Compensation hunter jailed for staging fall in Asda – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 30th, 2015 in compensation, fraud, news, personal injuries, sentencing by sally

‘CCTV cameras caught Louis Dempsey, 35, deliberately falling over in the Asda store in Brighton and showed he was lying.’

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Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2015

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Council ordered to pay £40,000 to mother and child over human rights breaches – Local Government Lawyer

Posted October 30th, 2015 in care orders, children, damages, human rights, local government, news by sally

‘A Family Court judge has ordered a local authority to pay £20,000 in damages each to a mother and her seven-year-old daughter for breaches under the Human Rights Act.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 29th October 2015

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Man wins ‘silent homophobia’ case – Daily Telegraph

‘The unnamed man was awarded £7500 in compensation under the Equality Act.’

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Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2015

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Where now for the rule of law? – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted October 30th, 2015 in costs, disclosure, judicial review, news, rule of law by sally

‘The reforms to judicial review proceedings in Part 4 of the Criminal Justice & Courts Act 2015 have been closely analysed in a timely report by JUSTICE, the Public Law Project and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 29th October 2015

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IPs hit back at Jackson: ending LASPO exemption would create ‘windfall’ for third-party funders – Litigation Futures

Posted October 30th, 2015 in company directors, costs, fees, insolvency, insurance, news, third parties by sally

‘Abolishing the exemption from LASPO for insolvency cases would create a “windfall” for third-party funders, insolvency trade body R3 has argued.’

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Litigation Futures, 29th October 2015

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Do Right To Manage Baby (Do Unto Others) – Nearly Legal

Posted October 30th, 2015 in company law, landlord & tenant, leases, news by sally

‘There have been plenty of Upper Tribunal decisions on RTM (we covered the UT decision in this case with six others back in December 2013 – our note here, where your correspondent would like it noted that he suggested that there was “plenty for the Court of Appeal to tuck into”), but there has only been one previous excursion into this area by the Court of Appeal. That case, Gala Unity Ltd v Ariadne Road RTM Co Ltd [ 2012 ]] EWCA Civ 1372 (our note), is quite the predecessor to Ninety Broomfield Road in that both cases concerned more than one block of flats seeking to exercise the right to manage together. And quite the oddity, too. The Court of Appeal in Ninety Broomfield Road has restored some sense to the application of RTM in multiple block cases. It is also plainly right (a seal of approval that will doubtless cheer the hearts of the Court of Appeal judges involved).’

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Nearly Legal, 29th October 2015

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Freedom of Information Act misused by media to create stories, says Grayling – The Guardian

Posted October 30th, 2015 in freedom of information, government departments, media, news by sally

‘A Conservative cabinet minister has signalled a crackdown on the “misuse” of freedom of information requests as a means of researching stories for journalists.

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The Guardian, 29th October 2015

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Police seek powers to access browsing history of UK computer users – The Guardian

Posted October 30th, 2015 in bills, internet, investigatory powers, news, police by sally

‘Police have lobbied the government for the power to view the internet browsing history of every computer user in Britain ahead of the publication of legislation on regulating surveillance powers.’

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The Guardian, 30th October 2015

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Shaker Aamer: Last UK Guantanamo Bay detainee released – BBC News

Posted October 30th, 2015 in detention, news, terrorism by sally

‘The last British resident to be held in Guantanamo Bay has been released, having been detained there for 13 years, the foreign secretary has said.’

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BBC News, 30th October 2015

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