“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has urged the legal profession to simplify its complaints procedures, following the publication of research showing that only one in eight dissatisfied customers goes on to make a formal complaint.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th January 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Hundreds of British women continue to be wrongly imprisoned, according to a study that condemns the government for not complying with international standards set by the United Nations on treatment of female inmates.”
The Guardian, 27th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The true scale of the problem posed by ‘lawless bailiffs’ is revealed as shocking figures show a sharp rise in complaints about their behaviour since the start of the banking crisis.”
The Guardian, 27th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The fight to defend legal professional privilege looks set to continue, despite last week’s landmark victory for the profession in the Supreme Court. Parliament was urged to consider extending the scope of LPP in the wake of the judgment by the 140,000-member Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th January 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A Sudanese paedophile who was part of a group of immigrants who lured schoolgirls to a house for sex cannot be deported because he is a member of a ‘persecuted tribe’, it was disclosed at the High Court yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Google is facing a fresh privacy battle in the UK over its alleged secret tracking of the internet habits of millions of iPhone users.”
The Guardian, 27th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Defining internet service providers as publishers within defamation law would be totally unworkable.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
” 71-year-old man who admitted trying to smuggle more than £168,000 worth of
cannabis through a ferry port has been jailed for three years and nine months.”
BBC News, 25th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four British soldiers who tried to smuggle guns and drugs into the UK have been jailed.”
BBC News, 25th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Barry George, who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of
the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando, has lost his High Court bid for
compensation as a victim of a ‘miscarriage of justice’.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A father-of-three who bit part of the finger off a love rival in a brawl at a children’s school Nativity play has been jailed for 11 months.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Legislation to enable same-sex marriages to take place in England and Wales has been published.”
BBC News, 25th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Barclays has been forced to reveal the identities of more than 100 employees who had been attempting to keep their names out of the public domain ahead of a case involving the alleged manipulation of the Libor rate.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Nulty & Ors v Milton Keynes Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 15 (24 January 2013)
Sims v Dacorum Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 12 (24 January 2013)
Hamilton v Hamilton [2013] EWCA Civ 13 (24 January 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Snelling & Anor v Burstow Parish Council [2013] EWHC 46 (Ch) (24 January 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Young v Young [2013] EWHC 34 (Fam) (16
January 2013)
High Court (Patents Court)
IPCom GmbH & Co Kg v HTC
Europe Co Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 52 (Pat) (24 January 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
“The holders of dematerialised shares in a public company were not entitled to the same protection under section 98 of the Companies Act 2006 as registered minority shareholders.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Kenya Aid Programme v Sheffield City Council: [2013] EWHC 54 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 23
“In determining whether a charity was entitled to mandatory charitable relief from non-domestic rates because the premises were ‘wholly or mainly used for charitable purposes’, the question was whether the use which the charity made of the premises was directly to facilitate the carrying out of its main charitable purposes.”
WLR Daily, 22nd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Evans (Fabian): [2013] WLR (D) 22
“Migrants of Jamaican origin who had returned to Jamaica after having been resident in the USA, Canada or the United Kingdom, or persons who had been removed or deported back to Jamaica from those countries, did not constitute a ‘particular social group’ for the purposes of article 1A(2) of the Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Legal advice privilege would not be extended to communications in connection with advice given by professional people other than members of the legal profession, even where that advice was legal advice which the professional person was qualified to give.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Financial Services Act 2012 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013
The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2013
The Non-Domestic Rating (Renewable Energy Projects) Regulations 2013
The Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Areas) Regulations 2013
The Non-Domestic Rating (Transitional Protection Payments) Regulations 2013
The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No.6) Order 2013
The Passenger Car (Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Railway Heritage Committee) Order 2013
The Offers to Settle in Civil Proceedings Order 2013
The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
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