“The owner of Solicitors from Hell, the website that blacklists law firms and solicitors, has been accused by a High Court judge of abusing the process of the court.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st April 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“New paternity leave rules have come into effect meaning that parents will be legally entitled to share time off work during their baby’s first year.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Vital expert witnesses may be too afraid to testify because of the ‘chilling effect’ of a Supreme Court ruling that leaves them open to being sued, lawyers warned yesterday.”
The Independent, 3rd April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Shoppers on the high streets of England and Wales may have spotted the tentative signs of a revolution in legal services: the emergence of the first national chain of law firms.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Royal Navy medic from Plymouth has appeared before a court martial on a charge of wilful disobedience for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan.”
BBC News, 1st April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Child poverty campaigners have written to the government warning ministers that they have broken a legal commitment to implement the Child Poverty Act fully.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Cash-strapped police forces are spending millions of pounds a year caring for dangerous dogs seized because they pose a threat to the public, while waiting – sometimes for years – for the courts to decide whether the animals should be destroyed.”
The Independent, 3rd April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“People living in parts of England will be able to decide where new houses, shops and businesses should go in their neighbourhood, under a localism trial.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Homeowners who are victims of squatters can use violence to break in and forcibly remove them, ministers have claimed. Squatters who retaliate or defend themselves will face tough criminal sanctions under measures planned by the Government.”
The Independent, 3rd April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A 15-year-old boy who suffers from a rare medical condition that means he cannot eat protein is to make legal history by becoming the first child to sue his local health authority under the Human Rights Act.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother has been jailed for killing her 12-year-old autistic son by making him drink bleach.”
BBC News, 1st April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man jailed for 45 years for plotting to blow up an Israeli airliner won a High Court challenge today against Government refusals to allow his early release.”
The Independent, 1st April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Just when you think you are over the worst, the forces of secrecy bite back. No sooner had the Government published a draft Defamation Bill, going some way to reversing many of the most hideous aspects of Britain’s libel laws, than the judiciary set a dangerous new precedent.”
The Independent, 1st April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Now that the highest appeal court has ruled that expert witness can now be sued for negligence, the immunity of officers who give evidence is called into question.”
The Guardian, 31st March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
ING Bank NV v Ros Roca SA [2011] EWCA Civ 353 (31 March 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Chester, R (on the application of) v The Parole Board [2011] EWHC 800 (Admin) (31 March 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Crossco No 4 Unltd & Ors v Jolan Ltd & Ors [2011] EWHC 803 (Ch) (31 March 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Lewis v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis & Ors (Rev 1) [2011] EWHC 781 (QB) (31 March 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Schütz (UK) Ltd v Werit UK Ltd and another [2011] EWCA Civ 303; [2011] WLR (D) 115
“Where an invention was a product and one asked, for the purposes of section 60(1)(a) of the Patents Act 1977, whether a party had been ‘making’ a product, it was not appropriate to have regard to a ‘whole inventive concept’ test.”
WLR Daily, 29th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“It was objectively justified, under regulation 8 of the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002, for the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families to employ teachers on a succession of fixed-term contracts for secondment to European Schools.”
WLR Daily, 30th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Football Dataco Ltd and others v Sportradar GmbH and another [2011] EWCA Civ 330; [2011] WLR (D) 113
“There was no good arguable case of copyright infringement under article 3 of Directive 96/9/EC such as to establish that the English court had jurisdiction for the purposes of article 27 of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 where, even though the collection of data might involve some intellectual creation, what was alleged to have been copied was mere data on any reasonable view.”
WLR Daily, 29th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
The Climate Change Levy (Suspension of Transport Exemption) Order 2011
The Climate Change Levy (Suspension of Recycling Exemption) Order 2011
The Landfill Tax (Qualifying Material) Order 2011
The Scottish Parliament (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2011
The Visits to Children in Long-Term Residential Care Regulations 2011
The Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 (Cessation of Provisions) Order 2011
The Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Cessation of Section 7) Order 2011
The Finance Act 2010, Schedule 10 (Appointed Days and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011
The Education (School Performance Targets) (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2011
The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme) Regulations 2011
The M1 Motorway (Junctions 25 to 28) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
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