“Andrew Pack, care lawyer with Brighton & Hove City Council, examines the routes available to a local authority to return a case to court if the care plan goes awry.”
Family Law Week, 10th April 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“There is growing anecdotal evidence that some UK firms are filtering out job candidates with foreign-sounding names”
The Guardian, 11th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A couple who carried out a fraudulent insurance scheme worth £900,000 used the money to put one of their children through a top public school.”
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“A guide to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation on criminal legal aid reform (Transforming Legal Aid: Delivering a more credible and efficient system) and price competitive tendering published earlier this week.”
LegalVoice, 11th April 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“The Strasbourg Court has ruled that a Somali national’s detention pending deportation was not lawful under domestic law.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 10th April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The former wife of the owner of Blarney Castle, where the Blarney Stone is kept, has won damages at the High Court after being branded as a ‘psycho’ who should be avoided.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Daily Telegraph have recently introduced a limited paywall. Users will be permitted to view 20 Daily Telegraph articles per month for free, after which they will need to pay a subscription fee to access content.
“Three men have been jailed for killing a mobile phone businessman in an attack in Coventry in November 2011.”
BBC News, 10th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government is facing the threat of a judicial review into its handling of an investigation into Barclays’ involvement in a state-backed loan scheme.”
The Guardian, 10th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Senior judges support a blanket ban on naming defendants, but public must understand there can be smoke without fire.”
The Guardian, 10th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Guidance on how employers should deal with requests made by employees in relation to religion or belief does not create new rights, but rather recommends ‘good practice’ to help employers comply with existing laws, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Children involved in family law cases will face extra uncertainty following a High Court ruling on the funding of expert witnesses, the Law Society has warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th April 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Three disabled people have this week launched a challenge in the high court against the government’s new personal independence payment (PIP) regulations, which replace disability living allowance (DLA). In particular, the three are challenging the government’s last-minute change to the PIP regulations. Up until Monday claimants who could not walk 50 metres were entitled to DLA. The new PIP regulations reduce the distance to only 20 metres.”
The Guardian, 10th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Proceedings against publishers and jury members should be the very ‘last measure’ taken where contempt of court is alleged, the judiciary has said in its response to a law commission consultation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th April 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has responded to today’s Ministry of Justice (‘MoJ’) announcement on legal aid.”
The Bar Council, 9th April
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Yesterday’s Criminal Bar Association message contains some unhelpful inaccuracies which the Bar Standards Board needs to correct.”
Bar Standards Board, 9th April 2013
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
“It was available to the Secretary of State for the Home Department to decline to serve on an individual a criminal judgment pursuant to a request from a foreign jurisdiction on the basis that the judgment had been obtained in flagrant breach of article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as to fair trial.”
WLR Daily, March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
McDaid v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2013] EWHC 586 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 132
“A professional conduct adjudication panel which had exceptionally decided to proceed in the absence of the accused was bound, in particular, to take reasonable steps to expose weaknesses in the case against the accused and to make such points on her behalf as the evidence permitted.”
WLR Daily, 21st March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Interflora Inc & Anor v Marks & Spencer Plc (Rev 1) [2013] EWCA Civ 319 (05 April 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
ZAM v CFW & Anor [2013] EWHC 662 (QB) (26 March 2013)
Houchin v Lincolnshire Probation Trust [2013] EWHC 794 (QB) (09 April 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Heifer International Ltd v Christiansen & Anor [2013] EWHC 721 (TCC) (09 April 2013)
Willmott Dixon Housing Ltd v Newlon Housing Trust [2013] EWHC 798 (TCC) (09 April 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
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