‘A High Court judge has accused costs lawyers of “abuse of the cost budgeting process” following an “unjustifiably low” estimate of the other side’s costs.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th May 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Do clinicians treating a patient with Huntington’s Disease have a duty to disclose the diagnosis to the patient’s daughters? Arguably so, says the Court of Appeal in ABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (2017) EWCA Civ 336.’
Panopticon, 17th may 2017
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘ABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and Others [2017] EWCA Civ 336. In a fascinating twist to the drama of futuristic diagnosis, the Court of Appeal has allowed an argument that doctors treating a Huntington’s patient should have imparted information about his diagnosis to his pregnant daughter to go to trial.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th May 2017
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘It is not “wrong in law” for judges to amend transcripts of judgments to better explain the reasons behind their decisions, the High Court has held.’
Litigation Futures, 19th May 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Jill Poole Memorial Lecture by the Lord Chief Justice: Keeping commercial law up to date.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 16th May 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘A 92-year-old man has been found guilty of using a chatroom to incite what he believed were 11 and 12-year-old girls to engage in sexual activity.’
BBC News, 18th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed after pleading guilty to photographing sexual assaults on children more than a decade ago.’
BBC News, 18th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The competition watchdog has confirmed it will begin an in-depth investigation into Just Eat’s proposed £200m merger with Hungryhouse.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A retired producer of TV drama The Bill has been convicted of trying to hire three men to kill his partner of 27 years after becoming besotted with a woman 40 years his junior.’
The Independent, 18th May 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A “devious” couple who staged their baby’s death in a “cynical charade” on a bus have been jailed for 11 years.’
BBC News, 18th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police have launched an investigation into the deaths of 15 babies at a hospital in Chester.’
The Independent, 18th May 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who was given nearly £1.6m by his father after he won £101m in the Euromillions has had his claim for more cash thrown out by a judge.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In 2002, Mr. Dammermann entered into a mortgage with a bank. He defaulted on that mortgage and LPA receivers were appointed. The receivers appointed Lanyon Bowdler to conduct the sale of the property. On sale of the property Lanyon rendered a bill to the receivers that was paid and became part of the secured liability. Mr. Dammermann issued proceedings contesting the legal fees charged.’
Zenith PI Blog, 17th May 2017
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘This case concerned the issue of whether or not claimants (or their solicitors) should be obliged to repay Stage 1 costs of £400 + VAT (under the “old” Portal rules) in claims which did not then proceed to Stage 2.’
Zenith PI Blog, 16th May 2017
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The Lord Chief Justice has signalled concerns about the impending reform to educating law students, saying that a “very broadly based legal education” and law schools “as the centres of excellence” must not be diluted.’
Legal Futures, 18th May 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that solicitors should be able to claim protocol costs for claims which did not go beyond the first stage.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th May 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has applied for an injunction against Fergus Wilson.’
BBC News, 17th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘KitKat-maker Nestlé has been foiled again, after a UK Court of Appeal ruled that the consumer goods giant cannot trademark the shape of its popular four-fingered chocolate bar.’
The Independent, 17th may 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Frances Bailey, Principal Associate and Naomi Shelton, Associate, both of Mills & Reeve LLP, analyse the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during April 2017.’
Family Law Week, 12th may 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
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