‘The London Borough of Camden has successfully fought off a High Court challenge to its proposed regime for the licensing of busking.
Following a two-day hearing last month, Mrs Justice Patterson has now ruled that the introduction of the scheme was lawful.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th March 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has slapped an extended civil restraint order on a former solicitor whose conduct in bringing a series of claims established a “history” of indifference to court orders.’
Legal Futures, 11th March 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s rejection of a judicial review challenge to the decision by Wycombe District Council to designate a smaller area as a Neighbourhood Area than the one applied for.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th March 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Government has today announced their long-awaited reforms to disclosure of previous convictions for rehabilitated offenders.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 10th March 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Kairos Shipping Ltd and another v Enka & Co LLC and others: [2014] EWCA Civ 217; [2014] WLR (D) 113
‘It is in principle possible to constitute a limitation fund under the International Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, scheduled to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, by means of a guarantee in the form of a letter of undertaking provided by a protection and indemnity club.’
WLR Daily, 6th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Speechley & Ors v Allott & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 230 (10 March 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Family Division)
Rubin v Rubin [2014] EWHC 611 (Fam) (10 March 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Two South Wales Police officers have been sacked after an investigation into how a colleague sexually assaulted domestic violence victims.’
BBC News, 10th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Britain’s biggest airport car parking company, Purple Parking, has admitted age discrimination against its workers after it sacked dozens of them for being too old.’
The Independent, 10th March 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man branded a “danger to women” has been jailed for 23 years for a series of sex attacks in Hertfordshire.’
BBC News, 10th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman involved in a crash in which two toddlers in pushchairs were killed has been cleared of causing their deaths by careless driving.’
BBC News, 10th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A dairy farmer’s daughter who claims she led a Cinderella existence tending the cows while her teenage siblings went dancing is suing her elderly parents for a share of their £7million estate.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘There are significant variations across England and Wales in the way police and prosecutors deal with cases of domestic violence, figures show. In Cheshire last year, 33% of domestic violence cases recorded as an offence were referred by police to prosecutors, with 29% in North Yorkshire, they show. But in Northumbria, the figure was just 2.6% and in Warwickshire 3.6%.’
BBC News, 10th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A senior police officer has been sacked and could face a jail sentence after she was caught scamming high street stores out of hundreds of pounds. Tanya Brookes was a chief inspector at Surrey Police when she committed “an extensive range of petty frauds” against household names including The White Company and Boots.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Annual Sir William Dale Memorial Lecture, organised by the Centre for Legislative Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.’
Date: 14th May 2014, 6.00-7.00pm
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.
‘This event, organised collaboratively by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), the Socio-Legal Studies Association and the British Library, will be held at IALS in London on the 19th May 2014.
As with previous events in this series of national socio-legal training days, the aim is to draw attention to archives and content that newcomers to the field may not be aware of and to consider the methodological and practical issues involved in analysing sources.
Confirmed speakers:
Professor Amanda Perry-Kessaris (Kent Law School)
Elizabeth Dawson (IALS Archives of Legal Education)
Professor Fiona Cownie (Keele University School of Law)
Heather Dawson & others (LSE Library, Archives & Special Collections)
Jon Sims (British Library)
Professor Leslie J Moran (Birckbeck School of Law)
Dr Polly Russell (British Library)
Professor Richard Collier (Newcastle Law School)
Professor Rosemary Hunter (Kent Law School)
Dr Rosie Harding (Birmingham Law School)
Daniel Monk (Birkbeck)
Dr Dominic Janes (Birkbeck)’
Date: 19th May 2014
Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
‘Myles Jackman is a solicitor at Hodge Jones and Allen who specializes in extreme pornography and obscenity offences. He blogs at ObscenityLawyer and tweets at @ObscenityLawyer.
Myles will be in conversation with Professor Leslie Moran. The event is part of a Law and Visual Culture seminar series.’
Date: 14th March 2014, 6.30-8.00pm
Location: Birkbeck College, Room 101, 30 Russell Square, London
Price: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
The Registration of Overseas Births and Deaths Regulations 2014
The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2014
The International Tax Compliance (Crown Dependencies and Gibraltar) Regulations 2014
The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2014
The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) Regulations 2014
The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2014
The Legislative Reform (Overseas Registration of Births and Deaths) Order 2014
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (England) Order 2014
The County Court Jurisdiction Order 2014
The Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Much has been written on the mental gymnastics required by the Defamation (Operators of
Websites) Regulations 2013 (“the Regulations”) issued under section 5 of the Defamation
Act 2013 (“the Act”).’
5RB, 4th March 2014
Source: www.5rb.com
‘The First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) has just been asked to decide whether it has jurisdiction to make a determination as to whether a restrictive covenant is void and unenforceable pursuant to the “Chapter I Prohibition” under the Competition Act 1998 (“the Act”).’
Hardwicke Chambers, 5th March 2014
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
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