Press regulation on a sinking ship – UK Human Rights Blog
“It was coincidental that this cricket libel case and Lady Justice Arden’s speech on media intrusion and human rights ‘Striking the Balance’ came out on the same day.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Reoffending may rise under Ken Clarke’s plans – The Independent
“Kenneth Clarke’s plans to toughen up community orders by tracking offenders with high-tech ankle tags and ensuring every sentence is a punishment could increase reoffending, the Government’s own impact assessment showed today.”
The Independent, 27th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
King, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2012] EWCA Civ 376 (27 March 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Cairns v Modi [2012] EWHC B1 (QB) (26 March 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
SMP Trustees Ltd, Re [2012] EWHC 772 (Ch) (27 March 2012)
High Court (Family Division)
A, Re (Disclosure of Third Party Information) [2012] EWHC 180 (Fam) (16 February 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Allman v Coroner for West Sussex [2012] EWHC 534 (Admin) (09 March 2012)
Walker v Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman [2012] EWHC 535 (Admin) (09 March 2012)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v BM [2012] EWHC 714 (Admin) (27 March 2012)
Hampshire Constabulary v Police Appeals Tribunal [2012] EWHC 746 (Admin) (27 March 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov & Ors [2012] EWHC 783 (Comm) (16 March 2012)
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2012] EWHC 648 (Comm) (08 March 2012)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
M3 Property Ltd v Zedhomes Ltd [2012] EWHC 780 (TCC) (26 March 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
British American Tobacco Switzerland SA and others v Exel Europe Ltd and others; British American Tobacco Denmark A/S and others v Exel Europe Ltd and another – WLR Daily
“Article 31.1 of the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road, set out in the Schedule to the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965, restricted the courts where an action could be brought against a defendant, and the fact that the English court had jurisdiction under article 31.1 to entertain an action against one of a series of carriers of the same goods did not enable successive carriers of those goods, in respect of whom the court did not otherwise have jurisdiction under article 31.1, to be joined in the same proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 23rd March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust – WLR Daily
Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust [2012] EWCA Civ 330; [2012] WLR (D) 97
“For the purposes of a claim for age discrimination under regulation 3 of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, where an employer gave notice of dismissal to an employee on the grounds of redundancy, it was a legitimate part of the aim of the employer in giving that notice to ensure that when giving effect to it, the dismissal also saved the employer additional costs that, had it not timed the dismissal as it did, it was likely to have incurred by reason of the employee’s age.”
WLR Daily, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Smith v Butler – WLR Daily
Smith v Butler [2012] EWCA Civ 314; [2012] WLR (D) 96
“Where the terms of a managing director’s appointment to a company made no provision for the express delegation of any specific powers by the board of the company to him, although there might be an intention to implicitly delegate some powers to him, such delegation would not usually have the effect of excluding the powers of the board and the managing director had no implied power to suspend the company chairman or exclude him from the company’s premises. The implied powers of a managing director could include a power to commence legal proceedings, unless the board expressly or by implication decided that such proceedings ought not to be taken or was unlikely to ratify the commencement of proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 15th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Police manhandled autistic boy at swimming pool – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) was long awaited; it took nearly two decades for the Law Commission’s proposals for codification of the common law on mental capacity to make their way onto the statute books. The MCA is generally considered to be quite progressive and I often hear it described as ‘empowering’ and granting people ‘rights to autonomy’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Asbestos: court ruling opens way for insurance claims – BBC News
“The UK Supreme Court has made a ruling which could allow thousands of insurance claims by families of people who died after exposure to asbestos.”
BBC News, 28th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court staff forced to rely on Google Translate – Daily Telegraph
“Court staff and lawyers have been forced to use Google Translate to communicate with non-English speaking defendants because of problems with the new interpreter service, it has been claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
OFT’s ‘adversarial’ approach meant witness documents do not have to be disclosed, CAT rules – OUT-LAW.com
“A supermarket does not have to hand over notes from discussions with witnesses to the Office of Fair Trading as part of an ongoing legal dispute because the information was protected by ‘litigation privilege’, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Djanogly: UK consumers benefiting from solicitors’ big bang – Ministry of Justice
“Consumers in England and Wales will find solicitors more competitive, more efficient and easier to access as new High Street providers are announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 28th March 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Terror suspect loses court ruling – The Independent
“A terrorist suspect referred to as ‘BM’ has lost his legal challenge against a terrorism prevention measure imposed on him under new Government legislation to stop him travelling to Pakistan.”
The Independent, 27th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Reforming The Civil Justice System – The Role of IT – Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
Reforming The Civil Justice System – The Role of IT (PDF)
Speech by by Lord Justice Jackson
Society for Computers and Law, 26th March 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Search engines should face legal requirement to censor privacy-invasive material unless they act voluntarily, MPs say – OUT-LAW.com
“New legislation should be introduced to force search engines to delete privacy-invasive material from search indexes if the companies do not take action voluntarily, a committee of MPs has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Christmas midget bar promotion ‘offensive’ – Daily Telegraph
“A bar that promised revellers the chance to party with ‘our very own Xmas midgets’ acted offensively and irresponsibly, a watchdog has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
NHS reforms finally become law – The Independent
“The Government’s controversial reforms to the NHS became law today [27 March] after a tortuous 14-month passage through Parliament, when the Queen granted Royal Assent to the Health and Social Care Bill.”
The Independent, 27th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Eldon Lecture on workforce diversity – Legal Services Board
Eldon Lecture on workforce diversity (PDF)
Lecture by LSB Chairman David Edmonds
Legal Services Board, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Fresh series of defeats for proposals to cut access to legal aid for children – The Guardian
“The government has suffered a fresh series of defeats in the House of Lords over proposals to cut access to legal aid for children and in medical negligence cases.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Protecting Consumers from Scams and Rip-offs – Law Commission
“Consumers exploited by misleading and aggressive traders will have a clear and easy route to redress under reforms being proposed by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.”
Law Commission, 28th March 2012
Source: lawcommission.justice.gov.uk