In re Tambrook Jersey Ltd: HSBC Bank plc v Tambrook Jersey Ltd: [2013] EWCA 576; [2013] WLR (D) 193
“The English court could ‘assist’ a foreign insolvency court for the purposes of section 426(4) of the Insolvency Act 1986 where there were no existing insolvency proceedings in the foreign jurisdiction.”
WLR Daily, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
SS (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: [2013] EWCA Civ 550; [2013] WLR (D) 192
“A claim under article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms made in reliance on the interests of a child with British citizenship by a foreign criminal seeking to resist deportation under section 32 of the UK Borders Act 2007 needed to be very strong to prevail given the pressing public interest in removal and the great weight to be attached to the policy of deporting foreign criminals by virtue of its origin in primary legislation. Only in extremely rare circumstances should a tribunal exercise an inquisitorial function on its own initiative in evaluating the interests of such a child.”
WLR Daily, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A High Court judge says there is a ‘real determination’ among judges to embrace their new ‘project management’ role, and dismissed fears that they are not ready for the Jackson reforms.”
Litigation Futures, 24th May 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“RE F (CHILDREN) 14 May 2013, Court of Appeal – A topical case, this, given legal aid cutbacks. It concerns the ability of unrepresented litigants to choose those to help them out as advocates in court. Not an unconstrained right, as this case demonstrates. The High Court ruled that a judge had been entitled to refuse an application for a particular person to act as a McKenzie friend despite that individual not being present in court at the time of the application. The Court of Appeal upheld that decision.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th May 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The date when a claim for cross border group relief is made should form the basis of a decision about one of the tests for granting that relief under EU law and not the date of the end of the accounting period in which the claim was made, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Vicki Helyar-Cardwell reports on a recent debate among criminal justice experts.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 18th May 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
“Families will suffer catastrophic effects and victims of domestic violence may be forced to return to their abusers, it will be argued in the first test cases challenging the government’s imposition of a £500-a-week cap on benefits. A judge has already given permission for a full judicial review of claims that involve four vulnerable families relying on welfare payments. One household is facing imminent eviction, according to documents filed at the high court.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Some of the most prominent victims of phone-hacking have written to the culture secretary, Maria Miller, urging her to reject the royal charter proposed by the press industry, saying that it is unacceptable for ‘those responsible for the damage to our lives and the lives of others [to] seek to shrug off responsibility and once again write their own rulebook.’ ”
The Guardian, 24th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A pregnant woman with severe mental health problems is expected to have an abortion after a High Court judge ruled that she was capable of making the decision.”
The Independent, 21st May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“In 2010 Telford police allowed cameras to start filming what was to become one of the biggest child sex abuse cases in the UK.”
Channel 4 Dispatches, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.channel4.com
“A mother of eight has been found guilty of fraudulently receiving more than £350,000 in benefits and tax credits.”
BBC News, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A new report into the child sex grooming scandal in Rochdale is a ‘damning indictment’ of the local council, the town’s MP said.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A geography teacher has been banned from teaching indefinitely after she
‘romantically pursued’ a pupil for almost two years.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Anthony White admitted fraud over mortgages, but analysis seems to show problems that senior judges failed to spot.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients at his surgery has been jailed for 12 years.”
BBC News, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men have been jailed for life for shooting the stepson of gangland celebrity and author Dave Courtney.”
The Independent, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Panorama investigation reveals how police, politicians, lawyers and judges all played a part in burying the truth about Britain’s worst football disaster.
Never-before-broadcast footage of the FA Cup semi-final in which 96 Liverpool fans died reveals a catastrophic failure by the emergency services, how lives might have been saved and how subsequent inquiries were misled.
And a former home secretary and former police chiefs are put on the spot about why a succession of official investigations left the truth hidden for a generation.”
BBC Panorama, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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