‘The Law Society abused its dominant position by requiring over 3,000 law firms to buy its own training in order to maintain their Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) accreditation, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 26th May 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A sharp-eyed judge rumbled a couple who claimed they were victims of disability benefit when he caught them speeding on their mobility scooters during a court break.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘More than 200 drivers a day were caught using their mobile phones illegally in the wake of a crackdown on the practice.’
The Guardian, 29th May 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘On a hot bank holiday weekend 25 years ago, 20,000 people descended on land in the shadow of the Malvern Hills. The word was spread by an answering machine message: “Right, listen up revellers. It’s happening now and for the rest of the weekend, so get yourself out of the house and on to Castlemorton Common… Be there, all weekend, hardcore.”‘
BBC News, 28th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Teachers at a sixth form college participate in a full day of lawful strike action. The collective agreement (the Red Book) incorporated into their individual contracts of employment provides that in such a situation their employer can withhold their pay. But how much can the deductions be? That was the issue in Hartley v King Edward VI College (2017) UKSC 39. The employer had made the deductions at a rate of 1/260 of their annual pay. That was based on the number of weekdays in a calendar year. That was wrong say the Supreme Court. The employer was entitled to make deductions only at a rate of 1/365 of their annual salary. This is the effect of the Apportionment Act 1870 (“the Act”). This provides for accrual from day to day: Section 2.’
Education Blog, 24th May 2017
Source: education11kbw.com
‘A woman has asked a judge to give doctors permission to stop providing life-support treatment to her severely ill daughter.’
The Guardian, 29th May 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This was an appeal to the UT on various issue arising from an FTT decision. We will not dwell on the issue of specific charges not being consulted on under s.20, but not – as the UT found, overturning the FTT – subject to a Qualifying Long Term Agreement, because the more general point concerned the landlord having put some £11,000 of legal costs on the drawn out service charge disputes through on the service charge (not, we should note, as an administrative charge).’
Nearly Legal, 28th May 2017
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘People who violently attack children will get longer jail terms under a Tory Government, Theresa May will announce today as part a major crackdown.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Six men who accused the late Lord Janner of child sexual abuse have discontinued a legal case aimed at winning damages from his estate.’
BBC News, 28th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Charities have been silenced from speaking out about the Conservative social care plans despite believing they will be hugely damaging to elderly and disabled people across the country, it has been claimed.’
The Guardian, 29th May 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The recent change in the discount rate was covered on this blog. One issue that arose was how the courts were going to treat the Roberts -v- Johnstone approach to accommodation claims. It was not practical to use a multiplier that was a minus figure. In JR -v- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWHC 1245 (QB) Mr Justice Davis decided that the multiplier in these circumstances should be zero.’
Zenith PI Blog, 25th May 2017
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A man who sought to make a committal application against Royal Borough of Greenwich housing officers has had a series of judicial review applications dismissed as without merit and been ordered to pay costs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th May 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The term “McKenzie friend” is not appropriate in the criminal division of the Court of Appeal, the vice-president of the court has said in a ruling detailing the problems that the increasing number of “unqualified third parties” is causing.’
Legal Futures, 26th May 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld a conditional fee agreement entered into because legal aid had run out – even though the legal aid certificate had not been formally discharged.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th May 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Paedophiles can be banned from using Snapchat because the app deletes images, a judge has ruled in a landmark case.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An Audi garage where an apprentice mechanic was bullied before he killed himself was not to blame for his death, a coroner has decided.’
The Guardian, 25th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Train companies should do more to stop passengers leaning out of train windows following the death of a man in south London, investigators have said.’
BBC News, 25th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who was left disabled as a result of negligence during his birth will receive almost £8m in NHS compensation.’
BBC News, 25th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who started a fire in the toilet of a plane carrying more than 200 people has had his prison sentence more than doubled at the Court of Appeal.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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