Three Articles on Academies – 11 KBW
Academies – Land Transfers (PDF)
The Staffing, SEN and Admissions Issues for Local Authorities of Academy Creation (PDF)
The Process for Opening a Free School (PDF)
11 KBW, 13th March 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
The Atomic Veterans Litigation – 4 New Square
“The Supreme Court handed down judgment in the Atomic Veterans Litigation (AVL) on 14 March 2012. The appeal is the first time the highest court has considered the law of limitation in group actions. The decision as to the correct approach to knowledge for the purpose of s.14(1) Limitation Act 1980 is relevant not only to personal injury claims but also to actions in respect of defective products (ss. 11A(4)(b) and 5(b)) and negligence actions not involving personal injury (s.14A). The decision is also relevant to the law of causation in tort and the extent to which claims may be proved by merely showing a material increase in the risk of harm.”
Full story (PDF)
4 New Square, 14th March 2012
Source: www.4newsquare.com
Regina v Feeley – WLR Daily
Regina v Feeley [2012] WLR (D) 83
“Where a defendant was being retried, following a successful appeal against conviction, there was no reason in principle why additional counts should not be added to the indictment.”
WLR Daily, 15th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Chinn – WLR Daily
Regina v Chinn [2012] EWCA 501; [2012] WLR (D) 82
“Where a witness’s oral evidence in chief indicated that he had earlier made a witness statement and to the best of his belief he had made the statement concerned and that the statement stated the truth, and the statement identified or described a person, object or place connected with an alleged offence or other relevant event, those parts of the witness statement would be admissible under section 120(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. However, other parts of the witness statement, which went beyond identification or description of the person object or place, would not be admissible under section 120(4) and (5).”
WLR Daily, 15th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Società Consortile Fonografici (SCF) v Del Corso (Procuratore generale della Repubblica intervening) – WLR Daily
“‘Communication to the public’ for the purposes of article 8(2) of Directive 92/100/EEC did not cover the broadcasting, free of charge, of phonograms within private dental practices engaged in professional economic activity for the benefit of patients of those practices and enjoyed by them without any active choice on their part. Therefore such an act of transmission did not entitle the phonogram producers to the payment of remuneration.”
WLR Daily, 15th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Government presses ahead with plans for single competition authority – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government is to press ahead with its plans to merge the competition functions of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) with those of the Competition Commission (CC).”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Student arrested for filming buildings wins police payout – The Guardian
“An Italian student has won an out-of-court settlement with police after she was stopped under anti-terrorist legislation while filming buildings in London, and later arrested, held in a cell for five hours and then fined.”
The Guardian, 19th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Vos J threatens phone-hacking firms with group litigation order as costs spiral – The Lawyer
“High Court judge Mr Justice Vos has ordered firms involved in the wave of phone-hacking cases to find a more efficient method of working or risk their clients being forced into a group litigation order [GLO] represented by a single firm.”
The Lawyer, 19th March 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
New research examining the markets for probate and estate administration released – Legal Services Board
“The Legal Services Board (LSB) is today [15 March] publishing two new pieces of research into probate and estate administration.”
Legal Services Board, 15th March 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Tackling alcohol-related crime – Ministry of Justice
“Violent and disruptive drinkers will be targeted by a new Sobriety Order to reduce reoffending and cut crime, Justice Minister Nick Herbert announced today [16 March].”
Ministry of Justice, 16th March 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Government’s IP policy-making to be scrutinised in cross-party group inquiry – OUT-LAW.com
“The way that Government determines policies on intellectual property (IP) issues is to be reviewed by a cross-party group of MPs.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Violent clients, traumatised victims, late payment – the life of a court interpreter – The Guardian
“Very few people know what the job of a professional court interpreter involves. ALS is trying to get it done on the cheap.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Supreme Court’s judgment in In the Matter of S (A Child) – An Analysis – Family Law Week
“Jennifer Perrins of 1 King’s Bench Walk analyses the Supreme Court’s judgment in In the Matter of S (A Child).”
Family Law Week, 19th March 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Speeding penalty point dodgers face prison, police warn – BBC News
“Police are prosecuting growing numbers of criminals who help motorists dodge speeding penalty points.”
BBC News, 18th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rebekah Brooks needn’t worry about her right to a fair trial – The Guardian
“Publicity from the phone-hacking inquiry doesn’t necessarily prejudice the cases of those arrested in the scandal.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Squatting law reforms ‘could cost taxpayers £790m over five years’ – The Guardian
“The cost of a new law to further criminalise squatting could run to almost 20 times official estimates, wiping out government legal aid budget savings, according to the findings of a newly published report.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Carpets not legal action’ to solve neighbour dispute – BBC News
“A £140,000 court case could have been avoided with ‘a moderate degree of carpeting’, a senior judge has said.”
BBC News, 16th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
PJ Proby benefit fraud case dropped – The Guardian
“The US-born pop singer PJ Proby has been cleared of benefit fraud after the prosecution dropped its case following the discovery of new evidence.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Surrogacy mother launches maternity leave challenge – Daily Telegraph
“A mother who had a baby through a surrogate has launched landmark legal action for the right to paid maternity leave.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Schools ‘illegally excluding pupils’ – BBC News
“Some schools in England are illegally excluding pupils, sometimes permanently, without going through the full formal process, a report says.”
BBC News, 19th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
