‘A central plank of the Government’s benefit reform programme has suffered a major setback after a High Court judge ruled it was unlawful and was causing “real misery” to single parents and their children.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Pointers for the potential level of fixed costs for civil claims have been revealed on the eve of a pilot scheme to test how the idea will work.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th June 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Judiciary of England and Wales, 15th June 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Lavender J in MLIA & CLEL v Chief Constable of Hampshire [2017] EWHC 292 (QB) has offered helpful guidance on the application of the limitation defence for human rights claims, in a case which failed to meet the threshold for engaging the investigative duty under Articles 3 and 8 of the Convention.’
UK Police Law Blog, 11th June 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘A natural father need not be given a copy of a notice of care proceedings where this would create a risk for the mother, HHJ Bellamy has ruled in the Family Court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th June 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A taxi firm did not break the law when an automated booking system allocated a customer enquiry in one local authority area to a cab owned by the same firm but licensed by a neighbouring council.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th June 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘High Court judge was mugged at champagne bottle-point by a thief who then demanded a kiss goodbye, a court has heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Litigants who shun mediation because they want their day in court should not be penalised for their conduct, a Court of Appeal judge has suggested.’
Litigation Futures, 25th May 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A judge has thrown a racist who called him “mate” in court behind bars for being disrespectful.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A fixed costs pilot scheme could get underway in the mercantile courts by the end of this year, according to minutes from recent meetings of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (CPRC).’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd May 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The judge in charge of the RBS rights issue litigation has outlined his “very great concern” about the “extraordinary” costs racked up by the bank, which are currently estimated at £129m.’
Litigation Futures, 24th May 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘It is a pleasure to have been asked to give this year’s Blackstone lecture. Lord Devlin at the outset of his Hamlyn Lectures in 1956 observed: that trial by jury was a subject on which it was not possible to ‘say anything very novel or very profound’. If not a subject suitable for original comment, why did I choose it?’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 22nd May 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Lionel Cohen Lecture by the Lord Chief Justice: The judiciary within the state – governance and cohesion of the judiciary.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 22nd May 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘The Lord Chief Justice has signalled concerns about the impending reform to educating law students, saying that a “very broadly based legal education” and law schools “as the centres of excellence” must not be diluted.’
Legal Futures, 18th May 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The process of obtaining a divorce should be completely separated from a couple’s disputes over money, according to the most senior family judge in England and Wales. Referring to the government’s “lamentable history of procrastination” in reforming divorce laws, Sir James Munby called for the streamlining of new online divorce procedures.’
Full text of the latest view from the President’s chambers
The Guardian, 17th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A senior judge has shed light on the push by the government to conduct court proceedings via video despite widespread concerns.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th May 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Separating elderly couples against their wishes when one or both move to care homes must end, Britain’s most senior family judge has said.’
BBC News, 10th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A texting lorry driver who was reaching down to tune his radio when he killed a pensioner has had his sentence increased after judges found it was unduly lenient.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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