Public Sector Equality Duty: The Latest Guidance fromthe Equalities and Human Rights Commission (PDF)
11 KBW, 28th March 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“Criticism over the lack of detail that has emerged from corruption case settlements only serves to reinforce the need for deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) to be introduced in the UK, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Supreme Court handed down judgment in the Employers’ Liability Policy Trigger Litigation on 28 March 2012. The appeals of the run-off insurers on the construction of ‘disease contracted’ were dismissed and the appeals of the insureds and Zurich against the construction of ‘sustaining injury’ were allowed. The result is that employers’ liability policies which are written on a ‘sustained’ or ‘contracted’ basis will, in mesothelioma cases, respond by reference to the date of exposure rather than the date of the tumour. The Court was divided on a subsidiary question of causation as to the application of the ‘special rule’ in Fairchild. Lord Phillips would have held that none of the policies responded but the majority was firmly against his view.”
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4 New Square, 28th March 2012
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“Legal aid and local authority cuts mean law centres are in danger. Islington and Rochdale law centres are fighting back.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A racing circuit groundsman who was brain-damaged in a freak work accident has been awarded more than £2 million damages.”
The Independent, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Doctors’ failure to diagnose ovarian cancer in women, some of whom later died from the disease, is leading to damages payouts of as much as £550,000, research reveals.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenager who beat his mother to death with a hammer and burned her body in a ‘chilling’ murder inspired by a Coronation Street plot has been jailed for at least 16 years.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man deemed likely to help try to kill a Russian politician on Britain’s streets has been allowed to return to the UK to fight to stay in the country.”
The Independent, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who stabbed a 74-year-old woman six times in a ‘frenzied’ attack has been jailed after he was caught for spitting on the pavement.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A serial armed robber who dressed up as Elvis Presley and sported other bizarre disguises when he targeted betting shops across Britain was today jailed for life.”
The Independent, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Alternative business structures will bring subtle, but significant changes in the way law is practised.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2012
Souce: www.guardian.co.uk
Gregg and another v Pigott and others [2012] EWHC 732 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 104
“The phrase ‘statutory next of kin’ in an English settlement made in 1948 should be construed in such a way as to eliminate discrimination against adopted children by virtue of articles 8 and 14 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 29th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Companies will be liable for any cyber attacks that others commit ‘for their benefit’ under legislative plans approved by the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Julie Stather, barrister, of 42 Bedford Row examines the advantages to child, parents and local authority of using section 34 of the Children Act.”
Family Law Week, 31st March 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“A new pilot scheme is designed to give a shot in the arm to the Court of Appeal Mediation Scheme (CAMS). It will be managed by CEDR (Centre for Dispute Resolution) which administers CAMS.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 30th March 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“At the Guardian’s Open Weekend, Michael Mansfield QC warns against imagining that miscarriages of justice are something that have declined since famous confession-based cases of the 1980s. In today’s world, where faulty forensic evidence is more likely to be the problem, he worries about access to justice, pointing the finger at the emasculation of the legal aid system by successive governments and a renewed attempt to erode the right to trial by jury.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Joanna Grandfield, Associate (barrister), Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the key financial remedies cases arising in the first quarter of 2012.”
Family Law Week, 30th March 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“Writing exceptions to copyright into UK law will not deliver economic growth and would in fact ‘remove the core asset value’ in creators’ content, a number of licensing bodies have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Grand Chamber of the ECtHR recently tackled the question of whether the police tactic of ‘kettling’ (verb, UK, of the police – to contain demonstrators in a confined area) amounted to a deprivation of the liberty of four applicants within the meaning of Article 5(1) of the ECHR.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Two in five violent criminals and sex offenders are escaping with a caution rather than being put before the courts, figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd April 2012
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