“Half a million patients a year may have unnecessarily paid to receive private dental treatment after receiving inaccurate information from their dentist about health service entitlements, an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) study found.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Evidence deemed sensitive to national security by judges will be heard behind closed doors in a controversial move that will make legal history. The Justice Secretary will make a ‘substantial’ climbdown, however, by excluding inquests from the new powers following widespread concerns about secret justice.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who tweeted a joke threat to ‘blow up’ Robin Hood airport in South Yorkshire has lost his attempt to overturn the judgment – but will now be tried all over again.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who contaminated painkillers with powerful anti-psychotic drugs has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 28th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The controversial rule allowing the Football League and Premier League to insist that football players, managers and other clubs get paid before other creditors if a football club enters administration will ‘likely become an irrelevance’ as penalties against insolvent teams become more sophisticated, according to an expert.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Employment litigation in the High Court is one of the most interesting and dynamic areas of practice. The cases tend to be fought at the point where countervailing currents commercial law and employment law meet and many of the cases turn on resolving the tension between the bargain struck between commercial men and the implied term of trust and confidence. That tension presents an opportunity for the creative and a pitfall for the unwary.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 28th May 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“On 24 February, the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment in the joined appeals of Dockerill & Healey -v- Tullett, Macefield -v- Bakos and Tubridy -v- Sarwar. The decision may have a significant impact on whether claimant solicitors continue to represent children in personal injury claims where likely damages will be less than £1,000.”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 10th May 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“The Government has now issued its White Paper on the much-heralded changes to the methods presently used to tackle anti-social behaviour.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 24th May 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Local Government Law Update: 21 May (PDF)
Local Government Law Update: 22 May (PDF)
11 KBW, May 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
The FSA’s Approved Persons Regime and the Disciplinary and Dismissal Flashpoints (PDF)
11 KBW, 22nd May 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
Freetown Ltd v Assethold Ltd [2012] EWHC 1351 (QB); [2012] WLR (D) 162
“Service of a surveyor’s award sent by post, pursuant to section 15(1) of the Party Wall etc Act 1996, was effected when the award was consigned to the post.”
WLR Daily, 21st May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Mistakes by GPs when fitting contraceptive coils have led to women unexpectedly becoming pregnant and suffering womb damage.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A new law to stop the trade in scrap metal stolen from churches, war memorials and railways is likely to be introduced by the Coalition.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Last week Rosalind English did a summary post on the important Supreme Court case of Lukaszewski and others, R (on the application of Halligen) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 20 – read judgement. The technicalities of this decision about extradition time limits are set out in her post. Here, I explore the potential implications for other cases.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The government’s prosecution of census objectors is in jeopardy after a Birmingham man was granted a judicial review to challenge the legality of the act that makes it an offence not to complete the 10-yearly survey.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Offenders who fail to pay court fines will have to foot the bill for officials to chase them down under plans to be unveiled today.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Activists who were rounded up before last year’s royal wedding are challenging the Metropolitan police in the high court on Monday in a case that could have implications for the way the Queen’s diamond jubilee celebrations and the Olympics are policed.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
O’Connell v Viridian Housing [2012] EWHC 1389 (QB) (25 May 2012)
Lewis v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis & Ors [2012] EWHC 1391 (QB) (25 May 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
HM Revenue and Customs v The Football League Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 1372 (Ch) (25 May 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Ted Baker Plc & Anor v AXA Insurance UK Plc & Ors [2012] EWHC 1406 (Comm) (25 May 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A lonely and debt-ridden police constable stole money seized in police raids and used the force computer to contact women after a relationship ended, a court heard today.”
The Independent, 25th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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