in bills, intellectual property, news, patents, reports by sally

“In Digital Opportunity, A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth Professor Ian Hargreaves made 10 recommendations for IP policy which I discussed at length in “IP Policy: Does Hargreaves say Anything New?” 24 June 2011. Some of those recommendations required primary legislation. Others did not. As I said in my article, Hargreaves was not the first review of IP policy in recent years and most of the previous ones had been left to gather dust. I suspected the same would happen to Hargreaves.”

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NIPC Law, 28th May 2013

Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk

Regina (Hemming (t/a Simply Pleasure Ltd and others) v Westminster City Council – WLR Daily

Regina (Hemming (t/a Simply Pleasure Ltd and others) v Westminster City Council [2013] EWCA Civ 591; [2013] WLR (D) 203

“Since the coming into force of the Provision of Services Regulations 2009 a local authority was not permitted, when determining the reasonable licence fee for sex establishments, to reflect in the fee which it determined the cost of enforcing the licensing system against unlicensed operators.”

WLR Daily, 24th May 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Ampurius Nu Homes Holdings Ltd v Telford Homes (Creekside) Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted May 29th, 2013 in appeals, construction industry, contracts, delay, law reports by sally

Ampurius Nu Homes Holdings Ltd v Telford Homes (Creekside) Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 577; [2013] WLR (D) 202

“In determining whether a breach of a contract had been repudiatory an important factor to be taken into account was whether, although serious, the breach had been remedied before the injured party had purported to exercise a right of termination of the contract. Likewise, if there had been delay in performance of an ongoing obligation, it might be possible for the delay to be made up by faster performance. The court had to consider the position as at the date when the injured party purported to terminate. In the absence of time being of the essence, delay would only become a repudiatory breach if it were so prolonged as to frustrate the contract.”

WLR Daily, 23rd May 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

High Court: failure to comply with rules likely to result in “severe sanctions” – Litigation Futures

Posted May 29th, 2013 in civil procedure rules, news, practice directions, sanctions by sally

“The High Court has issued a fresh warning that it will take a ‘very much stricter view’ of the failure to comply with directions in the post-Jackson world.”

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Litigation Futures, 29th May 2013

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

‘Lad mags’ legal action warning to retailer – BBC News

Posted May 29th, 2013 in complaints, media, news, pornography, sex discrimination by sally

“Pressure groups have warned British retailers they could face legal action if they display magazines showing naked and near-naked images on their covers.”

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BBC News, 27th May 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Leading barristers warn over legal aid cuts – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 29th, 2013 in barristers, budgets, judicial review, legal aid, news by sally

“Dozens of Britain’s leading barristers have warned that reforms of the legal aid system by Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, will ‘seriously undermine the rule of law’.”

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Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Home Office pledge to review ‘excessive’ time spent on bail is ignored by Government – The Independent

Posted May 29th, 2013 in bail, budgets, news, prosecutions, statistics, time limits by sally

“The Home Office has been accused of going back on a promise to tackle the ‘excessive duration’ of police bail, after new figures showed that more than 3,000 people have waited six months for a decision on charges.”

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The Independent, 28th May 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Airport expansion on ‘vital’ nature reserve to be challenged in court – The Independent

Posted May 29th, 2013 in airports, environmental protection, inquiries, news, nuclear power, planning by sally

“Controversial plans for a major extension to an airport which sits next to one of Britain’s most important nature reserves – as well as a nuclear power station – are to be challenged in court, it was announced today.”

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The Independent, 28th May 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Lucy Meadows coroner tells press: ‘shame on you’ – The Guardian

Posted May 29th, 2013 in coroners, inquests, media, news, suicide by sally

“A coroner told the press ‘shame on all of you’ as he ruled that a primary school teacher had killed herself after her gender reassignment became national news.”

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The Guardian, 28th May 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk