Month: June 2015

EVENT: IALS – Compassion and Law

Posted June 5th, 2015 in Forthcoming events by sally

‘This symposium will provide a forum for presentations and discussion on the relationships between law and compassion, focusing on the conceptual and theoretical approaches to compassion, and the relationship of compassion to litigation, judging and regulation, with particular concern to learn from critical interdisciplinary and socio-legal approaches.’

Date: 1st July 2015, 9.15am-4.45pm

Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DR

Charge: SLSA Full Members: £59.00; SLSA Student Members: £30.00; Non-members: £79.00.

More information can be found here.

PIPs disability benefit delay unlawful, says High Court – BBC News

Posted June 5th, 2015 in benefits, compensation, delay, disabled persons, government departments, human rights, news by tracey

‘A delay in paying welfare benefits to two disabled people was “unlawful”, the High Court has ruled.’

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BBC News, 5th June 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Johnston v Westminster City Council – WLR Daily

Posted June 5th, 2015 in appeals, homelessness, housing, law reports, local government, statutory duty by tracey

Johnston v Westminster City Council: [2015] EWCA Civ 554; [2015] WLR (D) 238

‘For the purposes of section 175 of the Housing Act 1996, the fact that an applicant for homeless assistance in one local housing authority might be offered accommodation by another authority which might satisfy section 175(3) of the Act did not entitle the decision-maker to find that the applicant was not homeless.’

WLR Daily, 3rd June 2015

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

In re K (Children) – WLR Daily

Posted June 5th, 2015 in appeals, child abuse, children, costs, families, family courts, law reports, legal aid, legal representation, litigants in person, practice directions, statutory interpretation by tracey

In re K (Children): [2015] EWCA Civ 543; [2015] WLR (D) 237

‘The Family Court had no power to order the Lord Chancellor to provide public funding for legal representation outside the legal aid scheme in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.’

WLR Daily, 22nd May 2015

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Legal challenge against Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act reaches High Court – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 5th, 2015 in bills, data protection, EC law, human rights, intelligence services, investigatory powers, news, police, privacy, proportionality, telecommunications by tracey

‘A legal challenge fronted by two UK MPs against communications surveillance laws passed last year has reached the High Court.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 4th June 2015

Source: www.out-law.com

Connolly v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 1339 (QB) and Buswell v Symes [2015] EWHC 1379 (QB) – Zenith PI Blog

Posted June 5th, 2015 in accidents, consent, hospitals, negligence, news, personal injuries, road traffic, witnesses by tracey

‘Multiple witness statements and credibility of witnesses.’

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Zenith PI Blog, 4th June 2015

Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com

Good news on diversity in judicial appointments – unless you are a solicitor – Litigation Futures

Posted June 5th, 2015 in diversity, judicial appointments commission, judiciary, news, solicitors, statistics by tracey

‘Solicitors were the least successful group of people applying for judicial appointment over the last six months, and the situation is getting worse, the latest figures from the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) have shown.’

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Litigation Futures, 4th June 2015

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

MoJ hit with further £249m of cuts – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted June 5th, 2015 in budgets, government departments, legal aid, Ministry of Justice, news by tracey

‘The Ministry of Justice will have to find a further £249m of savings this year, as part of a fresh round of spending reductions following Whitehall’s in-year budget review announced today.’

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Law Society’s Gazette, 4th June 2015

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Bankruptcy trustee barred from charging costs to client account – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted June 5th, 2015 in bankruptcy, client accounts, costs, news, trustees in bankruptcy by tracey

‘A trustee looking after the affairs of a bankrupt law firm has been refused permission to claim costs from the client accounts of the practice.’

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Law Society’s Gazette, 5th June 2015

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Surrogacy agreement breakdowns–what are the issues? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted June 5th, 2015 in children, disclosure, news, parental responsibility, parental rights, surrogacy by sally

‘Are new laws needed to cover surrogacy arrangements and modern family set-ups? Mai-Ling Savage, a barrister and specialist in surrogacy, same-sex parenting and fertility law at Fourteen, a specialist family chambers, analyses a recent case which highlights the lack of a clear legal framework to enforce agreements made before the birth of a child.’

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 4th June 2015

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

NHS patient safety fears as health watchdog scraps staffing guidelines – The Guardian

Posted June 5th, 2015 in budgets, health & safety, hospitals, news, ombudsmen, quality assurance, standards by tracey

‘The NHS has been accused of backtracking on improvements to patient safety brought in after the Mid Staffordshire hospital scandal in an effort to tackle its escalating financial problems. The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) watchdog has unexpectedly scrapped work to set out how many nurses are needed in different parts of hospitals to ensure safe patient care.’

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The Guardian, 4th June 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Leaders of Wrexham drugs gang each jailed for 10 years – BBC News

Posted June 5th, 2015 in drug trafficking, news, sentencing, suspended sentences by tracey

‘Two men have each received 10-year jail terms for leading a gang supplying cocaine worth tens of thousands of pounds into the Wrexham area.’

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BBC News, 4th June 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Education and Adoption Bill published – Education Law Blog

Posted June 5th, 2015 in adoption, bills, education, government departments, local government, news, standards by sally

‘The Education and Adoption Bill was presented to Parliament on 3 June 2015. The proposed legislation would make the following changes to education law in England and Wales.No date has been announced yet for the second reading.’

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Education Law Blog, 4th June 2015

Source: www.education11kbw.com

Disability benefits: Court to rule on delay test case – BBC News

Posted June 5th, 2015 in benefits, delay, disabled persons, government departments, news by tracey

‘The High Court is expected to rule later on whether the government took too long to process benefit claims by two disabled people.’

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BBC News, 5th June 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Andy Coulson: Prosecutors face questions after perjury charges against former News of the World editor dropped – The Independent

Posted June 5th, 2015 in conspiracy, interception, media, news, perjury, prosecutions by tracey

‘Prosecutors are facing questions about their decision to bring perjury charges against Andy Coulson after the judge dismissed the case against the ex-tabloid editor halfway through his trial.’

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The Independent, 4th June 2015

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Pressure group Cage launches legal action against Charity Commission and accuses it of acting like ‘counter-terrorism police’ – The Independent

Posted June 5th, 2015 in charities, freedom of expression, Islam, judicial review, news by tracey

‘The British pressure group which claimed the Islamic State executioner known as “Jihadi John” was radicalised by MI5 has launched legal action against the Charity Commission, accusing it of acting like a branch of “counter-terrorism police”.’

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The Independent, 4th June 2015

Source: www.independent.co.uk

We all had a right to see Prince Charles’s letters. But not any more, it seems – The Guardian

Posted June 5th, 2015 in disclosure, freedom of information, lobbying, media, news, parliament, privacy, royal family by sally

‘Downing Street’s decision to publish the second batch of letters that Prince Charles had sent to ministers was unexpected. The government had been preparing to resist the publication of the latest batch, covering the years 2006 to 2009, even though a previous batch, covering 2004 and 2005, was released after a ten-year legal battle with the Guardian.’

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The Guardian, 4th June 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Case of 2005 bomb plot to be examined by European judges – BBC News

Posted June 5th, 2015 in conspiracy, explosives, human rights, legal representation, news, sentencing, terrorism by sally

‘Senior judges at the European Court of Human Rights are to examine the case of three men jailed over the 21/7 plot to bomb the London transport network.’

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BBC News, 3rd June 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Teaching assistant jailed over bomb hoax – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 5th, 2015 in bomb hoaxing, fraud, news, sentencing, teachers by sally

‘She sent an email from the pupil’s school account to her own account saying there was a bomb at the school.’

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Daily Telegraph, 4th June 2015

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Who, What, Why: Can the KitKat shape be a trademark? – BBC News

Posted June 5th, 2015 in food, intellectual property, news, trade marks by sally

‘Confectionery giant Nestle is attempting to turn the shape of the KitKat bar into a trademark. But is this possible, asks Justin Parkinson.’

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BBC News, 5th June 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk