EVENT: Hart Publishing – The Fourth Annual Jurisprudence Lecture

Posted December 13th, 2013 in Forthcoming events by sally

‘Hart Publishing is very pleased to announce that Professor Thomas Pink will deliver a lecture entitled: ‘Law and the normativity of obligation’ at the 4th Annual Jurisprudence Lecture.’

Date: 31st January 2014, 6.00pm

Location: Clement House, Room 6.02 at the London School of Economics

Charge: Free, registration required

More information can be found here.

EVENT: UCL CLP – Charitable Purposes and Activities

Posted December 13th, 2013 in Forthcoming events by sally

‘When determining whether a civil society organisation has charitable status, the orthodox position has it that the activities carried on in pursuit of its purposes are not relevant, save in very limited circumstances. This lecture will consider the extent to which this is correct, and whether the reluctance to consider the nature of the activities carried on by a potential charity should be revisited in light of the regulatory consequences of charitable status, outside of which the legal definition of charity has no real meaning.’

Date: 6th February 2014, 6.00pm

Location: UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG

Charge: Free, registration required

More information can be found here.

EVENT: Queen Mary – CCLS Open lectures: Ethics in Business and Finance: Ethics and the financial sector

Posted December 13th, 2013 in Forthcoming events by sally

‘The CCLS Open Lecture Series: Ethics in Business and Finance presents Dr Kara Tan Bhala, President of Seven Pillar Institute and University of Kansas, Ethics and the financial sector.’

Date: 30th January 2014, 2.00-4.00pm

Location: Lecture Theatre, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, 67-69 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3JB

Charge: See website for details

More information can be found here.

EVENT: UCL – Social & Legal Philosophy Colloquium: Justice in Immigration

Posted December 13th, 2013 in Forthcoming events by sally

‘This paper starts from the assumption that (legitimate) states have a general right to control their borders and decide who to admit as future citizens. These decisions, however, should be guided by principles of justice. But which principles? To answer this we have to analyse the multifaceted relationships that may hold between states and prospective immigrants, distinguishing on the one hand between those who are either inside or outside the state’s territory, and on the other between refugees, economic migrants and ‘particularity claimants’. The claims of refugees, stemming from their human rights, are powerful though limited in scope: they hold against receiving states generally rather than the specific one to which they apply for asylum. Economic migrants cannot claim a right to be admitted as such, but only a right to have legitimate criteria of selection applied to them. In the case of particularity claimants, such as those seeking redress for harms inflicted on them or reward for the services they have rendered to the state, the main question is why awarding a right to enter should be the appropriate response to their claims. The paper concludes by asking how far principles of justice can be used to establish priorities between these different categories of migrants.’

Date: 5th February 2014, 4.00-7.00pm

Location: UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG

Charge: Free, registration required

More information can be found here.

EVENT: Queen Mary – 9th Annual Avoir Fiscal EU Tax Conference

Posted December 13th, 2013 in Forthcoming events by sally

‘This is the ninth year that the anniversary of the Avoir Fiscal judgment has been celebrated with an EU Tax Conference.’

Date: 31st January 2014, 8.00am-7.30pm

Location: Lecture Theatre, Rotblat Building, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ

Charges: See website for details

More information can be found here.

EVENT: UCL – Social & Legal Philosophy Colloquium: Fidelity in Law’s Commonwealth

Posted December 13th, 2013 in Forthcoming events by sally

‘The rule of law promises protection and recourse against the arbitrary exercise of power. The guiding aim of the rule of law ideal is served when law’s rule extends to all forms of power in the polity, social as well as political. This paper argues that the rule of law takes hold in a polity only when law is planted firmly in a commonwealth of mutual faithfulness to the differentiated and interconnected responsibilities of fidelity to law. Law rules not only when government officials are held accountable for the discharge of their duties under law, but also when ordinary citizens structure their relationships by law and hold each other accountable to the common, public terms that the law provides.’

Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM (GMT)

Location: UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG

Charge: Free, registration required

More information can be found here.

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted December 13th, 2013 in legislation by sally

The Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

The Plant Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (Allocation of Allowances for Payment) Regulations 2013

The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) (Croatia Accession Amendment) Regulations 2013

The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) (London Underground Victoria Line 09TS Vehicles) Exemption Order 2013

The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2013

The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.8) Rules 2013

The Transfer of Functions Concerning School Lunches etc. (England) (Amendment) Order 2013

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consumer Credit) (Transitional Provisions) Order 2013

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Qualifying EU Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2013

The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013

Capital Requirements (Country-by-Country Reporting) Regulations 2013

The European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013

The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013

Capital Requirements (Country-by-Country Reporting) Regulations 2013

The European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013

The Education (Fees and Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

The Double Taxation Relief (China) Order 2013

The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Norway) Order 2013

The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Albania) Order 2013

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

In defence of the jury trial – Attorney General’s Office

Posted December 13th, 2013 in attorney general, juries, news, speeches, trials by sally

‘Speech on the jury system and the challenges it faces, given as part of Politeia’s justice series.’

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Attorney General’s Office, 12th December 2013

Source: www.gov.uk/ago

Aylesbury Vale District Council v Call a Cab Ltd and another – WLR Daily

Posted December 13th, 2013 in law reports, licensing, local government, taxis by sally

Aylesbury Vale District Council v Call a Cab Ltd and another [2013] EWHC 3765 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 482

‘Although the language of section 45(3) of the Local Government Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1976 made it a mandatory requirement that a local authority should give notice to each parish council in order to pass a resolution, if there was substantial compliance with the statutory provision, the resolution was not invalid.’

WLR Daily, 12th November 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Court of Appeal decision on limitation periods could have adverse consequences for contracting parties, says expert – OUT-LAW.com

Posted December 13th, 2013 in appeals, construction industry, contracts, limitations, news, time limits by sally

‘A recent court decision which changed the point at which the six years within which a contractor must begin litigation in the courts starts to run could lead to uncertainty for the successful party to an earlier adjudication, an expert has said.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 12th December 2013

Source: www.out-law.com

Asda car park death: Alan Watts guilty of manslaughter – BBC News

Posted December 13th, 2013 in assault, homicide, news, parking, self-defence by sally

‘A man has been jailed for five years for punching and killing another man during a row over a disabled space in a supermarket car park.’

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BBC News, 12th December 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Sons of man who left fortune to BNP in court battle to claim money – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 13th, 2013 in families, news, political parties, wills by sally

‘When English man died in Spain he bequeathed his entire estate worth £389,000 to the British National Party, court hears.’

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Daily Telegraph, 12th December 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Exclusive: High Court grants first post-Mitchell relief from sanctions – Litigation Futures

Posted December 13th, 2013 in civil procedure rules, news, time limits by sally

‘The relationship between justice and procedure “has not changed so as to transform rules and rule compliance into trip wires”, the High Court said this week in the first significant post-Mitchell ruling where relief from sanctions was granted.’

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Litigation Futures, 13th December 2013

Source: www.litigation.com

FGM: Britain’s first ever criminal charges could be brought as cases reopened – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 13th, 2013 in crime, female genital mutilation, news, prosecutions by sally

‘Home Office minister Norman Baker welcomes the development which could see charges brought for the first time against doctors and other individuals suspected of involvement in female genital mutilation.’

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Daily Telegraph, 12th December 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Trial judge rebukes David Cameron over remarks about Nigella Lawson – The Independent

Posted December 13th, 2013 in judges, news, trials by sally

‘The jury in the trial of two former personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has been told to disregard comments made by the Prime Minister David Cameron about the Domestic Goddess author.’

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The Independent, 12th December 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Official watchdog says university sex segregation plans ‘not permissible’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 13th, 2013 in education, equality, human rights, Islam, news, sex discrimination, universities by sally

‘Exclusive: The Equality and Human Rights Commission steps into the row over controversial guidelines which said gender segregation on campus should be allowed.’

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Daily Telegraph, 12th December 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk