‘Timothy Taylor Ltd v Mayfair House Corporation & Anor [2016] EWHC 1075 (Ch). It is a commercial property case, but has interesting elements on the way in which building works may be reasonably carried out.’
Nearly Legal, 4th January 2017
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has strongly criticised a council and a police force for serious breaches of the Human Rights Act, after two children were retained in care despite their mother not being charged with an offence following her arrest.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Law Society’s freedom of information adjudicator has ordered the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to disclose an investigator’s report, saying the regulator had overlooked “the public interest in transparency as a good in itself”.’
Legal Futures, 5th January 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
High Court (Patents Court)
Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Sandoz GmbH & Anor (Rev 1) [2016] EWHC 3317 (Pat) (21 December 2016)
Illumina, Inc (“Illumina”) & Ors v Illumina, Inc & Ors [2016] EWHC 3345 (Pat) (16 December 2016)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Barkhuysen v Hamilton [2016] EWHC 3371 (QB) (23 December 2016)
Barron & Ors v Collins [2016] EWHC 3350 (QB) (22 December 2016)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Arroyo & Ors v Equion Energia Ltd [2016] EWHC 3348 (TCC) (21 December 2016)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Claimant lawyers have mounted an all-out attack on the government’s plans to overhaul the personal injury sector as the deadline approaches for responses to a consultation.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th January 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘David Bedingfield, barrister of 4 Paper Buildings, considers the arguments in a debate of vital importance to family lawyers.’
Family Law Week, 4th January 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A former soldier has been sentenced under the Terrorism Act after he attempted to travel to Syria to fight Isis.’
The Independent, 4th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government has moved to crack down on unscrupulous employers by appointing a new boss to lead the collection of government bodies tasked with stamping out exploitation in the workplace. Prof Sir David Metcalf, a founding member of the Low Pay Commission and former chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee, was named on Thursday as the first director of Labour Market Enforcement.’
The Guardian, 5th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Prisoners should be allowed to wear their own clothes in jail because transgender inmates are allowed to wear dresses and make-up, inspectors have said.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Justice Secretary has set up an emergency review to find the quickest way to ban perpetrators of domestic abuse from directly cross-examining their victims within the family court system.’
The Guardian, 4th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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