“The president of the Supreme Court has urged the government to tread very carefully when considering whether to restrict the ability of people to bring judicial reviews.”
Litigation Futures, 3rd October 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“A new law targeting trade in stolen metal has come into force.”
BBC News, 1st October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior female judge has expressed disappointment at the failure of her male colleagues to promote another woman to the top of the judiciary.”
The Independent, 2nd October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The recently released statistics from the Department for Education showing an increase of 15% in the adoption of looked after children in the last year further highlights the government’s preferred strategy for ensuring the welfare of children in care.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“More than 400 defence lawyers packed into Camden Town Hall last night to discuss the next steps to fight the Ministry of Justice’s Transforming Legal Aid proposals, reports Gemma Blythe. The Justice: Closing down sale meeting (organised by the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association) featured speakers including Greg Powell, past president of the LCCSA; Des Hudson, chief executive of the Law Society; Bill Waddington, chair of the Criminal Law Solicitors Association; Nigel Lithman QC of the Criminal Bar Association; and Carol Storer OBE, director of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.”
LegalVoice, 2nd October 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“Senior bankers could face criminal charges for ‘reckless’ misconduct leading to the fall of a bank, under new UK government plans.”
BBC News, 1st October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Solicitors and consumer representatives have come out on opposite sides of the Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO) proposal to extend its remit to the estimated 130,000 unregulated legal services providers operating in England and Wales.”
Legal Futures, 2nd October 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“A prisoner has had his life sentence doubled after he slashed child killer Mark Bridger from temple to chin, severing an artery, in an attempt to get him to reveal where April Jones’s body was hidden.”
The Independent, 2nd October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three families are challenging the government in court in a bid to prove its benefits cap is unlawful.”
BBC News, 2nd October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“European human rights judges have told ministers to justify the use of a ‘control order’ against a suspect MI5 believe to be linked with a Libyan terrorist group, in a move which raises new questions about Strasbourg’s influence over British justice.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A team of volunteers supports those exposed to some of the Old Bailey’s most harrowing cases.”
The Independent, 1st October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The City regulator is expected to announce a crackdown on advertising by payday lenders and the way the firms collect and extend loans when it announces new rules for the sector on Thursday morning.”
The Guardian, 2nd October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A paranoid schizophrenic stabbed a schoolgirl to death just weeks after being released from prison without any supervision.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Beverley Concannon faces jail after admitting animal welfare offence following dog attack on teenager in Wigan.”
The Guardian, 1st October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Soon, anyone undertaking criminal advocacy will have to be registered under the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA).
The Scheme will systematically assess and assure the quality of criminal advocacy in the courts in England and Wales. It will ensure that the performance of all advocates is measured against the same set of standards, regardless of an advocate’s previous education and training. It will apply to all advocates, whether they are self-employed or employed, and whether they are acting for the prosecution or defence.
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Dhall v R [2013] EWCA Crim 1610 (27 September 2013)
Farooqi & Ors, R. v [2013] EWCA Crim 1649 (30 September 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Smailes & Anor v McNally & Ors [2013] EWHC 2882 (Ch) (27 September 2013)
Ipcom GmbH & Co Kg v HTC Europe Co Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 2880 (Ch) (26 September 2013)
Nomura International Plc, Re [2013] EWHC 2789 (Ch) (06 September 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Patents Court)
Nestec S.A. & Ors v Dualit Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 2737 (Pat) (05 September 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel GmbH v SC Laminorul SA (Case C-157/12); [2013] WLR (D) 362
“Article 34(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L12, p 1) was of no application to irreconcilable judgments given by courts of the same member states.”
WLR Daily, 26th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Binns and another v Firstplus Financial Group plc [2013] EWHC 2436 (QB); [2013] WLR (D) 361
“Where a claimant had obtained an award pursuant to alternative dispute resolution (‘ADR’) and subsequently brought a civil claim where the only potential advantage in bringing that litigation was the possibility of an additional award in respect of legal costs, the claim was to be struck out under CPR r 3.4(2).”
WLR Daily, 24th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Article 6(2) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment applied only to retirement or invalidity benefits under an occupational social security scheme.”
WLR Daily, 26th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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