Carry on with the cuts and good divorce reforms will fail – The Guardian
“If passed in its present form, the legal aid bill will compound the agonies of warring families.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Author: sally
Ombudsman will name lawyers and firms ‘in public interest’ – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Legal Ombudsman has taken the highly controversial decision to name lawyers and law firms in circumstances where there is a ‘pattern of complaints’ against them or when it is in the ‘public interest’ to do so.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th November 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Lawful for Home Secretary to deport Palestinian activist accused of fostering hatred – UK Human Rights Blog
“The First-Tier Tribunal (Asylum and Immigration Chamber), has upheld the decision of the Home Secretary to deport Raed Mahajna, who had come to the UK to attend a number of meetings and speaking engagements.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th November 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
No court ‘for some serious crimes’, FOI request shows – BBC News
“Offenders behind serious crimes such as sex assault and use of indecent images of children were punished without going to court, police figures show.”
BBC News, 6th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of protection should be open to public scrutiny, says leading judge – The Guardian
“The tortuous decision-making processes of the most controversial – and intensely private – court in England should be opened up to public scrutiny, Sir Nicholas Wall, the head of the court of protection, says.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The court of protection: defender of the vulnerable or shadowy and unjust? – The Guardian
“Court hears 23,000 often harrowing cases a year, making decisions for people unable to manage their own affairs.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wayne Rooney and a decade of .uk domain name disputes – BBC News
“The battle for Wayne Rooney reached its climax in October 2006.”
BBC News, 7th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Interns work – and should be paid, lawyers warn ministers – The Guardian
“Thousands of unpaid interns could be entitled to compensation after government legal advice emerged suggesting employers are breaking the law by not following national minimum wage rules.”
The Guardian, 4th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Theresa May to be grilled over terror threat from relaxed border controls – The Guardian
“Theresa May will come under pressure on Monday to disclose whether any terror suspects are believed to have entered the country when border controls were secretly relaxed this summer.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Village loses high court challenge over radioactive waste – the Guardian
“A group of villagers who claimed they were testing the government’s commitment to ‘localism’ by challenging a waste company’s right to dump radioactive materials in a nearby landfill site have failed in a high court challenge.”
The Guardian, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ofcom proposes new rules on broadcasters’ advertising deals – OUT-LAW.com
“Commercial broadcasters will not be able to ‘unduly discriminate’ between advertisers when setting the fees they charge for carrying commercials under proposed new rules set out by the UK’s media regulator.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Warning over Henry VIII style law powers – The Independent
“Plans for sweeping new Henry VIII-style powers would enable ministers to rewrite the statute book without consulting Parliament, a report warned today.”
The Independent, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Parties forced to take out loans at high interest to pay their legal costs can recover that interest, judge says – OUT-LAW.com
“Parties in complex court cases who are forced to take out loans at a high rate of interest to pay their legal costs can recover the full amount of that interest from the other party in certain circumstances, a court has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Generation game – the young lawyers following in their parents’ footsteps – Legal Week
“Despite seeing the long hours and hard work their parents put in, many offspring are not put off from following them into the legal profession, writes Georgina Stanley.”
Legal Week, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Rainy Sky SA & Orsd v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50 (2 November 2011)
Human Genome Sciences Inc v Eli Lilly and Company [2011] UKSC 51 (2 November 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Smith & Anor v Jafton Properties Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1251 (02 November 2011)
Shiva Ltd v Transport for London [2011] EWCA Civ 1189 (02 November 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Business Dream Ltd, Re Insolvency Act 1986 [2011] EWHC 2860 (Ch) (02 November 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority [2011] EWHC 2849 (Admin) (02 November 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Rainy Sky SA and others v Kookmin Bank – WLR Daily
Rainy Sky SA and others v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50; [2011] WLR (D) 311
“When the term of a contract was capable of having two possible meanings which were both arguable, it was appropriate for the court to have regard to considerations of commercial common sense and to adopt the construction which was more, rather than less, commercial.”
WLR Daily, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Mitu v Camden London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Mitu v Camden London Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 1249; [2011] WLR (D) 310
“Where a local authority, having decided that an applicant was intentionally homeless and not in priority need, decided on review of the application that the applicant’s homelessness was not intentional, it had a duty by section 192(2) of the Housing Act 1996 to provide or arrange for the provision of advice and assistance, and a discretion by section 192(3) of the 1996 Act to provide accommodation. Failure to consider the exercise of that discretionary power, if it affected the fairness of the decision, was a procedural deficiency requiring the local authority to give the applicant notice of its intended decision and allow him to make further representations either orally or in writing.”
WLR Daily, 1st November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
