‘The introduction of a £1,600 fee to bring a case to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has deterred many ‘good’ appeals while having no effect on those that are ‘bad’ or ‘opportunistic’, the former president of the EAT has claimed.’
Litigation Futures, 25th February 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Crown Prosecution Service should have had closer oversight of the police to control the “disgrace” of some historical child sexual abuse investigations, a former director of public prosecutions has said.’
The Guardian, 24th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The press has been awash with reports of the recent case in which Lord Bingham, the son of the 7th Earl of Lucan, obtained a Court Order which finally allowed him to succeed to the title held by his father – who had been missing for over 40 years following the death of a former nanny. The case attracted frenzied press coverage in 1974 when the family nanny, Sandra Rivett, was found dead at the home of Lord Lucan’s estranged wife in Belgravia. Suspected of her murder, Lord Lucan fled and was never seen again. However, this was only the beginning of the saga for the family. Over the ensuing years there were regular reports of sightings of the fugitive peer. None were confirmed, and an alternative theory was that he had committed suicide shortly after the murder.’
Park Square Barristers,
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has ruled that a mesothelioma victim’s family was under-compensated because of the date when damages were calculated.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th February 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A mother-of-three has been found guilty of failing to inform authorities that her husband intended to join the so-called Islamic State.’
The Independent, 24th February 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Six women and seven men have avoided jail for trespassing at Heathrow, following a protest against the possible expansion of the airport.’
The Guardian, 24th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has overturned two House of Lords judgments in ruling that the multiplier in assessing damages for fatal accident claims should be calculated from the date of the trial, not the date of death.’
Litigation Futures, 24th February 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘It is not uncommon for a lease to impose an obligation on one party or another to insure the subject property against the usual insured risks. But difficult questions can arise when the party placing the insurance is not the party in occupation. When and to what extent can the proceeds be shared? And what impact does such an arrangement have on damage caused by the occupier’s negligence?’
Tanfield Chambers, 9th February 2016
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘What if an elderly client, whose state of mental health is uncertain, approaches you and asks you to prepare her will?’
Tanfield Chambers, 8th February 2016
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘On the 15th January 2016 the Court of Appeal gave judgment in the case of Crooks v Hendricks Lovell Limited [2016] EWCA Civ 8, which concerned the interpretation of an offer made by a Defendant to settle a claim for personal injury and associated losses.’
Park Square Barristers, 9th February 2016
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘Police and care services criticised over handling of Jayden Parkinson, 17, who was strangled by her violent ex-partner Ben Blakeley after she told him she was pregnant.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Judy Dawson discusses how a combination of a quick witted insurer claims handler, a tenacious solicitor, and the expertise of the Park Square Barristers Civil Fraud Team led to a successful result against a fraudulent Claimant.’
Park Square Barristers, 2nd February 2016
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘In ancillary relief litigation, whose responsibility is it to quantify the value of future pension benefits and their non-pension substitutes if offsetting is being considered? What method should be applied to any comparison of pension and non-pension assets?’
Tanfield Chambers, 16th February 2016
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘The CMA is investigating grocer Netto’s completed acquisition of three stores from Co-Operative Group. The announcement of a fresh UK merger control investigation comes in the wake of the CMA’s July 2015 clearance of the transaction and after learning that it should have been notified to the European Commission under the EU Merger Regulation.’
Zenith Chambers, 5th February 2016
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
‘First, the Court of Appeal affirmed that it can be (and on the facts was) appropriate to hold hearings in private where a party asserts confidentiality both in the information itself, and also in the “very existence of [the] information”. The Court approved the principle that, where the effect of publicity would be to destroy the subject matter of litigation as to a secret process, it may well be that justice could not be done at all if it had to be done in public. In those circumstances, the general rule as to publicity of Court proceedings must yield to the interests of justice. It is well worth advisors bearing this in mind when dealing with confidential information cases, and making the appropriate applications at the earliest opportunity.’
Littleton Chambers, 23rd February 2016
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘Imagine a farmhouse landlocked on all sides by fields, half a mile from the nearest road. The farmhouse and the fields are in separate ownership. How does the owner of the farmhouse get to the road? The answer to be found in the law of easements.’
Tanfield Chambers, 16th February 2016
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘A property developer has brought proceedings in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) alleging that a 1997 land agreement with Tesco is in breach of competition law.’
Zenith Chambers, 23rd February 2016
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
‘A mother has been granted permission to appeal against a legal ban on her using her dead daughter’s frozen eggs in order to give birth to a grandchild.’
The Guardian, 24th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Abdul Iqbal QC looks at the judgment delivered today in two important appeals relating to principal and secondary liability joint enterprise criminal law.’
Park Square Barristers, 19th February 2016
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘On 11 December 2015, Cranston J gave Judgment in Speed Medical Examination Services Limited v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] EWHC 3585 (Admin). Cranston J held that the Defendant’s reforms in respect of the system for obtaining medical reports in whiplash cases was not open to challenge on grounds of irrationality or its purported anticompetitive effects.’
Henderson Chambers, 3rd February 2016
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
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