“Mental health professionals and opposition parties have joined forces to resist wider powers to detain people with a mental disorder deemed to pose a danger to others.”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Alternative dispute resolution – sorting out libel actions without the crushing costs of High Court litigation – was given a new lease of life last month when Peter Ebdon, the former world snooker champion, arbitrated his libel action against The Times. It was the first time a case involving a defence of fair comment went to binding arbitration.”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Home Office has pledged to review the management of a privately run prison where an investigation by Guardian Films and the BBC uncovered routine bullying of staff by prisoners at the jail.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The powers of Home Office officials to discipline and order the segregation and restraint of prisoners in Britain’s private jails would be handed over to the prison companies under legislation to be debated today by the House of Lords.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A City banker was told to use her female charms to woo clients over candlelit dinners and was asked by her manager to do the washing-up at a business meal, an employment tribunal was told yesterday.”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Thousands of couples look set to be hit by a new Revenue clampdown which could leave their heirs with a bigger bill for inheritance tax (IHT).”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The welfare of children must be at the heart of the processes involved in considering whether to take a child into care, Family Justice Minister Harriet Harman will say today.”
Department for Constitutional Affairs press release, 17th April 2007
Source: www.gnn.gov.uk
“A partial amnesty for hundreds of thousands of tax evaders who hide money abroad will be announced this week, in a move expected to bring more than a billion pounds into the Treasury’s coffers.”
Financial Times, 16th April 2007
Source: www.ft.com
“The wrestlers have beaten the environmentalists in the latest round of the fight over the initials WWF.”
The Lawyer, 16th April 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The selection and collation of information from several files held on a person does not necessarily count as processing of personal data, according to the Court of Appeal. The activity can escape the remit of the Data Protection Act.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th April 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“A trio of barristers from 20 Essex Street has secured a House of Lords ruling that could alter significantly the principles governing the way damages are measured for breach of contract.”
The Lawyer, 16th April 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A former ‘high-flying’ female banker who claims that male colleagues placed bets on whether she would return to work after having a baby is suing her former employer, BNP Paribas, for sex discrimination.”
The Times, 16th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“This paper seeks your views on proposals to implement clause 185 of the Legal Services Bill [HL]. The consultation is aimed at those with an interest in or views on the clause, in England and Wales.”
Cost recovery in pro bono assisted cases – consultation on proposals for secondary legislation CP 7/07, 16th April 2007
Source: www.dca.gov.uk
“Five of Britain’s most senior judges will begin hearing an appeal this week that could lead to independent inquiries into the deaths of Iraqi civilians at the hands of British troops in Iraq.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“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
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