Phone-hacking laws are ‘very uneven and unclear’ – The Guardian
“The information commissioner has told a powerful group of MPs that legislation outlawing phone hacking is ‘very uneven’ and ‘very unclear’ and the law should be clarified.”
The Guardian, 26th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Catholic adoption charity appeal dismissed – The Independent
“A Catholic adoption agency has been told it cannot discriminate against gay couples in the latest outcome of an ongoing legal battle that has pitted the rights of same sex parents against religious groups who want to opt-out of anti-discrimination legislation.”
The Independent, 26th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Women to blame for rise in injunctions, says leading lawyer – Daily Telegraph
“Baroness Deech, one of Britain’s leading lawyers, says she is ashamed of the ‘kiss and tell women’ at the centre of most superinjunctions.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Superinjunctions, injunctions and privacy laws around the world – The Guardian
“The rules on privacy depend not just on whether a claimant is a wealthy footballer with a crack legal team to hand but also on the country where the alleged intrusion has taken place.”
The Guardian, 26th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Extra terror detention move backed – The Independent
“The need for powers to hold terror suspects for more than 14 days in the future cannot be ruled out, the country’s top prosecutor said today.”
The Independent, 26th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
New superinjunctions row as MP speaks out – The Guardian
“Lib Dem told discussion about specific injunction could only take place in private due to sub judice rules.”
The Guardian, 26th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
LSB sets out approach to overseeing regulation – Legal Services Board
“The LSB is today launching a new discussion paper setting out its approach to ensuring standards of regulation in the legal services sector.”
Legal Services Board, 26th April 2011
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Privacy law: what’s the way ahead? – The Guardian
“David Cameron says he is ‘uneasy’ about the development of a privacy law by judges based on the European Convention. How can we balance the right to publication with the right to privacy?”
The Guardian, 26th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Justice Secretary warning over ECHR judgments – The Independent
“The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has been ‘rather too ready to substitute its own judgment for that of national courts’, the Justice Secretary said today.”
The Independent, 26th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Bond v Dunster Properties Ltd & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 455 (21 April 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Lanes Group Plc v Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd [2011] EWHC 1035 (TCC) (19 April 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
Redcard Ltd and others v Williams and others – WLR Daily
Redcard Ltd and others v Williams and others [2011] EWCA Civ 466; [2011] WLR (D) 145
“Under section 44 of the Companies Act 2006 a company document could validly be signed by signatories acting for the company even though the execution did not take place either with the common seal of the company or by expressly being signed ‘for or on behalf of the company’.”
WLR Daily, 20th April 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.
British Bankers’ Association v Financial Services Authority and another – WLR Daily
“The Financial Services Authority was not contrained by the existence of statutory powers in section 404 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 from using other powers to deal with what it perceived as the widespread mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) policies by banks. Neither the language of section 404 itself nor its role as part of the overall regulatory framework could warrant the implication in it of a restriction on all other powers merely because the circumstances warranting the operation of a section 404 scheme were satisfied.”
WLR Daily, 20th April 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.
Bribery Act could disadvantage UK firms, warns Lord Goldsmith – Daily Telegraph
“The Bribery Act could unfairly prejudice British companies after key aspects of it were watered down by the Ministry of Justice, according to former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
LSB publishes literature review of legal needs – Legal Services Board
“The LSB has conducted a review of existing research literature into the needs of different groups of legal services consumers. The review summarises the legal needs of a variety of different groups, their methods of accessing legal services and where their needs are not met. The review helps to identify gaps in existing research and will be used to target our future research programme.”
The Legal Needs of Consumer Groups (PDF)
Legal Services Board, 21st April 2011
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Legal education’s oversupply is unethical – The Lawyer
“Too many people are looking to become solicitors in England and Wales. This is not an opinion, it is a fact based on the most recent annual report from the Law Society.”
The Lawyer, 25th April 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Public will be ‘barred’ from justice in legal aid reform, warn lawyer group – Daily Telegraph
“The public will be effectively barred from fighting incompetent doctors and councils in the courts under plans to cut legal aid, the body representing lawyers warned yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Prisoners sign up for law degrees – The Guardian
“Legal degrees are proving popular with prisoners and ex-convicts – but can they ever become solicitors?”
The Guardian, 25th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
