Artesian Law is a recently founded Legal Disciplinary Practice. The barristers at Artesian Law work for a large number of predominantly criminal law solicitors in legal aid and private work. The practice is busy and modern.
We are seeking a 3rd six pupil to make a significant contribution to our team in the short term with a view to recruitment thereafter. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who demonstrates ambition and talent.
Please apply by email to: tom.street@artesianlaw.com. Your application will be treated in confidence.
“New measures to enhance consumer rights and make them easier to understand have been unveiled by consumer minister Jo Swinson.”
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The Guardian, 12th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hay and others v Gilgrove Ltd and another [2013] EWCA Civ 412; [2013] WLR (D) 220
“On the true construction of a collective agreement incorporated into the claimants’ contracts all who performed the role of a market porter, whether registered or unregistered, were entitled to share equally in ‘porterage’ charges made by the employer to customers for the movement of goods.”
WLR Daily, 26th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Calix v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [2013] UKPC 15; [2013] WLR (D) 219
“Oddity of personality did not of itself diminish the value of one’s good character and, therefore, a judge had erred in reducing a plaintiff’s damages for malicious prosecution on the basis that his reputation and social standing did not amount to much because he had chosen to withdraw from society and live as a recluse.”
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Today, Monday 10 June 2013, a number of minor changes to the Immigration Rules have been published which will come into force on 1 July 2013.”
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UK Border Agency, 10th June 2013
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The most vulnerable victims are to be protected from the trauma of appearing in court, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling announced today.”
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Ministry of Justice, 11th June 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in May.”
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Family Law Week, 7th June 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“There is a new independent Assessor (Stephen Shaw) for non-legal complaints made about the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) but not for the legal ones – how very odd! It was recently reported that victims of crime will be able to ‘win the right’ to appeal against decisions by the CPS not to charge suspects and there is a consultation which is open until the 5th of September 2013. It has a mnemonic ‘VRR’ which stands for a ‘Victim’s Right to Review’.”
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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th June 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The answer of the Court was that clear and express words in the contract would be required in order to confer a power to increase a sanction on an Appeal Panel.”
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UK Human Rights Blog, 11th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Will the Ministry of Justice back down over cuts to legal aid? Radio 4’s legal magazine follows the bitter dispute between the profession and the government.
This week, Maura McGowan QC of the Bar Council is in the studio with Joshua Rozenberg, making the lawyers’ case. But is she right that the legal profession will be undermined? Lord McNally responds for the government.”
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BBC Law in Action, 11th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The attorney general, Dominic Grieve, has urged the supreme court to dismiss legal challenges by two convicted murderers who are seeking the right for prisoners to vote.”
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The Guardian, 11th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A killer who begged police to let him ‘finish off’ his victim after being arrested midway through a knife attack on his girlfriend has been found guilty of murder.”
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Daily Telegraph, 12th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A London chambers has become the first alternative business structure (ABS) licensed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority that does not have any solicitors.”
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Legal Futures, 11th June 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“In Avon Estates (London) Limited v Sinclair Gardens Investments (Kensington) Limited [2013] UKUT 0264 (LC) [not online yet we have a transcript] the Upper Tribunal considered the question of whether an insurance premium had been reasonable incurred.”
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NearlyLegal, 11th June 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“The Divisional Court has now dismissed the claim by Mr Bancoult on behalf of the Chagossian islanders. He had challenged the designation of the waters around the islands as a ‘no take’ Marine Protected Area, i.e. one which could not be fished.”
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UK Human Rights Blog, 11th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The introduction of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA 2005) was celebrated for establishing a groundbreaking legal framework which empowers and protects those who lack capacity. Yet only six years after its implementation, the criticisms of MCA 2005 have grown to such an extent that the House of Lords has established a post-legislative scrutiny committee. So what has led to this apparent volte face?”
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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th June 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The advertising watchdog has said that the Sun broke its rules for refusing to honour a family holiday prize won by a woman who said she intended to take her sister’s children on the trip.”
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The Guardian, 12th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The poorest and most vulnerable people in society are being hit by cuts to the legal system while the government bankrolls the wealthiest, a senior QC said today [11 June].”
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The Independent, 11th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
