Darren Scott, 53, was “fixated” by 24-year-old Diana Nicholl-Pierson’s breasts and openly ogled them in their Mayfair office, a tribunal found
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘On 17th June 2012 the Daily Star Sunday published an article about Jimmy White, the well-known professional snooker player, and John Callaghan, a friend and fan of Mr White. The article was in hard copy and online editions and remained online until 17th August 2012.’
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 27th May 2014
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
‘Corporate bodies (limited companies or LLPs) have a separate legal identity that ceases to exist upon dissolution. Dissolution can occur, broadly speaking, in two ways, one is at the end of the process of winding up (whether voluntary or compulsory) and the other is by the process of striking off the Register of Companies or limited liability partnerships. The latter occurs either as a result of the company’s or LLP’s failure to file accounts, returns etc. or by a process of voluntary striking off.’
Full story (PDF)
Thirty Nine Essex Street, 7th March 2014
Source: www.39essex.com
‘Most law students believe the legal profession will be resistant to change during their careers, according to research that suggests the next generation of lawyers may be significantly more conservative than many commentators are predicting.’
Legal Week, 6th June 2014
Source: www.legalweek.com
‘The Defendant was convicted of 8 counts of carrying on a consumer credit business without a licence (Section 39 Consumer Credit Act 1974 (“CCA”) ) (“illegal money lending”) and was sent to prison. Birmingham City Council whose team has vast experience in and has conduct of most prosecutions in this area of work applied under Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“POCA”) to confiscate the Defendant’s property and in particular a house he had purchased with the proceeds of his business. The case was not a “lifestyle” case.’
Full story (Word)
Six Pump Court, 12th May 2014
Source: www.6pumpcourt.co.uk
‘Ofqual, the qualifications watchdog, says it may introduce new rules to prevent teachers using dubious tactics such as rehearsing test answers to inflate pupils’ GCSE results.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Plans to hold the criminal trial of two men charged with serious terrorism offences entirely in secret runs the risk of creating a miscarriage of justice that will never be put right, the shadow justice secretary has warned.’
The Guardian, 5th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Measures aimed at improving the conviction rate for rape in courts in England and Wales have been launched by the Director of Public Prosecutions.’
BBC News, 6th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Father accused of suffocating his baby by rolling on her as they slept can be reunited with her twin after a judge ruled that the baby’s sister should not have been removed by social workers.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘There has long been a tension between two competing public interests: encouraging individuals to save and provide for their financial security in old age on the one hand and providing recourse for creditors in the event of debtors being unable to pay their debts on the other. Historically, the legislative trend has generally been in favour of the creditor. The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (“WRPA 99”), which came into force on 29 May 2000, appeared to provide fundamental changes to the relationship between these two competing policies. In 2012, however, when these reforms came before the court in Raithatha v Williamson the result indicated that WRPA 99 may have been far less significant than was previously supposed. If Williamson was correctly decided, then the changes to pension law introduced in the March 2014 Budget will have effectively unravelled those reforms altogether. Alaric Watson explains.’
11 Stone Buildings, May 2014
Source: www.11sb.com
‘In Registrar of Companies v Angela Swarbrick, Maurice Moses and Craig Lewis (as Joint Administrators of Gardenprime Limited) [2014] EWHC 1466 (Ch), the High Court provides guidance on the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 which permit the removal of unnecessary material on the Register of Companies and clarifies the extent of the Court’s jurisdiction to control the Registrar of Companies’ functions in this regard. Sarah Clarke explains a decision which is likely to expand the circumstances in which the Registrar will agree to remove material.’
11 Stone Buildings, May 2014
Source: www.11sb.com
Burrell v Micheldever Tyre Services Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 716; [2014] WLR (D) 241
‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal could contain the application of the conventional approach to remittal in a number of ways, namely by (i) being robust when applying that approach, (ii) encouraging parties to consent to the Appeal Tribunal disposing of the case itself and (iii) limiting the scope of any remittal made.’
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Shanks v Unilever plc and others (No 2) [2014] EWHC 1647 (Pat); [2014] WLR (D) 242
‘The time value of money received by an employer following the vesting of an invention by an employee was not a benefit derived by the employer for the purposes of section 41(1) of the Patents Act 1977.’
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The government wants to do more to recover criminal assets. Joshua Rozenberg asks why – till now, at least – it has proved so difficult to deprive villains of their loot.’
BBC Law in Action, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Amendment) Order 2014
The Flexible Working Regulations 2014
The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Licensing Act 2003 (Permitted Temporary Activities) (Notices and Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2014
The Armed Forces Act 2011 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2014
The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Financial Services Act 2012 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Esporta Ltd v Revenue And Customs [2014] EWCA Civ 155 (25 February 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Coakley v Rosie [2014] EWHC 1790 (QB) (04 June 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bank of India v Riat [2014] EWHC 1775 (Ch) (04 June 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
B v B [2014] EWHC 1804 (Fam) (21 May 2014)
Lancashire CC v C, M & F (Children: Fact-finding) [2014] EWFC 3 (23 May 2014)
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council v KP & Ors [2014] EWFC B69 (OJ) (27 May 2014)
LA v KH & Ors [2014] EWFC B68 (OJ) (4 June 2014)
H (Minors) [2014] EWFC B65 (OJ) (16 May 2014)
High Court (Commercial Court)
St.Maximus Shipping Co.Ltd. v A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S [2014] EWHC 1643 (Comm) (22 May 2014)
High Court (Patents Court)
Starsight Telecast, Inc & Ors v Virgin Media Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 1793 (Pat) (20 May 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Thalidomide victims have launched legal action against the drug’s manufacturer and distributor 50 years after it was prescribed to their mothers.’
BBC News, 5th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A driver who killed a woman while speeding at 49mph in a 30mph zone will not be prosecuted after the wrong speed limit sign was used.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
© Inner Temple Library 2024