New source added
We have now added Family Law Week to our list of sources monitored. For a full list of sources click here.
Time to speak up for oral advocacy skills – The Guardian
“As the law evolves, every aspect of it is routinely unpicked and analysed in exhaustive depth by academics. Yet the dominant medium through which legal arguments are expressed – oral advocacy – is rarely given formal intellectual attention, in this country at least. Yes, there are a number of British advocacy training programmes, some run in conjunction with leading academic institutions, but they focus on developing presentation skills rather than actually exploring what makes an effective advocate.”
The Guardian, 1st December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK legal move to stop non-EU nationals getting benefits – BBC News
“The government is taking legal action over rules it says would allow non-EU nationals in the UK to claim benefits without working or paying taxes.”
BBC News, 1st December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Largest ever trial of police officers collapses – The Guardian
“The biggest trial of police officers in British legal history has collapsed after it was ruled they could not receive a fair hearing.”
The Guardian, 1st December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rooney lawyers claim legal victory – The Independent
“Soccer star Wayne Rooney’s lawyers today claimed victory in the latest round of a multi-million pound legal fight with a sports management firm.”
The Independent, 1st December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Should more trials be held in secret? – UK Human Rights Blog
“There is just over a month left to respond to the Government’s consultation on the Justice and Security Green Paper. Responses have to be be sent via email or post by Friday 6 January 2012.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st December 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Ministers to decide on ‘missing’ people law change – BBC News
“Ministers will decide by next April whether to change the law on missing people in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 30th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
University student convicted of murdering fellow student – The Guardian
“A university student is facing life imprisonment after being convicted of killing a fellow student and stuffing him into an airing cupboard.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Family judges must take bigger role to curb court battlegrounds – Daily Telegraph
“Judges should take a more active role in family cases to stop them becoming ‘battlegrounds’ for warring parents who use children as ‘ammunition’, one of the country’s most senior judges said.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Gas Transporter (Modification of Licence Conditions) Regulations 2011
The Private Dentistry (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Regulated Covered Bonds (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011
The Incidental Flooding and Coastal Erosion (England) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Council meeting prayers challenged at high court – The Guardian
“The long tradition of prayers being said before local council meetings is to be challenged at the high court on Friday.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BEWARE statutory time limits to appeal: if you are late, you are out – UK Human Rights Blog
“Any lawyer dealing with civil or criminal cases tends to think that, if there is a time limit for doing something in the case, then if that thing does not get done on time, the court may be lenient if there is good reason for extending time. The problem comes where the court is only given power to hear an appeal by a specific set of rules, and the rules say, for instance: you must appeal within 14 days of the decision. In the statutory context, that may mean precisely what it says. And the court, however sympathetically inclined, cannot do otherwise and allow a late appeal.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th November 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Football League in court fight with HMRC over football creditors’ rule – The Guardian
“A high court judge has been asked to take action against a football industry debt rule described as revealing ‘the ugly side of the beautiful game’.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Brown & Anor v Pretot & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 1421 (30 November 2011)
HM Revenue and Customs v PA Holdings Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1414 (30 November 2011)
Legal Services Commission v Henthorn [2011] EWCA Civ 1415 (30 November 2011)
Potter v Dyer [2011] EWCA Civ 1417 (30 November 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Clive Rees Associates, Solicitors, R (on the application of) v Swansea Magistrates Court & Anor [2011] EWHC 3155 (Admin) (30 November 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Enterprise Inns Plc v Palmerston Associates Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 3165 (Ch) (30 November 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
STU v UVW & Anor [2011] EWHC 3133 (QB) (30 November 2011)
QWE v SDF & Ors [2011] EWHC 3121 (QB) (30 November 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Directors’ Fiduciary Duties – 11 KBW
“Were the statutory duties in the Companies Act 2006 intended to be simply a replacement without change?”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.11kbw.com
Costs Management Orders – Hardwicke Chambers
“Whether you have been preparing diligently for months or have just stumbled upon it recently, most of you should now have had the pleasure of acquainting yourself with CPR Practice Direction 51G – the Cost Management Pilot Scheme in the TCC and Mercantile Courts.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 25th November 2011
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Managing Major Change: Employment and Corporate Governance – Cloisters
“National governments impose obligations on local government. Electors have needs and preferences to be met. Politicians have aspirations to achieve. None of this will happen without the worker – bees of local government – from chief executive to road sweeper – willingly putting their shoulder to the wheel or hand to the broom. So good human resource management is what makes things happen well.”
Full story (PDF)
Cloisters, 15th-17th November 2011
Source: www.cloisters.com
TUPE and Collective Agreements – 11 KBW
“Terms and conditions of employment are often found, especially in the public sector, not in the individual contracts of employment themselves, but in collective agreements between the employer and trade unions, collective agreements which are expressly incorporated into the individual contracts. If the employer and the unions agree changes in the collective agreement then the individual contracts will automatically be varied accordingly.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 24th November 2011
Source: www.11kbw.com
The Atomic Veterans Litigation – 4 New Square
“In the week commencing 14 November 2011, a seven-member panel of Justices of the Supreme Court (L Phillips, L Walker, L Hale, L Brown, L Mance, L Kerr and L Wilson) heard the Claimants’ appeal from the Court of Appeal’s decision in the Atomic Veterans Litigation (AB v Ministry of Defence [2010] EWCA Civ 1317). Argument took place over four days and judgment was reserved by the Supreme Court.”
4 New Square, 21st November 2011
Source: www.4newsquare.com
