“Dispute Resolution analysis: When can solicitors who failed to obtain ATE insurance, become parties
to the litigation for the purpose of cost orders? Stephen Innes, barrister at 4 New Square Chambers
looks at the Court of Appeal’s decision in Heron v TNT.”
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4 New Square, 14th May 2013
Source: www.4newsquare.com
“Details of fines included on a second public list of tax defaulters shows that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is ‘cracking down harder than ever before’ on businesses and individuals that deliberately underpay tax, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Yesterday’s announcement that Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling had rejected the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) recommendation that will-writing become a reserved legal activity was not a total shock.”
Legal Futures, 15th May 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“Morshead Mansions has been involved in a quite astonishing amount of litigation. Bailii throws up 13 hits, cases in the LVT, Lands Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal. It’s really must be the most awful burden on all those involved. And now, there is another case to add to the list, Di Marco v Morshead Mansions Ltd [2013] EWHC 1068 (Ch).”
NearlyLegal, 14th May 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“The government has today rejected the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) recommendation that will-writing become a reserved legal activity.”
Legal Futures, 14th May 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“Now top legal talent will find the prospect of working in criminal courts less attractive.”
The Independent, 14th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman who received almost £100,000 too much from a pension company will keep the money, an ombudsman has decided.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Inquiry expected to look at the restraint techniques authorised by G4S as well as the UK Border Agency.”
The Independent, 14th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Almost a quarter of jurors in England and Wales currently misunderstand the restrictions on internet use during a trial, according to research just published.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A legal test is set to begin into the government’s decision to cut housing benefit for recipients living in properties that have a spare room.”
BBC News, 15th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Outdoor weddings could become an option for thousands of couples, after the Government agreed to consider allowing groups, including humanists, to conduct legally-binding ceremonies in England and Wales.”
The Independent, 14th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Murderers of police officers are to be given whole-life sentences and be left to die in prison, the home secretary, Theresa May, is to reveal at the Police Federation conference.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A gang of abusers who subjected vulnerable girls in Oxford to years of rape, torture and extreme sexual violence has been convicted at the Old Bailey in one of the biggest child sexual exploitation trials in recent years.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“How will the Eurozone crisis impact on the UK’s relationship with the EU?
In the past, the UK has always insisted on keeping a seat at the heart of the system. But it now suggests that it would be happy for Eurozone members to integrate more closely in order to withstand the crisis, without joining in itself.”
Date: Thursday, 6 June 2013, 6.00pm
Location: Guildhall
Charge: Free event, booking required
More information is available here.
Recently added:
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Dossett, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 710 (14 May 2013)
Turnbull, R. v [2013] EWCA Crim 676 (18 April 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Hamid (t/a Hamid Properties) v Francis Bradshaw Partnership [2013] EWCA Civ 470 (02 May 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
The Serious Organised Crime Agency v Namli & Ors [2013] EWHC 1200 (QB) (10 May 2013)
ABK v KDT & Anor [2013] EWHC 1192 (QB) (13 May 2013)
Ashcourt Rowan Financial Planning Ltd v Hall [2013] EWHC 1185 (QB) (10 May 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Golstein v Bishop [2013] EWHC 881 (Ch) (02 May 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
DR v GR & Ors (Financial Remedy: Variation of Overseas Trust) [2013] EWHC 1196 (Fam) (10 May 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
West Is West Distribution Ltd v Icon Film Distribution Ltd [2013] EWHC 1181 (Comm) (10 May 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
“One of Britain’s most prolific house burglars has been jailed for six years after being caught targeting vulnerable elderly people in his 160th break-in.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Stuart Hazell was jailed for life at the Old Bailey with a minimum term of 38 years today after finally admitting the murder of schoolgirl Tia Sharp.”
The Independent, 14th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Special guardianship orders have become an increasingly popular means of resolving family proceedings. They have found favour with local authorities as a means of securing kinship care placements and have been described as a half-way house between a residence order and an adoption order.”
New Law Journal, 10th May 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
“The need for sensation alone has placed Jimmy Tarbuck’s name in the press for being questioned regarding an alleged sexual offence dating back to the 1970s. Jimmy Tarbuck is one of a seemingly never-ending stream of household names being questioned regarding historic sexual offences. Jimmy Tarbuck has merely been questioned. We do not know what the evidence is against him but we know it is insufficient at present to sustain a criminal charge. Why then are we even aware of this story?”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th May 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
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