“Extending secret hearings into civil courts will undermine effective scrutiny of government operations in the ‘war on terror’, according to prominent civil liberties activists and lawyers.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“While alternative business structures are gaining all the headlines right now, something perhaps even more fundamental is going on this year: the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR). Many know it’s happening, but I suspect few quite understand how radically it could reshape the foundation of becoming a lawyer.”
Legal Week, 6th March 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“For too long, lawyers have got away with arcane pricing and billing practices. Those who don’t change their ways will pay for it.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Planning Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2) (England) Order 2012
The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Syria (European Union Financial Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2012
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Non-Domestic Rating (Cancellation of Backdated Liabilities) Regulations 2012
The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Education (Teacher Student Loans) (Repayment etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation)(England) Regulations 2012
The Teachers’ Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Blackwood, R v [2012] EWCA Crim 390 (05 March 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board v Iorashi [2012] EWHC 448 (QB) (05 March 2012)
KC v MGN Ltd [2012] EWHC 483 (QB) (05 March 2012)
WXY v Gewanter & Ors [2012] EWHC 496 (QB) (06 March 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Lawrence v The General Medical Council [2012] EWHC 464 (Admin) (02 March 2012)
Reeves (Listing Officer) v Northrop [2012] EWHC 415 (Admin) (06 March 2012)
High Court (Family Division)
Fisher Meredith LLP v JH & Anor (Rev 2) [2012] EWHC 408 (Fam) (02 March 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov & Ors [2012] EWHC 455 (Comm) (29 February 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The Suspended Sentence Order created by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 has had a relatively straightforward existence, particularly in comparison to some of the other provisions of that much criticised Act.”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 27th February 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“The Department for Education (DfE) must disclose information sent from a private email address belonging to the Education Secretary unless there is a legitimate reason to refuse doing so, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“BT and Talk Talk have lost an appeal over controversial measures to tackle copyright infringement online.”
BBC News, 6th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Commission today publishes a landmark review of how well public authorities deliver human rights protection and promotion in England and Wales. It is the second report in the ‘How Fair is Britain?’ series.”
Equality and Human Rights Commission, 5th March 2012
Source: www.equalityhumanrights.com
Related link: Human Rights Review 2012
“Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has today issued Crown Prosecution Service prosecutors with new guidance on dealing with people who may have committed an offence during a protest or demonstration.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 6th March 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Google was not responsible for allegedly defamatory comments posted on its blogging platform because it could not be said to be a publisher of the information, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Much of the criticism directed toward the European Court of Human Rights over the last year or so, in this country at least, has been that it is too ready to overrule decisions made by the competent United Kingdom national authorities. It is said that British courts have already addressed the relevant human rights arguments under the Human Rights Act, so it is quite wrong that Strasbourg should now ‘overrule’ them.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“It is a typical day of employment tribunal hearings – but the rules are set to change as the government considers an overhaul of proceedings in these courts.”
BBC News, 5th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Kenneth Clarke has attempted to quell growing concerns over proposals to hold more court hearings in secret by saying the measure will only apply to a ‘tiny’ number of civil cases in ‘very limited circumstances’.”
The Independent, 6th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A review of EU action over time in creating a competitive, internal market in gas and electricity.”
Full story (PDF)
Thirty Nine Essex Street, 25th January 2012
Source: www.39essex.com
“Those of us who act as mediators in property matters have been conscious for some time of the particular suitability of mediation as a forum in which to resolve disputes over property rights. The flexibility and breadth of the mediation process enable the parties to look beyond the strict legal principles with which a Court would be concerned and to identify and address as well the more esoteric and human issues which often lie just beneath the surface in cases involving land.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“A serious case review into the murder of a Polish teenager in Leeds by a violent sex offender says police and public protection agencies failed to act effectively.”
BBC News, 6th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Canwell Estate Co Ltd v Smith Brothers Farms Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 237; [2012] WLR (D) 59
“The prohibition introduced by the Rentcharges Act 1977 against creation of new rentcharges by a rent owner against a landowner did not apply to the creation of a rentcharge incorporated in a transfer made in 1990 the amount of which was calculated annually as a fixed proportion of the claimant’s costs, expenses and outgoings incurred in fulfilling its obligations under a covenant to cleanse, repair, maintain and as often as might be reasonably necessary renew, inter alia, all the roads on an estate, even though part of such service extended to land which was not owned by the party liable to pay the charge and to roads over which he had no right of way.”
WLR Daily, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
O’Brien v Ministry of Justice (Case C-393/10); [2012] WLR (D) 58
“It was for the member states to define the concept of ‘workers who have an employment contract or an employment relationship’ within the meaning of clause 2.1 of the Framework Agreement on part-time work, provided that this did not lead to arbitrary exclusion from protection offered by Directive 97/81/EC.”
WLR Daily, 1st March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
© Inner Temple Library 2024