‘Becky Watts’ stepbrother and his girlfriend have been jailed for killing the 16-year-old during a sexually-motivated kidnap plot. Nathan Matthews, 28, was sentenced to 33 years for murder and Shauna Hoare, 21, given 17 years for manslaughter.’
BBC News, 13th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A couple of recent cases have highlighted the issues involved in transferring County Court possession orders to the High Court for enforcement by High Court Enforcement Officers.’
Nearly Legal, 13th November 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘In this case, HHJ David Grant had to decide whether or not fixed recoverable costs applied to a claim that started out in the portal but was subsequently allocated to the multi-track.’
Zenith PI, 13th December 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A mother and her children who were separately represented as claimants in a long-running case are entitled to the costs of two sets of solicitors up to a point, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 12th November 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A claimant law firm has been given a major shot across the bows over its costs claim in a clinical negligence case after a High Court judge heavily reduced the sum its client sought as payment on account of costs, on the grounds of both proportionality and necessity.’
Litgiation Futures, 13th November 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Court of Appeal has made an additional finding of negligence against leading London law firm Withers over its drafting of an LLP agreement and increased the £1.6m in damages awarded in the High Court by a further £375,000.’
Legal Futures, 12th November 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Solicitors acting for both sides in property transactions are under a duty to disclose crucial details to lenders, the Court of Appeal has ruled..’
Legal Futures, 13th November 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In a report published on Tuesday 10 November the Law Commission recommends reforms to modernise and simplify the law regulating wildlife and create a flexible legal framework for the future.’
Law Commission, 10th November 2015
Source: www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission
‘Merseyside PoliceImage caption Ian Sullivan was jailed for 34 weeks at Liverpool Crown Court.
A man has been jailed for carrying out a string of cyber attacks against high-profile websites, resulting in more than 300 being taken offline.’
BBC news, 12th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘All new police constables will be required to have a degree in policing before they can join the force, under radical new proposals. The new scheme, set out by the College of Policing, could be implemented as early as 2019 and would represent a massive shift in the academic criteria for would-be Pcs.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A father who killed his four-week-old son has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 12th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who posed as a man to dupe her friend into having sex with her has been jailed for eight years.’
BBC News, 12th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In his monthly column, James Bickford Smith discusses the High Court’s decision in The Dorchester Group Limited t/a The Dorchester Collection v Kier Construction Limited [2015] EWHC 3051 (TCC) concerning an open offer of settlement.’
Littleton Chambers, 11th November 2015
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘How odd, you might think. A company can suffer a detriment under the Equality Act 2010 and so bring a claim for direct discrimination. Yet a company is impersonal and protected characteristics are highly personal that only individuals can have. How can that be?’
No. 5 Chambers, 8th October 2015
Source: www.no5.com
‘A regular issue that is being raised at MOJ Stage 3 hearings, particularly since the introduction of the 13th edition of the JC Guidelines: can parties make new offers in their Part B forms and benefit from the cost consequences of Part 36.29 for beating/matching them? This article aims to set out the relevant rules and paragraphs to determine this issue.’
Park Square Barristers, 6th November 2015
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘A postman who has stolen over 11,000 items of post since 1993 says he is “so sorry” for what he did.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The High Court has struck out claims against British Airways for damages allegedly arising from the air freight cartel on the basis of lack of authority. The claim was issued on behalf of 64,697 claimants, all members of the Chinese Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC), an organisation that issues certificates of origin when goods are exported from China.’
Zenith Chambers, 2nd November 2015
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
‘Three experienced police constables and a community support officer failed to deal with complaints made by a vulnerable disabled man in the 48 hours before he was murdered and his body set on fire by vigilantes, a court has heard.’
The Guardian, 11th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Government research on the impact of its reforms on civil legal aid are expected to be published by the end of the year, the Ministry of Justice has revealed.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th November 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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