Pupillage funding requirements: increase of minimum pupillage award to £12,000 – Bar Standards Board
“The Legal Services Board has approved the application of the Bar Standards Board to increase the minimum pupillage award from £10,000 to £12,000 for a 12-months pupillage. The new rule comes into effect on 1 September 2011.”
Bar Standards Board, 7th June 2011
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
Twitter users face prosecution if they breach injunctions, Attorney General warns – Daily Telegraph
“Users of Twitter could face legal action for contempt of court if they use the microblogging website to breach privacy injunctions, the Attorney General has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man fined for illegally accessing personal data – OUT-LAW.com
“A UK court has fined a man more than £2,000 for illegally obtaining health patients’ personal data, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Doctors asked to spot ‘patients at risk from Islamic radicalisation’ – The Independent
“Doctors are to be drafted into the fight against terrorism by being asked to identify patients at risk of being drawn into violent extremism. The controversial move will be spelt out today by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, as she publishes the Government’s much-delayed strategy for combating extremism.”
The Independent, 7th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Legal aid cuts of £350m will bring chaos to courts, judges fear – The Guardian
“The number of people who represent themselves in the civil courts – because they cannot afford a lawyer and fall outside the limits that are set for legal aid funding – is about to rise because of government funding cuts, leaving courts braced for a growing number of vulnerable people fighting their own, often chaotic, cases.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2011
Sourse: www.guardian.co.uk
Miscarriages of justice are slipping off the public radar – The Guardian
“The commission set up after the Birmingham Six case faces accusations of failing to help wrongfully convicted people.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lancaster care worker Daleen Van de Sande jailed for theft – BBC News
“A care home deputy manager who stole £11,500 from an 84-year-old resident has been jailed for 12 months.”
BBC News, 6th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Salmond appoints experts to look at Supreme Court – BBC News
“A group of experts has been established to look at the impact of the UK Supreme Court on Scotland’s legal system.”
BBC News, 5th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Spencer v S Franses Ltd [2011] EWHC 1269 (QB) (20 May 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Tate and Lyle Sugars Ltd v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 664 (03 June 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Southern Counties Fresh Foods Ltd, Re [2011] EWHC 1370 (Ch) (01 June 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) Harbour Revision Order 2011
The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Trooping the Colour) Regulations 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) v JP Morgan Chase Bank NA (Case C-144/10) – WLR Daily
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) v JP Morgan Chase Bank NA (Case C-144/10); [2011] WLR (D) 188
“The exclusive jurisdiction, conferred by article 22(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, on the courts of the member state in which a company had its seat, was confined to proceedings whose principal subject matter comprised the validity of the constitution, the nullity or the dissolution of the company, or the validity of the decisions of its organs. It did not apply to proceedings in which such an issue arose merely as a collateral question, for example where a company, sued by a bank to enforce a swap contract, sought to plead that the contract had been entered into invalidly in breach of the company’s own statutes.”
WLR Daily, 12th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
BT and TalkTalk will appeal High Court DEA ruling – OUT-LAW.com
“BT and TalkTalk will ask the Court of Appeal to assess a UK law that could force internet service providers (ISPs) to disconnect users who infringe copyrights online. The companies say the Digital Economy Act (DEA) breaks EU laws.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Lobster pot’ cocaine plotters are convicted – UK Border Agency
“Five men who plotted to collect 255kg of high-purity cocaine in the English Channel and import it into the UK have been convicted and handed prison sentences totalling 104 years.”
UK Border Agency, 3rd June 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Supermarket shopper wins £10,500 for slipping on grape – Daily Telegraph
“A superkmarket shopper has secured a £10,500 payout after slipping on a grape in a branch of Asda.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Christians take prejudice row to Strasbourg – Daily Telegraph
“European judges have ordered ministers to make a formal statement on whether it believes Christians’ rights have been infringed by previous decisions in the British courts, which have repeatedly dismissed their right to dress and act according to their beliefs.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
