Royal Navy sailor sex discrimination ruling reviewed – BBC News
“A ruling that a sailor missed out on promotion due to her gender is to be reviewed.”
BBC news, 10th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: tribunals
BCL Old Co Ltd and others v BASF SE ( formerlyBASF AG) and others (No 2) – WLR Daily
“There was no power under the Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2003 to extend time for bringing proceedings for follow-on damages under the Competition Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 15th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Mental health patients face legal aid delay – The Guardian
“People with mental health problems are finding it increasingly difficult to get lawyers to represent them at tribunals because of changes to the legal aid system.”
The Guardian, 9th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Courts will ‘struggle to cope’ with Equality Act caseload – Law Society’s Gazette
“Employment lawyers have warned that tribunals could be ‘submerged’ by a surge in cases stemming from the Equality Act 2010, which came into force this month.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th October 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Tribunal orders Government department to release IT contract details – OUT-LAW.com
“The Information Tribunal has ordered a Government department to publish most of the till-now withheld details of a major IT contract after ruling that the public interest was served better by disclosure than secrecy.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th September 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Kenneth Clarke announces plans for unified judiciary – Ministry of Justice
“The Lord Chancellor Kenneth Clarke has outlined plans to create a unified judiciary in England and Wales under the overall leadership of the Lord Chief Justice. Work is already well under way to create a new single unified organisation bringing together Her Majesty’s Court Service and the Tribunals Service, after the plan was announced in March.”
Minsitry of Justice, 16th September 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Royal pressure ‘led to FoI ban on disclosure of lobbying by Charles’ – The Guardian
“Guardian to go to tribunal to gain access to letters to ministers, while Act amendments may mean 20-year block on letters.”
The Guardian, 13th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fox Hayes partners face £1m fine – Law Society’s Gazette
“Eight former partners of collapsed Leeds firm Fox Hayes have been held personally responsible for a fine of nearly £1m which was levied against the firm 18 months ago by the Financial Services Authority and remains unpaid.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th August 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Basis of Copyright Tribunal royalty ruling flawed, says High Court – OUT-LAW.com
“The Copyright Tribunal did not have a sound basis for the royalty rate it set in a dispute between rights holders and a music TV broadcaster, the High Court has said. The Tribunal set a new rate on spurious grounds and misunderstood evidence, it said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th August 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Omak Maritime Ltd v Mamola Challenger Shipping Co Ltd – WLR Daily
Omak Maritime Ltd v Mamola Challenger Shipping Co Ltd [2010] EWHC 2026 (Comm); [2010] WLR (D) 230
“An arbitral tribunal in assessing damages for breach of contract had been wrong to treat a claim for wasted expenses and a claim for loss of profits as two separate and independent claims which could not be ‘mixed’. Both claims were governed by the principle which required the court to make a comparison between the claimant’s current position and what it would have been had the contract been performed. Where steps had been taken to mitigate the loss which would otherwise have been caused by a breach of contract that principle required the benefits obtained by mitigation to be set against the loss which would otherwise have been sustained.”
WLR Daily, 6th August 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R (PM) v Hertfordshire County Council – WLR Daily
R (PM) v Hertfordshire County Council [2010] EWHC 2056 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 229
“A local authority charged with obligations to children under ss 17 and 20 of the Children Act 1989 was not bound by a simple finding of fact by the First Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) as to the age of an applicant for support. Such a finding was not a judgment in rem nor otherwise binding in law on the local authority, or on other strangers to the asylum and immigration appeal.”
WLR Daily, 6th August 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Family win school catchment spying case – The Guardian
“A family won a landmark ruling today when a council was found to have acted illegally in spying on them for nearly three weeks to discover whether they had lied about living in the catchment area of a top primary school.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
£30m heroin smuggler avoids deportation thanks to obscure law – Daily Telegraph
“A Turkish drug trafficker sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for his role in one of Britain’s largest-ever heroin seizures cannot be deported because of an obscure European law.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (Cart) v Upper Tribunal (Public Law Project intervening) – WLR Daily
“The Upper Tribunal, while subject to the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court, was not amenable to judicial review to correct an error of law made in the course of an adjudication which the tribunal was authorised to make.”
WLR Daily, 26th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Harris v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors – WLR Daily
Harris v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors [2010] EWCA Civ 808; [2010] WLR (D) 189
“If an applicant seeking registration, or a registered approved driving instructor seeking renewal of his registration, failed to disclose convictions or made a false declaration that he had no convictions, that struck at the heart of the registration process and the question whether he was a ‘fit and proper person’ to be entered in the applicable register.”
WLR Daily, 16th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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What isn’t wrong with Sharia law? – The Guardian
“To safeguard our rights there must be one law for all and no religious courts.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Deane v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – WLR Daily
Deane v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2010] EWCA Civ 699; [2010] WLR (D) 162
“In determining whether a claimant seeking Carer’s Allowance was ‘receiving full-time education’, so as to be excluded, it was erroneous to ask how many hours were actually spent on the activities which were defined within the applicable Regulations.”
WLR Daily, 28th June 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Calls for change to leasehold law – BBC News
“Lawyers want the rules surrounding leasehold homes to be clarified amid claims some freeholders are charging too much for extensions.”
BBC News, 5th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
SIAC: striking the balance between national security and human rights – The Guardian
“Analysis of the court ruling yesterday on deporting suspected terrorists on the basis of confidential assurances because they would face torture or death.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lord Neuberger calls for single appeals tribunal – Law Society’s Gazette
“The master of the rolls has recommended that a single body should be responsible for hearing appeals brought by lawyers or legal businesses found to have breached licensing and ownership rules. Lord Neuberger said it is essential that common standards are applicable across the profession.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th March 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
