New rules for bailiffs industry – The Independent
“Bailiffs will be regulated under new laws to ‘clean up’ the industry and protect vulnerable debtors, the Government has announced.”
The Independent, 25th January 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police exaggerating fall in crime rate – Daily Telegraph
“Police have exaggerated the fall in crime by downgrading hundreds of thousands of offences to meet targets, the Office for National Statistics has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Earl of Cardigan acquitted of assault – Daily Telegraph
“The Earl of Cardigan, whose family name is famed for its link to the Charge of the Light Brigade, was also found not guilty of a charge of criminal damage. Salisbury Magistrates’ Court heard the earl, 60, was accused of assaulting John Moore by beating on April 29 last year – just over a week after he lost a legal row with Mr Moore over ancestral portraits at the 4,500-acre Savernake Estate, near Marlborough, Wiltshire.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Damages claims “inevitable consequence” of Government’s confused approach to solar, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
“Reports that some companies involved in solar energy are pursuing claims for damages against the Government are the ‘inevitable consequence of its hitherto confused’ approach to subsidies, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th January 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Businessman spared jail over child porn – The Independent
“An MP’s son who joined an online ‘club’ of perverts who shared sickening images of child abuse has been handed a suspended jail term.”
The Independent, 24th January 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Anonymous hacker group: Two jailed for cyber attacks – BBC News
“Two men who carried out cyber attacks for the Anonymous hacking group have been jailed.”
BBC News, 24th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Google, Facebook and Twitter may ‘face EU defamation and privacy cases’ – The Guardian
“Google, Facebook and Twitter’s decision to establish their European bases in Dublin has opened the internet giants up to EU defamation and privacy laws like never before, a libel lawyer has warned.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal advice privilege should not extend to accountant’s advice, says Supreme Court – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Supreme Court has ruled that legal advice privilege should only apply to advice given by a member of the legal profession; that this is what the common law has always meant, and that any wider interpretation would lead to uncertainty. Two strong dissents do not find any principled underpinning for the restriction of the privilege to advice from solicitors or barristers.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th January 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Ministers consider clampdown on ‘industrial users’ of Freedom of Information – BBC News
“The government is considering how to curb repetitive and overly expensive Freedom of Information requests, a justice minister has said.”
BBC News, 24th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Secret courts ‘unjust’ warns Law Society – Law Society’s Gazette
“Extending secret courts to ordinary civil justice cases would see the UK ‘stoop to the level of repressive regimes’, the Law Society warns today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th January 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Media law trends in 2013: what’s on the horizon – The Guardian
“From libel reform to ambush marketing, our experts highlight the key media law trends in 2013.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Isle of Wight £90m cocaine yacht trial: Piotr Pachnia guilty – BBC News
“A man has been found guilty of possessing £90m of cocaine found hidden on a yacht off the Isle of Wight.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Publication of Jackson regulations is ‘starting point’ of 1 April reforms, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
“The publication of three draft statutory instruments (SIs) that will implement part of the ‘Jackson’ reforms to civil court costs and procedures shows that the Government remains intent on a 1 April start date, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th January 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Zakrzewski v The Regional Court in Lodz, Poland [2013] UKSC 2 (23 January 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Omnipharm Ltd v Merial [2013] EWCA Civ 2 (23 January 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Eckerle & Ors v Wickeder Westfalenstahl GmbH & Anor [2013] EWHC 68 (Ch) (23 January 2013)
Gorbunova v Berezovsky (aka Platon Elenin) & Ors [2013] EWHC 76 (Ch) (18 January 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
S (findings of fact), Re [2013] EWHC 15 (Fam) (14 January 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Police officers sue forces over forced retirement – BBC News
“Five police forces are to be taken to an employment tribunal accused of age discrimination.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Property laws for cohabiting couples ‘unfair’, judge says – Daily Telegraph
“Property laws for cohabiting couples are ‘unfair’ on women who are often left with nothing after separating from their partners, an appeal court judge said on Wednesday.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sony fined £250,000 over PlayStation hack – The Guardian
“Sony Computer Entertainment has been fined a record £250,000 by the data protection watchdog after the personal details of millions of gamers – including passwords and credit card numbers – were leaked online.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Inspector finds UK Border Agency backlog dating back 10 years – The Guardian
“A ‘completely unacceptable’ UK Border Agency backlog of more than 16,000 applications from migrants for permission to stay in Britain, some of them dating back almost a decade, has been uncovered by the chief inspector of borders and immigration.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland v Lloyds Banking Group plc – WLR Daily
Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland v Lloyds Banking Group plc [2013] UKSC 3; [2013] WLR (D) 19
“In construing a contractual provision, where there had been an unforeseeable and fundamental change in the legal context since the execution of the contract, the proper approach was to adopt a meaning which best gave effect to the parties’ original intentions and purposes. Where, therefore, a deed executed in 1997 provided for payment to be made by a banking group to a charitable foundation by reference to the group’s pre-tax profit or loss shown in the audited accounts, and a change in accounting practice subsequently required the group consolidated income statement to include, as a profit, a sum representing an unrealised gain on acquisition, the inclusion of such a sum was to be ignored for the purposes of calculating the amount payable to the foundation under the deed.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
