Lorraine breaks rules on promotion – BBC News
“ITV show Lorraine broke rules by allowing Dannii Minogue to promote a milk product she had a commercial deal to endorse, Ofcom has ruled.”
BBC News, 4th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Insurer wrong to reject law firm’s blanket notification of possible claims, High Court rules – Legal Futures
“A professional indemnity (PI) insurer was wrong to reject a law firm’s blanket notification of possible claims, the High Court has decided in what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind.”
Legal Futures, 5th February 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Another critique of the new Immigration Rules’ codification of Article 8 – UK Human Rights Report
“Izuazu (Article 8 – new rules) Nigeria [2013] UKUT 45 (IAC). The Upper Tribunal has concluded that new Immigration Rules do not adequately reflect the Secretary of State’s obligations under Article 8 of the ECHR.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th February 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Regulator begins investigation into annuity market – OUT-LAW.com
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is investigating whether consumers are
getting a ‘fair dea’ when purchasing annuities, it has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Religious courts and Sharia divorce – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“If you glanced at the front page of The Times for 1 February, with its headline ‘High Court opens way to Sharia divorces’, you could have been forgiven for thinking that the court had made some important pronouncement on the role of Sharia (Islamic law) in divorce proceedings. The story’s first paragraph would also have led you naturally to that conclusion. ‘The prospect of divorce cases being settled by Sharia and religious courts’, it says, ‘has been opened up by landmark legal decision.’ So it would have come as a bit of a jolt to read the start of the next paragraph: ‘A Jewish couple have had their divorce settlement under Beth Din, rabbinical law, approved by the High Court.’ As this indicates, the case (AI v MT [2013] EWHC 100 (Fam)) says nothing whatsoever about Sharia.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 4th February 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Refusal to make a statement: remember the context – Education Law Blog
“A short recent decision of the Upper Tribunal (JS v Worcestershire County Council [2012] UKUT 451 (AAC)) has emphasised the importance, when assessing a child’s special educational needs (‘SENs’), of considering the context in which he or she is performing.”
Education Law Blog, 4th february 2013
Source: www.education11kbw.com
Leveson report: Lords unveil proposals in frustration at lack of progress – The Guardian
“Frustration in the Lords at the lack of progress over the Leveson report has led four peers to table measures to introduce a low-cost arbitration service for defamation, as recommended by Lord Justice Leveson in the defamation bill.”
The Guardian, 4th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Woman left fighting for life after gastric bypass surgery went wrong is awarded £35,000 compensation – The Independent
“A woman who was left fighting for her life after gastric bypass surgery went wrong has been awarded £35,000.”
The Independent, 4th February 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Nathan Rawling jailed for ‘murderous’ baby attack – BBC News
“A man who caused a one-month-old boy life-threatening injuries including two
punctured lungs and 26 rib fractures has been jailed for 10 years.”
BBC News, 4th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Firkin brothers’ murder convictions questioned after witness jailed – BBC News
“The conviction of Robert and Lee Firkins for one of Cornwall’s most notorious
murders has been cast into doubt, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 5th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cruddas wins libel payout over former Blair aide’s Twitter slurs – The Guardian
“Peter Cruddas, the former Conservative Party co-treasurer, has won £45,000 in libel damages plus costs from a former private secretary to Tony Blair who repeatedly alleged he was a criminal who flouted electoral law.”
The Guardian, 4th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Childless couple jailed over baby smuggled from Africa – Daily Telegraph
“A childless couple who desperately tried to start a family for more than a
decade have been jailed for smuggling in a baby from Africa.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Essex Police sued over Lee Balkwell cement mixer death – BBC News
“Essex Police is to be sued over its investigation into the death of a man found
with multiple injuries in a cement mixer.”
BBC News, 4th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Chris Huhne admits perverting the course of justice – BBC News
“Former cabinet minister Chris Huhne has admitted perverting the course of justice over claims his ex-wife took speeding points for him a decade ago. The Liberal Democrat MP, 58, changed his plea on the first day of his trial at Southwark Crown Court. He could face a prison sentence for the offence.”
BBC News. 4th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Collective Actions: loss in complex cases – Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers
“The big news from last week’s UK announcement on reforming private competition enforcement is that the government plans to introduce opt-out class actions for competition claims.”
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 4th February 2013
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
Regulators warned over covert surveillance of businesses thought to be selling age-restricted products to children – OUT-LAW.com
“Enforcement bodies have been warned about disproportionately invading traders’
privacy when carrying out checks over the way age-restricted products are sold.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Hargreaves supportive of Government copyright reforms but questions limitations to private copying exception – OUT-LAW.com
“The academic who led the most recent official review into the UK’s intellectual
property (IP) framework has questioned whether the Government’s plans to enable
individuals to make private copies of copyrighted material go far enough.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
When a deficiency makes no difference – NearlyLegal
“The question for the Court of Appeal in this second appeal from a homeless appeal, was ‘How should the courts deal with a plainly deficient homelessness decision when the deficiency has had no adverse consequences for the applicant?’. The issue being the effect of the lack of a ‘minded to’ letter requesting submissions under Regulation 8(2) Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Review Procedures) Regulations 1999. As we’ll see, the Court of Appeal agrees on the result, but not on the way of getting to it.”
NearlyLegal, 3rd February 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
Undue Influence in the Family – A 2013 Update – Family Law Week
“Luke Barnes, barrister at Three Dr Johnson’s Buildings, examines the issue of undue influence in family matters.”
Family Law Week, 1st February 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
