Keynote speech, RICS Dilapidations Conference 2011 (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Judiciary of England and Wales, 30th September 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Directors of an organisation can be guilty of breaching discrimination laws when carrying out acts on behalf of that organisation, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th September 2011
“The Home Secretary Theresa May’s has told the Sunday Telegraph that she would ‘like to see the Human Rights Act go’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd October 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The justice minister Jonathan Djanogly failed to declare that his children were minority shareholders in his brother-in-law’s businesses – two firms which advertise accident compensation claims and are part of an industry that Djanogly regulates in government, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 2nd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hot on the heels of announcements regarding the television broadcast of sentencing decisions, technology raises another controversy. This time a teenager, Paul Thomson, was convicted for contempt in Luton Crown Court and given a two month sentence. The offence was taking a photo inside court on his Blackberry mobile phone.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 29th September 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Exclusive: Lawyers are under pressure to adopt more ‘consumer friendly’ fee structures amid thousands of complaints from clients about inflated billing charges, the legal watchdog has warned. ”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Temporary agency workers will be entitled to the same employment and working conditions as those given to staff when the UK’s new Agency Workers Regulations come into force tomorrow.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“In the first ‘misuse of private information’ trial against a newspaper since Max Mosley in 2008, Mr Justice Nicol dismissed a claim brought by England and Manchester United footballer Rio Ferdinand against the Sunday Mirror.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd October 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Hugh Tomlinson QC analyses the various options for replacing the Press Complaints Commission.”
The Guardian, 30th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A banned Islamic preacher who entered Britain illegally following a Home Office blunder is entitled to seek damages after being detained unlawfully, a judge has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A sister’s long and bitter battle to see more of her severely disabled sibling suffered a devastating blow yesterday when a judge ruled that a local authority-selected nursing home provided the best possible care.”
The Independent, 1st October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Bayes’ theorem is a mathematical equation used in court cases to analyse statistical evidence. But a judge has ruled it can no longer be used. Will it result in more miscarriages of justice?”
The Guardian, 2nd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Home Secretary Theresa May risked angering Liberal Democrat Cabinet colleagues today by throwing her weight behind calls for the Human Rights Act to be scrapped.”
The Independent, 2nd October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Government proposals to criminalise squatting may also outlaw occupation-style protests and sit-ins, student leaders, trades unionists and lawyers have said.”
The Guardian, 2nd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ofcom has ordered UK broadcasters to be more careful about showing sexually explicit music videos before the 9pm watershed. The regulator issued new guidance on Friday, focusing on the visual as well as the verbal content of some music videos in a bid to tighten the enforcement of existing watershed rules.”
The Guardian, 30th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman pictured trying on trainers outside a looted sports shop during the London riots, wept in the dock today as she was jailed for eight months.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A pensioner was jailed for six years today after he admitted faking his own death in Central America to try to pocket a £520,000 life insurance payout.”
Daily Telegraph. 30th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Age equality campaigners today hailed the end of employment rules forcing people on to the ‘scrap heap’ at the age of 65. Bosses from tomorrow will no longer be able to set a mandatory retirement age, as the Government brings in changes to reflect people living longer and healthier lives.”
The Independent, 30th September 2011
Source: www.indpendent.co.uk
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