‘Your choice of mediator will have a direct impact on the prospects of a successful mediation outcome. No mediator can guarantee success, but a good mediator should create an expectation of success.’
Littleton Chambers, 2nd May 2017
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
A Question of Taste : T he Supreme Court and the Interpretation of Contracts (PDF)
Speech by Lord Sumption
Harris Society Annual Lecture, Keble College, Oxford, 8th May 2017
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
‘A former NHS administrator has been ordered to pay nearly £800 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to unlawfully accessing patient records.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th May 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Proposals by the Law Commission to reform the 1989 Official Secrets Act (OSA) could lead to the imprisonment of civil servants and journalists for disclosing information that would be available to anyone asking for it under the Freedom of Information Act, a leading campaigner for freedom of information has said.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th May 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Nicholas Siddall considers the recent decision of the EAT in Zebrowski-v-Concentric Birmingham Ltd [2017] UKEAT/0245/16/DA and analyses the guidance there to be found as regards the proper approach to a Polkey deduction.’
Littleton Chambers, 9th May 2017
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘Solicitors who received the £400 stage 1 fixed-costs payment due under the original version of the RTA protocol do not have to repay the money even though no action was then taken on their cases, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 16th May 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A teenager who killed his stepfather with a punch to the head has walked free from court.’
The Independent, 16th May 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An opposition group on Herefordshire Council is seeking to crowd fund a judicial review challenge over the local authority’s decision to sell off its farm estate.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th May 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The inquest into the death of the remaining “Moors Murderer”, Ian Brady, commenced on 16 May 2017, and the BBC reported that his ashes would not to be scattered at Saddleworth Moor, the burial place of many of their victims. Senior coroner Christopher Sumner is reported as saying that “he knew he did not have the legal power to make such a request but believed it was the ‘correct moral judgement’”.’
Law & Religion UK, 17th May 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘Lord Sumption has called for a return to a more straightforward approach to how judges construct contracts that focuses on the words rather than trying to work out what the parties intended by looking at the surrounding circumstances.’
Litigation Futures, 16th May 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Where solicitors have negligently failed to advise a client to pursue a particular claim, they will be deemed to have caused loss if their client can show that it would have brought the claim if so advised, and that it would have had a real prospect of success, the Court of Appeal has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th May 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Shortly before the calling of a General Election the Business and Enterprise Select Committee of the House of Commons published a report on corporate governance. As the report’s reception and subsequent comment have made clear, whatever the outcome of the election the framework set by the report is likely to determine the direction of future corporate governance reform.’
Littleton Chambers, 9th May 2017
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘Uber has come under further pressure in London after a union threatened legal action if the capital’s transport authority renews the taxi app’s licence without guaranteeing more rights for drivers.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Nicholas Siddall analyses the decision of the EAT in Peninsula v Baker [2017] UKEAT/0241/16 and the arguably anomalous position that this creates as regards disability in the context of equality law.
Littleton Chambers, 16th May 2017
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘An Oxford University student who stabbed her boyfriend with a bread knife may not go to jail because it could damage her prospects of a medical career, a court has heard.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman whose American bulldog mauled to death a three-year-old boy has been given a suspended sentence.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A retired Methodist minister has been found guilty of indecently assaulting four boys he had tried to hypnotise.’
BBC News, 16th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Whilst it might be tempting as a Defendant company to dissipate assets to avoid Judgment debts, it is ill-advised and is unlikely to provide an easy escape.’
Littleton Chambers, 16th May 2017
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘Ian Brady’s ashes must not be scattered on Saddleworth Moor, where he buried four of his child victims, a coroner has said.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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