Does VTB v Nutritek foreshadow the Supreme Court’s approach to the Petrodel appeal on piercing the corporate veil? – Family Law week

“Emily Marshall, family law professional support lawyer at Irwin Mitchell considers the possible implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in a commercial case on the forthcoming appeal in the Petrodel appeal, to be heard in March.”

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Family Law Week, 11th February 2013

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Doctors call for Dr David Kelly inquest to resume – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 12th, 2013 in doctors, inquests, news, suicide by sally

“A group of doctors which has been investigating the death of government
scientist Dr David Kelly wrote to the Chief Coroner today calling for his
inquest to be resumed and the suicide verdict re-examined.”

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Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2013

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iPhone used to bring child sex attacker William Walker to justice – BBC News

“A tattooist who raped a child has been jailed after his victim recorded a
conversation with him 20 years later.”

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BBC News, 11th February 2013

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Ian Brady’s mental health advocate will not face charges – BBC News

“Moors murderer Ian Brady’s mental health advocate will not face charges over
allegations she failed to disclose information about the location of one of his
victims’ remains.”

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BBC News, 11th February 2013

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Church of England vicar faces jail for spying on woman and children – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 12th, 2013 in Church of England, indecent photographs of children, news, voyeurism by sally

“A Church of England vicar is facing jail after admitting spying on and filming
intimate pictures of three children and a woman.”

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Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2013

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Probe into ‘high death rate’ hospitals extended – BBC News

Posted February 12th, 2013 in hospitals, human rights, inquiries, medical treatment, negligence, news by sally

“Another nine hospital trusts are to be investigated for high death rates in the
wake of the damning report on the NHS over its handling of the Stafford Hospital
scandal.”

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BBC News, 11th February 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Theresa May: Derbyshire police chief to head undercover police probe – BBC News

Posted February 12th, 2013 in inquiries, news, police by sally

“An investigation into undercover policing at the Metropolitan Police is to be
overseen by another force.”

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BBC News, 11th February 2013

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James Bulger killing: 20 years on – The Guardian

Posted February 12th, 2013 in children, criminal responsibility, murder, news, parole, sentencing by sally

“Society’s view of young people still as venomous as 1993 says the lawyer who represented one of the two-year-old’s killers.”

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The Guardian, 1th February 2013

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Judgment expected on government’s unpaid work schemes – The Guardian

Posted February 12th, 2013 in appeals, compensation, forced labour, news, volunteers by sally

“The court of appeal will on Tuesday judge whether government employment schemes constitute forced labour and if tens of thousands of unemployed people will still be entitled to compensation after being wrongly sanctioned by the Department of Work and Pensions.”

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The Guardian, 12th February 2013

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Judge condemns Salford University for failed libel case against ex-lecturer – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 12th, 2013 in defamation, judges, news, universities by sally

“Salford University, which charges students up to £9,000 a year in tuition fees
and axed 60 posts last year, was accused by a judge of abusing the High Court’s
processes in its actions against Dr Gary Duke.”

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Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2013

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Divorcees to plunder partners’ pensions – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 12th, 2013 in divorce, financial provision, news, pensions by sally

“Divorcees who separated in the past 12 years could have to hand over more of their pension income to their former spouse. Pension funds are often the main asset of a marriage and are frequently more valuable than the home, but according to a report from Divorce LifeLine in as many as half of the 1.5 million divorce settlements in the UK since December 2000, the divorce pensions may have been undervalued.”

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Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2013

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Chimney sweep Philip Jones fined £5,000 over Derwyn Rees’s death – BBC News

Posted February 12th, 2013 in fines, health & safety, news, unlawful killing by sally

“A sweep who did not remove a bird’s nest blocking a chimney flue has been fined £5,000 over the death of an ex-miner from carbon monoxide poisoning.”

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BBC News, 11th February 2013

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National Audit Office warns UK needs more cyber skills – BBC News

Posted February 12th, 2013 in auditors, computer crime, fraud, news, police by sally

“A lack of skilled workers is hampering the UK’s fight against cyber crime, the
National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.”

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BBC News, 12th February 2013

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Barrister facing jail after £600,000 VAT fraud – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 11th, 2013 in barristers, fraud, news, tax evasion, VAT by sally

“A leading barrister who specialised in fraud cases is facing a substantial prison sentence after being convicted of evading more than £600,000 in tax.”

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Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2013

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Video journalist fights court application over EDL footage – The Guardian

Posted February 11th, 2013 in disclosure, evidence, media, news, police, video recordings by sally

“A video journalist is fighting a court application by police to force him to hand over footage he shot of the English Defence League.”

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The Guardian, 11th February 2013

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In the public interest – Speech by Mr Justice Foskett

In the public interest (PDF)

Speech by Mr Justice Foskett

The ‘Disciplinary Conference’, 8th February 2013

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky v Slovenská sporiteľňa a.s. – WLR Daily

Posted February 11th, 2013 in competition, EC law, law reports by sally

Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky v Slovenská sporiteľňa a.s. (Case C-68/12); [2013] WLR (D) 52

“When assessing whether an agreement between several undertakings had the object of restricting competition within the meaning of article 101FEU of the FEU treaty, the fact that an institution, adversely affected by the agreement, had allegedly been operating illegally on the relevant market was of no relevance to that assessment.”

WLR Daily, 7th February 2013

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Foulser v Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs – WLR Daily

Foulser v Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2013] UKUT 038 (TCC); [2013] WLR (D) 51

“The First-tier Tribunal had jurisdiction to deal with an allegation that a fair hearing of a tax appeal before it had been made impossible, but any contention that a party had acted unlawfully in public law had to be put forward by way of an application for judicial review in the High Court or the Upper Tribunal. In a case where the FTT considered that a debarring order was justified and no lesser order would meet the justice of the case but yet, the facts of the case did not come within Rules 7 and 8 of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Tax Chamber) Rules 2009, the FTT could produce the desired just result by using its power under Rule 5 to ‘regulate its procedure’, particularly to deal with the case fairly and justly.”

WLR Daily, 25th January 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

The Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd and another v United Utilities Water plc – WLR daily

Posted February 11th, 2013 in appeals, canals, law reports, sewerage, statutory interpretation by sally

The Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd and another v United Utilities Water plc [2013] EWCA Civ 40; [2013] WLR (D) 50

“The implied power of sewerage undertakers to discharge the contents of sewers via their outfalls onto third party property without the owner’s consent had not passed to their successor companies under the transfer scheme entered into as part of the privatisation process implemented under the Water Act 1989.”

WLR Daily, 7th February 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

AKJ and others v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and another; AJA and others v Same and others – WLR Daily

AKJ and others v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and another; AJA and others v Same and others [2013] EWHC 32 (QB); [2013] WLR (D) 49

“An intimate sexual relationship instigated by an undercover police officer with a member of the public for the purposes of obtaining information fell within the scope of ‘personal or other relationship with a person’ for the purposes of section 26(8) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 so that, by section 65, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal had exclusive jurisdiction to hear a claim brought against the police under the Human Rights Act 1998.”

WLR Daily, 18th January 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk