“Five Royal Marines have lodged a challenge against a ruling that they can be named following the conviction of one of them for the murder of an injured insurgent in Afghanistan.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th November 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“An increasing number of reports are emerging of hardline decisions by district judges over non-compliance with the CPR or breach of orders and directions.”
Litigation Futures, 19th November 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“The career-ending 12 year ban imposed on World No.8 snooker player Stephen Lee in September this year shook the snooker world. But the Decision of the sports disciplinary tribunal holds an important lesson for the fight against sport-fixing more generally.”
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 18th November 2013
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
“A benefits fraudster who fled to the Costa del Sol ahead of sentencing in 2008 has been jailed for three years. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith labelled it ‘outrageous’ that 70-year-old Norman Brennan had been in Spain for five years, and vowed to bring the pensioner back to face justice.”
The Independent, 18th November 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The ‘hard-working and respectable family man’ exposed himself due to the effect of drugs he was taking.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Andrew Pack, care lawyer with Brighton and Hove City Council, considers the options for local authorities in the wake of the Court of Appeal’s landmark judgment in W (A Child) v Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 1227.”
Family Law Week, 17th November 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“The government’s response to the consultation paper on whiplash claims has recently been published. Within it, the government scraps the idea of raising the small claims limit for personal injury claims to £5,000; a measure which would capture most road traffic claims in the UK. It was seen by many as a pivotal brick in the Jackson campaign for proportionate costs, as it would fix the costs entitlement for most whiplash claims at fixed commencement costs for small claims. This would net a significant saving in adverse costs payments at a national level. So, why was a measure of seemingly vital importance discarded so summarily by the government?”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 15th November 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
The trial of former News of the World journalists accused of a conspiracy to hack mobile phones is now well under way at the Old Bailey.
BBC News, 16th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The appeal hearing for Mairead Philpott and Paul Mosley, convicted of killing six children in a Derby house fire, is expected to be filmed for television.”
BBC News, 15th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has recently handed down judgements in Société des Produits Nestlé SA v Cadbury UK Limited and JW Spear & Sons Limited, Mattel Inc & Mattel UK Limited v Zynga Inc, which emphasise the importance of complying with the conditions of Article 2 of the Trade Marks Directive 2008/95/EC as being a ‘sign’ capable of graphic representation.”
Technology Law Update, 15th November 2013
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
“The government has come under fire from extradition and human rights practitioners for seeking to remove the automatic right of appeal in extradition cases.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 15th November 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“When facing a reasonable adjustments claim one of the first lines of defence for an employer is knowledge. An employer can avail itself of the defence of lack of knowledge of the disability (s.20 of Sch 8 of the Equality Act 2010) if it did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, that the person had a disability. The defence is an impenetrable shield and often forms a key battleground at trial.”
13 KBW Employment, 18th November 2013
“A High Court judge has given a group of Romany Travellers permission for a judicial review over a council’s decision to evict them from an unauthorised site on Green Belt land.”
Local Government Lawyer, 18th November 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
“Leading search engine companies Google and Microsoft have agreed measures to make it harder to find child abuse images online.”
BBC News, 18th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The bankrupt tycoon embroiled in Britain’s most high-profile divorce has been labelled a ‘fraudster’ in a separate High Court judgment. Scot Young, a property and telecoms magnate in the middle of an acrimonious battle against his estranged wife, has been caught up in separate litigation involving a former lawyer and one of his alleged creditors.”
The Independent, 17th November 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Doctors and other professionals moving from Europe to work in the UK will have their fluency in English checked under new rules governing language skills and other safety issues.”
BBC News, 15th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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