‘A family judge has told the Legal Aid Agency not to issue a letter ‘almost akin to a tick-box form’ should it refuse to pay an expert’s fee in a case involving a three-month old boy at the centre of care proceedings.’
Law Society's Gazette, 24th August 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A judge has criticised airport security for making the “erroneous and potentially dangerous” conclusion that a pipe bomb in a passenger’s luggage was not viable, as the would-be attacker was jailed for 18 years.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd August 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘On Thursday 13 July 2017, following the trial of a preliminary issue of limitation, HH Judge Paul Matthews handed down judgment in Osborne v. (1) Follett Stock (a firm); (2) Follett Stock LLP.’
4 New Square, 19th July 2017
Source: www.4newsquare.com
‘Michael Jones, barrister, Deans Court Chambers, Manchester, considers the lessons to be learned from the case of X which attracted considerable attention in the mainstream media.’
Family Law Week, 15th August 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Justice minister Dominic Raab has conceded the UK would keep “half an eye” on rulings by the European Union’s highest court after Brexit as the government appeared to soften its stance on how heavily the bloc would influence UK law.’
The Guardian, 23rd August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Britain could be subject to rulings by the European Court of Justice for years after the UK leaves the European Union, it has emerged.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Recent research suggests that AI could make a valuable contribution to the judicial process.’
The Guardian, 13th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government must provide clarity on whether it wants UK courts to take into account rulings of the European court of justice after Brexit, one of Britain’s most senior judges has said.’
The Guardian, 8th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘At first glance, two recent judgments from the CAT may give the impression that the new UK class action regime is dead in the water. However, on closer inspection there is much in these judgments that prospective claimants will welcome.’
Competition Bulletin, 4th August 2017
Source: competitionbulletin.com
‘Westminster City Council can recover “reasonable” licensing fees and enforcement costs charged to various sex shops in Soho, London, even though these fees were later found to be in breach of an EU directive, the UK’s highest court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st July 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘On 14 June 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its long-awaited judgment in Stichting Brein v Ziggo BV (C-610/15), concerning the activities of controversial file-sharing platform The Pirate Bay (TPB).’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th July 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Transparency Project has published a new guide designed to help parties in the family justice system “navigate the complicated issue of publishing judgments about private family matters”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th July 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Last month, the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and Leicester Law School convened a public event that asked an expert panel to consider these issues. Speakers included Merris Amos (Queen Mary University London); Dr Ed Bates (Leicester Law School); Eleanor Hourigan (Deputy Permanent Representative, UK Delegation to the Council of Europe); Nuala Mole (The AIRE Centre); and Prof Philip Leach (EHRAC, Middlesex University London and the European Implementation Network). Murray Hunt (Legal Adviser to the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights and incoming Director of the Bingham Centre) chaired the event.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th July 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the presumption in favour of sustainable development, as set out in paragraph 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), should only be treated as a material consideration by a planning inspector in the limited circumstances set out in that paragraph and not in any other circumstances.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th July 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Recent uncertainty as to how a costs budget impacts on the final bill in relation to both incurred and estimated costs has, to some extent, been resolved by the judgment in Harrison v University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 792.’
Zenith PI, 6th July 2017
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Brexit will see Britain’s top judges prove they are the best in the world, the new Justice Secretary has insisted.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Ministers must work faster to ensure that after Brexit UK and EU court judgments are mutually recognised and enforced, the lord chief justice has urged.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In a robustly worded judgment handed down today, Mr Justice Collins found the revised benefits cap operated to unlawfully discriminate lone parents with children under the age of two and those children under the age of two.’
Garden Court Chambers, 22nd June 2017
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘Nicholas Siddall analyses the recent judgment of the EAT in Swissport v Exley & Ors [2017] UKEAT/007/16 (Slade J) in which he successfully appeared and the interesting observations therein made by the EAT as to the correct approach to assessing costs in the Employment Tribunal.’
Littleton Chambers, 30th June 2017
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘The liability of trustees in bankruptcy to bankrupts is a curiously under – developed area of law. There has been a lack of clarity the circumstances in which a trustee can be liable to a bankrupt personally (rather than liable for losses to the bankrupt’s estate). However, this issue came before the Court of Appeal last month (judgment handed down 25 May 2017).’
4 New Square, 8th June 2017
Source: www.4newsquare.com
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