Lord Chancellor calls for greater innovation in legal market and hints at regulatory reform – Legal Futures
‘There needs to be a “more diverse and innovative legal services market” in England and Wales that attracts new providers and offers new opportunities “for the current and future legal profession”, the Lord Chancellor has said.’
Legal Futures, 24th October 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Personal injury lawyer struck off for telling staff to fake signatures – Litigation Futures
‘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
Council wins appeal over residential care payments and revenue streams – Local Government Lawyer
‘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
FCA fines Merrill Lynch £34.5m for reporting failure – OUT-LAW.com
‘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
Government called on to let data breach victims force compensation – The Guardian
‘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
Lack of secure accommodation – ‘blood on our hands’? – Family Law
‘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
Leicestershire men jailed for Badoo meet-up murder – BBC News
‘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 failing to tackle modern slavery in UK, report shows – The Guardian
‘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
EVENT: SOAS – Inception Lecture 2017: Boiling the Frog: The Erosion of Human Rights in Malaysia
‘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.
Birmingham pub bombings: Families to challenge inquest ruling – BBC News
‘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
Supreme Court: local authority ‘vicariously liable’ for abuse of child in foster care – OUT-LAW.com
‘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
Ministry of Justice begins process of refunding £33m in employment tribunal fees – Litigation Futures
‘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
Bad advice, limitation and tax avoidance – Hardwicke Chambers
‘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
Green Space Borough-Wide Preventative Injunctions: The Next Stage – Hardwicke Chambers
‘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
Construction: Adjudication – unilateral withdrawal – Law Society’s Gazette
‘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
Government floats referral fee ban and acting for both sides in bid to improve home-buying process – Legal Futures
‘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 Electronic Communications Code set to take effect in December, says government – OUT-LAW.com
‘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
Paedophile who had 3,000 abuse images jailed for two years – The Guardian
‘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
