“There is no requirement for employers to consult with employees working in a part of the business that will not be transferred to a new owner under TUPE laws, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“There have been a number of Panopticon posts about the lawfulness of disclosures in enhanced criminal record certificates. The latest decision is that of Mr Justice Stuart-Smith in R (L) v Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary [2013] EWHC 869 (Admin).”
Panopticon, 30th April 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“A ‘drunk and jealous’ woman has been found guilty of murdering five members of the same family, including three young children, in a blaze following a row about a pram.”
The Independent, 30th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Astrazeneca AB v Hexal AG & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 454 (30 April 2013)
Williams v Williams (The Estate of) [2013] EWCA Civ 455 (30 April 2013)
Carter & Anor v Lifeplan Products Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 453 (29 April 2013)
Devon CC v TR [2013] EWCA Civ 418 (30 April 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Nash, R (on the application of) v Capita Plc & Ors [2013] EWHC 1067 (Admin) (29 April 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Di Marco v Morshead Mansions Ltd [2013] EWHC 1068 (Ch) (30 April 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The Regulatory Committee of the HCA has published Protecting Social Housing Assets in a More Diverse Sector, which is styled as a discussion paper, but which also contains some thought-provoking questions about how regulation can and should work in a much diversified, increasingly risky and entrepreneurial social housing domain. We are working in an environment which is almost unrecognisable from what it was in the 1990s and perhaps even just a few years ago. This creates regulatory dilemmas about how best to protect assets in the most proportionate manner (a familiar dilemma, and one which does not seem to have been particularly affected by the financial crash, one might think).”
NearlyLegal, 30th April 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“N-Dubz rapper Dappy, who was found guilty of assault and affray, has lost a challenge against his conviction.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother-of-two who portrayed herself as a ‘fearful victim’ of domestic violence has been given a life sentence for stabbing her boyfriend to death.”
BBC News, 30th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Why compromise? Increasingly in civil litigation there are no winners — not even the lawyers, following the review and implementation of Sir Rupert Jackson’s report into costs. The question is rapidly being re-phrased as ‘Why litigate?'”
OUP Blog, 27th April 2013
Source: www.blog.oup.com
“Two men who published photographs on Twitter and Facebook said to show the killers of James Bulger have admitted being in contempt of court.”
Attorney General’s Office,
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
“Changes to libel laws in England and Wales have been implemented after the Defamation Bill received Royal Assent late last week.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Section 8(1) of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 allowed for a promisor to give a third party an enforceable substantive right subject to a procedural condition on which the promisor might but need not insist. Section 8(2) of the Act allowed for a promisor to give a third party an enforceable procedural right which the third party might but need not exercise, since the right was unilateral.”
WLR Daily, 17th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Homophobic statements made by a person perceived as playing a leading role in a football club but who did not have legal capacity to bind it in recruitment matters were capable of constituting ‘facts from which it may be presumed that there has been … discrimination’ pursuant to articles 2(2) and 10(1) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ 2000 L303, p16).”
WLR Daily, 25th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Where a part-time locum doctor, as a step towards achieving a consultant’s post, took a one-year full time training post at a lower rate of pay but under the relevant NHS terms and conditions was entitled to pay protection, that entitlement was not limited to preserving her previous annual earnings but required her employer to pay all her new full-time hours at an hourly-rate equivalent to her previous part-time work.”
WLR Daily, 24th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In re C (A Child) (Adoption: Placement order) [2013] EWCA Civ 431; [2013] WLR (D) 151
“Guidance as to the steps to be followed where an application to the Court of Appeal was made for permission to appeal against the making of a placement order, or of any order consequent upon the making of a placement order, in adoption proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 25th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“New legislation that will impact on the UK’s intellectual property (IP) law framework has received Royal Assent.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“As of 1 April 2013, standard disclosure is no longer the default provision in most multi-track cases. With disclosure often being the most expensive and time consuming part of the litigation process, this should be welcome news to litigants and solicitors alike. The recent decision in West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited v Willbros Global Holdings Inc. [2012] EWHC 396 (TCC) highlighted the significant issues encountered in the disclosure process, especially in high value claims involving e-disclosure. The new rules aim to tackle these problems by introducing stricter case management in the disclosure process.”
New Law Journal, 26th April 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
“US-style ‘plea bargains’ will be introduced in England and Wales from 2014, following Parliamentary approval of the relevant laws.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The coalition government’s programme of public service reform continues apace. The coming into effect of parts of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 on April 1st was the latest in a series of changes to the structure and delivery of public services through measures like the Localism Act 2011 or the Free Schools programme. As the White Paper on Open Public Services indicates, these individual changes form part of a broader plan to fundamental re-model how Britain’s government operates. The White Paper is clear that this reform programme is wide-ranging and ambitious. What is less clear from government pronouncements, however, is whether or how it is intended to ensure the democratic legitimacy and character of the proposed reforms.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 29th April 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
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