“The Bill returns to the Upper House for its Report Stage after the Easter Recess amid concerns among many Peers about the Government’s responses, during the recently concluded and detailed Committee stage, to reassurances sought by Peers over key aspects of the proposed legislation.”
Bar Council press release, 16th April 2007
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Protecting creditors
Chancery Division
“When deciding whether to sanction payment by the administrators of an estate to admitted creditors and the subsequent distribution to beneficiaries without reference to disputed and potential creditors’ claims, the court should consider whether any, and if so what protection should be afforded to the potential creditors.”
The Times, 16th April 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.
Deciding which court was first seised of the action
WPP Holdings Italy Srl and Other v. Benatti
Court of Appeal
“The court first seised of an action where two parties issued proceedings against each other in different European Union jurisdictions was the one where the document instituting the proceedings was first lodged with the court or was first received by the authority responsible for service.”
The Times, 16th April 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 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) consortium trying to gatecrash the £80 billion merger talks between Barclays and ABN Amro could have its approach scuppered on competition grounds.”
The Times, 16th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The cost of seeing a lawyer is expected to rise with the disclosure that estimates for setting up a new legal complaints scheme have soared to nearly £50 million.
The Times, 16th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A seven-year-old boy and his HIV-positive parents at the centre of a deportation battle have been granted a legal reprieve after coming within hours of being put on a plane to Malawi.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Controversial plans to allow mentally ill people to be detained against their will, even if they have not committed a crime, are due to be discussed by MPs.”
BBC News, 16th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Related link: Mental Health Bill 2006-07
“Three senior magistrates have resigned over surcharges on fines for offenders in what could be the start of a wave of revolts against the scheme. Other magistrates are angry about the Home Office-inspired initiative, which they say interferes with their discretion to make the punishment fit the crime and turns them into unofficial tax collectors.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An investigation by an undercover reporter working as a prison officer has exposed conditions in a private jail where inmates have easy access to drugs and mobile phones and subject overstretched staff to intimidation if they are too diligent in their work.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An 81-year-old woman is due to be sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after being found guilty of harassment and breaching her Asbo.”
BBC News, 16th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Solicitors have been ordered to pay back tens of millions of pounds from the profits they made by handling compensation claims for sick miners.”
The Times, 16th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s prison system faces scrutiny this weekend over its treatment of ethnic minority prisoners as new evidence is revealed about how an Asian inmate was killed by his white cellmate.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An immigration judge involved in an alleged blackmail love triangle has been paid more than £58,000 for staying at home since a formal investigation began into his behaviour, it emerged yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Wives divorcing high-earning husbands in the UK are not entitled to an unlimited share of their future income, a high court judge has ruled in the latest ‘big money’ case involving wealthy City of London figures.”
Financial Times, 13th April 2007
Source: www.ft.com
“An Old Bailey judge yesterday praised Britain’s worst gambler for beating her online betting addiction and revealed that he also struggles to pick a winner.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A college worker in Wales whose e-mails and internet usage at work were monitored has successfully sued her employer for breaching the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 14th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“He is the ultimate bank rebel. After months of controversy, Britain’s banks face a landmark court challenge over charges as a result of a one-man campaign waged by a barrister who is risking his professional career to prove they are acting illegally.”
The Independent, 14th April 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The judge in the 21 July trial has said a further delay has shown the criminal justice system in a ‘very poor light’.”
BBC News, 13th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Cutpurses! Blackguards! Fallen women! The Proceedings of the Old Bailey is an epic chronicle of crime and vice in early London. Now anyone with a computer can search all 52 million words.”
Smithsonian.com, April 2007
Source: www.smithsonianmagazine.com
Related link: Proceedings of the Old Bailey
Power to hear appeal on whether exclusion agreement valid
Sumukan Ltd. v. Commonwealth Secretariat
Court of Appeal
“The Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to determine an appeal from a judge’s decision on whether the parties to an arbitration agreement had agreed to exclude an appeal to a court on a point of law under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996.”
The Times, 13th April 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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