All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1476
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Freedom of movement
European Union - Workers - Social security St Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Ward, Burnton and Black LJJ): 13 July 2011 ...
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Human rights
Right to a fair hearing - Employment proceedings Home Office v Tariq: Supreme Court (Lords Phillips P, Hope DP, Rodger, Brown, Mance, Kerr, Clarke, Dyson and Lady Hale): 13 July 2011 ...
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Hurting tenants
The recent Benchmarks article by Richard Pates exposes the fact that the Court of Appeal has driven a coach and horses through the tenant deposit scheme inserted into the Housing Act 2004, which protects tenants against the widespread abuse by landlords of the rental deposit system. ...
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Onus on UK to investigate Iraq torture
by Phil Shiner, a solicitor at Public Interest Lawyers The invasion of Iraq by the UK and US in March 2003 led to hundreds of thousands of egregious human rights violations by the UK: unlawful deaths, acts of torture or arbitrary detention without charge. The UK ...
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J-Lo or J-law
Obiter must confess to occasional musings over what might have been if only things had turned out slightly differently. Be honest – who doesn’t?
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Norway’s ministry of justice had the right policies in place
The details that have emerged from Norway of the events on the island of Utoeya are horrific, and would lead any society to ask what could have prevented events unfolding as they did.
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National security
Closed material - Claimants subject of detention by foreign states - Claimants bringing action for damages Al Rawi and others v Security Service and others: Supreme Court (Lady Hale, Lords Phillips P, Hope DP, Rodger, Brown, Mance, Kerr, Clarke ...
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Romeo on trial
Romeo found himself in the dock this week as a group of lawyers joined the Shakespeare Schools Festival to perform The Trial of Romeo at Gray’s Inn. The performance began with young actors performing Romeo and Juliet up to the crucial moment of Tybalt’s death, ...
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A graphic picture of human rights abuses at Camp Ashraf
The bullet had torn through the flesh of her leg and shattered the thigh bone. There was blood, of course, but what I remember most vividly was the dazed shock in her eyes and the way her leg looked like something you might see on a ...
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Newspapers warned against prejudicing trials
Newspapers have been warned they risk impeding the course of justice if they vilify a suspect who is under arrest. The Sun and Daily Mirror were today both found to have breached the Contempt of Court Act 1981 through their reporting of the investigation into the ...
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Law for All blames bureaucracy burden for closure
The UK’s largest not-for-profit social welfare law firm has blamed legal aid cuts and the ‘burden’ of the Legal Services Commission’s bureaucracy for its demise. Law For All, which advised 15,000 clients a year in three London boroughs, East Anglia and the Midlands, went into administration ...
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Five new judges appointed to High Court bench
The Ministry of Justice has announced the appointment of five new high court judges, including the first Sikh to be appointed to the High Court bench. Matrix Chambers’ Rabinder Singh QC (pictured) will become the first Sikh judge to sit in the High Court. ...
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Clyde & Co and BLG confirm merger
Partners at top-40 firms Clyde & Co and Barlow Lyde & Gilbert have voted to proceed with a merger. The management of both firms have agreed the move, which will bring together the insurance specialists. Clyde & Co posted a £212m turnover ...
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The press should take more care not to prejudice trials
If you were searching for a flat in Bristol and found out the landlord was Christopher Jefferies, would you still sign the contract? If you were walking your kids to school and he was approaching, would you cross the road to avoid him? ...
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A struggle between the European courts and EU governments
A year ago, I wrote about the problems facing the European courts. These have not been resolved, and now there is an increasing dispute between the courts and the member states over whether the number of judges should be increased.
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MoJ clamps down on ‘rogue’ CMCs
The Ministry of Justice shut down nearly 350 rogue claims management companies over the last year, according to statistics released last week. In 2010/11, 349 unauthorised or unscrupulous firms were closed as the ministry clamped down on the exploitation of vulnerable consumers, compared to just 35 ...
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Will solicitors want to disclose their diversity information?
The publication of magic circle firm Linklaters’ diversity statistics last week was made all the more interesting by the fact that the Legal Services Board has just laid down in statutory guidance its expectation that all firms will need to be publishing similar information by 2012. ...
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Solicitors fined £20,000 for sending intimidating letters
Two London solicitors have been fined and suspended for three months by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for sending intimidating letters accusing people of illegal filesharing. David Gore, a current partner at Davenport Lyons, and Brian Miller, a former partner at the same firm, were found guilty ...
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Ministers are deaf to reason on legal aid
Time and again government ministers say they are listening when it comes to formulating policy in an environment of austerity. At a press conference on the day that the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill was published, the prime minister David Cameron said ...