“The Senior Costs Judge has slashed the after-the-event (ATE) premium claimed in a payment protection insurance (PPI) case, giving hope to defendants currently facing huge bills for mis-selling.”
Litigation Futures, 10th October 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“The Government has today published the Immigration Bill in the Commons. We have previously commented on this planned bill and we had been hoping that it might be quietly shelved or downgraded. However that appears not to be the case. From our point of view we are only interested in the housing related provisions in Chapter 1 of Part 3 (which start here) and I am not going to discuss the rest of the Bill.”
NearlyLegal, 10th October 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“Scotland Yard acted unlawfully after failing to fully investigate claims that innocent Muslims were detained and harassed at airports under sweeping anti-terrorism laws, the police watchdog has claimed.”
The Independent, 10th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Dealing with confidential information in competition cases can be tricky. The CAT’s recent judgment in BMI Healthcare and others v Competition Commission [2013] CAT 241 provides some help.”
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 11th October 2013
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
“It is a job which has always required the skills of a diplomat, conflict negotiator, property expert and financial whizz all rolled into one.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 450,000 people could already have received a court summons because they have fallen into arrears with their council tax payments following changes to the system, it was claimed.”
The Independent, 11th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The trial of a man for the attempted murder of a woman in York has been abandoned after DNA evidence was lost.”
BBC News, 9th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Passing a driving test and getting a licence is a rite of passage for many teenagers. But they may have to wait an extra year if the government implements changes being proposed.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Closing a Suffolk prison will breach an inmate’s human rights, lawyers have told the government.”
BBC News, 10th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An award-winning actor is suing the Metropolitan Police for assault and false imprisonment after he was wrongly suspected of drug dealing.”
The Independent, 10th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The council that dealt with the Baby P and Victoria Climbié cases has apologised after failing to prevent the abuse of a toddler who suffered extensive injuries at the hands of his family.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Prison Ombudsman has identified ‘serious failings’ by staff at the UK’s largest privately-run prison after the death of an inmate.”
BBC News, 10th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Immigration Bill: overarching documents.”
Home Office, 10th October 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013
The Industrial Injuries Benefit (Employment Training Schemes and Courses) Regulations 2013
The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2013
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2013
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 7) Order 2013
The Credit Unions (Maximum Interest Rate on Loans) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Al-Jedda v Secretary of State for the Home Department: [2013] UKSC 62; [2013] WLR (D) 371
“In considering whether an order depriving a person of British citizenship would make him stateless, as required by s 40(4) of the British Nationality Act 1981, as amended, the Home Secretary, and on appeal the court, had simply to identify whether the person held another nationality at the date the order was made. The section did not permit, or require, the Home Secretary to assert that the person’s failure to apply for restoration of another nationality which he would be bound to obtain, rather than the making of the deprivation order itself, made him stateless.”
WLR Daily, 9th October 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ali v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 1198 (09 October 2013)
Green & Anor v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc [2013] EWCA Civ 1197 (09 October 2013)
Troutbeck SA v White & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 1171 (09 October 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Mathew v HM Attorney General [2013] EWHC 3009 (Admin) (09 October 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Vivendi SA Centenary Holdings Iii Ltd v Richards & Ors [2013] EWHC 3006 (Ch) (09 October 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Radical reforms to open more diverse routes to becoming a solicitor, including through apprenticeships, are to be published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th October 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A solicitor has been jailed for stealing more than £200,000 from clients including one who had received compensation for brain damage.”
BBC News, 9th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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