“Two recent cases once again highlight the importance for landlords of making proper and timely demands for service charges from their lessees and the potential for tenants to exploit a landlord`s failure to do so.”
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Tanfield Chambers, 15th August 2011
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
“Access to justice is under grave attack by the Coalition Government. The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2011 (the ‘Legal Aid Bill’) is currently before Parliament and if it is enacted then it will result in severe and swingeing cuts to public funding for advice and representation in a wide spectrum of civil cases.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 18th August 2011
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
In re W (A Child) (Abduction: Contempt) [2011] WLR (D) 277
“Where a father repeatedly flouted court orders that he disclose the whereabouts of his child, who had been abducted and was believed to be abroad, it was open to the court to impose repeated terms of imprisonment for contempt the cumulative duration of which ostensibly exceeded the two-year term identified in section 14(1) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981.”
WLR Daily, 17th August 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A man who stabbed a woman to death and then travelled on a train with the body in a suitcase has been convicted of murder.”
BBC News, 22nd August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The High Court has banned a company from using contract terms and business practices it has deemed unfair, according to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Senior Metropolitan police officers devised a policy of holding all people arrested on riot-related offences in custody and recommending that the courts also refuse bail after they were charged, according to a leaked ‘prisoner processing strategy’ that lawyers argue could pave the way for a mass legal challenge.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Operation Withern’s prisoner processing strategy
“By his own admission, the Mastermind appearance was not Simon Curtis’s finest hour.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed at Southwark Crown Court for a total of 19 years in jail for a £27.5m boiler room fraud.”
BBC News, 22nd August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Much controversy has been raised by the sentencing meted out to some of those charged with offences committed during the recent disorder. Many cases have already been sentenced either in the Magistrates’ Court. A lesser number of cases have been dealt with by the Crown Court. (Given the short time between committal to Crown Court and sentence, the latter would be guilty pleas).”
Legal Week, 22nd August 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A woman was jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years today for killing a 91-year-old man with a bottle of wine.”
The Independent, 22nd August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A fresh wave of law centre closures and redundancies is feared as the government introduces plans this week for an additional 10% cut in legal aid fees.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has reversed its plans to intervene in two European Court of Human Rights cases about religious discrimination.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd August 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Appeals by telecoms firms against decisions taken by the UK’s telecoms regulator will be better focused and be less time consuming, according to Government proposals to change the appeals process.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A minicab driver has been jailed for 11 years for raping and threatening to kill an 18-year-old woman in Surrey.”
BBC News, 22nd August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ramzan v Brookwide Ltd (Ancillary Matters) [2011] EWCA Civ 1033 (19 August 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Harborne Road Nominees Ltd v Karvaski & Anor [2011] EWHC 2214 (Ch) (19 August 2011)
Sarwar v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (Rev 1) [2011] EWHC 2233 (Ch) (27 July 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Paedophiles have won unsupervised access to their own children because it would breach their human rights to keep them apart, judges have ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Access to the Countryside (Dedication of Land) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011
The Access to the Countryside (Exclusions and Restrictions) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) Order 2011
The Access to the Countryside (Appeals against Works Notices) (England) Regulations 2011
The Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (Commencement No.2) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Tens of millions of pounds in compensation have been paid to criminals, prison staff and visitors to British jails, new official figures have disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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