Clarke announces major overhaul of civil justice – Ministry of Justice
“The first major overhaul of the civil justice system in 15 years and reform of controversial ‘no win no fee’ deals were announced by Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke today.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th March 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Clarke stamping out compensation culture fears – Ministry of Justice
“Fears that a damaging compensation culture and an unwieldy justice system is costing businesses millions of pounds and deterring deserving individuals from using the justice system are to be tackled under plans announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th March 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
UK clamps down on corruption with new Bribery Act – Ministry of Justice
“The UK will reinforce its reputation as a leader in the global fight against corruption when the Bribery Act comes into force on July 1, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th March 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Children deserve better from family justice system – Ministry of Justice
“The family justice system needs significant reform to tackle delays and ensure that children and families get the service they deserve, says an independent panel set up to review how the system works.”
Ministry of Justice, 31st March 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Adult Social Care – Final Report Page – Law Commission
“On 31 March 2011, we published the Consultation Analysis, which is an analysis of the responses received to our consultation paper. It summarises the views of consultees in relation to the 57 provisional proposals and 25 consultation questions put forward.”
Law Commission, 31st March 2011
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
Greater protection for children – Home Office
“Sex offender disclosure scheme will operate in all forces in England and Wales by April.”
Home Office, 28th March 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Literary agent jailed for cheating would-be authors out of thousands – The Guardian
“A literary agent who duped budding authors and investors into handing over more than £500,000 for non-existent film and book deals has been jailed for six years. Robin Price, a former cinema manager from north Devon, claimed he had contacts in Hollywood including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Johnny Depp.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Kenneth Clarke denies weakening new anti-bribery law – The Guardian
“Ministers have been accused of undermining the long delayed legislation intended to crack down on payments of bribes by business executives. Anti-corruption campaigners claim the government has surrendered to lobbying by business groups, creating loopholes that will allow dishonest companies to continue paying bribes to foreign politicians and officials.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Daniyal Shahzad to be deported to Pakistan after lies – BBC News
“A teenager will be deported to his home country of Pakistan after lying about his past in a bid for UK residency.”
BBC News, 30th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Network Rail pleads guilty over Potters Bar crash – BBC News
“Network Rail has admitted breaching safety regulations over the Potters Bar train crash which claimed seven lives.”
BBC News, 30th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
House of Lords report attacks ‘complacency’ of Big Four auditors in financial crisis, urges competition investigation – Daily Telegraph
“The House of Lords has recommended that Britain’s competition authorities investigate the world’s ‘Big Four’ auditing firms who failed to warn regulators about banks before the financial crash.”
Daily Telegraph 30th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Grandparents to get legal powers over access in divorce battles – Daily Telegraph
“Grandparents will get new legal powers to guarantee them access to their grandchildren following divorce battles under proposals unveiled today, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Expert witness immunity removed – The Independent
“Expert witnesses have lost their 400-year-old immunity from being sued in the civil courts.”
The Independent, 30th March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The cost of clamping down on ‘no win, no fee’ legal arrangements – The Guardian
“Ken Clarke’s announcement on Tuesday that the government is to reform the costs of civil litigation has been portrayed as a crackdown on lawyers’ fees. That always makes a pleasing headline but the reality is that the justice secretary wants the public to do it for him.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Financial Assistance Scheme (Revaluation and Indexation Amendments) Regulations 2011
The Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2011
The Apprenticeships (Issue of Apprenticeship Certificates) (England) Regulations 2011
The Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) (Amendment No.3) Order 2011
The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011
The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2011
The Penalties, Offshore Income etc. (Designation of Territories) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Regina (MK (Tunisia)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“A claimant whose leave to remain in the country was cancelled while he was out of the country did not thereby lose his in-country right of appeal, and he could therefore return to exercise that right of appeal against the cancellation.”
WLR Daily, 25th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Regina (Save Britain’s Heritage) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another – WLR Daily
“Demolition works were capable of constituting a project for the purposes of article 1(2) of Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment.”
WLR Daily, 25th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
(H) v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 730 (29 March 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Football Dataco Ltd & Ors v Sportradar GmbH & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 330 (29 March 2011)
Schütz (UK) Ltd v Werit (UK) Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 303 (29 March 2011)
Brookes v HSBC Bank Plc [2011] EWCA Civ 354 (29 March 2011)
Lee v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 348 (29 March 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Moore v Williamson & Ors [2011] EWHC 672 (Ch) (29 March 2011)
High Court (Family Division)
DE v AB [2010] EWHC 3792 (Fam) (30 November 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Bank Leumi (UK) Plc v Wachner [2011] EWHC 656 (Comm) (22 March 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
