“Generations of poorer children will miss out on jobs in law and medicine unless Britain does more to give them a better education, a report on social mobility said today.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
CHEMS Consulting is carrying out a feasibility study on behalf of the Inner and Middle Temple to investigate the potential benefits of merging their two libraries and creating a Joint Education and Advocacy Centre.
One element in the feasibility study is to assess what the demand for library services is on the part of the Bar, students and other members of the Inns, and how it is currently being met. Both Inns also want to consider what services a merged library should offer its users if a merger were to proceed.
A survey questionnaire has been developed by the consultants in order to get the views of Inner and Middle Temple members and tenants and other Library users. From 29th June to 17th July the survey was available in electronic form on the Inns’ web sites and in printed form in both Libraries. Members and tenants of both Inns were also emailed about the survey. The Inner Temple results are now available on the Library’s web site. To view the results of the survey click here.
Enron Coal Services Ltd (in liquidation) v English Welsh and Scottish Railway Ltd
Court of Appeal
“A challenge to a finding by a regulator of infringement of a prohibition, including the prohibition on the abuse of a dominant position, should be made to the Competition Appeal Tribunal under section 46 of the Competition Act 1998. A claim for damages based on a definitive finding of infringement by a regulator was to be made under section 47A of the 1998 Act, as inserted by section 18(1) of the Enterprise Act 2002.”
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Private colleges should face compulsory regulation to prevent ‘bogus’ institutions from operating as a front for illegal immigration, a parliamentary committee recommends today.”
The Times, 21st July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Reforms unveiled today by Jack Straw as part of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill will remove the hereditary principle from the House of Lords and allow for the disqualification of peers found guilty of serious criminal offences.”
Ministry of Justice, 20th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Britain’s leading regional law firms, suffering even more severely from the downturn in the legal services market than their London rivals, are imposing drastic cost-cutting measures in an attempt to stave off further job losses.”
The Times, 21st July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Legislative Reform (Supervision of Alcohol Sales in Church and Village Halls &c.) Order 2009
The Community Legal Service (Financial) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009
The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Work and Families (Increase of Maximum Amount) Order 2009
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009) Regulations 2009
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Public Service Pension Schemes) Regulations 2009
The General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2009
The Local Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees) (England) Regulations 2009
The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The General Insurers’ Technical Provisions (Appropriate Amount) (Tax) Regulations 2009
The Pensions Regulator (Delegation of Powers) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Increasing numbers of non-Muslims are turning to Sharia courts to resolve commercial disputes and other civil matters, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 21st July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Equitable Life policyholders take their claim for compensation to the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday in a bid to overturn a Government ruling that gives them a fraction of what they say is a fair entitlement.”
The Times, 20th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers have postponed plans to make law firms bid for criminal legal aid work.”
The Independent, 21st July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Bown v Bristol City Council [2009] EWHC 1747 (Admin) (20 July 2009)
Elvington Park Ltd & Anor v City of York Council [2009] EWHC 1805 (Admin) (20 July 2009)
Barwick & Anor v Bridgend County Borough Council [2009] EWHC 1723 (Admin) (10 July 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A jilted boyfriend was jailed for lifetoday today for gunning down his girlfriend’s parents, after blaming them for breaking up their relationship.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A landmark ruling in the High Court has cleared Google of all responsibility for indexing defamatory comments that appear in blogs, news articles and forums.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A widow whose security consultant husband died during an ambush in Iraq has begun a High Court claim for about £300,000 compensation over his death.”
BBC News, 20th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska today challenged a court ruling that a £2 billion-plus lawsuit launched against him by a former friend should be tried in England rather than Russia.”
The Independent, 20th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A convicted paedophile has won more than £3,000 in damages from North Yorkshire Police for wrongful arrest.”
BBC News, 20th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three lawyers are planning the flotation of a £50m fund that will make money by financing legal disputes and sharing in any damages awarded.”
The Times, 19th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The criminal justice system is ‘broken’ and ‘failing’ because decision-making is excessively centralised, according to a thinktank report published today.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Access to justice: hope springs eternal (PDF)
Speech by Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Master of the Rolls
The Mary Ward Legal Advice Centre Annual Lecture, 15th July 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Deaths at Broadmoor high security hospital and other institutions will be linked to management failures in a highly critical report this week.”
The Times, 20th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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