“A top-level, post-BCCI commercial litigation working party, chaired by the judge in charge of the commercial court Mr Justice Aikens, is to lay out its proposals in an ambitious bid to reform the way complex cases are managed.”
Legal Week, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The judiciary looks set to win the right to influence appointments to the Legal Services Board following a successful lobbying campaign by the Bar Council for amendments to the Legal Services Bill.”
Legal Week, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Lawyers acting for some of Britain’s largest pension funds yesterday sought to freeze the £55 million of bonuses and pension payments due to the former chief executive of BP.”
The Times, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The House of Lords’ ruling, by a 3 – 2 majority in favour of OK! magazine’s £1 million claim against Hello!, will further strengthen the grip that celebrities have over the exploitation of their fame. The use of “spoilers”, in which one publication beats another to an “exclusive” story, will now carry a much greater risk of large compensation claims.”
The Times, 2nd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“OK! magazine won it’s [sic] appeal today against glossy rival Hello! in the dispute over the Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas wedding photographs.”
The Times, 2nd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A clutch of Britain’s biggest landowners who together count for about £100 billion of commercial property have won a landmark High Court battle to prevent tenants wriggling out of unpaid rent when they go under.”
The Times, 2nd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Addleshaw Goddard boasts the best website of any UK law firm according to an annual survey that names and shames the best – and worst – legal sites.”
The Times, 2nd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Implementation of the Carter Review of Legal Aid (PDF)
Constitutional Affairs Select Committee, 1st May 2007
Source: www.parliament.uk
Statement from Lord Justice Thomas on the creation of the Ministry of Justice (PDF)
This statement was prepared to be given in evidence to the Constitution Committee of the House of Lords on 1 May 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Former BP chief Lord John Browne [sic] may now face charges of perjury amid allegations that he lied to a court about a gay partner, reports say.”
BBC News, 2nd May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The controversial home-sellers’ packs may yet be scrapped after a damning report from the House of Lords yesterday added to a barrage of criticism.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Claim provides sufficient interest
O’Brien v. Seagrave and Another
Chancery Division
“A claimant who had a right to bring a statutory claim for provision from a deceased’s estate could be said to have an interest in the estate for the purposes of bringing a probate claim.”
The Times, 2nd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Public interest outweighs individual’s private right
Evans v. United Kingdom (Application No. 6339/05)
European Court of Human Rights
“The United Kingdom did not exceed its margin of appreciation in requiring that both donors had to give consent to the implanting of fertilised embryos in the uterus.”
The Times, 2nd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“The high-profile parliamentary committee examining controversial proposals to overhaul the UK’s ailing legal aid system has branded the Government’s proposals ‘unwise’ and called on Whitehall to rethink its under-fire reforms.”
Legal Week, 1st May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Information Commissioner Richard Thomas will demand new powers from Parliament today. Thomas will tell a Parliamentary committee that an increase in his authority is essential to stop the UK becoming a surveillance society.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st May 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“A printing firm has successfully won compensation for the wasted time of a company executive in a construction dispute. Bridge Communications was awarded £4,800 for the time which a senior executive spent dealing with the dispute.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st May 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
Overpaid benefit not recoverable
Regina (Balding) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Liability to repay overpaid social security benefit occurring prior to a bankruptcy was a bankruptcy debt. Discharge from bankruptcy released the debtor from liability for recovery of the overpaid benefit.”
The Times, 1st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
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