“Women lawyers overwhelmingly oppose the introduction of quotas as a tool to help more of them into senior positions in firms, it emerged at an international conference last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Recently Halsbury’s Law Exchange (HLE) concluded its student competition by asking the five finalists to provide a video submission on whether or not assisted suicide should be legalised. The videos were all of a high standard and can be viewed on YouYube here.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 14th March 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“MPs will face a ‘rising tide of need’ from constituents with unmet legal needs if the government’s legal aid cuts are implemented, according to a report published today [14 March] by the Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) group.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reduced fines for organisations that have breached data protection law in half of the cases in which it has issued direct fines, Out-Law.com can reveal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The police power to contain large numbers of people at protests, the tactic known as kettling, could be called into question on Thursday by a ruling at the European court of human rights.”
Full story
The Guardian, 14th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A solicitor from Swansea jailed for fraud and money laundering has had his conviction quashed and been set free.”
BBC News, 14th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP: The role of UK law as a model for combating human trafficking and slavery. Lecture to the City Law School, London.”
Attorney General’s Office, 13th March 2012
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“The government is to press ahead with its plans to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry despite criticism from leading figures in the Church of England and the Roman Catholic church.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The gay father of a two-year-old boy living with his lesbian mother and her partner has won the right to be involved in his life in a landmark ruling that could have significant implications for ‘alternative families’.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Cornelius, R v [2012] EWCA Crim 500 (14 March 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Reddy v The General Medical Council [2012] EWCA Civ 310 (14 March 2012)
Harripaul v London Borough of Lewisham [2012] EWCA Civ 266 (14 March 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Danks & Ors v Qinetiq Holdings Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 570 (Ch) (14 March 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A severely autistic epileptic teenager who was pulled out of a swimming pool and restrained after he jumped in fully clothed during a school trip has won £28,250 damages from the Metropolitan police.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who did not report the death of his father for nearly five months and claimed his benefit payments has been jailed for three years.”
The Independent, 14th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Supreme Court
S (A Child), Re [2012] UKSC 10 (14 March 2012)
Ministry of Defence v AB & Ors [2012] UKSC 9 (14 March 2012)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Kapoor & Ors v R. [2012] EWCA Crim 435 (09 March 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd [2012] EWHC 466 (Admin) (24 February 2012)
Ujam v General Medical Council [2012] EWHC 580 (Admin) (13 March 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
XVW & YZA v Gravesend Grammar Schools for Girls & Anor [2012] EWHC 575 (QB) (13 March 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Rhinegold Publishing Ltd v Apex Business Development Ltd [2012] EWHC 587 (Ch) (13 March 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Osmium Shipping Corp v Cargill International SA [2012] EWHC 571 (Comm) (13 March 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“It’s always, and only, simple propositions that matter. But often, in the law, only big judges have the confidence to utter simple things. That was what happened in Helmot v Simon [2012] UKPC 5 (7 March 2012), an appeal to the Privy Council by an optimistic defendant who sought to overturn a decision of the Court of Appeal of Guernsey, (whose judgment had been delivered by a judge by the name of Sumption).”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 14th March 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“It has been a catastrophic case for both ‘Sarah’ the victim and the public. Here are the key questions that need answering.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Anger over votes for prisoners and the release of Abu Qatada shows just what a toxic issue human rights law has become. In this provocative film, Andrew Neil travels to Europe and across Britain to find out why Britain follows these laws and asks can anything be done to restore our faith in them?”
BBC Two, 14th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Souglides v Tweedie and another [2012] EWHC 561 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 74
“An interest carved out of a superior leasehold or freehold interest could constitute ‘an interest reversionary (whether directly or indirectly)’ on the term of a lease for the purpose of section 9(1) of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964. Accordingly, an option for a lease extension fell within section 9(1) and so was exempt from the rule against perpetuities.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v First Nationwide [2012] EWCA Civ 278; [2012] WLR (D) 73
“The tax status of preference dividends from a Cayman Islands company to whose shares the taxpayer had subscribed, was determined by the machinery by which they were distributed. Under Cayman law share premium was distributable as dividend, whereas in English tax law share premium was treated in the same way as paid-up share capital. The transaction was not a sale and repurchase of securities such as to constitute a ‘buying back’ within the meaning of sections 737A and 730B of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.”
WLR Daily, 13th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Options for regulators to consider when deciding how best to prevent risks to, and improve, the quality of legal services consumers receive are outlined today [13 March] by the Legal Services Board (LSB).”
Full story (PDF)
Legal Services Board, 13th March 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
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