Couple convicted over baby smuggling attempt – Home Office
“A couple from Oxford have been convicted of attempting to pass off a Nigerian baby as their own and bring it back to the UK.”
Home Office, 17th April 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
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Extradition, Deportation and Human Rights – Edward Fitzgerald QC
Extradtition, Deportation and Human Rights (PDF)
Edward Fitzgerald QC
Inner Temple Reader’s Lecture Series, 18th March 2013
Source: www.innertemple.org.uk
How to challenge a parking ticket – The Guardian
“Don’t be taken for a ride over parking tickets – know your rights on private car parks, penalty charges and your right to appeal.”
The Guardian, 18th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court issues strong warning over costs budget mistakes – Litigation Futures
“It will usually be ‘extremely difficult’ to persuade a court to revise a costs budget that contains mistakes, even if the other party has not been misled or suffered prejudice, the High Court has warned.”
Litigation Futures, 18th April 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
The Bellwether Report 2013: Survive or Thrive? – Legal Week
“The LexisNexis Bellwether Report, Survive or Thrive?, takes the temperature of independent lawyers, sole practitioners and owner/lawyers in smaller law firms, to see how they are dealing with the current financial, regulatory and legal climate.”
Legal Week, 17th April 2013
Source: www.legalweek.com
Supreme court rules web browsing does not infringe newspapers’ copyright – The Guardian
“The UK supreme court has ruled that readers who open articles via a website link are not breaking the law, overturning the high court’s ruling that browsing was a breach of newspaper owners’ copyright.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Not So Great Expectations – NearlyLegal
“We are all aware that there is no general entitlement to permanent accommodation via the Part VII route (R v Brent ex p Awua). So it is interesting to find a s.204 appeal where it was argued that the Appellant had a legitimate expectation of permanent accommodation in preference to anything else that the Council might offer.”
NearlyLegal, 17th April 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Luke Harwood death: Three guilty of playing field murder – BBC News
“Two men and a woman have been found guilty of the murder of a teenager whose body was found in a playing field in east London.”
BBC News, 17th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Facebook comment leaves juror facing contempt charge – The Guardian
“A juror will be prosecuted for contempt of court after allegedly writing on Facebook that he wanted to “f*** up a paedophile” during the trial of a convicted child sex offender.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Paralysed builder to carry on Tony Nicklinson’s right-to-die battle – The Guardian
“A paralysed builder who has required round-the-clock care since a car accident 23 years ago has applied to the high court to be allowed to die with the help of a doctor, carrying on the legal fight begun by another seriously disabled man last year.”
The Guardian, 18th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Unauthorised browsing of copyrighted material online is legitimate, says UK Supreme Court – OUT-LAW.com
“The UK Supreme Court has asked the EU’s highest court to rule on whether the temporary copies that computers make to allow material to be read online breach copyright laws.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Fast-track legislation preventing proper scrutiny, says rights committee – The Guardian
“The increasing use emergency legislation, lack of adequate debating time and insertion of last-minute amendments are preventing effective parliamentary scrutiny of new laws, a committee has said.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Commerzbank ‘victimised’ employee over discrimination case, tribunal rules – The Guardian
“A City banker was ‘victimised’ by her bank after it discovered she was suing her former employer for sexual discrimination, a tribunal has ruled. Latifa Bouabdillah was sacked by Commerzbank after less than a month when her boss heard she was suing her former employer, Deutsche Bank, for more than £1m in damages for sexual discrimination.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Banks Take First Round In Interest Rate Swap Mis-Selling Claims – No. 5 Chambers
“Following the announcement in June 2012 by the Financial Services Authority of a two month investigation in to the sale (and in particular mis-selling) of interest rate hedging products such as swaps, collars, structured collars there is considerable interest in whether such claims are likely, following Payment Protection Insurance, to become another key battleground in financial services litigation.”
No. 5 Chambers, 7th February 2013
Source: www.no5.com
Private Trusts and the Court of Protection – No. 5 Chambers
“The Court of Protection has jurisdiction over the property, financial affairs and personal welfare of people who lack mental capacity to make decisions for themselves. Among its various roles the Court is responsible for determining disputes as to the registration of enduring powers of attorney (“EPA”), and Lasting Powers of Attorney (‘LPA’), appointing new trustees, authorising certain gifts and making statutory wills.”
No. 5 Chambers, 4th February 2013
Source: www.no5.com
Protect your deposits! Assured shorthold tenancies and rent deposits – Hardwicke Chambers
“It is a common problem with assured shorthold tenancies of a flat or a house. An unscrupulous landlord takes a deposit from a tenant and then, at the end of the tenancy, refuses to return the deposit on some largely trumped up basis. In effect the landlord challenges the tenant to sue him for return of the deposit. The sums involved are important to the tenant losing them, but in reality are so small that the time and money required to recover them through the Courts is disproportionate. The landlord gets a windfall.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 15th April 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
The Scope Of The Duty Of Fidelity – No. 5 Chambers
“What are the duties of an Employee who is approached by a family member to supply goods or services to his Employer?”
No. 5 Chambers, 18th March 2013
Source: www.no5.com
Don’t look down: The decision in El-Dinnaoui v Westminster City Council – Hardwicke Chambers
“The duty that local authorities have to accommodate homeless applicants in priority need is well established. But that duty, in section 193 of the Housing Act 1996, ceases to apply if a homeless applicant refuses to accept accommodation which is suitable for them.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 12th April 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
