Day: 27 November 2007

Mastercigars Direct Ltd v Withers LLP – WLR Daily

Posted November 27th, 2007 in costs, law reports, solicitors by sally

Mastercigars Direct Ltd v Withers LLP [2007] EWHC 2733 (Ch) 

“A solicitors’ costs estimate was relevant on a detailed assessment of costs as a useful yardstick, by which the reasonableness of costs could be measured, and on the issue of reliance by a client on that estimate. It was not correct that unless a client was notified of the further sums payable, preferably before they were incurred, the solicitor would be unable to recover costs in excess of the estimated amount.”

WLR Daily, 26th November 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note: once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Entry to the Bar Working Party Final Report (Neuberger Report) – Bar Council

Posted November 27th, 2007 in barristers, legal education, reports by sally

Report and Appendices

Bar Council, 27th November 2007

Source: www.barcouncil.co.uk

OFT publishes recommendations on private actions in competition law – Office of Fair Trading

Posted November 27th, 2007 in competition, consumer protection, press releases by sally

“The OFT has … published recommendations to Government to improve the effectiveness of redress for consumers and businesses that have suffered loss as a result of breaches of competition law. The recommendations follow an informal consultation on an OFT discussion paper published in April.”

Press release 

Office of Fair Trading, 26th November 2007

Source: www.oft.gov.uk

Related link: Private Actions in Competition Law (pdf)

BVC ‘to become a Masters’ – Neuberger report – Legal Week

Posted November 27th, 2007 in barristers, legal education, news by sally

“Students will be able to turn their Bar Vocational Course (BVC) into a Masters degree under new proposals to widen access to the Bar, in one of 57 proposals unveiled in Lord Neuberger’s report today (27 November).”

Full story

Legal Week, 27th November 2007

Source: www.legalweek.com

Online investigations into job candidates could be illegal – The Guardian

Posted November 27th, 2007 in data protection, internet, news, privacy by sally

“Companies could be infringing privacy if they dig up information about job applicants from social networking websites, an internet expert has warned.”

Full story

The Guardian, 27th November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

MPs demand debate on treaty – The Guardian

Posted November 27th, 2007 in EC law, news, parliament, treaties by sally

“The deal secured by Gordon Brown on the EU reform treaty is subject to fresh doubts today as a committee of MPs warns that the government has failed in its pledge to retain control of justice and home affairs matters. The European scrutiny committee has demanded a fresh debate on the treaty before it is signed by heads of government because of ‘ambiguous’ wording in the treaty.”

Full story

The Guardian, 27th November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Immigration centre ‘less safe’ – BBC News

Posted November 27th, 2007 in immigration, news by sally

“Britain’s highest security immigration centre is ‘significantly less safe’ than two years ago, a report by the chief inspector of prisons has said.”

Full story

BBC News, 27th November 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Woman miscarried while suffering work-related stress, tribunal told – The Guardian

Posted November 27th, 2007 in employment, flexible working, news by sally

“A woman who claims she was refused flexible working time told an employment tribunal yesterday that she had a miscarriage while suffering work-related stress.”

Full story

The Guardian, 27th November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Overworked, so over and out… – The Times

Posted November 27th, 2007 in law firms, news by sally

“A wry picture of restless discontent amid increasing affluence is painted in the Law Firms’ Survey 2007 published yesterday by PricewaterhouseCoopers.”

Full story

The Times, 27th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

‘Angel of death’ gets appeal date – BBC News

Posted November 27th, 2007 in appeals, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“The convicted child killer Beverly Allitt has been given a date for an appeal against her sentence.”

Full story 

BBC News, 26th November 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Watt (formerly Carter) and Others v Ahsan – Times Law Reports

Posted November 27th, 2007 in elections, law reports, race discrimination by sally

Watt (formerly Carter) and Others v Ahsan

House of Lords

“An unsuccessful applicant for selection as a Labour Party candidate in local elections who alleged that the failure to select him had been motivated by racial discrimination should have brought his claim against the party under section 25 of the Race Relations Act 1976 in county court proceedings, but since an employment tribunal ruled that it had jurisdiction to hear the complaint under section 12 of that Act, the party could not claim that the tribunal did not have jurisdiction. ”

The Times, 27th November 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 Bar is simply not getting the best brains – The Times

Posted November 27th, 2007 in advocacy, barristers by sally

“So how can advocacy widen its appeal? Lord Neuberger discusses why the Inns of Court have become increasingly exclusive.”

Full story

The Times, 27th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

In re C (A Child)(Adoption: Local Authority’s Duty) – WLR Daily

Posted November 27th, 2007 in adoption, law reports by sally

 In re C (A Child)(Adoption: Local Authority’s Duty) [2007] EWCA Civ 1206

“S 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 did not impose a duty on the local authority to make inquiries of a child’s extended family or father about the possibility of their providing long-term care in circumstances where the child had been conceived as a result of a fleeting relationship and the mother wished to place the child for adoption.”

WLR Daily, 26th November 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note: once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

In re Metronet Rail BCV Ltd (in public private partnership administration) and In re Metronet Rail SSL Ltd (in public private partnership administration) – WLR Daily

Posted November 27th, 2007 in insolvency, law reports, public private partnerships by sally

In re Metronet Rail BCV Ltd (in public private partnership administration) and In re Metronet Rail SSL Ltd (in public private partnership administration) [2007] EWHC 2697 (Ch)

“The only companies that could fall within the term “other appointee”, as contained in Sch 15 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999, were public private partnership companies in whose favour there was under a scheme the transfer of property, rights and liabilities from an existing appointee.”

WLR Daily, 26th November 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note: once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.