‘UK citizens are being forced into exile by the Home Office’s “irrational and absurd” minimum-income visa requirements, with some couples having no hope of ever being able to live together in Britain, the supreme court has heard.’
The Guardian, 22nd February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Ahead of a supreme court challenge to the minimum income requirement for partner visas, three couples discuss their situation.’
The Guardian, 21st February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who sexually attacked two women in front of their young children has been given a life term for rape.’
The Independent, 23rd February 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Victims of people trafficking who are pregnant or have children have had their needs “systematically overlooked” in the UK, a report has suggested.’
BBC News, 23rd February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Terri-Marie Palmer was convicted of murder and jailed for life for stabbing boyfriend Damon Searson to death.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An HR consultant who fractured her wrist tripping over a rope outside one of London’s best-known gastropubs is suing its owners for £4.2m.’
The Guardian, 22nd February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Gun debate in Britain tends to focus on what is happening in the US, but more than 700,000 firearm owners live in England and Wales. Who are they, and why do some want laws relaxed?’
BBC News, 23rd February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Civil servants in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills are giving British companies the all-clear to press ahead with contracts even though they are likely to lead to human rights abuses, the foreign affairs select committee will be told on Tuesday.’
The Guardian, 22nd February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘This course is aimed at:
-Barristers before taking a Career Break to have a family (for women considering maternity leave; men considering paternity leave; prospective adoptive parents and male or female primary carers)
-Barristers during and after a career break (for women who have taken maternity leave; men who have taken paternity leave; adoptive parents and male or female primary carers)
-Clerks and Practice Managers interested in ensuring chambers’ practices support Barrister parents and those who want to ensure compliance with BSB rules, and
-Equality and Diversity Officers wishing to support colleagues.
The programme will include advice on:
-Negotiating your exit/return with Clerks/Chambers
-Putting your practice to bed/re-starting your practice: Managing your clients; complying with the BSB and managing CPD
-What to think about before and after your break
-Ethical challenges and complying with BSB rules (including Q&A)
-Navigating Chambers’ Policies: Your rights (including Q&A)
-Exploring all your options on return’
Date: 11th March 2016, 9.45am-2.00pm
Location: The General Council of the Bar 289-293 High Holborn London WC1V 7HZ
Charge: £15 for those who have paid the Bar Representation Fee (BRF), £20 for those who have not paid the Bar Representation Fee
More information can be found here.
‘On 12 February 2016, the Government published the draft Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2016, which will affect some 8,000 businesses. This means that it finally implemented s.78 of the Equality Act 2010 (“EqA”), the section enabling the Secretary of State to make Regulations concerning equal pay audits. (The gender reporting implemented by these Regulations is not be confused with the compulsory audits ordered by ETs under s. 139A of the EqA). Section 78 was shunted sideways in 2010, then revived following pressure from the Lib Dems in the Coalition and Mind the Pay Gap, the campaign launched by Grazia magazine. And you thought Grazia was all about clothes and celebrities…’
Cloisters, 15th February 2016
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘Sarah Lucy Cooper, barrister, of Thomas More Chambers considers the perils of relying on undertakings in cases with a foreign element.’
Family Law Week, 18th February 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A programme in which illusionist Derren Brown suffocated himself as part of trick has broken broadcasting rules.’
BBC News, 22nd February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In its recent judgment in Fulton Shipping Inc of Panama –v- Globalia Business Travel SAU the Court of Appeal considered a short, but important, point of law in relation to the calculation of damages in English law. The context in which it arose was an appeal from the decision of an arbitrator in a shipping charterparty dispute, but it is of significance much more widely in relation to English law contractual damages claims. In some ways, the question of principle which was being considered is remarkably simple, but that belies the complexity of the considerations needed to resolve it. ‘
Commercial Disputes Blog, 17th February 2016
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
‘Britain held her first national referendum in 1975 – on whether we should remain in the European Communities, forerunner of the European Union, which we had joined in 1973. The result was a two to one majority for staying in. Party attitudes were almost the opposite to what they are today. The Labour government favoured staying in, but the party in the Commons and in the country did not. The Conservatives were enthusiastically for staying in. The nationalists in Scotland and Wales favoured leaving.’
Date: 23rd May 2016, 6.00pm
Location: Museum of London
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
‘In Claverton Holdings Ltd v Barclays Bank plc, the Commercial Court rejected an application by the claimant for specific disclosure against the defendant bank. The court found that the documents sought, which related to other mis-selling allegations against the bank employees featuring in the claimant’s case, would have little probative value and adducing them would place a disproportionate burden on the defendant.’
Commercial Disputes Blog, 16th February 2016
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
‘This event is aimed at Mature Students and Career Changers who have an interest in pursuing a career as a Barrister.
The event will offer guidance on the vocational stages of training as well as tips about work experience and pro-bono opportunities. The event is intended to help mature students and career changers in their applications for pupillage.’
Date: 16th March 2016, 5.30-7.30pm
Location: The General Council of the Bar 289-293 High Holborn London WC1V 7HZ
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘In his last lecture, Geoffrey Nice reviews what he has discussed over the last four years. Law should not be of that much concern, most of the time, to non-lawyers if it delivers what the public needs. So identifying what may interest and inform a Gresham audience is never easy for Gresham Law Professors. Geoffrey Nice reviews what he has learned often giving lectures about things he wanted to learn about that affirm how law should be the servant of man, never her mistress. He will bring some topics up to date explaining how particular views have developed and changed.’
Date: 4th May 2016, 6.00pm
Location: Barnard’s Inn Hall
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
‘In R (on the application of City Shoes Wholesale Ltd) v Revenue & Customs Commissioners [2016] EWHC 107 (Admin), the High Court rejected an application for judicial review of HMRC’s refusal to grant the nine claimants, all of whom had operated employee benefit trusts (EBTs), the full benefits of the Liechtenstein disclosure facility (LDF). The court dismissed the claimants’ application for judicial review on the basis that their applications were never registered and therefore they had no legitimate expectation to receive full benefit of the LDF, and there had been no abuse of power or error of law by HMRC.’
RPC Tax Take, 18th February 2016
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
‘The Employed Barristers’ Committee is holding a seminar on Thursday 25 February 2016, which will cover some current topics of interest in relation to cybercrime.
Peter Grieves-Smith and Sandip Patel QC will cover topics as listed below:
– Cybercrime from the advocate’s perspective
– Cybercrime – the issues, access codes under RIPA and the use of iPad and EPE at trial’
Date: 25th February 2016, 5.30-8.30pm
Location: Stephenson Harwood LLP 1 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7SH
Charge: £30 + VAT for those who have paid the Bar Representation Fee (BRF), £37 + VAT for those who have not paid the Bar Representation Fee
More information can be found here.
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