Fraud sentences could focus on harm – BBC News
“Sentences for some financial crimes in England and Wales could be based on the harm to victims, under new guidelines from the Sentencing Council.”
BBC News, 27th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Juror in spy case dismissed for napping – Daily Telegraph
“A juror was ejected from a trial involving two MI5 spies and allegations of harassment, sexual assault and violence – for falling asleep.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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High court throws out ‘UK complicit in torture’ damages case – The Guardian
“The high court has thrown out a damages case brought by a man convicted on terrorism charges who claimed MI5 was complicit in his alleged torture by Pakistan’s intelligence service.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former airline pilot Iain Lawrence jailed for life for killing his wife by deliberately crashing car after disabling airbag – The Independent
“A former airline pilot has been jailed for life for killing his wife by deliberately crashing his car into a tree after disabling her airbag.”
The Independent, 26th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jeremy Forrest case: Twitter users could have broken the law – The Guardian
“Police are looking at tweets sent following the conviction of Jeremy Forrest to see whether those who identified his victim have broken the law.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
With the Met, if you are innocent you have everything to worry about – The Guardian
“Peter Francis’s revelations show the need for a judicial inquiry – so the public can see how far our democracy has been eroded.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Clack: SAAMCO in practice – Hardwicke Chambers
“In Nigel Clack v Wrigleys Solicitors LLP [2013] EWHC 413 (Ch), Mr Nicholas Strauss QC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) found for the Claimant client against his former Solicitors.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 24th June 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Cusack v Harrow London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Cusack v Harrow London Borough Council [2013] UKSC 40; [2013] WLR (D) 250
“A highway authority had power under section 80 of the Highways Act 1980 to erect barriers so as to prevent vehicular access to a frontager’s forecourt, without paying compensation, in order to safeguard users of the highway and the fact that section 66(2) of the same Act conferred an alternative power to achieve the same object, which was subject to compensation, was immaterial.”
WLR Daily, 19th June 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Colin Witcher discusses below some of the key provisions of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (“ERRA”) in respect of Employment Law which come into force tomorrow, Tuesday 25 June 2013 – One Inner Temple Lane
“The ERRA is an important piece of legislation, covering maters such as unfair dismissal, health and safety and copyright.”
One Inner Temple Lane, 24th June 2013
Source: www.1itl.com
Legal Aid Statistics in England and Wales – Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Statistics in England and Wales (PDF)
Ministry of Justice, 25th June 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Private landlords, disability discrimination and mandatory possession claims – What is the relevance? – Hardwicke Chambers
“Last year Arthur Moore and I ran a seminar in Chancery Lane on the (then) vexed question of to what extent Article 8 and Article 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights impacted upon private landlords’ possession claims.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 20th June 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Oxford child sex abuse ring members being sentenced today – The Independent
“The sentencing of seven men convicted of running a child sex abuse ring in Oxford is due to start today. The gang were found guilty of a range of sexual offences against girls as young as 12 last month.”
The Independent, 26th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Costs budgets- revisions and indemnity costs – 4 New Square
“On 14 June 2013 in Elvanite Full Circle Ltd v AMEC Earth & Environmental (UK) Ltd [2013] EWHC 1643 (TCC) Mr Justice Coulson handed down another important judgment on the application of the new costs management rules (in CPR r.3.15- r.3.18), albeit his decision relates to the Costs Management in Mercantile Courts and Technology and Construction Courts – Pilot Scheme (‘PD 51G’). In particular, Coulson J considered (i) the impact of an order for costs on the indemnity basis; (ii) what a party needs to do to seek approval of a revised costs budget; (iii) when a party should make an application for such approval; and (iv) what test the court applies on such an application. Coulson J’s findings are highlighted in bold below.”
Full story (PDF)
4 New Square, 25th June 2013
Source: www.4newsquare.com
Peter Kay brother imposter jailed for 24 months – BBC News
“A conman who posed as the brother of comedian Peter Kay while pretending to raise money for a boy with cancer has been jailed for 24 months.”
BBC News, 24th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
A1P1 and property rights in the Supreme Court again – UK Human Rights Blog
“This is the tale of how a solicitor from Harrow ended up litigating about his off-street parking in the Supreme Court – and reached for Article 1 of Protocol 1 (A1P1) of ECHR, by way of a second string to his bow. Not his choice, as he had won in the Court of Appeal on other grounds. But his failure on the point reminds us that in the majority of cases A1P1 is a difficult argument to bring home.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Berney v Saul: No road to Damascus moment – Hardwicke Chambers
“A claimant’s chose in action represented by his claims in litigation is something which has a value, provided it is not certain or nearly certain to fail. Clients pay lawyers to take care of that chose in action by putting the claim forward in the proper way and by managing its progress in accordance with the rules and orders of the Court.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 25th June 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
