‘”Being an incorrigible rogue”, under the Vagrancy Act 1824, is one of 309 offences to be repealed and removed from the statute book in the year up until May.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The professional attitude towards promoting national and international justice differs strongly between English and German lawyers: In England and Wales, legal professionals are highly committed to providing free legal assistance to disadvantaged groups while in Germany there is a lack of legal practice of human rights law and defence of those in need. The seminar therefore aims to analyse under which prerequisites legal professionals are able and willing to practice human rights law and support the rights of those in need at domestic and international level from a comparative view.’
Date: 20th January 2014, 6.00-7.30pm
Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
‘As predicted in our autumn newsletter, the Government has now published its proposed amendments to TUPE.’
No. 5 Chambers, 4th December 2013
Source: www.no5.com
‘Professional negligence cases frequently deal with claims that arise after an insolvency occurs. During a recent 11 SB insolvency seminar, Lexa Hilliard QC focused on problems that can arise for accountants and solicitors prior to a company entering into a formal insolvency process. This is an area that has attracted little attention but it can be full of pitfalls that we professionals ignore at our peril. In
this ‘Insider’ she summarises herthoughts on what is becoming a very topical issue.’
11 Stone Buildings, December 2013
Source: www.11sb.com
‘At a case management hearing in the LVT (as it then was) back in March 2013, the chair said that, whilst normally he would direct that the parties to that dispute should attempt mediation, he was aware that it was “usually pointless” doing so where public funds are at stake as public bodies generally cannot justify the arbitrary reductions that can be necessary for a mediation to succeed, and fear creating some form of precedent. Misguided as I thought the chair was, it did seem likely that he might have been speaking from many years of experience.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 3rd December 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘The case of Crofts Vets and others v Butcher 2013 UKEAT/0430/12/LA and UKEAT/0562/12/LA is perhaps an unusual but important illustration of how far the duty to make reasonable adjustments under disability discrimination legislation goes (now Section 20 of the Equality Act 2010).’
No. 5 Chambers, 4th December 2013
Source: www.no5.com
‘The recent Supreme Court decision in Pitt v Holt [2013] UKSC 26 has put into sharp focus a question which has vexed English lawyers for some time: when can a donor recover a gift mistakenly made? Their Lordships ruled that there had to be a ‘causative mistake of sufficient gravity’. In the light of this ruling, the lecture will explore and try to systematise the principal competing approaches towards the recovery of mistaken gifts and to assess their underlying assumptions. How can we distinguish between mistakes which are sufficiently serious and those that are not, and what are the implications of Pitt v Holt for the law of gifts more generally? It will be argued that a pure causative mistake test may in fact be preferable to the two-stage inquiry adopted by Pitt v Holt. Properly handled, such a test could accommodate many of the concerns that often drive the call for an additional criterion of ‘sufficient gravity’.’
Date: 13th February 2014, 6.00pm
Location: UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘The EAT, Mr Justice Langstaff sitting alone, has recently looked again at the application of the ‘reasonably practicable’ test in circumstances where a claim for unfair dismissal was lodged after the three month deadline had expired.’
No. 5 Chambers, 4th December 2013
Source: www.no5.com
‘Equitable rectification provides a separate, distinct and interesting remedy that is available to cure errors in executed agreements. The availability of the remedy can often be critical in circumstances, for example, where the transaction requires registration at the Land Registry or third party rights and interests are affected by the agreements. In landlord and tenant and real estate transactions the remedy has been granted in a myriad of circumstances ranging from disputes about break clauses, rent review, real estate transfers or sale and leaseback agreements. Rectification in these is therefore of more than passing academic interest, its grant nullifying potentially disastrous consequences when an executed agreement incorrectly records the agreement made between the parties. ‘
Hardwicke Chambers, 5th December 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘When do Employment Tribunals have jurisdiction to hear unfair dismissal complaints brought by employees who work outside Great Britain? Nigel Brockley highlights the recent caselaw on this topic.’
No. 5 Chambers, 4th December 2014
Source: www.no5.com
‘Organised by the Statute Law Society (www.statutelawsociety.org) and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
Speakers: Professor Neil Duxbury, London School of Economics.’
Date: 27th January 2014, 18.00-19.00
Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘Professor Gillon would argue that the judgment in the case of a patient in prolonged and incurable ‘minimally conscious state’, that she must continue to be kept alive with artificial nutrition and hydration, despite the evidence from her loved ones that she would have rejected such treatment, manifests an excessive concern for the ‘sanctity of life’ and inadequate concern both for patients’ prior views values and autonomy and about the use of scarce health service resources on patients whose loved ones reliably report that they would have rejected those resources had they been able to do so.’
Date: 12th February 2014, 1.00pm
Location: Barnard’s Inn Hall
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
‘Where the jurisdiction of the court is in issue the court should make a prompt determination of jurisdiction at or near the start of proceedings. In this case that determination of jurisdiction should have concluded with a declaration pursuant to BIIR, Article 17, that the English court had no jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction to make short term, provisional protective measures pursuant to BIIR, Article 20.’
Sovereign Chambers, 4th December 2013
Source: www.sovereignchambers.co.uk
‘Organised with the London Legal History Seminar.
Speaker: Patrick Graham, Queen Mary, Univeristy of London.’
Date: 24th January 2014, 18.00-19.30
Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
Supreme Court
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Swinbourne, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 2329 (10 December 2013)
Criminal Practice Directions (Amendment No 1) [2013] EWCA Crim 2328 (10 December 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Davidson v Aegis Defences Services (BVI) Ltd & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 1586 (11 December 2013)
Hatton & Anor v Connew & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 1560 (10 December 2013)
Firodi Shipping Ltd v Griffon Shipping Llc [2013] EWCA Civ 1567 (10 December 2013)
Gallop v Newport City Council [2013] EWCA Civ 1583 (11 December 2013)
Microsoft Corporation v Motorola Mobility Llc & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 1613 (11 December 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Kearns v Glencore UK Ltd [2013] EWHC 3697 (QB) (11 December 2013)
Nyang v G4S Care & Justice Services Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 3946 (QB) (11 December 2013)
IG Index Plc v Cloete [2013] EWHC 3789 (QB) (11 December 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Rayner v The Lord Chancellor [2013] EWHC B24 (Ch) (02 December 2013)
Quiet Moments Ltd, Re [2013] EWHC 3806 (Ch) (04 December 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Gurgur v London Borough of Enfield [2013] EWHC 3483 (Admin) (06 December 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
SC DG Petrol SRL & Ors v Vitol Broking Ltd [2013] EWHC 3920 (Comm) (09 December 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Law Commission has produced its eagerly awaited report on juror misconduct and internet publications, following extensive consultation. The Commission had been urgently tasked with considering reform in this area, following a number of high-profile contempt cases involving errant jurors and eager publishers.’
Legal Week, 10th December 2013
Source: www.legalweek.com
‘The jury at the inquest into the death of Mark Duggan, shot by police, has retired to consider its ruling.’
BBC News, 11th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Employers “cannot simply rubber stamp” an occupational health adviser’s opinion that an employee is not disabled, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a case involving a local authority.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th December 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘While the Profumo affair took place just over 50 years ago, it never seems to have left the public arena for very long. This month sees a new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical open to tell the story of Stephen Ward, the man who “pimped” Christine Keeler, the call girl at the centre of the affair. It is also the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Denning Report into the British political scandal and an apt time to reflect on what the report teaches us about public inquiries and the atmosphere of the time.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 11th December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
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