“British workers put in some of the longest hours in Europe, and the burden falls particularly heavily on shift workers. You have often seen the signs ‘Tiredness Kills’ along motorways. In many instances this is literally true and over-tired drivers coming home from long shifts pose a real hazard to themselves and other road users.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 10th October 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“Companies tantalising consumers with ‘prizes’ which then cost money to claim or use are breaching EU law, judges ruled today.”
The Independent, 18th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The appeal in Beitov Properties Ltd v Elliston Bentley Martin [2012] UKUT 133 (LC) highlights three issues for landlords: compliance with s47 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1987, remedying non-compliance, and the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal’s procedure and jurisdiction.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 12th October 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“The repairing obligations imposed on the landlord of a ‘dwelling-house’ by s.11(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 are well known: the landlord must keep in repair the structure and exterior of the dwelling-house, as well as the installations within it.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 11th August 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“Beauty and cosmetic treatments are becoming ever more accessible and affordable to the public, and the frequency of claims arising out of negligent beauty and cosmetic treatments is on the increase. Injuries sustained when things go wrong can be painful, distressing and uncomfortably intimate, and can have a severe psychological effect on a claimant in addition to the painful physical injury.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 10th October 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“Administering and contributing to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) will become a regulated activity, while criminal sanctions will be introduced for ‘misleading statements’ in relation to the benchmark, the Government has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A gay couple who were turned away from a bed and breakfast were discriminated against, it has been ruled.”
BBC News, 18th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
First annual report of the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group on Human Trafficking, Cm 8421 (PDF)
The Six-Monthly Report on Hong Kong, Cm 8454 (PDF)
The Human Rights Implications of UK Extradition Policy, Cm 8464 (PDF)
The US-UK Extradition Treaty, Cm 8465 (PDF)
Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk
Supreme Court
British Airways plc v Williams & Ors [2012] UKSC 43 (17 October 2012)
Walton v The Scottish Ministers (Scotland) [2012] UKSC 44 (17 October 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Parkingeye Ltd v Somerfield Stores Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1338 (17 October 2012)
Amlin Corporate Member Ltd v Oriental Assurance Corporation [2012] EWCA Civ 1341 (17 October 2012)
HM Revenue and Customs v FCE Bank Plc [2012] EWCA Civ 1290 (17 October 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Noordeen v Hill & Anor [2012] EWHC 2847 (QB) (17 October 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Further Education Institutions (Exemption from Inspection) (England) Regulations 2012
The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2012
The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The North Wales (East and Central) (Coroner’s District) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“A certificate issued by the Serious Organised Crime Agency under section 2(7)(8) of the Extradition Act 2003 that a person or body that had issued a European arrest warrant had the function of issuing such warrants in the relevant territory was not conclusive that the person or body was a “judicial authority” for the purposes of either article 6 of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between member states or section 2(2) of the 2003 Act.”
WLR Daily, 12th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Apple has lost its appeal against a UK ruling that Samsung had not infringed its design rights.”
BBC News, 18th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Joshua Rozenberg asks where next for the families of those who died at Hillsborough.”
BBC Law in Action, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Supreme Court in the UK Constitution (PDF)
Speech by Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond
Legal Wales 2012
Source: www.supremecourt.gov.uk
Getting the Incentives Right (PDF)
Speech by Chris Kenny, Chief Executive, Legal Services Board
Westminster Legal Policy Forum, 18th October 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“Crimes against adults fell 6% in England and Wales for the year ending in June, compared with the previous year, official statistics show.”
BBC News, 18th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Organisations that face being fined for breaching UK competition law will be able to challenge the level of penalty being proposed or the way the fine has been calculated under a new procedure outlined by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A new cross-government website Gov.uk has launched making it quicker and easier for you to interact with the government online.”
Ministry of Justice, 17th October 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Court of Appeal has told a self-represented litigant that his lack of legal understanding does not entitle him to ‘extra indulgence’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th October 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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