‘Lord Justice Jackson said today that his call to extend fixed recoverable costs to the lower reaches of the multi-track is not an admission that costs management has not worked.’
Litigation Futures, 13th October 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The number of hate crimes leaped by 41% in the month after the vote to leave the European Union, new Home Office statistics confirm.’
The Guardian, 13th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Lord Sumption, the outspoken Supreme Court justice, has said he regrets the “growing tendency of would-be lawyers to devote themselves to the study of law from the age of eighteen”.’
Legal Futures, 2th October 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Soma are investing heavily ($40m spent on seismic work) in looking at oil and gas extraction in Somalia, so it was a bit of a set-back, to say the least, when their “capacity-building” efforts – funding infrastructure in the relevant Ministry – were alleged to fall under the Bribery Act 2010, and this led to a fraud investigation by the UK SFO. The investigations, as investigations do, dragged on, and Soma brought these, somewhat ambitious, proceedings to get an order telling the SFO to stop them.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th October 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘More than 13,000 people have sought help to stop them from viewing indecent images of children in the past year, according to a leading charity.’
The Independent, 13th October 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘This is an annual public lecture to be delivered at the beginning of each academic session by a notable friend of SOAS School of Law, addressing a topical subject of general public interest which relates to the role of law in society in a broad sense. The inception lecture is intended to serve as an inspiration for our students, contribute to public debate and enhance our academic environment. The lecture is open to all new and returning students, academics, practitioners and the general public.’
Speaker: Michel Massih QC
Date: 20th October 2016, 6.00pm
Location: Brunei Gallery Room: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘This lecture will be given by The Rt Hon The Lord Falconer of Thoroton. The lecture is accredited for 1 CPD hour and is open to members of all four Inns.’
Date: 14th November 2016, 6.30pm
Location: Inner Temple, London, EC4Y 7HL
Cost: £10 including drinks reception (£5 for Inner Temple pupil/student members)
More information can be found here.
‘We will be kick-starting the Trans Equality Legal Initiative with a day of discussion and knowledge sharing from various activists from across the human rights world. It will be taking place on Friday 18 November. The conference will be divided into several plenary sessions, each lead by panels of experts and activists from both the legal and trans activist sectors.’
Date: 18th November 2016, 9.00am-6.00pm
Location: Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London EC2Y 8HQ
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
“The Law Commission is currently consulting on how best to shape its criminal work programme for 2017 – 2020. It would be enormously helpful to us if you could mention and include the link to this survey in your current awareness blog/email to help us amplify consultation:
‘The recent sale of rights to broadcast The Great British Bake Off has highlighted the legal challenges facing broadcasters keen to protect their rights and interests in TV formats.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th October 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘On October 2, Theresa May set out plans for a ‘Great Repeal Bill’ to be included in the next Queen’s Speech. There is very little detail currently available, but it appears this Bill is intended to remove the European Communities Act (ECA) 1972 from the statute book following completion of the Brexit negotiations. It would also incorporate current applicable EU law into an Act of Parliament and then allow the government to decide if/when to repeal, amend or retain individual measures in the future, following Brexit.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 10th October 2016
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A ‘notice to quit’ served on a tenant farmer by the new owner of the land was invalid, as the new owner had given notice before its ownership was properly registered with the Land Registry, the High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th October 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘An army colour sergeant has been jailed for eight years for a “horrifying” machete attack on a fellow soldier, as it was revealed he had previously served time for the culpable homicide of his uncle.’
The Guardian, 10th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘One of the major evolving issues in privacy and data protection law concerns the assessment of damages: when someone suffers a breach of their privacy or DP rights, how do you go about deciding how much money to award them by way of compensation?’
Panopticon, 10th October 2016
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘Controversial surveillance technology that indiscriminately harvests information from mobile phones is being used by at least seven police forces across the country, a far larger number than previously known, according to police documents.’
The Guardian, 10th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has warned councils to “think carefully about their statutory duties when making cuts – or risk being hauled before the courts”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th October 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The government is considering a review of what happened in 1984 during the miners’ strike when violent clashes took place between the police and miners on the picket line at Orgreave.’
BBC News, 10th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Cuts to legal aid are far worse than anticipated and are creating a “two-tier” system which denies the poorest people access to justice, warns a critical report by Amnesty International.’
The Guardian, 11th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Ms K had a weekly tenancy of a flat (initially her daughter’s flat but assigned to her in 2014 by mutual exchange). The tenancy agreement provided for the payment of rent and also a weekly payment for service charge, originally £14.60. In 2015 the service charge was raised to £16.22. The tenancy agreement specified payment of the service charge but the space for the services to be provided was left blank.’
Nearly Legal, 10th October 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
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