Environmental and Planning Law Newsletter – Thirty Nine Essex Street
Environmental and Planning Law Newsletter (PDF)
Thirty Nine Essex Street, August 2012
Source: www.39essex.com
Day: 7 August 2012
Age limits in the boardroom – Cloisters
“As Lord Davies reported in February 2011, at the current rate of change it will take over 70 years to achieve gender-balanced boardrooms in the UK. Almost a decade ago, the Higgs review of the role and
effectiveness of non-executive directors called for greater diversity among board directors, but the response on this front has been poor. Given that encouragement has failed, it is no wonder
that plans are afoot to prod listed companies into increasing the number of women on their boards.”
Full story (PDF)
Cloisters, August 2012
Source: www.cloisters.com
Is Ravat “Old Hat”? – Cloisters
“Just when it seems that a particular area of employment law looks like it might be entering a period of calm, a decision comes along to disturb the anticipated serenity.”
Full story (PDF)
Cloisters, August 2012
Source: www.cloisters.com
MA v JA (Attorney General intervening) – WLR Daily
MA v JA (Attorney General intervening) [2012] EWHC 2219 (Fam); [2012] WLR (D) 246
“A ceremony of marriage conducted in England which did not comply with the requirements of the Marriage Act 1949 because the parties had failed to give notice to the registrar with the result that the marriage was solemnised without any certificate being issued, created a marriage which was entitled to be recognised as valid under English law.”
WLR Daily, 27th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Lord Chancellor v McCarthy [2012] EWHC 2325 (QB) (06 August 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Nottingham riots: Perry Atherton prepares human rights case – BBC News
“A man who was jailed following rioting in Nottingham last year is planning to challenge his conviction in the European Court of Human Rights.”
BBC News, 6th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge: Government broke benefits law – The Independent
“The Government broke the law when it stripped an unemployed man of his benefits for six months after he refused to participate in an unpaid back-to-work scheme, the High Court has ruled.”
The Independent, 7th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Justice reforms have increased burden on judiciary, says LCJ – Law Society’s Gazette
“Reforms to the efficiency of the administration of justice have increased the burdens on the judiciary at a time when their pay and pension packages are being cut, according to a report from the lord chief justice, Igor Judge.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th August 2012
Source: www.gazette.co.uk
Swansea couple jailed for racist attack on daughter, 17 – BBC News
“The parents of a 17-year-old girl, jailed for attacking her because she was going out with a black man, have been called ‘disgraceful’ by a judge.”
BBC News, 6th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Is studying law boring? – The Guardian
“Law is often portrayed as a dull discipline pursued by the ethically dubious. Actually it governs everything from embryo to exhumation.”
The Guardian, 6th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
