“The UK’s ‘big four’ lending banks could face a referral to the Competition Commission (CC) and potential break-up if they do not change their approach to consumer banking, the head of regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Jeremy Clarkson prompted more than 30,000 complaints when he said on BBC1’s The One Show that striking public sector workers should be shot. But media regulator Ofcom has cleared the programme of breaching broadcasting regulations, saying viewers should be familiar with the Top Gear presenter’s ‘provocative and outspoken nature’.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The case is a prime example of how judges’ relationship with administrative decision-making is changing.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This morning (16th February 2012) the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Simcoe v Jacuzzi Group UK PLC. The case is, in effect, the appeal against HHJ Stewart QC’s judgment in Gray v Toner (Liverpool County Court, 11th November 2010) and provides the answer to the questions which have bedevilled detailed assessments for the last 18 months or so – from what date does interest on costs usually run and does the fact the Claimant was on a CFA provide a reason to not award interest until the costs are assessed”
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4 New Square, 16th February 2012
Source: www.4newsquare.com
“The new regime for upholding standards of conduct by local authority members is in place but not yet in full force. It represents a compromise between localism and centralism. Local authorities cannot decide whether to enforce standards of conduct; they must do so. But, apart from certain minimum standards, local authorities can decide what standards to set. Enforcement will be polarised: central state intervention will be through the criminal law. Enforcement will otherwise be by local authorities themselves. There will be no other civil enforcement machinery, except for the possibility of judicial review.”
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11 KBW, 16th February 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“Local referendums were one of the flag ship provisions within the Localism Bill, and provided a unique example of the localism proposed in the legislation. But they were also a controversial provision, whether because they raised the possibility of a whole new series of local crank’s charters, or simply because they were an expensive luxury beyond the reach of local government in austere times. And now they are gone. Withdrawn from the Bill, following an amendment proposed by two Liberal Democrat peers.”
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11 KBW, 16th February 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“This paper is about the general power of competence (‘the new power’). The new power is conferred by section 1 of the Localism Act 2011 (‘the Act’).”
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11 KBW, 16th February 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
Simcoe v Jacuzzi UK Group plc [2012] EWCA Civ 137; [2012] WLR (D) 35
“The date from which interest ran on an award of costs in the county court in favour of a successful litigant was, by reason of article 2 of the County Court (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991, the date the order for costs was made, not the date on which costs were assessed or agreed. The discretion granted in making an award of costs by CPR r 40.8 did not apply and was ineffective in that court.”
WLR Daily, 16th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Dr Steven Everson is the Director General of the Civil Enforcement Association (CIVEA), the sole trade association representing certificated bailiffs in England and Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 17th February 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“John Tughan, Barrister, of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent developments in Public Law Children.”
Family Law Week, 19th February 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“On a grim day for English cricket, Mervyn Westfield, a former Essex player, was sent to prison at the Old Bailey yesterday for corruption. The 23-year-old, who was sentenced to four months for spot-fixing in a county match, is the first English player to be jailed for such an offence.”
The Independent, 18th February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“On 10th February 2012, the Court of Appeal upheld a Judge’s ruling that a Christian couple, Peter and Hazelmary Bull, had discriminated against Martin Hall and Steven Preddy on grounds of sexual orientation when they refused them a double-bedded room at their hotel near Penzance.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th February 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Crawford & Anor v Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust [2012] EWCA Civ 138 (17 February 2012)
Oxford City Council v Basey [2012] EWCA Civ 115 (15 February 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
AB & Anor v Home Office [2012] EWHC 226 (QB) (16 February 2012)
Gold & Anor v Cox & Anor [2012] EWHC 272 (QB) (17 February 2012)
Independent Police Complaints Commission v Warner & Ors [2012] EWHC 271 (QB) (17 February 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Polestar Maritime Ltd v YHM Shipping Co Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 153 (Admin) (17 February 2012)
Jenkins v Gloucestershire County Council [2012] EWHC 292 (Admin) (17 February 2012)
High Court (Family Division)
Z (A Child), Re [2012] EWHC 139 (Fam) (02 February 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Progress Bulk Carriers Ltd v Tube City IMS LLC [2012] EWHC 273 (Comm) (17 February 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A schoolboy has become one of the youngest people in the country to be given a criminal record after he admitted vandalism during an arson attack when he was 10 years old.”
The Independent, 18th February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The recent Government Response to the Family Justice Review has at its centre an entitlement to a legally binding presumption of shared parenting. Legislation in favour of shared parenting would represent the greatest change to the Children Act since its creation in 1989. Arguably, the proposal represents a levelling of the playing field, addressing a perceived imbalance in the treatment of parents post-separation, to others it is a legislative minefield detracting from the primary consideration – the child.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 17th February 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Following the news recently it would seem that the UK is convulsed by a raging battle between religious observers and, in the words of Baroness Warsi, militant secularists. On the same day, the High Court ruled that Christian prayers held before a council meeting were unlawful, and the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the High Court that two Christian hotel owners had discriminated against gay clients by not offering them a double room.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th February 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Bailiffs chasing debts may be able to increase the fees they charge some debtors from £42.50 to £305 if government proposals come into force.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A doctor who sexually abused female patients over a 20-year period has finally been barred from working.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A student who hacked into Facebook in ‘the most extensive and grave’ case of social media hacking ever to come before a British court has been sentenced to eight months in prison.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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