‘In the third and final 2014 Hamlyn lecture Paul Craig will begin with a consideration of the formal Treaty foundations on which the subject has been built, and explores the origins of general principles of law crafted by the Community courts. The focus then shifts to the substantive foundations on which the subject has been constructed, and the role played by the rule of law in this development. The final section addresses the regulatory foundations of EU administrative law and the challenges that this has posed.’
Date: 2nd December 2014, 6.00-7.00pm
Location: Gray’s Inn Hall, London WC1R 5ET
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘Organised with the London Legal History Seminar.’
Date: 28th November 2014, 6.00-7.30pm
Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
Chambers of Timothy Raggatt QC, 4 King’s Bench Walk, Temple, London
Description of responsibilities: Our civil teams are looking for practitioners who are looking to develop in to civil matters. We currently have teams covering PI, Family, Employment, Property & Housing, and general civil.
Contact information: email to Lee Cook – lc@4kbw.co.uk
Deadline for submission of applications – 22nd December 2014
Chambers of Timothy Raggatt QC, 4 King’s Bench Walk, Temple, London
Description of responsibilities: Our criminal group are looking to strengthen their team at the Junior end. We have a steady flow of work at both magistrates and crown courts and a team that supports is junior colleagues.
Contact information: email to Lee Cook – lc@4kbw.co.uk
Deadline for submission of applications – 22nd December 2014
‘The House of Lords Extradition Law Committee is once again inquiring into the complexity and fitness for purpose of the law and practice surrounding extradition, and the Extradition Act 2003 in particular. The European Arrest Warrant is slated to be retained under the UK’s opt out and in again arrangement.’
Date: 13th November 2014, 2.00-5.30pm
Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘Two prisoners have failed in their human rights protest against prison rehabilitation courses in the United Kingdom.’
Full story
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th November 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The cap on the number of books inmates can have in their cells has been scrapped following pressure from a campaign backed by leading literary figures.’
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The Guardian, 7th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former Met police officer who was caught with nearly two and a half thousand indecent images and films of children has avoided a prison sentence after a judge cited “his background” as a mitigating factor.’
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The Independent, 8th November 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The use of single joint experts could render the judge purely a “figure head” in proceedings, the president of the Supreme Court has warned.’
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Litigation Futures, 10th November 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The government is writing to a string of high street chains urging them to improve after a BBC London investigation revealed a “depressing” failure to accommodate disabled people.’
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BBC News, 10th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal heard a landmark test case this week brought on behalf of a child born with foetal alcohol syndrome against the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.’
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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 7th November 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘An interesting decision about a Council not supplying some key information about a wind turbine project to the public until very late in the day. Can an objector apply to set the grant of permission aside? Answer: yes, unless the Council can show that it would have inevitably have come to the same conclusion, even if the information had been made public earlier.’
Full story
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th November 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘In 2007, the UK Parliament passed the Legal Services Act (LSA), with the goal of liberalizing the market for legal services in England and Wales and encouraging more competition—in response to the governmentally commissioned ‘Clementi’ report finding the British legal market opaque, inflexible, overly complex, and insulated from innovation and competition.’
Full story
OUP Blog, 8th November 2014
Source: www.blog.oup.com
‘A change in the law that will allow terminally ill people to be helped to end their lives is inevitable and will happen within as little as a couple of years, according to the deputy chair of the British Medical Association (BMA).’
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The Guardian, 8th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Extradited British grandfather Paul Dunham told by Foreign Office it will not pay for urgent heart treatment – and that he should return to maximum security US jail for treatment.’
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Daily Telegraph, 9th November 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man whose father was killed by a lethal overdose from a doctor said he feels “physically sick” at the idea of paying the physician’s legal costs.’
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BBC News, 7th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been ordered to pay almost £500 in fines and costs for dropping a snack lid on the ground in Bristol.’
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BBC News, 7th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In Cutler v Barnet LBC (QBD 21/10/14) Supperstone J held that a judge had erred in not considering a defendant’s oral application for relief from sanction. The court had a discretion to consider such an application even where a formal application under Part 23 had NOT been made.’
Full story
Zenith PI Blog, 10th November 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The law must be changed to ensure that the identities of juvenile killers and their families remain secret, says the barrister who defended the schoolboy murderer of teacher Ann Maguire.’
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The Guardian, 8th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
