“Soccer star Wayne Rooney’s lawyers today claimed victory in the latest round of a multi-million pound legal fight with a sports management firm.”
The Independent, 1st December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Any lawyer dealing with civil or criminal cases tends to think that, if there is a time limit for doing something in the case, then if that thing does not get done on time, the court may be lenient if there is good reason for extending time. The problem comes where the court is only given power to hear an appeal by a specific set of rules, and the rules say, for instance: you must appeal within 14 days of the decision. In the statutory context, that may mean precisely what it says. And the court, however sympathetically inclined, cannot do otherwise and allow a late appeal.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th November 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“In the week commencing 14 November 2011, a seven-member panel of Justices of the Supreme Court (L Phillips, L Walker, L Hale, L Brown, L Mance, L Kerr and L Wilson) heard the Claimants’ appeal from the Court of Appeal’s decision in the Atomic Veterans Litigation (AB v Ministry of Defence [2010] EWCA Civ 1317). Argument took place over four days and judgment was reserved by the Supreme Court.”
4 New Square, 21st November 2011
Source: www.4newsquare.com
“Judgement has been reserved over a private investigator’s appeal against two court orders that may force him to reveal who ordered him to hack phones.”
BBC News, 29th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Cooks, cleaners, caterers and care staff have won a landmark court of appeal decision that could pave the way for many more equal pay claims.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prince Charles is to challenge a judicial ruling that threatens to expose the environmental impact of the private estate that provides his £17m-a-year income.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The court of appeal has instructed the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to investigate the authenticity of ‘explosive’ documents in the case of Kevin Lane, jailed for life for a 1994 hitman murder. Lord Justice Hughes has asked the CCRC to deliver a progress report on this and other aspects of the case by the end of January.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers have been forced to hire more than 80 new judges in a multi-million pound effort to address appeals by welfare claimants who dispute the loss of their benefits.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Schütz (UK) Ltd v Werit UK Ltd and another (No 3) [2011] EWCA Civ 1337; [2011] WLR (D) 338
“The ‘transaction’ which an exclusive licensee of a patent was required by section 68 of the Patents Act 1977 to have registered within six months if the court was to award him costs in proceedings for infringement of that patent was the first transaction that had made him an exclusive licensee.”
WLR Daily, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Oldfield [2011] WLR (D) 337
“Where an application by a defendant to withdraw a plea of guilty involved a conflict between the defendant’s evidence and the evidence of his former counsel, the practice at many court centres by which a judge from elsewhere would be brought in to hear the application was to be commended.”
WLR Daily, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Chaudhary v Yavuz [2011] EWCA Civ 1314; [2011] WLR (D) 336
“In the context of a sale of property, great care would be required before one could conclude that it was ‘unconscionable’ for a purchaser to deny a right whose existence he could have ascertained merely by inspecting the property.”
WLR Daily, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
“Migrants are denied the right of access to the court if they are given under 72 hours’ notice of their removal from the UK, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. The judgment frustrates the UK Border Agency’s aim to win permission for zero-notice removals.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Ex-Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt and bowler Mohammad Amir have lost their appeals against their sentences for a spot-fixing scam.”
BBC News, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Iraq Historic Allegations Team, set up to investigate allegations of ill-treatment of Iraqi detainees by members of the British armed forces, lacked the requisite independence to fulfil the investigatory obligation under Article 3 of the Convention.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“More than 100 Iraqi civilians have won a landmark Court of Appeal battle in their bid for a fresh public inquiry into allegations of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment made against British soldiers and interrogators in Iraq.”
The Independent, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“OPINION: Companies can breathe a sigh of relief that the UK courts have underlined the integrity of international arbitration cases which are heard in the UK. Courts have confirmed that, largely, they will refuse to overturn arbitration awards.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Williams v Essex County Council: [2011] EWCA Civ 1315; [2011] WLR (D) 329
“A statement of special educational needs automatically lapsed when a person ceased to be a child, which was at 19 years. The Court of Appeal so stated when allowing the appeal of Essex County Council against a decision of Judge Jacobs in the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) on 8 March 2010 setting aside a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) of 8 September 2009 that it was no longer necessary to maintain the statement of special educational needs of MW (now aged 22 years), the daughter of the claimant, Antony John Williams.”
WLR Daily, 15th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Campaigners won the latest legal battle over library closures when a judge in London allowed challenges against plans to shut libraries in Gloucestershire and Somerset.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R v Carpenter [2011] EWCA Crim 2568; [2011] WLR (D) 328
“In cases of joint enterprise where the use of a particular weapon was foreseen but the secondary party did not share or foresee the intention with which it was used, the availablity of manslaughter remained as a possible alternative verdict to murder.”
WLR Daily, 11th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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