‘The proportion of applications to the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal by litigants in person (LiPs) has gone up by 50% in the last 10 years, the Master of the Rolls has said.’
Legal Futures, 20th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘New legislation significantly curtails accommodation provision for those seeking release from immigration detention. The likely result is more and more people being held in immigration detention.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th March 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A decision not to bring charges against a police officer who fatally shot a man during a botched attempt to free a prisoner has been upheld.’
BBC News, 19th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In Spire Healthcare, the Court of Appeal (Sir Geoffrey Vos and Simon LJ) heard an appeal to determine whether the policy of combined liability insurance aggregated the limits of cover. Graham Eklund QC of 4 New Square successfully represented Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance plc. The Court’s decision is considered by Ben Smiley of 4 New Square.’
4 New Square, 9th March 2018
Source: www.insurancelaw.london
‘Until the two-day judicial review hearing, very little was known about John Worboys’ 10 years’ in custody – and the reasons why the Parole Board granted his release.’
BBC News, 19th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Some of the poorest families in England and Wales are being denied legal aid because they cannot afford the financial contributions they are required to make, according to the Law Society.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Draft EU Withdrawal Agreement is the Brexit political agreement turned into a legal document. Prof. Catherine Barnard of the University of Cambridge gives Boni Sones her own analysis of the text and asks ‘What now for Theresa May?”
Law Pod UK, 15th March 2018
Source: audioboom.com
‘On 21 February 2018 judgment was given in the case of Barton -v- Wright Hassall LLP [2018] UKSC 12.’
Zenith Chambers, 26th February 2018
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
‘Justice Secretary David Gauke today finally published the Civil Liability Bill, which the government said “offered hope” of lower insurance premiums to millions of motorists by reducing the “unacceptably high number of whiplash claims”.’
Legal Futures, 20th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘UKIP has been ordered to pay £175,000 in legal costs over a defamation case brought by three South Yorkshire Labour MPs.’
BBC News, 19th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Burdens of proof, res ipsa loquitur and experts’ joint statements: Saunders v Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 343 (QB).’
Zenith Chambers, 6th March 2018
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
‘Courts are a new front line of climate action with cases against governments and oil firms spiralling, and while victories have so far been rare the pressure for change is growing’
The Guardian, 20th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s warning about using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in cases of sexual harassment puts solicitors in a difficult position and may even discourage reporting, it has been claimed.’
Legal Futures, 19th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Cook, R v [2018] EWCA Crim 530 (14 March 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Harb v HRH Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz [2018] EWHC 508 (Ch) (16 March 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Hart v Hart [2018] EWHC 549 (Fam) (15 March 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Pook v Rossall School [2018] EWHC 522 (QB) (16 March 2018)
Marcura Equities FZE & Anor v Nisomar Ventures Ltd & Anor [2018] EWHC 523 (QB) (16 March 2018)
Siddiqui v University of Oxford [2018] EWHC 536 (QB) (16 March 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A solicitor whose corporate client had a summary judgment entered against them because he failed to attend a court hearing, has been struck off after making a false statement denying he knew about it in advance.’
Litigation Futures, 19th March 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Music nerds may remember with fondness the great copyright wrangle involving Procol Harum and Bach. The focus of that dispute was the organ line in the 1967 hit Whiter Shade of Pale, and Blackburne J’s judgment is imperative reading for anyone interested in the law’s dominion over music, ideas or intellectual property in general. Go to the end of this post for a reminder of that entertaining litigation and its outcome.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th March 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Court of Appeal has found for NHS Resolution (NHSR) in three test cases over the reasonableness of solicitors switching clients from legal aid to conditional fee agreements (CFAs) ahead of the introduction of LASPO.’
Litigation Futures, 16th March 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Families of serial killer Stephen Port’s victims have been told a report into the Met Police’s initial response to the four deaths “will be damning”, according to solicitors.’
BBC News, 19th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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