‘The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has reacted angrily to confirmation from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of a further delay to the review of the discount rate for personal injury cases.’
Litigtation Futures, 26th August 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is investigating nine criminal law firms over failures in advice to asylum seekers, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 26th August 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘This consultation runs until Monday 20 October 2014. The draft code has a covering note and detailed table outlining the changes and their purpose with links to the paragraphs concerned.’
Home Office, 26th August 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Guidance for police forces on the implementation of the best use of stop and search scheme.’
Home Office, 26th August 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
High Court (Commercial Court)
Starbev GP Ltd v Interbrew Central European Holdings BV [2014] EWHC 2863 (Comm) (21 August 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Cartus Corporation v Atlantic Mobility Ltd [2014] EWHC 2868 (QB) (22 August 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Jacqui Thomas, barrister, 37 Park Chambers, summarises the recommendations of the Financial Remedies Working Group.’
Family Law week, 22nd August 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A mother who beat her three-year-old son to death and hid his body in a suitcase before sparking a huge search for him by claiming he had gone missing has been jailed for 11 years. Rosdeep “Rosie” Adekoya, 34, was originally charged with murdering her son Mikaeel Kular but pleaded guilty last month to the reduced charge of culpable homicide.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th August 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Britain should resist a rush to overhaul its fundamental legal principles in the face of an “unproven threat” from homegrown militants fighting in Syria and Iraq, the former global counter-terrorism director of MI6 has said. In an interview with the Guardian, Richard Barrett criticised government plans for new laws to tackle British extremists and warned against Boris Johnson’s suggestion that Britons who travel to Iraq or Syria should be presumed guilty of involvement in terrorism unless they can prove their innocence.’
The Guardian, 25th August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘All 43 police forces in England and Wales have agreed to adopt a new government code of conduct on the use of their powers to stop and search members of the public.’
BBC News, 26th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Barnet council took the landlord of a house in Sunningfields Road, Hendon, to court after discovering he was renting a room which could not be accessed standing up. The head height along the course of the staircase was between 0.7m (27.5 inches) and 1.2m (47 inches) high and the door to the room was also reduced in size.’
The Guardian, 22nd August 2014
Soource: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 33 months after recording Fast And Furious 6 from the back of a cinema in Walsall.’
BBC News, 22nd August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘EDF Energy is to pay out £3m to benefit “vulnerable customers” after an investigation by the energy industry watchdog Ofgem found that the company had breached complaint handling rules.’
The Guardian, 22nd August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘This collection brings together modernised guidance about enforcement and processes used by UK Visas and Immigration.’
UK Border Agency, 21st August 2014
‘Lasting powers of attorney will be easier and simpler for people to make, Justice Minister Simon Hughes announces.’
Ministry of Justice, 21st August 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘The High Court this week granted libel specialists Carter-Ruck relief from sanctions after an assistant solicitor “misread” the Civil Procedure Rules and was almost four months late in sending out a funding notice.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd August 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘New guidance for instruction of experts in civil claims 2014 – 15 August 2014
The Civil Justice Council guidance for the instruction of experts in civil claims has been published – 21 August 2014 update
Some minor additions have been made to this new CJC Guidance (with new paragraphs 31, 61 and 87 added).’
Judiciary of England and Wales, 21st August 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
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