Category: courts

High Court Litigation Commercial Bargains and The Common Law – 11 KBW

Posted May 15th, 2013 in company law, courts, employment, fiduciary duty, news by sally

“Employment litigation in the High Court is one of the most interesting and dynamic areas of practice. The cases tend to be fought at the point where countervailing currents commercial and employment law meet and many of the cases turn on resolving the tension between a bargain struck between commercial men and the portmanteau term of trust and confidence. That tension presents an opportunity for the creative advisor and a pitfall for the unwary”

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11 KBW, 10th May 2013

Source: www.11kbw.com

Crime and Courts Act 2013 – legislation.gov.uk

Posted April 26th, 2013 in courts, deferred prosecution agreements, drug abuse, extradition, immigration, legislation, national crime agency, police, proceeds of crime, public order, self-defence by sally

Full text of Act

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

HSBC Bank plc v Tambrook Jersey Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted April 24th, 2013 in administrators, banking, courts, foreign jurisdictions, insolvency, Jersey, law reports by sally

HSBC Bank plc v Tambrook Jersey Ltd [2013] EWHC 866 (Ch); [2013] WLR (D) 146

“The English court could not “assist” a foreign insolvency court for the purposes of section 426(4) of the Insolvency Act 1986 where there were no existing insolvency proceedings in the foreign jurisdiction or any intention to commence such proceedings.”

WLR Daily, 12th April 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Government will be mightily relieved at decision to uphold political ads ban – The Guardian

Posted April 23rd, 2013 in advertising, courts, freedom of expression, human rights, news, political parties by sally

“The court’s decision turned on the judges’ assessment of what restrictions are necessary in a democratic society.”

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The Guardian, 22nd April 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Simplified court fee waivers to save taxpayers £7m – Ministry of Justice

Posted April 19th, 2013 in consultations, courts, fees, press releases, tribunals by sally

“A consultation published today sets out proposals for fee remissions (waivers) for courts and tribunals which are better targeted, fairer for the taxpayer and easy for users to understand.”

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Ministry of Justice, 18th April 2013

Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

Family Justice Modernisation Programme – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted April 19th, 2013 in courts, family courts, press releases by sally

“The President of the Family Division has issued this update on the process of reform.”

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Judiciary of England and Wales, 15th April 2013

Sorce: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Fee remissions for the courts and tribunals – Ministry of Justice

Posted April 18th, 2013 in consultations, courts, fees, news, tribunals by sally

“This consultation paper sets our proposals for reform of the fee remissions system, which ensures that access to justice is maintained for those individuals on lower incomes who would otherwise have difficultly paying a fee to use court or tribunal services.”

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Ministry of Justice, 18th April 2013

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Sharia courts putting women at risk, CPS warns – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 8th, 2013 in courts, domestic violence, families, islamic law, news, women by sally

“Sharia courts are putting women at risk of violence from abusive husbands, the Crown Prosecution Service has warned.”

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Daily Telegraph, 7th April 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Cautions for serious and repeat offenders under review – Ministry of Justice

Posted April 3rd, 2013 in cautions, courts, news, police, recidivists by sally

“Serious and repeat criminals should not expect to escape with a caution, Secretary of State for Justice Chris Grayling announced today with the launch of a Government review into cautions. ”

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Ministry of Justice, 3rd April 2013

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Police cautions to be reviewed by government – The Guardian

Posted April 3rd, 2013 in cautions, courts, news, police, recidivists by sally

“The government is launching a review of the use of police cautions in England and Wales, amid fears that they are being used to punish serious offences that should be dealt with by the courts.”

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The Guardian, 3rd April 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Regina v Applied Language Solutions Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted March 27th, 2013 in contracts, courts, criminal justice, interpreters, law reports, maladministration by sally

Regina v Applied Language Solutions Ltd: [2013] EWCA Crim 326;   [2013] WLR (D)  123

“Where a company had an agreement with the Ministry of Justice to provide interpreters, including interpreters for criminal proceedings, it was essential that an interpreter was provided on every occasion when one was required. If there was successive non-attendance of an individual interpreter or successive failures in systems a court was entitled to view that as amounting to serious misconduct rendering the company liable for the costs thereby incurred by the Crown Prosecution Service and the defence.”

WLR Daily, 25th March 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Foreign lawsuits may face higher UK legal fees – The Guardian

Posted March 27th, 2013 in courts, fees, jurisdiction, legal services, news by sally

“Higher fees may be introduced for foreign businessmen and Russian oligarchs who pursue their multimillion-pound disputes in British courts, under a review announced on Tuesday.”

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The Guardian, 26th March 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

QB Master warns of “blood on the floor” after 1 April – Litigation Futures

Posted March 5th, 2013 in costs, courts, delay, judges, news by sally

“The Jackson reforms will leave ‘blood on the floor’ and a lack of resources behind the reforms will leave courts and judges ‘overwhelmed’ by the extra workload, Master Cook of the Queen’s Bench Division has predicted.”

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Litigation Futures, 5th March 2013

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Attack of the Clones: Supreme Court keeps its white male first eleven – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted February 28th, 2013 in courts, diversity, judges, news, Supreme Court by sally

“Baroness Helena Kennedy has argued that judges have a tendency to clone themselves when choosing successors. It is hard to avoid that impression in the Supreme Court, which kept its white male first eleven in place yesterday by appointing three new justices: Lord Justice Hughes, Lord Justice Toulson and Lord Hodge. The sole woman amongst 12 justices of our highest appeal court remains Lady Hale. There are no black or Asian judges, not have there ever been.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 27th February 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Judicial appointments: new boys at the supreme court – The Guardian

Posted February 28th, 2013 in courts, judges, news, Supreme Court by sally

“Who’s in and who’s out of the top tier of the judiciary? Joshua Rozenberg’s money is on Lady Hale for deputy president.”

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The Guardian, 27th February 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jackson implementation lectures restart with patents court success story – Litigation Futures

Posted February 26th, 2013 in costs, courts, news, patents, speeches by sally

“Reforms to the Patents County Court (PCC) – including a costs cap – have been a “considerable success” and enabled more people to bring cases, the first Jackson implementation lecture in nearly nine months has revealed.”

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Litigation Futures, 26th February 2013

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Intellectual Property Litigation: Implementation of the Jackson Report’s Recommendations – Speech by Mr Justice Arnold

Posted February 14th, 2013 in case management, costs, courts, intellectual property, news, patents, speeches by sally

Intellectual Property Litigation: Implementation of the Jackson Report’s Recommendations (PDF)

Speech by Mr Justice Arnold

AIPPI UK, 14th February 2013

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Religious courts and Sharia divorce – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted February 5th, 2013 in arbitration, children, courts, divorce, financial provision, Judaism, news, residence orders by sally

“If you glanced at the front page of The Times for 1 February, with its headline ‘High Court opens way to Sharia divorces’, you could have been forgiven for thinking that the court had made some important pronouncement on the role of Sharia (Islamic law) in divorce proceedings. The story’s first paragraph would also have led you naturally to that conclusion. ‘The prospect of divorce cases being settled by Sharia and religious courts’, it says, ‘has been opened up by landmark legal decision.’ So it would have come as a bit of a jolt to read the start of the next paragraph: ‘A Jewish couple have had their divorce settlement under Beth Din, rabbinical law, approved by the High Court.’ As this indicates, the case (AI v MT [2013] EWHC 100 (Fam)) says nothing whatsoever about Sharia.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 4th February 2013

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Justice minister, Chris Grayling, accused of legal interference – The Independent

Posted February 4th, 2013 in anonymity, consent orders, courts, imprisonment, Ministry of Justice, news by sally

“Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor, was at the centre of a major legal row last night amid accusations that he politically interfered with a judicial decision taken by his own department.”

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The Independent, 3rd February 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

TV cameras to be allowed into court of appeal – The Guardian

Posted January 31st, 2013 in appeals, courts, law reports, media, news by sally

“TV cameras will be allowed into the court of appeal for the first time from October and senior judges will be offered training before appearing on camera, the lord chief justice has revealed.”

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The Guardian, 30th January 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk