‘An irrevocable undertaking by a claimant company’s owner to pay adverse costs is not equivalent to after-the-event (ATE) insurance and so not enough to defeat an application for security for costs, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 20th February 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Commercial litigators regularly encounter disputes which arise from parties’ attempts to renegotiate obligations under written agreements in situations where one party is having difficulty performing as required under the contract.’
Littleton Chambers, 26th January 2017
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘Advanced robots of the future could be given their own legal status under plans MEPs have asked EU policy makers to consider.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th February 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Theresa May will directly oversee the creation of new laws to deal with domestic abuse in England and Wales, the government has said.’
BBC News, 18th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rapists, armed robbers, arsonists… At Bethlem Royal Hospital, medical teams try to rehabilitate some of Britain’s most violent, mentally ill patients. The Telegraph gets a rare glimpse of the secure wards.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The bill to trigger Brexit moves to the Lords next week, and a flurry of new amendments will be introduced. This could lead to the bill ping-ponging between the two Houses, and a high-stakes battle of wills.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Three men charged with the 1987 murder of the private detective Daniel Morgan have lost their case that police maliciously tried to get them convicted. A fourth man has won part of his claim for damages.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Almost 500 criminal investigations are being reviewed after test results at a forensics lab were allegedly tampered with by two “rogue” scientists.’
Daily Telegraph, February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In December 2015 Nicola Thorp, employed by reception agency Portico, turned up for her first day of work as a temporary receptionist at PwC. She was wearing smart flat shoes, but was told that Portico’s policy required women to wear heels between two and four inches high. She was given an ultimatum: go out and buy high heels or go home. Ms Thorp refused to buy a new pair. When she challenged the policy, her manager sent her home without pay.’
Littleton Chambers, 30th January 2017
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘The EU fears millions of its nationals living in the UK will be left stranded in a legal no man’s land after the country leaves the EU because of the weaknesses of the British immigration system, a document obtained by the Observer reveals.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The findings of a review of evidence in the unsolved 1978 murder of paperboy Carl Bridgewater will be revealed in March, police say.’
BBC News, 19th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Animal cruelty should carry a five year maximum jail sentence, Battersea Dogs & Cats Home says as it complains you get longer for fly-tipping.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘One of the men who murdered Stephen Lawrence is attempting to sue the government after he was attacked in jail while awaiting trial.’
BBC News, 19th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has issued a new-style ‘short judgment’ in an immigration case, avoiding the lengthy documents normally issued by courts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th February 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Home Office has agreed to review asylum applications from child refugees in France after it emerged that several had returned to the site of the former Calais camp in a renewed effort to make the crossing to the UK.’
The Guardian, 19th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two leading experts give their differing views on the constitutional foundations of what we understand Europe to be, including a philosophical and historical perspective. An analysis of human rights from the eighteenth century to present day, identifying rights which have evolved from the English law and which are recognised in the human rights law we see today.
The RT Hon Sir Konrad Shiemann
Former Judge of the European Court of Justice
Professor Sir Roger Scruton FBA FRSL
English philosopher and broadcaster
Moderated by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, leading international human rights and war crimes barrister and former Gresham Professor of Law.’
Date: 20th February 2017, 5.45pm
Location: Parliament Chamber, Inner Temple
Charge: Free to members; Non-members £10 per ticket
More information can be found here.
‘The Court of Appeal has quashed a council’s grant of planning permission for a new football stadium over the failure of its planning committee to give reasons for its decision.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th February 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Following the case of Durant v Financial Services Authority [2004] FSR 573 it became common for an employer to resist providing disclosure to an employee who makes a subject access request under the Data Protection Act 1998 wholly or mainly in order to obtain material which would assist in pursuing litigation.’
Littleton Chambers, 16th February 2017
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
Articles include:
Restrictive Covenants and Building Schemes Just Like Buses p.7
Land Registration and the Service of Notices: mind the gap p.10
Forks & Spades; Leases & Licences; Possession & Occupation p.14
Recovering Costs in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) p. 16
Newsletter (PDF)
Falcon Chambers, Winter 2017
Source: www.falcon-chambers.com
‘Ahead of the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s upcoming review of its suspension of the IAAF’s regulations on hyperandrogenism, Lydia Banerjee and Grahame Anderson discuss the key issues and dilemmas facing sport and sports lawyers.’
Littleton Chambers, 10th February 2017
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
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