‘An ambitious new report proposes digitising all court processes in England and Wales within four years – but this, as the report itself recognises, will require significant behavioural changes from practitioners if it is to come to fruition.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th February 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘It is a mistake to think that putting forward a budget that looks acceptable overall means the court will not look at the individual phases and costs within them, litigators have been warned.’
Litigation Futures, 18th February 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Lord Chancellor has been awarded almost £1m by the High Court in its battle with a legal aid firm over payments on account (POAs).’
Legal Futures, 19th February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In order to determine the meaning of a publication in defamation, what matters is the publication taken as a whole, a High Court judge has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th February 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘This consultation sets out the government’s proposals for reforming the fee payable for an application for a grant of probate. The proposed fee regime will move from a flat to a banded fee approach, proportionate to, and rising with, the value of the estate, and at the same time will increase the value of the estate below which no fee is payable from £5,000 to £50,000, lifting some 30,000 estates out of paying any fee. The proposals are intended to be fair and progressive. The Government is also considering whether grant of probate applications should be excluded from the fee remissions scheme and are seeking views on this issue.’
Ministry of Justice, 18th February 2016
Source: www.consult.justice.gov.uk
‘A district council has won a Planning Court appeal after an inspector granted outline permission for a 103-dwelling development.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th February 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A women’s charity has won an appeal against rule changes which it said “cut too many women off” from legal aid in domestic violence cases.’
BBC News, 19th February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Bank Mellat, an Iranian firm whose assets were frozen due to alleged involvement in nuclear proliferation, has won a European Union court ruling paving the way for claims against the UK.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘For some families it could amount to a potential 129-fold increase in costs.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A UK court has approved for the first time the use of predictive coding as a basis for determining which electronic documents are relevant to a dispute.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th February 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A junior school teacher who committed a series of “disgusting and appalling” sexual offences against nine girls has been jailed for three years.’
BBC News, 18th February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Lord Chancellor has been awarded almost £1m by the High Court in its battle with a legal aid firm over payments on account (POAs).’
Legal Futures, 19th February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The UK supreme court has made a landmark ruling after 30 years, but what are the implications?’
The Guardian, 18th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) should properly have been called the Data Privacy Act: it is about privacy of personal data and not merely its security. Recent cases – if successful for the claimants – will change the litigation landscape for everyone.’
Gresham College, 27th January 2016
Source: www.gresham.ac.uk
R v Jogee (Appellant) [2016] UKSC 8 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 18th February 2016
Supreme Court, 17th February 2016
Kennedy (Appellant) v Cordia (Services) LLP (Respondent) (Scotland) [2016] UKSC 6 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 10th February 2016
R v Taylor (Appellant) [2016] UKSC 5 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 3rd February 2016
In the matter of B (A child) [2016] UKSC 4 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 3rd February 2016
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