“Key defences relied on by banks in interest rate swap (IRS) mis-selling claims are set to be tested in court this October when the claim of business-owner Sara Pearson against Barclays comes to trial.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Supreme Court
HH v Deputy Prosecutor of the Italian Republic, Genoa [2012] UKSC 25 (20 June 2012)
BH & Anor v The Lord Advocate & Anor (Scotland) [2012] UKSC 24 (20 June 2012)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Fadairo v R [2012] EWCA Crim 1292 (20 June 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
VTB Capital Plc v Nutritek International Corp & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 808 (20 June 2012)
Kell v Durham Police Authority [2012] EWCA Civ 809 (20 June 2012)
London Borough of Camden v Stafford [2012] EWCA Civ 839 (20 June 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Tower Hamlets v MK & Ors [2012] EWHC 426 (Fam) (02 March 2012)
X v X [2012] EWHC 538 (Fam) (16 March 2012)
A Local Authority v A Mother & Ors [2012] EWHC 1637 (Fam) (15 June 2012)
HSE Ireland v SF (A Minor) [2012] EWHC 1640 (Fam) (15 June 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“According to the Ministry of Justice, it was hoped that the Bribery Act 2010 would ‘provide a more effective legal framework to combat bribery in the public or private sectors’ and ‘help tackle the threat that bribery poses to economic progress and development around the world’.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 20th June 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Businesses will be able to challenge land use restrictions put in place by major supermarkets to limit local competition from rival grocery outlets, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“An investment banker and his wife were behind bars last night after netting £1.5m from insider dealing in one of the biggest cases ever pursued by the Financial Services Authority.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Senior judges are seeking assurances from the US government that a man facing extradition accused of child sex crimes will not be placed on a controversial sex offenders treatment programme.”
The Independent, 20th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Extraditions to the US and Europe should go ahead, even when a suspect has children in the UK, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 20th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“As the lines blur between the work of solicitors and barristers , Joshua Rozenberg asks whether a cheaper service provides better value for money or is it leading to poor representation in court and ultimately miscarriages of justice? He discusses the issues with Baroness Deech of the Bar Standards Board, a solicitor advocate Sundeep Bhatia and Elisabeth Davies, Chair of the Consumer panel at the Legal Services Board. He also speaks to senior appeal court judge Lord Justice Moses and asks about the best way to assess quality and what dangers lie ahead if suffers.”
BBC Law in Action, 19th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The rule on the exclusion of evidence obtained by torture was exceptional. It was not an abuse of process to admit evidence from security service officers obtained in secret detention facilities.”
WLR Daily, 15th June 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Hutton and others v Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority [2012] EWCA Civ 806; [2012] WLR (D) 176
“‘Particular circumstances’ in para 18 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2001, which provided that a claims officer could waive the two-year time limit within which claims for compensation in respect of criminal injury should be brought pursuant to the scheme, meant the actual or distinct circumstances of the individual case, not special circumstances in the sense of being unusual or extraordinary circumstances.”
WLR Daily, 14th June 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
SK (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 807 (19 June 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Price & Anor v Nunn [2012] EWHC 1605 (Ch) (13 June 2012)
High Court (Admiralty Court)
Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 1612 (Admlty) (15 June 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Sustainable Communities Regulations 2012
The Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) Regulations 2012
The Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Amendment) Order 2012
The Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2012
The Smoke-free (Signs) Regulations 2012
The Insolvency Act 1986 (Disqualification from Parliament) Order 2012
The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2012
The NHS Bodies (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 2012
The Badger (Control Area) (Wales) (Revocation) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Plans to extend secret court hearings address genuine problems of national security but also contain elements of “overkill”, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has warned.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain is facing a wave of compensation claims for allegedly helping the US target drones strikes abroad, the terror watchdog warned yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man barred from protesting at the site of an Olympic basketball training facility has had his banning order extended by two years.”
BBC News, 19th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The decision by the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to seek political asylum in the Ecuadorean embassy in London has sparked a fresh legal crisis over his already tortuous extradition case.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Mr Justice Jackson has ruled that it would be lawful and in the best interests of a 32 year old woman (referred to in the judgment as ‘E’) for her to be fed, using physical force or chemical sedation as necessary, for a period of ‘not less than a year’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th June 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The judge in this challenging case eventually relied on intuition. In such a dilemma, can law or ethics ever yield a single right answer?”
The Guardian, 19th JUne 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“UK law makers and the judiciary should take note of new research that has claimed that a narrow reading of copyright law exceptions can result in an erosion of investment in new technologies, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The terrorism laws watchdog says controversial plans for more secrecy in British courts can be made to work.”
BBC News, 19th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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