Family head clamps down on care time limit
Sir James Munby said the 26-week limit will only be departed from where ‘necessary’ to resolve proceedings.
Landlord’s rights on tenant insolvency
Those facing non-payment of rent from a tenant have a number of options.
Civil procedure: relief from sanctions
An overview and guidance for solicitors currently dealing with the changes post-Mitchell.
Local government: liberty and disability
Living arrangements for those with mental incapacity.
Commercial property: tenants at will
Filling in the gaps in unwritten terms.
Extradition
The respondent judicial authority sought the appellant Lithuanian national’s extradition pursuant to a European arrest warrant so that she could stand trial in relation to an allegation of assisting an ‘armed robbery’, said to have occurred in 1996.
Customs and excise
Ryanair had sought to reclaim air passenger duty, which it alleged it had overpaid in respect of connected flights.
Patent
The claimant companies brought proceedings, contending that two patents had been infringed by the defendant companies (together, Virgin). Virgin contended that the patents lacked novelty over a number of other matters, and were obvious. The Patents Court held that, among other things, both patents were invalid for obviousness.
Jurisdiction
The employment tribunal had found the claimant teacher’s claims, including of sexual and racial discrimination, against the third defendant head teacher established. The tribunal’s order was subsequently revoked on review and there was no outstanding judgment against the third defendant. The third defendant appealed, seeking a decision that the tribunal’s findings of fact had been wrong.
Freedom of information
A Guardian journalist appealed after the attorney general blocked the publication of letters Prince Charles wrote to government departments.
Breach of confidence
The claimant musicians pitched the Real Deal, a music talent show, to Sky. Sky did not commission the claimants’ show, but later commissioned and broadcast another musical talent show programme, Must be the Music.
Libel and slander
A Thai official tried to sue the former Football Association chairman Lord Triesman for libel, over allegations Triesman made about him before a parliamentary select committee.
Unpleasant truths
The cuts have been so deep that it is time to consider a fundamental shift in legal aid delivery.
Statute of liberty
Our understanding of ‘deprivation of liberty’ has been redefined, with implications for policy-makers and the law.
