Regina (Kerman & Co LLP) v Legal Ombudsman – WLR Daily
Regina (Kerman & Co LLP) v Legal OmbudsmanL: [2014] EWHC 3726 (Admin); [2014] WLR (D) 481
‘The reference to a “person” against whom a complaint had been made “ceasing to exist” in section 132(2) of the Legal Services Act 2007 and rule 2.10 of the Legal Ombudsman Scheme Rules 2013 made thereunder was a reference to the cessation of the firm or legal entity and/or, if different, the “authorised person” subject to the regulatory regime. It was not to be read as a narrow reference to an individual human being ceasing to exist.’
WLR Daily, 11th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Sims v Dacorum Borough Council [2014] UKSC 63 (12 November 2014)
Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd [2014] UKSC 61 (12 November 2014)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Tchenguiz v Director of the Serious Fraud Office & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 1471 (13 November 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Pool v General Medical Council [2014] EWHC 3791 (Admin) (13 November 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Prudential Annuities Ltd & Ors, Re [2014] EWHC 4770 (Ch) (13 November 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Warren & Anor v Burns [2014] EWHC 3671 (QB) (13 November 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
Mother who tried to send cash in friend’s knickers to jihadist husband in Syria is jailed – Daily Telegraph
‘Amal El-Wahabi, 28, jailed for more than two years after conning an old school friend into trying to smuggle 20,000 euros in her knickers.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
GP jailed for dodging £185,000 in tax claimed he ‘wasn’t good with numbers’ – Daily Telegraph
‘A Maserati-driving doctor who lied about his salary to dodge paying £185,000 in tax and live a luxury lifestyle has been jailed for 18 months. Dr Michael Summer, 46, earned more than £750,000 yet paid tax and national insurance on only half that amount.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
MPs reject call to propose candidates for abuse inquiry role – The Guardian
‘MPs have rejected a “totally inappropriate” suggestion from Theresa May, the home secretary, that they should put forward three candidates to be the next chairman of the government’s child abuse inquiry.’
The Guardian, 13th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jihadis who travel to Syria could be barred from UK return for two years – The Guardian
‘Suspected jihadis, including teenagers, who travel to Syria will be prevented from returning to Britain for two years and only allowed to re-enter if they consent to face trial, home detention, regular police monitoring or go on a deradicalisation course. The plan, agreed after months of internal Whitehall talks, has been cleared by government law officers and devised to minimise legal claims that the British government will be rendering citizens stateless by barring them from the UK.’
The Guardian, 14th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fashion student Serena Bowes faces extradition to Italy after being accused of making up rape story – Daily Telegraph
‘A student who was allegedly raped while on a college trip to Italy, has been told she could be extradited and charged with making the story up.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Too many inmates ‘jailed needlessly’, says review chief – BBC News
‘Too many people are being jailed unnecessarily, the head of a review into prison suicides has said.Lord Harris claimed resources were being weakened, leaving vulnerable inmates unsupervised. It comes as the parents of a man who killed himself at a young offenders institution criticised authorities.’
BBC News, 14th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teenager who orchestrated ‘revenge rape’ attack detained – BBC News
‘A woman who orchestrated a “revenge rape” on a teenager she told “snitches get stitches” has been jailed.’
BBC news, 13th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court backs existing test for calculating ‘equitable compensation’ – OUT-LAW.com
‘Lenders can only be compensated for actual losses that stem from a breach of trust in commercial transactions, the Supreme Court has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th November 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Law to change so that 17-year-olds in police custody treated as minors – Local Government Lawyer
‘The law will be changed so that 17-year-olds held in police custody are treated as minors and placed in local authority care, Policing Minister Mike Penning has said. This move followed a campaign on behalf of 17-year-olds, who argued that the police had wrongly treated them as though they were adults by holding them in overnight detention.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th November 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
High Court judge blasts lack of judicial resources to meet care proceedings timings – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge refused to embark on a final hearing in a complex child care case because of lack of time and the absence of any slack in the family court system to allow for an early hearing, it has emerged.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th November 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Transcript of the Lord Chief Justice’s Annual Press Conference 2014 – Judiciary of England and Wales
‘The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, held his annual press conference on Wednesday, November 12th, 2014, at the Royal Courts of Justice.’
Judiciary of England and Wales, 12th November 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
EVENT: IALS – Victims and Vulnerable Witnesses – time for the UK to catch up with Europe or vice versa?
‘Successive UK Governments have promised to “put victims at the heart of the criminal justice system” and to “get it right for victims and witnesses”, without necessarily satisfying the requirements of Directive 2012/29/EU – let alone the levels of participation and protection offered by the traditional “parti civile” status in, for example, Italy.’
Date: 8th December 2014, 2.30pm
Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
EVENT: IALS – The Foundations of EU Administrative Law: Treaty Foundations, Judicial Creativity and the Hierachy of Norms (Hamlyn Lecture 2014)
‘In the third and final 2014 Hamlyn lecture Paul Craig will begin with a consideration of the formal Treaty foundations on which the subject has been built, and explores the origins of general principles of law crafted by the Community courts. The focus then shifts to the substantive foundations on which the subject has been constructed, and the role played by the rule of law in this development. The final section addresses the regulatory foundations of EU administrative law and the challenges that this has posed.’
Date: 2nd December 2014, 6.00-7.00pm
Location: Gray’s Inn Hall, London WC1R 5ET
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
