‘A personal injury lawyer who persuaded other employees to fake client signatures and lied about it in court has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).’
Litigation Futures, 24th October 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed a council’s appeal over whether it could lawfully take into account three revenue streams – private fees, top up payments and NHS payments – when making an evaluative judgement of what it would expect to pay for residential care for the elderly.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Merrill Lynch International £34.5 million for failing to report 68.5 million exchange traded derivative (ETD) transactions over a two-year period.’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Consumer organisation Which? is calling on the government to create new rights for people who have been the victims of a corporate data breach.’
The Guardian, 24th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘It is sometimes necessary for local authorities to seek to place a looked after child in what is called secure accommodation. This is designed to protect them from injuring themselves or others and/or absconding from other types of accommodation and suffering significant harm as a consequence.’
Family Law, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed for life for the murder of a man one met through the dating-focused social networking app Badoo.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police forces are failing to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking because the cases are too difficult and senior officers believe the public lack sympathy for the victims, a highly critical report has found.’
The Guardian, 24th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Dr Azmi Sharom is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya where he has taught for 27 years. He currently lectures Human Rights Law, International Environmental Law and Conflict of Laws and is Head of the Faculty of Law’s Human Rights Research Group. He is also currently President of the Academic Staff Union of University Malaya.’
Date: 31st October 2017, 5.30-7.00pm
Location: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘Families of victims of the Birmingham pub bombings have been granted permission to challenge a coroner who ruled out naming alleged suspects during inquests into the tragedy.’
BBC News, 20th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A local authority has been held vicariously liable for the abuse of a woman by two sets of foster parents she was placed with as a child, despite not being negligent in its selection or supervision of the foster parents.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th October 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The government expects to refund £33m to employment tribunal claimants after the Supreme Court ruled tribunal fees unlawful.’
Litigation Futures, 20th October 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘When does the claimant’s cause of action accrue in a professional negligence case? In particular, at what point has the claimant suffered a recoverable loss? This question is of course most relevant when a potential limitation defence arises under section 2 of the Limitation Act 1980, and is an issue that the courts have struggled with for some time. The recent case of Halsall v Champion Consulting Limited [2017] EWHC 1079 (QB) serves as a useful reminder of the difficulties that can arise in this area.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 17th October 2017
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘In his previous article of 26th July 2017 Steven discussed the potential benefits of obtaining borough-wide Injunctions preventing anyone entering green spaces with vehicles, (most commonly mobile homes and caravans) and then fly-tipping industrial scale waste. This article deals with the fact that it is becoming increasingly clear that, where one local authority obtains protection in the form of a borough-wide injunction to prevent incursions onto its green spaces, a neighbouring borough becomes vulnerable to an increase in incursions.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 19th October 2017
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘Introduced by the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, the statutory adjudication scheme is a well-established dispute resolution mechanism within the UK construction industry. The scheme is often referred to as a ‘pay now, argue later’ mechanism which seeks to maintain cashflow during construction projects by providing a cost-effective and swift means of determining disputes. Although an adjudication award is binding, it is not final. However, in practice an adjudication award is often the final resolution of a dispute.’
Law Society's Gazette, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A ban on estate agents charging solicitors referral fees along with loosening the restriction on conveyancers acting for both seller and buyer were suggested by the government yesterday as possible reforms to improve the home-buying process.’
Legal Futures, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘New rules regarding the rights and obligations that arise in relation to the deployment and maintenance of mobile phone masts and other telecoms infrastructure are “expected to take effect in December”, according to the UK government.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th October 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A man who shared sexual abuse images of children as young as eight months has been jailed for two years.’
The Guardian, 20th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Websites that do not prevent the sale of illegal goods are complicit in cyber-crime, a crime chief has said.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The law of vicarious liability is on the move” proclaimed Lord Phillips in the last judgment he delivered as President of the Supreme Court: Various Claimants v Catholic Child Welfare Society [2012] UKSC 56, (“the Christian Brothers case”). In a judgment recently handed down by the Supreme Court in the case of Armes (Appellant) v Nottinghamshire County Council (Respondent) [2017] UKSC 60, His Lordship has been proved correct.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd October 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
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