On 29 September 2014 the RFU Appeal Panel, chaired by Sir James Dingemans, handed down judgment in RFU v Barry Lockwood.
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 12th January 2015
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
‘As the average lease length decreases, a review of dilapidations liability by the Court of Appeal is timely. Dilapidations are the repair works which have not been undertaken by the tenant, in breach of the terms of the lease.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th January 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, and Lord Dyson, the Master of the Rolls, will head a seven-judge panel for the eagerly awaited Coventry costs hearing on 9 February, it has been announced.’
Litigation Futures, 9th January 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Here is an interesting First Tier Tribunal bedroom tax appeal decision from Bexleyheath. [Decision notice]. It is a decision made after the Fife Upper Tribunal decision, but upholds the tenant’s appeal on the basis, in part, that the room is inadequately sized to be a bedroom, as well as being just too damn hot.’
NearlyLegal, 11th January 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A legal case to be heard at the supreme court will decide whether the government’s housing benefit regulations – the bedroom tax – discriminates unfairly against disabled adults. The ruling could have consequences for hundreds of thousands of people.’
The Guardian, 10th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Former High Court family judge Sir Paul Coleridge calls for couples to be given extra tax breaks after passing landmark wedding anniversaries to encourage family stability.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An armed officer who risked his life to protect the public during a shootout in north London has been commended for his “courage and resolve”.’
BBC News, 9th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A young woman who defrauded friends and strangers out of thousands of pounds by claiming she had terminal cancer has avoided an immediate jail term.’
The Guardian, 9th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Justice Secretary spent £72,000 of taxpayers’ money in an attempt to maintain his ban on inmates receiving books in prison from visitors.’
The Independent, 10th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A convicted murderer who stabbed to death a worker at a mental health unit has been sentenced to a whole life order.’
BBC News, 9th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The sister of a partially sighted man who killed himself after his benefits were cut is calling on the UK government to publish details of its review into his case, one of 60 internal investigations of suicides linked to benefit changes it has carried out since 2012.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A coalition of cross-party peers has moved to water down proposed legislation that would let the terminally ill request and receive help to end their lives.’
The Independent, 11th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Geraldine Morris reviews the family law changes in 2014 & makes predictions for the year ahead.’
New Law Journal, 8th January 2015
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Advocates of labour rights argue that constitutional protection of the freedom of association should be interpreted to include the rights to bargain collectively and to strike. They invoke international and transnational human rights instruments, as well as the observations of the International Labour Organization’s supervisory bodies, as normative resources that can be used by constitutional courts to advance such an interpretation.
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‘Trustees in bankruptcy should not be able to access a bankrupt pension scheme member’s savings for the purposes of paying off debts, a High Court judge has ruled, contradicting a 2012 decision of the same court.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th January 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Home Office has quietly tightened up the criteria for granting British citizenship under the good character test. This had passed me by so I thought it useful to flag up – and many thanks to Alex Moran for point it out. A number of undesirable behaviours have been added to the list of disqualifying behaviour, including illegal entry, assisting illegal migration and evasion of immigration control. The changes seem to have been made on 11 December 2014. The previous version of the guidance can be seen here and the new version here.’
Free Movement, 8th January 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘More than 600 children, the majority under 12 years old, have been put in detention under immigration rules in the four years since the Government claimed to have ended the controversial practice.’
The Independent, 8th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court will next week hear a case with major implications for local authorities and other regulators’ ability to charge fees for licences.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th January 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In a surprise end-of-year appeal success Jarden has escaped the heat of SEB’s ‘dry fryer’ patent. The apparatus claimed by the patent allows a user to produce crispy chips without needing a pan full of hot fat.’
Technology Law Update, 8th January 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘Ofcom, the broadcast regulator, has declared that the Green party does not have sufficient support to qualify for “major party status” in the general election, but Ukip may have.’
The Guardian, 8th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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