“The appeal in Beitov Properties Ltd v Elliston Bentley Martin [2012] UKUT 133 (LC) highlights three issues for landlords: compliance with s47 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1987, remedying non-compliance, and the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal’s procedure and jurisdiction.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 12th October 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“The repairing obligations imposed on the landlord of a ‘dwelling-house’ by s.11(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 are well known: the landlord must keep in repair the structure and exterior of the dwelling-house, as well as the installations within it.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 11th August 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“Beauty and cosmetic treatments are becoming ever more accessible and affordable to the public, and the frequency of claims arising out of negligent beauty and cosmetic treatments is on the increase. Injuries sustained when things go wrong can be painful, distressing and uncomfortably intimate, and can have a severe psychological effect on a claimant in addition to the painful physical injury.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 10th October 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“Administering and contributing to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) will become a regulated activity, while criminal sanctions will be introduced for ‘misleading statements’ in relation to the benchmark, the Government has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A gay couple who were turned away from a bed and breakfast were discriminated against, it has been ruled.”
BBC News, 18th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Apple has lost its appeal against a UK ruling that Samsung had not infringed its design rights.”
BBC News, 18th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Crimes against adults fell 6% in England and Wales for the year ending in June, compared with the previous year, official statistics show.”
BBC News, 18th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Organisations that face being fined for breaching UK competition law will be able to challenge the level of penalty being proposed or the way the fine has been calculated under a new procedure outlined by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A new cross-government website Gov.uk has launched making it quicker and easier for you to interact with the government online.”
Ministry of Justice, 17th October 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Court of Appeal has told a self-represented litigant that his lack of legal understanding does not entitle him to ‘extra indulgence’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th October 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A nationwide search has been launched for four missing children after a high court judge said that they had been abducted by their mother.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The home secretary’s decision not to extradite the Crouch End Asperger’s sufferer has caused others to raise questions.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Wednesday’s debate on current key topics in the Court of Protection was a hard-hitting discussion on matters which elicit strong views, such as voluntary euthanasia, assisted suicide, the role of ‘dignity’ and ‘sanctity of life’, and whether the latter two principles can ever be reconciled.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Increasing numbers of hate-crime prosecutions are collapsing because victims are backing out or their stories unravel in court, a new report from the Crown Prosecution Service reveals today.”
The Independent, 18th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Conservation legislation is undermined as laws are ‘scattered across statutes’, badly in need of consolidation, says report.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Serious criminals will be able to avoid details of their communications being monitored under an expanded intelligence gathering regime proposed by the Government, the UK’s data protection watchdog has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“There are three cases, among the many decided by the Court in the past few weeks, which I would like to highlight. They deal with testimony potentially obtained through torture, forced labour and extraordinary rendition respectively.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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