‘There is still “quite a lot of ignorance” among solicitors about adjudication as a “swift and relatively inexpensive” way of settling professional negligence disputes, a barrister adjudicator has said.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd August 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority has proposed the introduction of revised standards for the Higher Rights of Audience qualification.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st August 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Muslims are being detained at ports and airports for up to six hours by law enforcement using controversial counter-terrorism powers so disproportionately that the practice has become Islamophobic, according to human rights group Cage.’
The Guardian, 20th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A family lawyer who created an online divorce service did so to avoid regulation and not share the fees generated with his law firm, a tribunal has found in striking him off.’
Legal Futures, 22nd August 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Regardless of whether one attributes this famous quote to Voltaire or Spider-Man, the sentiment is the same. Power and responsibility should be in equilibrium. More power than responsibility leads to decision-making with little concern for the consequences and more responsibility than power leads to excessive caution. This article argues that there is now a disequilibrium in the NHS, which is the root cause for defensive medical practice and the growing NHS litigation bill.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st August 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A former manager at a care home where a young woman died is due to be sentenced later this month for failing to attend and disclose evidence to an inquest.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st August 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Housing charity Shelter Scotland is seeking to crowdfund legal action over what it says is Glasgow City Council’s unlawful failure to offer homeless people temporary accommodation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st August 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The defendant local authority appealed against a master’s refusal of permission to withdraw a pre-action admission made by its insurer.’
Zenith PI Blog, 21st August 2019
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The Planning Inspectorate has issued – for s.78 planning appeals following the inquiries procedure – new guidance and a new process for the submission of the Statement of Case and Statement of Common Ground.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd August 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has told a litigant they cannot argue against their opponent’s costs simply on the basis that the figure is higher than their own.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th August 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The BBC reports that pro-life protesters have lost their legal challenge against the UK’s first buffer zone around an abortion clinic. Ealing Council implemented a 100-metre exclusion zone at the Marie Stopes centre last year after women complained of being intimidated. The Good Counsel Network, which holds vigils outside the clinic in Ealing, west London, denied harassing women. Three Court of Appeal judges dismissed the bid to overturn the ban on protests directly outside the facility.’
Law & Religion UK, 21st August 2019
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘A UK immigration judge rejected the asylum claim of a man from a country where homosexuality is illegal in part because he did not have a gay “demeanour”, a lawyer has revealed.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An application to review the sentences given to two boys convicted following the fatal stabbing of a teenager has been refused.’
BBC News, 21st August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The former lord chancellor Chris Grayling “never believed access to social justice” was important while Liz Truss was a “disaster” in the same role, according to a highly revealing memoir by one of the country’s most senior, recently retired judges.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
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