Directors’ Fiduciary Duties – 11 KBW
“Were the statutory duties in the Companies Act 2006 intended to be simply a replacement without change?”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.11kbw.com
Month: November 2011
Costs Management Orders – Hardwicke Chambers
“Whether you have been preparing diligently for months or have just stumbled upon it recently, most of you should now have had the pleasure of acquainting yourself with CPR Practice Direction 51G – the Cost Management Pilot Scheme in the TCC and Mercantile Courts.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 25th November 2011
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Managing Major Change: Employment and Corporate Governance – Cloisters
“National governments impose obligations on local government. Electors have needs and preferences to be met. Politicians have aspirations to achieve. None of this will happen without the worker – bees of local government – from chief executive to road sweeper – willingly putting their shoulder to the wheel or hand to the broom. So good human resource management is what makes things happen well.”
Full story (PDF)
Cloisters, 15th-17th November 2011
Source: www.cloisters.com
TUPE and Collective Agreements – 11 KBW
“Terms and conditions of employment are often found, especially in the public sector, not in the individual contracts of employment themselves, but in collective agreements between the employer and trade unions, collective agreements which are expressly incorporated into the individual contracts. If the employer and the unions agree changes in the collective agreement then the individual contracts will automatically be varied accordingly.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 24th November 2011
Source: www.11kbw.com
The Atomic Veterans Litigation – 4 New Square
“In the week commencing 14 November 2011, a seven-member panel of Justices of the Supreme Court (L Phillips, L Walker, L Hale, L Brown, L Mance, L Kerr and L Wilson) heard the Claimants’ appeal from the Court of Appeal’s decision in the Atomic Veterans Litigation (AB v Ministry of Defence [2010] EWCA Civ 1317). Argument took place over four days and judgment was reserved by the Supreme Court.”
4 New Square, 21st November 2011
Source: www.4newsquare.com
General, Equal and Certain: Law Reform Today and Tomorrow – Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of The Rolls
General, Equal and Certain: Law Reform Today and Tomorrow (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of The Rolls
Lord Renton Lecture 2011, 28th November 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Changing the culture – Speech by Sir Nicholas Wall, President of the Family Division
Changing the culture (PDF)
Speech by Sir Nicholas Wall, President of the Family Division
The Law Reform Committee of the Bar Council, 29th November 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWHC 2677 (QB) (11 November 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
VTB Capital Plc v Nutritek International Corp & Ors [2011] EWHC 3107 (Ch) (29 November 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Legal aid reform prompts further protest from top judges – The Guardian
“Two more senior judges have publicly joined the chorus of those urging the government to rethink proposals to restrict legal aid, branding the plans a false economy and impediment to swift justice.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jeremy Hunt hints at demise of Press Complaints Commission – The Guardian
“Newspapers are to likely to come under the auspices of a new regulatory body that is ‘better at enforcing standards of accuracy’ than the Press Complaints Commission, according to culture secretary Jeremy Hunt.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Smiley Culture’s death in police raid does not justify charges, IPCC rules – The Guardian
“Police have been criticised by an independent watchdog for a botched raid that led to the death of reggae star Smiley Culture, it was revealed on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Birmingham City Council v Abdulla & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 1412 (29 November 2011)
Serious Organised Crime Agency v Namli & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 1411 (29 November 2011)
Hardy & Anor v Haselden & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 1387 (29 November 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Parry v Bartlett & Anor [2011] EWHC 3146 (Ch) (29 November 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Hyundai Merchant Marine Company Ltd v Trafigura Beheer BV [2011] EWHC 3108 (Comm) (29 November 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Wiltshire ‘right to die’ man seeks High Court ruling – BBC News
“A severely disabled man from Wiltshire is to ask the High Court to allow a doctor to end his life.”
BBC News, 29th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Phone-hacking scandal: Judgement on Mulcaire reserved – BBC News
“Judgement has been reserved over a private investigator’s appeal against two court orders that may force him to reveal who ordered him to hack phones.”
BBC News, 29th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Spectator article on Stephen Lawrence trial referred to DPP – The Guardian
“The attorney general has referred a Rod Liddle comment piece in the Spectator about the Stephen Lawrence trial to the director of public prosecutions, after concluding that it may have breached a court order.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Juror faces contempt proceedings over ‘case research’ – BBC News
“The attorney general has been granted permission to bring a contempt of court case against a juror who allegedly carried out research on a defendant.”
BBC News, 29th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Leveson order over Guido Fawkes leak raises questions – The Guardian
“Blogger could have challenged the request to remove a draft of Alastair Campbell’s evidence for the inquiry from his website.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Smiley Culture death: No crime committed, says IPCC – BBC News
“An investigation into the police operation during which reggae singer Smiley Culture died has found no evidence of a criminal offence.”
BBC News, 29th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
