‘A legally qualified Lord Chancellor would not have put in place the recent personal injury changes and court fee reform proposals, the new president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has claimed.’
Litigation Futures, 6th May 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The draft codes of practice on preventing illegal working and avoiding unlawful discrimination while preventing illegal working have been laid in Parliament on Tuesday 6 May 2014 pursuant to section 19 and section 23 respectively of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. They update the codes issued in February 2008.’
Home Office, 6th May 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, said: “The prosecution in this case has proved Max Clifford’s guilt beyond reasonable doubt and the jury in this case decided that they were sure Max Clifford was guilty on eight of the eleven counts brought to court. He has rightly been held to account and sentenced today for his crimes.” ‘
Crown Prosecution Service, 2nd May 2014
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Where the Secretary of State recalled a person to be detained in hospital under section 42(3) of the Mental Health Act 1983, the Secretary of State was not under a duty at common law nor under article 5.1 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to give his reasons for the person’s detention immediately when he was detained and thus such reasons were not required to be given in writing upon detention. However, article 5.2 required those reasons to be adequately and promptly given to him following his detention.’
WLR Daily, 1st May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘An exclusive jurisdiction clause was a contractual benefit, the deprivation of which constituted harm suffered in that jurisdiction for the purposes of article 5(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters.’
WLR Daily, 11th April 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In re KP (A Child) (Abduction: Rights of Custody): [2014] EWCA Civ 554; [2014] WLR (D) 181
‘The role of a judge meeting a child who was the subject of abduction proceedings under the Hague Convention should be largely that of a passive recipient of whatever communication the child wished to transmit, which the judge should not probe or seek to test.’
WLR Daily, 1st May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Haleemudeen v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 558 (02 May 2014)
Mohamed & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 559 (02 May 2014)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Golds, R v [2014] EWCA Crim 748 (02 May 2014)
Thompson v R [2014] EWCA Crim 836 (02 May 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Goodchild-Simpson v General Medical Council [2014] EWHC 1343 (Admin) (02 May 2014)
M v Director of Legal Aid Casework & Ors [2014] EWHC 1354 (Admin) (02 May 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Cosmetic Warriors Ltd & Anor v Amazon.co.uk Ltd & Anor [2014] EWHC 1316 (Ch) (02 May 2014)
Giles v The Royal National Institute for the Blind & Ors [2014] EWHC 1373 (Ch) (02 May 2014)
Wood & Anor v Waddington [2014] EWHC 1358 (Ch) (01 May 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Mohammed v Ministry of Defence & Ors [2014] EWHC 1369 (QB) (02 May 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Legal aid cuts will not undermine family justice, the head of the Family Division insisted last week as he mooted plans for judge-free divorces and greater legal rights for separating cohabitees.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th May 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Byron James, barrister, Fourteen considers the utility of OS/DS hearings in the resolution of financial remedies disputes.’
Family Law Week, 2nd May 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Liz Cowell, principal lawyer with Slater & Gordon analyses the case law and trends emerging from case law regarding clean breaks and termination of spousal periodical payments orders.’
Family Law Week, 30th April 2014
Sorce: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Ajaz Budi, 33, wept uncontrollably as he was sentenced at the Old Bailey for stealing cheques ranging from £50 to £110,000 at Mount Pleasant, London.’
BBC News, 2nd May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A soldier has won legal aid in his fight to find out what the Ministry of Defence knew of the health risks of the vaccinations given to troops ahead of the first Gulf War.’
BBC News, 3rd May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The detention policy used by the Armed Forces in Afghanistan was unlawful, the High Court has said. After the ruling, Philip Hammond, the Defence Secretary, said the decision would tie the hands of soldiers abroad.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Former residents at a children’s care home have been awarded compensation after claims they were sexually abused.’
BBC News, 3rd May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A review has been ordered after an armed robber dubbed “the Skull Cracker” went missing when he was temporarily allowed out of an open prison.’
BBC news, 5th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘It was around midday on 31 March 2012 that Nik Douglas’s life changed forever. The 37-year-old train driver was travelling through Northallerton station on the way to Newcastle when he saw a man in his sixties standing alone on the platform. He thought nothing of the lone figure, turning instead to check the opposite platform. By the time Mr Douglas looked back again, the man was crouching on the tracks in front of his train. But because of a recent change in the law, Mr Douglas could be the last person in the country to receive compensation for such trauma.’
The Independent, 5th May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Tougher sentences for banned drivers who cause death on the roads and a new offence of causing serious injury while disqualified are to be introduced.’
BBC News, 6th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Disgraced celebrity publicist Max Clifford has been jailed for a total of eight years for a string of indecent assaults against girls and young women.’
BBC News, 2nd May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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