‘The government should return regulation to the legal profession’s representative bodies, rather than introduce full separation, the Law Society has said in response to yesterday’s surprise announcement from the Treasury that separation is now on the cards.’
Legal Futures, 1st December 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Four defendants have been convicted at Leeds Crown Court of money laundering and fraud offences. The main defendant, Neil Wood, was a senior manager within NHS England, responsible for assessing and providing training for NHS managers. The other defendants were friends, associates and family members of Mr Wood.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 27th November 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Peter Hook is suing his New Order ex-bandmates for “many millions of pounds” in the high court, accusing them of secretly “pillaging” the group’s name and starving him of cash.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A 78-year-old former Rotary Club president duped his lover out of £160,000 so he could fund the aspiring singing career of his 27-year-old mistress. Retired surveyor Peter Rex Lawrence left 80-year-old Sheila Losack, a retired civil servant with whom he enjoyed a 20 year extra-marital relationship, in financial ruin after plundering her savings to send to his new love interest.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two police detectives have been jailed for stealing at least £10,000 in cash that was seized during a raid on a suspected drug dealer.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Peter Sutcliffe is not mentally ill and should be moved out of psychiatric hospital, doctors claim.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An investigation is to be launched into whether internet users are being charged unfairly when they use cloud storage services. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said some providers may be breaching consumer laws.’
BBC News, 1st December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The decision of the Lord Chancellor to propose by statutory instrument an amendment to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to impose a residence test for those otherwise eligible for civil legal aid under Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act was not unlawful or discriminatory.’
WLR Daily, 25th November 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘In a case of impersonation where a person had fraudulently made false representations about his own identity and that fraud was material to the grant of naturalisation, the grant of nationality was a nullity.’
WLR Daily, 26th November 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Secretary of State had erred in leaving non-religious views out of the new GCSE subject content for religious studies, which amounted to a breach of the duty to take care that information or knowledge included in the curriculum was conveyed in a pluralistic manner.’
WLR Daily, 25th November 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Dickinson and another v UK Acorn Finance Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 1194; [2015] WLR (D) 479
‘The fact that a loan the subject of litigation was rendered unenforceable by statute did not mean that a judge was not entitled to determine whether it would be an abuse of process for a party to proceed with its submission that it would be an abuse of process for another party to be permitted to proceed with its claim which was founded on that loan.’
WLR Daily, 25th November 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Bokrosova) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2015] EWHC 3386 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 478
‘Whilst section 105 of the Housing Act 1985 did not refer to “consultation”, it created an obligation on landlord authorities to consult on matters of housing management and its purpose was, in part, to ensure the participation of tenants in decisions which would substantially affect their homes.’
WLR Daily, 24th November 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Austerity Britain is shrinking the public sector and accelerating the process of contracting out services. However, the legal protections contracting out gives to service users are piecemeal and inadequate, raising very real concerns about how findings of unlawfulness are to be addressed.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 30th November 2015
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) (the Tribunal) has held that a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 made via Twitter is not valid.’
RPC Data Law and Privacy, 27th November 2015
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
‘The common law defence of tender before claim is a defence that, before the claimant commenced court proceedings, the defendant had unconditionally offered the amount due to the claimant.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th November 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Dermot Feenan explores the topic of judicial tears.’
New Law Journal, 26th November 2015
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
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