‘Price comparison websites and insurers in the motor, travel and home insurance markets are the subject of a regulatory probe by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) amidst concerns that consumers are being misled when buying cover through those sites.26 Nov 2013.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A new ruling issued by an Information Rights Tribunal should not deter businesses from owning up to data breaches, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The government has won a high court order to prevent the partial lifting of a secrecy order affecting the proposed inquest into the death of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Lawyers for a Royal Marine convicted of murdering an injured Afghan prisoner will tell appeal court judges that he and his family could face possible revenge attacks if he is named.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The owners of a Christian guesthouse who were ordered to pay damages for turning away a gay couple have lost their UK Supreme Court fight.”
BBC News, 27th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal today upheld a strict costs judgment in a landmark case which establishes the court’s post-Jackson hardline approach to costs budgeting.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th November 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A council has been told it can recover half of its legal costs in a case where the Court of Appeal ruled that a 70% cut to youth services was unlawful but refused to grant relief to the claimant.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th November 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has dismissed a claimant’s argument that a London borough had a duty to use the general power of competence to provide her with accommodation and subsistence support.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th November 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Law firms are facing thousands of claims for professional negligence over their involvement in “right to buy” work, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 27th November 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Government will introduce legislation to cap the cost of payday loans to borrowers, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced.’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Stricter rules on what costs of trade-related services can be passed on to clients of investment managers in the form of commission payments have been proposed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
‘R (on the application of MK) v Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council. A judicial review raising the extent of a Council’s duties and powers under s.17 Children Act 1989 and s.1 Localism Act 2011 (the general power of competence) in providing housing for someone not otherwise eligible for housing assistance.’
NearlyLegal, 26th November 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Makdessi v Cavendish Square Holdings BV & Anor (Commital) [2013] EWCA Civ 1540 (26 November 2013)
Makdessi v Cavendish Square Holdings BV & Anor (Appeal) [2013] EWCA Civ 1539 (26 November 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2013] EWHC 3691 (Ch) (26 November 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Bannai v Erez [2013] EWHC 3689 (Comm) (26 November 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘In a press conference, Mitchell condemned the police for failing to arrest Rowland or to interview him under caution, and attacked the Crown Prosecution Service for failing to get to the bottom of what had happened.’
The Guardian, 26th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former executive at global financial services firm Morgan Stanley has been jailed for embezzling almost £400,000 to fund a lavish lifestyle.’
BBC News, 26th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘British governments blocked two police investigations into the covering up of the killing by British troops of 24 unarmed rubber plantation workers during counterinsurgency operations in Malaysia nearly 65 years ago, the appeal court heard on Tuesday.’
The Guardian, 26th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The government has been defeated in the House of Lords over its plans for reforming the banking system. A Labour amendment to the Financial Services Bill, which would introduce a licensing system for senior bankers, was passed by five votes.’
BBC News, 26th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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