‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to consider whether criminal charges should be brought against two arresting officers after a man died in custody.’
BBC News, 9th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sally Gore, barrister of Fourteen, considers a pressing concern of local authorities and immigrant families: the duties owed under Part III of the Children Act 1989 to individuals who have no recourse to public funding.’
Family Law Week, 9th April 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
The Judiciary: The Third Branch of the State (PDF)
Speech by Lord Justice Gross, Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales
RCDS Lecture, 3rd April 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘In Cosmetic Warriors Ltd and Another v amazon.co.uk Ltd and Another [2014] EWHC 181 Mr John Baldwin QC, sitting as a judge of the High Court, had to decide whether causing advertising to appear on an Internet user’s screen for products that competed with those of the claimants whenever the user entered the claimants’ trade mark into a search box amounted to an infringement of the claimants’ mark.’
NIPC Law, 7th April 2014
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
‘The European court of justice has declared the data retention directive illegal, torpedoing UK government schemes for the so-called “snooper’s charter” of wide-ranging collection of phone and internet data.’
The Guardian, 8th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Liz Cowell and Abigail Lowther both of Slater & Gordon analyse the case law to see whether any general principles can be identified as to how the court will deal with pre-acquired assets in financial remedies cases.’
Family Law Week, 4th April 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
The City of London Solicitors’ Company (PDF)
Speech by The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, Lord Chief Justice
Judiciary of England and Wales, 31st March 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘A gunman has been jailed for life for the second time over the fatal shooting of a man at traffic lights in south Manchester.’
BBC News, 8th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The culture of fiddling crime statistics is ingrained within the upper echelons of the police service where target-chasing has led to the under-reporting of serious crimes including rape, according to a report by MPs out today.’
The Independent, 9th April 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A TV advert for payday loans firm Wonga has been banned after the advertising watchdog ruled it confused the public about the interest rates that applied.’
BBC News, 9th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Mentally incapacitated people have the same rights to liberty as everyone else. If their own living arrangements would amount to a deprivation of liberty of a non-disabled individual then these would also be a deprivation of liberty for the disabled person. So says the Supreme Court, which has ruled that disabled people are entitled to periodic independent checks to ensure that the deprivation of liberty remains justified.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 8th April 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The family of Mark Duggan whose shooting by the Metropolitan police sparked riots across the country in 2011 have won the right to challenge a coroner’s directions to the jury that concluded the officer’s actions were lawful.’
The Guardian, 8th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In R (on the application of MA & Ors) v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Respondent) and The Equality and Human Rights Commission (Intervener) [2014] EWCA 13 the Court of Appeal has rejected appeals against the dismissal of claims for a judicial review of the so-called “bedroom tax”, bringing to an end – for the time being at least – months of speculation about the lawfulness of arguably the most controversial aspect of the Government’s welfare reform programme.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 12th March 2014
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘There is still no definitive answer as to how art 8 of the ECHR will engage between private individuals in an action by a private landowner to recover possession from ab initio trespassers who have unlawfully set up home on his land. However, there has been a step forward in the Manchester Ship Canal case.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 18th March 2014
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘Over the last 12 months there have been substantial developments in the law on habitual residence following judgments handed down from the Supreme Court, most notably in the cases of Re A (Children: Habitual Residence) [2013] UKSC 60, and the recent decision of LC (children) [2014] UKSC 1, handed down in early January. This article will focus on the changes brought about by these two decisions.’
No. 5 Chambers, 25th March 2014
Source: www.no5.com
‘Alongside the continued wave of decisions on relief from sanctions applications, a few decisions are
now coming through that reflect the general shift in approaches to case management that many
practitioners may have encountered for themselves.’
Littleton Chambers, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘On 26 March 2014 the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Durkin v DSG Retail Limited and another. The judgment in this long-running case addresses the issue of a consumer’s right, in the context of a debtor-creditor-supplier agreement, to rescind the credit agreement on lawful rescission of the sale agreement.’
Henderson Chambers, 28th March 2014
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
‘In the brave new world created by the Court of Appeal decision in Mitchell v Newsgroup Newspapers Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1537, claimants whose claims have been struck out for failure to comply with a rule, practice direction or order are honing in on second actions as a way of bringing their litigation back to life. The threatened slew of professional negligence suits post-Mitchell could be avoided if lawyers subject to a Mitchell strike-out are able to placate their clients by simply re-issuing proceedings against the defendant.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 13th March 2014
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘In Chandra & ors v Brooke North [2013] EWCA Civ 1559 the Court of Appeal gives practitioners and courts useful guidance about the correct approach to applications to amend introducing new claims outside limitation periods. The history of the case is a demonstration of the procedural knots and costly consequences for the parties that can be created when the lower courts go further than they should.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 13th March 2014
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘Mr Armour lived with his 14 year old daughter in a flat owned by Southend under an introductory tenancy. Mr Armour was accused of anti-social behaviour, including verbally abusing neighbours and contractors, and turning on the electricity when contractors were working causing one to suffer an electric shock.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 13th March 2014
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
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