‘A new market for trading the pension debts of insolvent companies will be created as a result of a recent High Court ruling. The ruling will also result in more efficient, earlier winding up of pension schemes when companies go out of business.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th December 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A new report on litigants in person in private family law cases has added to concerns over the value and legitimacy of McKenzie Friends in the legal services market. The report, commissioned and published by the Ministry of Justice, into litigants in person in the family courts (here) found the Legal Services Consumer Panel’s recommendation that professional McKenzie Friends be recognised as a legitimate part of the market (reported here) ‘somewhat surprising’.’
LegalVoice, 4th December 2014
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘The mother of a woman who died as an inpatient at a London hospital has lost a High Court challenge against the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO) over its refusal to investigate the loss of her daughter’s medical records.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th December 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man with 176 convictions for repeated foul-mouthed outbursts risks spending the rest of his life in prison.’
BBC News, 4th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘On 20 November 2014, the National Audit Office – the independent Parliamentary body responsible for scrutinising the way in which the government spends public money – published a report on the implementation of the post-2010 civil legal aid reforms. Its central conclusion is an unsurprising one: while spending on civil legal aid has been reduced significantly, the Ministry of Justice failed properly to consider the wider impact of the reforms before implementing them.’
Free Movement, 5th December 2014
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘So, if a local authority unlawfully evicts a secure tenant (and yes, it happens) what should the measure of damages be? Under s.27 and s.28 Housing Act 1988, damages fall to be assessed under a valuation exercise, governed – so far as is relevant to this case – by s.28(1).’
NearlyLegal, 4th December 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Theresa May, the Home Secretary, is told her inquiry is “not fit for purpose”.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘No charges will be brought against former staff at a school in Surrey where Jimmy Savile abused girls.’
BBC News, 4th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Some of the oldest surviving legislation on Britain’s statute books is set to be repealed after 747 years.’
BBC News, 5th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Criminal convictions in 25 cases are to be re-examined over concerns about evidence provided by the undercover Sun on Sunday reporter Mazher Mahmood.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Where a case fell within article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention but was not a claim for judicial review and therefore not an “Aarhus Convention claim” within CPR r 45.41 it would be inappropriate for the court to relax the usual principles applying to the making of protective costs orders by nevertheless applying the costs protection regime introduced by rule 45.41.’
WLR Daily, 27th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘If the rule of law was one of the main pillars of the English constitution in the eyes of Victorian jurists, its crowning glory was the writ of habeas corpus, which ensured that no one could be deprived of their liberty save by law. This paper will explore the various ways in which this was used at the end of the nineteenth and in the early twentieth century.’
Date: 29th January 2015, 6.00-7.00pm
Location: UCL Laws, Bentham House, WC1H 0EG
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘The lord chief justice has called for judicial engagement in the drafting of new devolution bills that will be brought forward by the next parliament.’
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Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd December 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Costs, Confusion and Compromise (PDF)
Keynote Address of Mr Justice Foskett
Professional Negligence Lawyers’ Association Annual Conference, 4th December 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘A secure tenant who was unlawfully evicted from his accommodation has won his Supreme Court battle with a London council over the level of damages payable.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd December 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In a report published today, the Law Commission is recommending reforms to the law governing rights to light that will strike a balance between the interests of landowners and the law’s recognition of the need for appropriate development.’
Law Commission, 4th December 2014
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
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