‘A London solicitor who took confidential information from defunct London firm Davenport Lyons (DL) to his new employer without client consent has been rebuked and fined £2,000 by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 26th June 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Andrew Powell, barrister of 4 Paper Buildings, considers recent surrogacy judgments and the latest cases concerning administrative errors relating to consent forms and the HFEA.’
Family Law Week, 21st June 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A couple who want to take their terminally ill baby son to the USA for treatment have been given a six day reprieve as the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said that doctors must continue treating him.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘On Thursday 8 June the Supreme Court will be asked to grant permission to appeal in this case of a seriously ill 9 month old child whose parents wish to take him to the USA for experimental treatment that may slow his deterioration.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th June 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘As predicted, Brexit is proving to be profoundly destabilising for the peace process and the constitutional politics of Northern Ireland. An outcome that lacks the consent of the people of Northern Ireland (a majority voted to remain) is re-opening fundamental questions about future relationships across these islands. We argue that this constitutional mess has potentially created a ‘perfect storm’, and leaves many here struggling with the troubling consequences.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 6th June 2017
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The judgment in Re Ward of Court [2017] EWHC 1022 (Fam) answers with a resounding “no”, the question of whether the court’s consent is required before the police can interview a ward of court. A simple point, one might think, but there was, according to Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, a “startling lack of clarity in the law” on this issue.’
UK Police Law Blog, 4th June 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
Watson and others v Watchfinder.co.uk Ltd [2017] EWHC 1275 (Comm)
‘The claimants were directors and shareholders of a business development consultancy whose services the defendant company retained to assist it in attracting investors. At the same time, the defendant entered into a share option agreement with the claimants on terms which, as later amended, provided for the claimants to purchase a certain percentage of the defendant’s issued share capital at a given price, but also provided that the option could not be exercised without the consent of a majority of the defendant’s board of directors. The claimants later sought to exercise the option but consent was refused. The claimants brought proceedings for specific performance of the share option agreement, contending that, as a matter of construction of that agreement or by way of an implied term, the defendant could not exercise its discretion over the grant of consent in a way that was arbitrary, capricious or irrational.’
WLR Daily, 25th May 2017
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Doctors can stop providing life-support treatment to ill baby Charlie Gard, Court of Appeal judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 25th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘MI5 agents and anti-terror police have been given the go-ahead to question teenagers placed under the control of family court judges as a result of radicalisation fears.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2017
Source; www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Ministers have ruled out intervening in the case of a sick baby after a High Court judge ruled doctors could withdraw his life support.’
BBC News, 25th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Doctors can withdraw life-support treatment from a sick baby boy against his parents’ wishes, a high court judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 11th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A vegan mother who wanted her sons to live a “toxin free” life will be forced to make them receive routine vaccinations after the High Court overruled her objections.’
The Independent, 6th April 2017
Source: www.indpendent.co.uk
‘The airline Flybe has been fined £70,000 for sending more than 3.3 million marketing emails to people who had opted out of receiving them.’
BBC News, 29th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The alleged rape of a drunken undergraduate is typical of the “world of modern students”, a court has heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent important judgments in private law children cases.’
Family Law Week, 28th February 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Newly proposed reforms to EU ePrivacy rules could exacerbate problems that stem from existing rules governing the use of ‘cookies’.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th February 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Andrew Powell, barrister of 4 Paper Buildings, considers recent surrogacy cases in this jurisdiction, developments in the European Court of Human Rights, calls for law reform and recent judgments concerning administrative errors by fertility clinics.’
Family Law Week, 22nd February 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Women who sign up to dating sites are not consenting to sex, a judge said as he jailed a man for raping a woman he met on Plenty of Fish.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Lorraine Cavanagh, barrister of St Johns Buildings, explains the implications of a recent important judgment of the President concerning the English courts’ recognition of permanence orders of Scottish children.’
Family Law Week, 14th February 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Is it a breach of a local authority’s duty under section 20 of the Children Act 1989, and article 8 of the ECHR, to keep children in foster care without their parent’s consent? This was the question answered by the Court of Appeal in London Borough of Hackney v Williams [2017] EWCA Civ 26.’
Community Care Blog, 9th February 2017
Source: www.communitycare11kbw.com
