‘The government yesterday damped down hopes that it would consider funding greater access to early legal advice.’
Legal Futures, 6th December 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Legal experts believe new Financial Remedies Courts (FRCs) should provide claimants and respondents with greater predictability, when resolving financial claims on relationship breakdown. Three FRCs will be piloted in London, the West Midlands and South East Wales from February 2018. Judges in FRCs will have a greater level of expertise in financial cases. Partners at Mishcon de Reya and Alexiou Fisher Philipps say this will lead to greater predictability of outcome, which the Law Commission has found is not always the case at present, and that it will free up more time in the overburdened family courts.’
Family Law, 6th December 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Judges are to get mental health help to deal with sex crime cases, the new Lord Chief Justice has announced, as he said we must recognise that “judges are human” too.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The family of an 81-year-old woman has received a £45,000 payout after she was kept alive against her will.’
BBC News, 6th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An elite group of specially trained prison officers had to be deployed to jails in England and Wales 580 times last year, figures show.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘It is fair to say that this year has been something of an annus horribilis for Uber. Amid the non-renewal of its London licence, data hacks and numerous other controversies, the ride-hailing business has also been doing battle in the UK employment tribunals. In the latest stage of this particular journey, Uber did not fare well.’
Law Society's Gazette, 4th December 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Earlier this year Mr Justice Warby was appointed to the newly created role of Judge in Charge of the Media and Communications List. We look at what this means in practice and how it will affect the future management of High Court media claims.’
Transparency Project, 4th December 2017
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘The Investigatory Powers Act needs to be updated if it is to comply with EU law, the UK government has admitted.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st December 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Court of Appeal have considered the issue of whether or not an ATE policy is relevant when considering an application for security for costs.’
Zenith PI Blog, 1st December 2017
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Variations that judges can adopt in orders for concurrent expert evidence – known as ‘hot-tubbing’ – came into force last week, along with a new provision that clarifies how the costs of costs management should be calculated.’
Litigation Futures, 1st December 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The case concerned two couples A and B, male same-sex partners, and C and D, a heterosexual married couple. C and D had 5 children of their own. C, having been a gestational surrogate on two previous occasions, entered into a surrogacy agreement with A and B. C became pregnancy with H following embryo transfer. (using embryos created from A and B’s sperm and a donor egg from a Spanish egg donor which resulted in C’s pregnancy with H. A DNA test later confirmed A’s paternity.)’
Transparency Project, 30th November 2017
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘I have previously written on this blog and elsewhere about statutory interpretation and the rule of law. In the previous blog post I stated that the idea “that the courts will not allow the executive to escape their jurisdiction is well established as part of the rule of law” and referenced, inter alia, Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147 (HL) to support this view.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 4th December 2017
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘For many couples pets are an integral part of family life. But when relationships break down, it is not uncommon for arguments to arise about who gets to keep the family pet. So how do these disputes get resolved and what are the rules?’
Family Law, 1st December 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Connor Sparrowhawk. His name has got a superhero-like ring to it. ‘Connor Sparrowhawk, the boy who…’ But the boy who what? The boy who ‘loved his family’, suggests mum, Sara Ryan. ‘The boy who loved our dog, Chunky Stan, reading Horrible Histories, watching YouTube films of lorries loading on and off cross-channel ferries, the Mighty Boosh, septic tanks, Eddie Stobart lorries and London busses.’’
Legal Voice, 1st December 2017
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘A county council has successfully defended a judicial review challenge to a committee decision authorising the making of a statutory order which, subject to confirmation, would add at least 34 footpaths and a bridleway to the definitive map and statement for the area.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st December 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Under section 20B(1) Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, a service charge must be demanded of the tenant within 18 months of the relevant cost having been incurred by the landlord. But what happens when there is a head landlord demanding a charge from an intermediate landlord who, in turn, passes the cost on to their lessees? When does the 18 months run from?’
Nearly Legal, 1st December 2017
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The UK and other EU governments are planning a crackdown on bitcoin amid growing concerns that the digital currency is being used for money laundering and tax evasion.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Proposals to allow the information commissioner to assess journalists’ use of private information before publication could let the powerful off the hook.’
The Guardian, 3rd December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Criminal suspects who attack police dogs should be jailed for up to five years under a specific new offence, MPs will say this week. Sir Oliver Heald, a former solicitor general, is to call for legislation to cover those who injure “service animals”, including guide dogs and animals assisting police and military officers.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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