‘Google the decision in Henia Investments Inc v Beck Interiors Ltd and you will find a raft of articles championing the decision as adding yet further weight to the argument that payment applications submitted by the “payee” must be clear and unambiguous.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 3rd February 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘Whatever happens on 23 June 2016 HMG will have to make rules to implement the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court in the United Kingdom. The reason I say that is that the Agreement comes into force after 13 countries, including France, Germany and the UK, ratify the Agreement. Nine countries including France have already done so (see the European Council’s website). Parliament has enacted primary legislation to enable the Secretary of State to give effect to the Agreement in the UK by order in council (see S,17 of the Intellectual Property Act 2014 inserting a new s.88A and s.88B into the Patents Act 1977). As it would take time to negotiate an exit agreement under art 50 (2) of the Treaty on European Union the Agreement will almost certainly come into force while the UK is still an EU member. There would have to be some sort of secondary legislation at least for the time in which the UK remains a party to the UPC Agreement.’
NIPC Law, 22nd February 2016
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
‘Financial Ombudsman Service says claims made through third-party companies much less likely to be upheld.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘This consultation sets out the government’s proposals for reforming the fee payable for an application for a grant of probate. The proposed fee regime will move from a flat to a banded fee approach, proportionate to, and rising with, the value of the estate, and at the same time will increase the value of the estate below which no fee is payable from £5,000 to £50,000, lifting some 30,000 estates out of paying any fee. The proposals are intended to be fair and progressive. The Government is also considering whether grant of probate applications should be excluded from the fee remissions scheme and are seeking views on this issue.’
Ministry of Justice, 18th February 2016
Source: www.consult.justice.gov.uk
‘According to the Law Society Gazette, the outcome of more than 2,000 may have been voided by the Form E software fault. Justice Minister Shailesh Vara MP has indicated, in a statement to Parliament, that the assets of more than 3,600 couples were miscalculated.’
Family Law Week, 15 February 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A public consultation over plans to implement age checks on pornography websites has been launched by the UK government.’
BBC News, 16 February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ministers are changing legislation to give councils the power to extend trading hours in their local areas’
Daily Telegraph, 13th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government is committed to modernising the way in which justice is accessed and delivered. We are investing over £700m over the next 4 years to update the court and tribunal estate, installing modern IT systems and making the justice system more efficient and effective for modern users.’
Ministry of Justice, 11th February 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Offenders will have to plead guilty at the earliest opportunity to secure the biggest discount on their jail sentence under new proposals.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘It will become easier for victims of competition law breaches to claim compensation when the EU Damages Directive comes into force in December.’
OUT-LAW.com, 29th January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The UK government is to legislate to bring greater consistency to laws concerning the communications intellectual property (IP) rights holders send to alleged infringers of their rights.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st February 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Association of Lawyers for Children and the National Association of Guardians ad Litem and Reporting Officers respond to recent guidance given in the Central Family Court on the need for guardians to justify their attendance at care hearings save in specified circumstances.’
Family Law Week, 31st January 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘What is misconduct? And who is in public office? The existing law that governs misconduct in public office does not provide clear answers to either of these questions, according to the Law Commission.
Today the Law Commission launched a consultation aimed at exploring how the current law is being used and discovering the problems caused in practice by the law’s lack of clarity.’
Law Commission, 20th January 2016
Source: www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) is set to make encouraging comparison sites to enter the legal market one of its goals for the next year, along with telling regulators to be clearer about how they spend the profession’s money.’
Legal Futures, 20th January 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Reforming higher education in England is both long overdue, and vitally needed to protect the sector’s hard-won reputation.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The introduction of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) in clinical negligence cases is still planned for 1 October 2016, the Department of Health has confirmed.’
Litigation Futures, 14th January 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.co.uk
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