Delay Too Often Defeats Justice – Speech by Master of the Rolls
Delay Too Often Defeats Justice (PDF)
Speech by Master of the Rolls
The Law Society, Magna Carta Event, 22nd April 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Category: news
How broad is your settlement? – New Law Journal
‘Don’t settle for less, says Adam Short.’
New Law Journal, 24th April 2015
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Children: Private Law Update – Family Law Week
‘Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent important judgments in private law children cases.’
Family Law Week, 29th April 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
The Professions: Power, Privilege and Legal Liability – Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
The Professions: Power, Privilege and Legal Liability (PDF)
Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
Professional Negligence Bar Association, 21st April 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Start the clock – New Law Journal
‘When does a contractual retainer arise & when does legal advice privilege apply, asks David Burrows.’
New Law Journal, 24th April 2015
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Finance & Divorce Update – Family Law Week
‘Clare Molyneux, senior solicitor and Rebecca Lang solicitor, both of Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases from March 2015.’
Full story
Family Law Week, 27th April 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Contract Formation and the Fog of Rectification – Speech by Sir Terence Etherton
Contract Formation and the Fog of Rectification (PDF)
Speech by Sir Terence Etherton
Judiciary of England and Wales, 24th April 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Re J: A Lesson on Threshold and Logic – Family Law Week
‘Alex Laing, pupil, and Radhika Handa, barrister, of Coram Chambers, consider Re J in which the Court of Appeal picked up a number of the themes articulated by the President in Re A.’
Family Law Week, 23rd April 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Delroy Facey jailed for match-fix bribes after Telegraph exposes plot – Daily Telegraph
‘Former Premier League striker – who played for Bolton Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion and Hull City – convicted of conspiracy after Telegraph investigation.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Game over – New Law Journal
‘Termination & its consequences. Chris Nillesen reports.’
Full story
New Law Journal, 24th April 2015
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Liberties, Customs and the Free Flow of Trade – Speech by the Master of the Rolls
Liberties, Customs and the Free Flow of Trade (PDF)
Speech by the Master of the Rolls
4th Annual British Irish Commercial Law Forum, 23rd April 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Beach body ready’ ad ‘can’t appear again in its current form’ says watchdog – Daily Telegraph
‘The Advertising Standards Authority will establish if the controversial ad for Protein World breaks harm and offence rules or is socially irresponsible.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Stalking victim warns of legal loophole – BBC News
‘Stalkers must be stopped from using a loophole in the legal system to harass their targets, a victim has said.’
BBC News, 29th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
GCHQ conducted illegal surveillance, investigatory powers tribunal rules – The Guardian
‘GCHQ, Britain’s national security surveillance agency, has been ordered to destroy legally privileged communications it unlawfully collected from a Libyan rendition victim.’
The Guardian, 29th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
What amounts to a “human rights claim” generating a new right of appeal? – Free Movement
‘Rights of appeal under the Immigration Act 2014 are only available in refugee cases and if ‘the Secretary of State has decided to refuse a human rights claim made by [the person]’ (amended section 82 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002). This will clearly require a human rights claim to have been made in the first place as well as requiring a refusal of that claim. But what constitutes a human right claim and a decision by the Secretary of State?’
Free Movement, 29th April 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Recovering penalties from directors and employees: Safeway revisited – Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers
‘Can a company which has been fined for anticompetitive conduct seek to recover the fine from the directors and employees responsible by suing them for damages?’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 29th April 2015
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
Senior judge says the UK needs a new Copyright Act – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK government should create a new Copyright Act to address changes in technology, developments internationally and in the EU and a range of problems and issues that have arisen with existing UK copyright laws since they were introduced in 1988, a senior judge has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 29th April 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Teenager found guilty of grooming man to carry out Lee Rigby copycat killing – The Guardian
‘A teenager has been found guilty of a bungled terror plot to groom a young man with learning difficulties to carry out a Lee Rigby copycat killing.’
The Guardian, 29th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Alleged sex abuser’s legal claim challenged in court – Daily Telegraph
‘Man claimed to have abused former partner’s daughter should not have lawyers’ fees paid by the taxpayer, Government argues.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Late applications to amend come a cropper in High Court – Litigation Futures
‘The High Court has condemned as “utterly inappropriate” a bid by one of the big banks to amend its defence and serve a new witness statement on a litigant in person on the eve of trial.’
Full story
Litigation Futures, 29th April 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
