“If the High Court allowed residents of the UK’s largest illegal travellers’ site to escape eviction it would ‘send out the wrong signal’ to the nation, a judge was told today. A victory for the travellers of Dale Farm, near Basildon, Essex, ‘would strike to the very principles of the rule of law’, said a barrister representing Basildon Council.”
The Independent, 29th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The European Commission has threatened to take legal action against Britain if ministers do not water down rules limiting foreigners’ ability to claim benefits.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“New proposals to regulate how broadband is advertised have been called ‘disappointing’ by Ofcom and ‘a green light to mislead’ by consumer group Which?.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Mitchell, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 2030 (05 August 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Cambridge, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 2009 (2 August 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Egan v Basildon Borough Council [2011] EWHC 2416 (QB) (26 September 2011)
High Court (Family Division)
W v M & Ors [2011] EWHC 2443 (Fam) (28 September 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Williams and others v British Airways plc (Case C-155/10); [2011] WLR (D) 282
“An airline pilot was entitled, during his annual leave, not only to the maintenance of his basic salary, but also, first, to all the components intrinsically linked to the performance of the tasks which he was required to carry out under his contract of employment and in respect of which a monetary amount, included in the calculation of his total remuneration, was provided and, second, to all the elements relating to his personal and professional status as an airline pilot, pursuant to article 7 of Directive 2003/88/EC of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time and clause 3 of the Agreement annexed to Directive 2000/79/EC of 27 November 2000 concerning the European Agreement on the Organisation of Working Time of Mobile Workers in Civil Aviation, concluded by the Association of European Airlines, the European Transport Workers’ Federation, the European Cockpit Association, the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) and the International Air Carrier Association.”
WLR Daily, 15th September 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The High Court has found that the Secretary of State unlawfully detained a mentally ill foreign national who was awaiting deportation. By failing to notify the claimant of the deportation order in good time or to follow the Home Office’s own published policies on the detention of mentally ill persons, and by detaining the claimant in degrading conditions, the Secretary of State had breached Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment) and Article 5 (right to liberty and security of person) of the Convention.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 29th September 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Hogan Lovells’ Jerome Finnis dissects a surprise decision by the Court of Appeal regarding the nationality of arbitrators, and why the Supreme Court reversed it.”
Legal Week, 29th September 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Londoners hoping to rent out their homes during the Olympics are being warned they could be breaking the law and left facing a fine.”
BBC News, 28th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The prospect of the British man Shrien Dewani being flown to South Africa to face trial over the murder of his wife, Anni, moved a step closer when the home secretary signed an order for his extradition.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“State-imposed control of the internet is ‘inevitable’ if the conflict between the right to privacy and a free press is ever to be resolved, lawyers and journalists suggested last week at a Law Society public debate.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th September 2011
Source: www:lawgazette.co.uk
“The Government today insisted it had made no final decision on whether to increase the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims from 12 months to two years and was still considering responses to a consultation.”
The Independent, 28th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A four-year inquiry into £3.7m worth of ‘unreconciled’ spending on corporate credit cards by members of Scotland Yard has led to the conviction of six officers, and the disciplining of 34 others, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An 18-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering a man he arranged to meet for a sexual act.”
BBC News, 28th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The attorney general is to intervene in the controversy over cuts to family justice, according to the Times. Dominic Grieve is to tell Ken Clarke that the lord chancellor’s proposals would clog up the courts with unrepresented litigants.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Since the early 1990s it has been common place for ‘the ordinary domestic householder purchasing his own home’ to pursue the valuer contracted by the prospective mortgagee for negligent over-valuation.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 19th September 2011
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“Social landlords face a constant struggle trying to persuade heavily indebted tenants that paying rent is a priority over paying off the tenants’ bigger, more threatening creditors.”
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Zenith Chambers, 13th September 2011
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“The settlement of ordinary commercial disputes is familiar territory for all lawyers, and settlements rarely require any particular formalities beyond sufficient clarity as to the terms of the agreement. This is equally so for purely contractual disputes in the field of employment, but there the comparison stops. It is a basic principle of statutory employment rights that the parties cannot simply contract out of the rights, and therefore particular formality is needed to effect an enforceable settlement of any employment dispute where the employee may make a claim based on statutory employment rights.”
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11KBW, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.11kbw.com
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