Freetown Ltd v Assethold Ltd: [2012] EWCA Civ 1657; [2012] WLR (D) 379
“Service of a party wall award pursuant to section 15(1) of the Party Wall etc Act 1996 was effective from the date the award was received or deemed to have been received by a party.”
WLR Daily, 14th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2012
The Building (Repeal of Provisions of Local Acts) Regulations 2012
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) (No. 2) Order 2012
The Payments in Euro (Credit Transfers and Direct Debits) Regulations 2012
The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012
The Legislative Reform (Civil Partnership) Order 2012
The District Electoral Areas Commissioner (Northern Ireland) Order 2012
The Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 2012
The Health Service Commissioner for England (Special Health Authorities) Order 2012
The Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2012
The Guinea-Bissau (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012
The Côte d’Ivoire (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012
The Somalia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012
The Al-Qaida (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2012
The Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) (Amendment) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Lawyers acting on the new system for dealing with mesothelioma claims will be paid on fixed-fee basis, the government announced yesterday.”
Litigation Futures, 19th December 2012
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“R on the application of Louisa Hodkin v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2012] EWHC 3635 (Admin). Ouseley J has dismissed a challenge by the applicant against the Registrar General’s decision not to register a chapel of the Church of Scientology as ‘a place of meeting for religious worship’ which in turn means it is not a registered building for the solemnisation of marriages.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th December 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“There is a rather odd case note on Lawtel on a High Court appeal of a dismissed defence to possession following an apparently failed succession…
Evans v Brent London Borough Council QB (Ramsey J) 18/12/2012 [note of extempore judgment on Lawtel].”
NearlyLegal, 19th December 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
“There is nothing surprising in the conclusion formed by the majority of the Commission on the Bill of Rights in their report, issued yesterday. A majority favours replacing the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) with a Bill of Rights for the UK, as the means of securing the most effective compliance by this country with its obligations under the Human Rights Convention.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th December 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Travellers living at the side of the road near the former Dale Farm site face being evicted for a second time after Basildon council, in Essex, voted to take ‘direct action’ to remove the families who remain.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Eight Romanians who embarked on a cable theft spree, creating havoc across a swathe of the Midlands rail network, have been sentenced to a total of 23 years in prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A terminally ill woman was not consulted before a notice instructing ‘do not resuscitate’ was placed with her medical records, a judge has found.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A scathing report into the BBC’s handling of a shelved Newsnight exposé of Jimmy Savile revealed a culture of ‘suspicion and mistrust’ at the corporation, riven by factions and in-fighting with ‘rigid management chains’ that rendered it ‘completely incapable’ of dealing with the scandal when it was exposed.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A factory worker who shook his girlfriend’s baby son to death has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 19th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A senior mental health nurse who performed Nazi salutes in front of patients has been struck off.”
BBC News, 19th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A trickster who posed as a Goldman Sachs billionaire told his victim: ‘I lie as easily as I breathe,’ the woman said yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Male pensioners will lose up to £10,000 in retirement income due to the
introduction this week of European Court rules banning sex discrimination by
financial firms, a report warns.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A member of the Church of Scientology has lost her fight to get married in one of its chapels after the high court dismissed her claim that she was the victim of unlawful religious discrimination.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Twenty-two years after the original contentious inquest into the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster, the verdict of accidental death has been quashed in the high court.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This paper considers developments in relation to the law on Special Educational Needs over the last year. It will address three main areas:
(1) recent SEN cases;
(2) practice and procedure issues;
(3) the Children and Families Bill.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, November 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“Five members of a traveller family who were found guilty of keeping their own private workforce have been jailed.”
BBC News, 19th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Education lawyers cannot ignore the European Convention of Human Rights. The ‘right to education’ is enshrined in Article 2 of the First Protocol to the Convention, and other Convention rights are often in play when education decisions need to be made. In this paper, we examine in detail the content of Article 2 of the First Protocol, and highlight the other Convention rights that frequently feature in education cases.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, November 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
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