CA: costs are not reasonable just because court has approved budget – Litigation Futures

Posted June 6th, 2013 in appeals, budgets, costs, news, proportionality by sally

“Costs judges should not treat costs as reasonable or proportionate simply because they fall within the scope of the court-approved budget, the Court of Appeal has warned.”

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Litigation Futures, 5th June 2013

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Is small print in online contracts enforceable? – BBC News

“With some internet companies’ terms and conditions being longer than Shakespeare’s Hamlet, could it be that ‘unfair’ clauses in agreements are not even worth the paper they are printed on?”

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BBC News, 6th June 2013

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Housekeeper sees dismissal claim rejected as ‘threesome’ allegation dismissed – The Independent

Posted June 6th, 2013 in employment tribunals, harassment, news, unfair dismissal by sally

“A lesbian housekeeper who claimed a Tory MP and his wife tried to persuade her to join in a threesome with them had her case for sexual harassment and unfair dismissal unanimously thrown out today.”

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The Independent, 5th June 2013

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Stop and search reduction has led to fairer policing, says equality group – The Guardian

Posted June 6th, 2013 in equality, news, police, racism, stop and search by sally

“Police use of stop and search has been cut by up to 50% in five forces, including London and the West Midlands, without slowing the fall in the crime rate, according to an official report.”

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The Guardian, 6th June 2013

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Case for legal clampdown on ‘chuggers’ compelling, say MPs – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 6th, 2013 in charities, education, news, public interest, reports, select committees by sally

“Charities should be forced to rein in the use of High Street fund-raisers known as ‘chuggers’ or face state regulation, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded.”

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Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2013

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Kenyan Mau Mau veterans to get £14m torture settlement from Britain – The Independent

Posted June 6th, 2013 in compensation, Kenya, news, torture by sally

“Britain will offer compensation to victims of the torture and brutality it meted out to thousands of Kenyans detained during the Mau Mau uprising, according to reports.”

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The Independent, 5th June 2013

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Government to order internet firms to block terror sites and pornography – The Independent

Posted June 6th, 2013 in child abuse, internet, news, pornography, suicide, telecommunications, terrorism by sally

“Internet and telecom companies will be ordered by the Government to block “harmful” content such as extremist material and pornography in the wake of the Woolwich terrorist attack and killing of five-year-old April Jones.”

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The Independent, 6th June 2013

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Teacher caught with child abuse images can work in schools, panel rules – The Guardian

“A teacher sacked for possessing indecent images of children should be allowed to return to work in schools, a panel has ruled.”

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The Guardian, 6th June 2013

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‘No limits’ to regulation review – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted June 5th, 2013 in barristers, legal services, Legal Services Board, news, solicitors by sally

“The Ministry of Justice has said there will be no limits to a far-reaching review of the regulation of legal services.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 5th June 2013

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Leicester Royal Infirmary sorry over 100-year-old’s death – BBC News

“A ‘catastrophic error’ led to a 100-year-old great-grandmother dying from dehydration, a hospital has admitted.”

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BBC News, 5th June 2013

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Proposed legal aid system ‘won’t compete on quality’ – BBC News

Posted June 5th, 2013 in budgets, judges, legal aid, news, quality assurance, solicitors by sally

“A former Court of Appeal judge has challenged the government’s proposed changes to legal aid in England and Wales.”

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BBC News, 4th June 2013

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“Fair play in action”: Court of Appeal considers the rules of natural justice – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted June 5th, 2013 in accountants, appeals, judicial review, news, professional conduct, tribunals by sally

“The concept of fairness embodied in the different strands of natural justice have to be seen as flexible and as not requiring the courts to lay down over rigid rules, so that where it had been agreed that a tribunal member could be temporarily absent for part of the hearing, there had been no breach of the rules of natural justice.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 5th June 2013

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Man jailed for sprinkling pubic hair on curry to avoid payment – The Independent

Posted June 5th, 2013 in compensation, food hygiene, fraud, news, sentencing, video recordings by sally

“A man who sprinkled his own pubic hair over a half-eaten curry in an attempt to avoid paying for it has been jailed.”

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The Independent, 5th June 2013

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Hillsborough inquests to be heard by jury – BBC News

Posted June 5th, 2013 in coroners, inquests, juries, news, police, sport by sally

“Fresh inquests into the deaths of the 96 Hillsborough victims will be held before a jury, a coroner has confirmed.”

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BBC News, 5th June 2013

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Met police officer jailed for selling celebrity tip-offs to the Sun – The Guardian

“A former Metropolitan police officer who had access to private information about wealthy Chelsea residents including the Duchess of Cambridge and Tetra Pak heir Hans Rausing has been jailed for two years for selling stories about them to the Sun.”

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The Guardian, 5th June 2013

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The Revised Public Law Outline …. and this time they mean it – Family Law Week

“Andrew Pack, care lawyer with Brighton & Hove City Council, explains and comments on the changes made by the recently published Revised Public Law Outline.”

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Family Law Week, 4th June 2013

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Bar Council Chairman: We will not facilitate a scheme which will wreck the criminal justice system – The Bar Council

The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has today stated that it has no plans to develop a quality system to facilitate price competitive tendering (PCT) for criminal legal aid. The Bar Council believes that real quality is based on choice of service providers, not price alone, on which the Government’s model is based. The Bar Council’s response to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation clearly sets out its position on this issue.

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The Bar Council, 5th June 2013

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Human rights law on trial? – BBC Law in Action

Posted June 5th, 2013 in human rights, internet, news, pornography by sally

“Joshua Rozenberg returns for another series of Law in Action. This week, Joshua asks the president of the European Court of Human Rights, Dean Spielmann, what he makes of the fierce criticism levelled at his court by some in Britain. The short answer: not much. Also in the programme: what are we really agreeing to when we accept internet companies’ terms of service? And are pornography laws in England and Wales working?”

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BBC Law in Action, 4th June 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted June 5th, 2013 in law reports by sally

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) v Azam & Ors [2013] EWHC 1480 (QB) (03 June 2013)

Harrods Ltd & Ors v McNally & Ors [2013] EWHC 1479 (QB) (03 June 2013)

Fox v Boulter [2013] EWHC 1435 (QB) (04 June 2013)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Williams v Glover & Anor [2013] EWHC 1447 (Ch) (04 June 2013)

High Court (Administrative Court)

IA, R (on the application of) v City of Westminster Council (Rev 1) [2013] EWHC 1273 (Admin) (20 May 2013)

Source: www.bailii.org

Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk

Posted June 5th, 2013 in parliamentary papers by sally

The Government Response to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee Report: Implementation of Welfare Reform by Local Authorities, Cm 8635 (PDF)

Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk