‘A High Court judge was entitled to penalise a firm of Russian stockbrokers for conduct that “fell below acceptable standards of conducting litigation” by ordering it to pay 75% of the other side’s costs, even though it had successfully resisted a bid to strike out its claim, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 20th April 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Child victims of sexual abuse within families are being let down by the system, the children’s commissioner for England has said.’
The Guardian, 20th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will carry out an investment platforms market study in the coming year, it has announced.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th April 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A licensed taxi driver has been convicted of assaulting two members of a council’s parking team and given a community order requiring him to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th April 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Violence is “spiralling out of control” in UK prisons and incidents are being under-reported, according to a European watchdog.’
BBC News, 19th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge who sentenced a “fragile and vulnerable” woman to five-and-a-half months in jail for begging has expressed alarm that no lawyer could be found to represent her because of problems over legal aid.’
The Guardian, 20th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The “unreasonable conduct” test for ordering costs in the small claims court is similar to that for wasted costs, the Court of Appeal has ruled, but said it would not want litigants to be “too easily deterred” by the risk of an adverse costs award.’
Litigation Futures, 18th April 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The failures which led to a record fine for Clyde & Co were “particularly glaring” as it was “a large and, previously, reputable firm”, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has declared in approving the sanction.’
Legal Futures, 19th April 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Accelerating appeals for detained asylum seekers risks putting speed before justice, the Law Society has warned, after justice secretary Liz Truss unveiled a new system she says will save taxpayers an estimated £2.7m.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th April 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Paul Hart, barrister of 15 Winckley Square, discusses a term (and its appropriateness) which has become ubiquitous in social work statements in recent years.’
Family Law Week, 10th April 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘”Irresponsible” car loans will be probed by the City watchdog amid suggestion that drivers could soon be made to pass mortgage-style affordability tests before leasing new motors.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘More than 250 potential suspects and 560 victims have now been identified by officers investigating child sex abuse within football in the UK, police say.’
BBC News, 19th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than 80 prisoners in fear of their safety have sought sanctuary in a special unit in a Lancashire jail inspectors say is the most violent they have visited in recent times.’
The Guardian, 19th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The new commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has promised to “bear down” on large rises in violent crime in London.’
BBC News, 18th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than 800 women are suing the NHS and the manufacturers of vaginal mesh implants after suffering serious complications.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A driver who threatened BBC presenter Jeremy Vine has been jailed as police say it should serve as a “warning” to road rage drivers.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Tom Brake says that she has supported President Assad’s regime and therefore should be stripped of her British citizenship. It is not said she has personally been involved in any war crimes or similar or to have sanctioned such atrocities. Mr Brake seems to consider that holding and expressing a political opinion — an awful one, let us be clear — is sufficient to justify depriving a person of their citizenship.’
Free Movement, 17th April 2017
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘The National Union of Teachers has threatened legal action against the Department for Education over its proposals to expand selective education.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th April 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Coalition agreement introduced five-year parliaments but act allows for early elections if two-thirds of MPs vote in favour.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Legal action to prevent grammar schools expanding by the back door in England is being threatened by a teachers’ union.’
BBC News, 15th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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