‘The statement of truth to be used in verifying a costs budget is to be changed, the latest update to the Civil Procedure Rules has revealed – but there is no word as yet about whether the level at which the costs management exemption kicks in will be increased.’
Litigation Futures, 6th March 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The senior judiciary has dismantled the government’s proposals to raise court fees, questioning the underlying policy, highlighting the “clearly inadequate” evidence and warning that introducing enhanced fees in commercial cases is “unworkable”.’
Litigation Futures, 5th March 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘It is a pleasure and a privilege to have been asked to give this short address tonight. It is an important time for both Justice the organisation and for our justice system. With that in mind I want to focus on what I have described in the title as “Reshaping Justice”.’
Judiciary of England & Wales, 4th March 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Since I stood here last year much has happened. I look back on a year when, between us, we have managed to achieve more than most of us had dared to hope. I look forward to a year of what I am sure will be continuing challenges.’
Judiciary of England & Wales, 5th March 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Two charities will go to court tomorrow (6 March) to seek permission to challenge the government’s decision to cut legal aid for prisoners.’
CrimeLine, 5th March 2014
Source: www.crimeline.info
The Traffic Management (Shropshire Council) Permit Scheme Order 2014
The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The National Health Service Primary Dental Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014
The Mobile Homes (Site Licensing) (England) Regulations 2014
The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 2) Order 2014
The Judicial Pensions (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Regina (Freedman) v Wiltshire Council: [2014] EWHC 211 (Admin); [2014] WLR (D) 109
‘In determining an application for a certificate for lawful use, section 191(4) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 entitled a local planning authority, in principle, to substitute a description of a different use from that described in the application form by the certificate had been sought, provided that the authority was satisfied, on a balance of probability, that the evidence demonstrated that the use as substituted had been carried on continuously for a period of ten years or more.’
WLR Daily 6th February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Burinskas, R v [2014] EWCA Crim 334 (04 March 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Nzangane v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 555 (Admin) (05 March 2014)
King, R (on the application of) v The Parole Board [2014] EWHC 564 (Admin) (04 March 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bank St Petersburg & Anor v Arkhangelsky & Ors [2014] EWHC 574 (Ch) (05 March 2014)
Hague Plant Ltd v Hague & Ors [2014] EWHC 568 (Ch) (05 March 2014)
Burnard v Burnard & Ors [2014] EWHC 340 (Ch) (03 March 2014)
High Court (Commercial Court)
JCA BTA Bank v Ablyazov & Ors [2014] EWHC 455 (Comm) (28 February 2014)
Barclays Bank Plc v Landgraf [2014] EWHC 503 (Comm) (28 February 2014)
High Court (Family Division)
JP v LP & Ors [2014] EWHC 595 (Fam) (05 March 2014)
Mann v Mann [2014] EWHC 537 (Fam) (05 March 2014)
Surrey County Council v ME & Ors [2014] EWHC 489 (Fam) (04 March 2014)
Ilott v Mitson & Ors [2014] EWHC 542 (Fam) (03 March 2014)
Luckwell v Limata [2014] EWHC 502 (Fam) (28 February 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Samara v MBI & Partners UK Ltd & Anor [2014] EWHC 563 (QB) (04 March 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A paedophile previously spared prison because of overcrowding has been jailed for downloading child abuse images and videos of bestiality.’
BBC News, 5th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A report into allegations that police corruption shielded the racist mob that murdered Stephen Lawrence will be published on Thursday by the Home Office. The report was ordered by the home secretary after pressure from Lady Lawrence, Stephen’s mother. She has always believed corruption played a part in police failings and hopes the new report will lead to a fresh official inquiry.’
The Guardian, 5th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Plans to limit police stop and search powers in England and Wales have been held up by “regressive” attitudes in Downing Street, senior Conservatives have told BBC Newsnight.’
BBC News, 6th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court will rule later on a widow’s attempt to prevent her dead husband’s sperm from being destroyed.’
BBC News, 6th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (Green Deal) (Amendment) Order 2014
The Copyright and Duration of Rights in Performances (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Submarine Pipe-lines (Electricity Generating Stations) (Revocation) Regulations 2014
The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Application of Conciliation Provisions) Order 2014
The Certification of Enforcement Agents Regulations 2014
The Mesothelioma Act 2014 (Commencement No.1) Order 2014
The Police Act 1996 (Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme (Amendment) Order 2014
The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Electoral Registration (Disclosure of Electoral Registers) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Competition Act 1998 (Competition and Markets Authority’s Rules) Order 2014
The Teachers’ Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Pensions Act 2008 (Commencement No.15) Order 2014
The Crime and Security Act 2010 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Readers of this blog will be familiar with the Government’s announcement, following the conclusion last year of its consultation on private actions in competition law, that it intends to introduce an “opt out” regime for collective competition law actions. In brief, unless they specifically choose to opt out, UK-domiciled consumers and businesses will automatically be included as claimants in collective actions, provided they satisfy the criteria for membership set by the Competition Appeal Tribunal when it certifies the class. One of the particular policy objectives behind this proposal is to empower small businesses and consumers to seek redress in respect of anti-competitive behaviour. The combination of the complexity and cost of seeking such redress is seen currently to form an almost insurmountable hurdle to all but the largest claims.’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers,
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
‘In determining whether an individual, whose conviction had been quashed on the basis of new evidence, qualified for compensation under section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 on the ground of miscarriage of justice, the Secretary of State for Justice was required to make a decision by applying the statutory test in accordance with Supreme Court guidance to the facts of the particular case. Those facts could include events which postdated the quashing of the conviction in the event that further facts of relevance to the application of the statutory test arose. The Secretary of State might come to his own view, having regard to the terms of the judgment by the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) quashing the conviction, and provided the decision did not conflict with that judgment. The decision was then amenable to judicial review on conventional grounds of challenge, not merely because the court would have reached a different view. Save in exceptional circumstances, it should not be necessary for the court to engage in a detailed review of the facts.’
WLR Daily, 27th February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘All sanctions were not equal nor were they to be treated as equivalent to one another for the purposes of an application for relief from sanctions under CPR r 3.9.’
WLR Daily, 21st February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Pullan v Wilson and others [2014] EWHC 126 (Ch); [2014] WLR (D) 107
‘An automatic entitlement of a professional trustee to charge his normal hourly rates at least unless those rates had been specified and sanctioned by other trustees and principal beneficiaries before the relevant work was undertaken would deprive a court of equity of any effective control over that trustee’s remuneration.’
WLR Daily, 28th January 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Fair compensation payable to a landowner in respect of the grant of statutory wayleave for an electricity power line, pursuant to paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 4 to the Electricity Act 1989, was to be calculated by reference to the loss in value of the land and the principle of equivalence. Where a landowner had entered into a contract for the sale of land, which was conditional on the termination of an existing contractual wayleave for a power line and the removal of the line, and the Secretary of State had granted a statutory wayleave on the termination of the contractual one, the compensation to which the landowner was entitled was the difference between the contract price for the land in question at the valuation date and the open market value of the land once the statutory wayleave had been granted.’
WLR Daily, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Esther Lieu, barrister of Queen Square Chambers in Bristol, explores the circumstances in which parental responsibility may be terminated and considers the effect of s.4(2A) in anticipation of the Court of Appeal’s judgment in the appeal from CW v SG.’
Family Law Week, 4th March 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
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