“TV cameras are recording Court of Appeal hearings from today. The BBC, ITN, Sky News and the Press Association are cooperating on the project, and have hired an in-court video-journalist who will recommend the most interesting cases.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Ali Naseem Bajwa QC and Terry McGuinness examine port stops carried out under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog,
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
“Young criminals are more likely to commit additional crimes than they were 10 years ago, according to figures published by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of proposals in the Ministry of Justice’s paper on Judicial Review: Proposals for Further Reform is the creation of a new specialist planning chamber as part of the Upper Tribunal. While planning tends to be thought of as a niche area of public law (and a technically dense one at that) the way in which the paper frames discussion should give public lawyers pause for thought. This is particularly when planning judicial reviews have often been cited by government representatives as examples of why reform is needed to judicial review. The Further Reforms paper is no exception – the only two ‘case studies’ (albeit no case names) given in the paper are of judicial review of planning decisions (p 5 and 6).”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 1st November 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
“The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to conduct a review into the asset management industry in an effort to understand whether payment arrangements between asset managers and brokers give rise to conflicts of interest in the market.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st October 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“European human rights laws that prevent the deportation of foreign criminals must be overhauled, a minister has said, after figures showed that only a tiny fraction are ever thrown out of Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Mr Gough wishes to walk up and down the UK naked. Others do not approve of this, so his progress has been somewhat stop-start. This appeal concerns a brief and inglorious autumnal outing in Halifax. He was released from the local nick at 11.30 am on 25 October 2012, wearing only walking boots, socks, a hat, a rucksack and a compass on a lanyard around his neck. ‘He was otherwise naked and his genitalia were on plain view.’ He then walked through Halifax town centre for about 15 minutes.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A ‘startling leap’ in the proportion of lawyers from Oxbridge and professional backgrounds threatens the diversity of the profession, Baroness Hale, Britain’s most senior female judge, warns.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman has been jailed for stealing flowers from a Liverpool crematorium to then sell on for profit.”
BBC News, 30th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The grandparents and aunt of a five-year-old girl at the centre of a custody battle have been sentenced to 12 days jail for contempt of court.”
BBC News, 30th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two burglars who sparked a six-hour stand-off with police after breaking into a cafe in search of a piece of quiche have been jailed.”
The Independent, 31st October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man known as the ‘naked rambler’ has lost a high court challenge against a conviction for violating public order when he walked through a town centre wearing only walking boots, socks and a hat.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“All convicted male prisoners are to be banned from watching violent and sexually explicit films as part of a crackdown on ‘perks’ that comes into effect today.”
The Guardian, 1st November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“By the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 CPR r. 3.9 was substantially amended with effect from 1st April 2013. The ‘new’ rule reads as follows:
‘3.9 (1) On an application for relief from any sanction imposed for a failure to comply with any rule, practice direction or court order, the court will consider all the circumstances of the case, so as to enable it to deal justly with the application, including the need –
(a) for litigation to be conducted efficiently and at proportionate cost; and
(b) to enforce compliance with rules, practice directions and orders.
(2) An application for relief must be supported by evidence.'”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 25th October 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“Professional indemnity insurance (‘PII’) cover for solicitors is notoriously forgiving to policyholders on the issue of non-disclosure.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 18th October 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“As a result of EERA 2013 there is no civil liability for breach of the Regulations made
under the Health and Safety at Work Act in accidents that occur on or after the 1st October 2013. However the Regulations remain in force. The key question for all practitioners is how far do they remain relevant to issues of civil liability?”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 25th October 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal in the recent case of McKenzie [2013] EWCA Crim 1544 dismissed the Defendant’s appeal against the sentence of 15 months’ imprisonment imposed by the Crown Court following his conviction after trial for a fraud committed in the context of false insurance claims in the form of ‘cash for crash’ incidents.”
Zenith Chambers, 25th October 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“In PJSC Vseukrainskyi Aktsionernyi Bank v Sergey Maksimov and others [2013] EWHC 3203 (Comm), Blair J dismissed an application to discharge a worldwide freezing order made against non-arbitrating parties in support of an LCIA arbitration in long-running commercial court proceedings. Charles Samek QC lists three reasons why the case is of importance.”
Full story (PDF)
11 Stone Buildings, October 2013
Source: www.11sb.com
“Kate Mckinlay considers the impact of the recent Supreme Court decision in Woodland v Essex County Council UKSC 2013.”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 25th October 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
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