Last 3 months headlines – Page 1386
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Sun exposure
Every office has one. The dedicated, workaholic employee who is so committed to their duties that they refuse to join their more carefree colleagues in abandoning their desks, boarding a flight to warmer climes and spending two weeks lying on a beach towel with their nose in a crime thriller. ...
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Expert witnesses
In parallel with the current debate about whether the law of privacy should be developed by the courts or by parliament, seven justices of the Supreme Court have been divided on a similar issue relating to the creation of an exception to the general rule that grants immunity from suit ...
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Advancing against the judicial ‘no-go area’ that has covered military action
'There shall be no Alsatia here’ is a traditional assertion of judicial jurisdiction over the objections of the Crown. The erudite Lord Justice Sedley was rather fond of the phrase. Historically, it alludes to the legal sanctuary derived from the presence of Whitefriars monastery, south of Fleet Street in London. ...
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Riots: glut of appeals anticipated
Crown courts could face a glut of appeals in response to the speed at which defendants were dealt with last week, when some magistrates’ courts worked through the night to process defendants. Criminal defence lawyers told the Gazette that the swift dispatch with which cases were ...
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Yorkshire councils combine legal teams
Five West Yorkshire councils have combined their legal teams in an attempt to maximise resources and save around £1.6m a year in legal spend. The legal teams at Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield councils have come together to form WYLAW, an umbrella group that will ...
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Sale of goods
Rejection of goods - Right to reject - Parties using terms and conditions from GAFTA 119 RG Grain Trade LLP (UK) v Feed Factors International Ltd: QBD (Comm) (Mr Justice Hamblen): 20 July 2011 ...
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Telecommunications
Mobile telephone networks - Claimants entering into agreements for use of sites by mobile phone network operators Arqiva Ltd and other companies v Everything Everywhere Ltd and other companies: QBD (TCC) (Mr Justice Ramsey): 26 July 2011 ...
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Partnership
Dissolution - Effect - Partnership property - Partnership Act 1890 Boghani v Nathoo: ChD (Sir Andrew Morritt): 2 August 2011 The parties carried on the business of hotel development as ...
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More litigants in person will threaten the county courts with additional delays
The House of Commons’ justice committee, chaired by Sir Alan Beith MP, predicts an increasing number of litigants in person by reason of the government’s curtailment of legal aid. We are told courts must make ‘adjustments’ to cope with this influx ‘in what are often emotionally charged cases’.
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At the double
Obiter always thought BOGOF offers were limited to bags of satsumas, convincing shoppers to take home a small mountain of citrus fruit, only to feel guilty when half of it has to be discarded after a week. But it seems the ‘buy one, get one ...
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Moral entrepreneurs
Some years ago, when I was rather reluctantly having the principles of criminology drilled into me, one of the concepts that interested me most was what was called a symbolic crusade with moral entrepreneurs. It comes about when a group of reformers seizes upon a topic ...
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News focus: Fast-track justice and the riots
Lawyers have recounted extraordinary scenes both of chaos and professional dedication over the past 10 days, as defence solicitors, prosecutors, magistrates and court staff worked through the night to deal with the unprecedented number of people arrested in the wake of last week’s riots across England. ...
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Yorkshire entrepreneur plans new chain of high-street law shops
A Yorkshire law firm has teamed up with the founder of Freeserve to launch a national chain of high-street law stores called Legal365. Last Cawthra Feather and Ajaz Ahmed (pictured) launched the venture in July as a website - Legal365.com - to enable consumers and small ...
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Arbitration
Award - Enforcement - Arbitration finding repudiatory breach of contract Dowans Holding SA and another company v Tanzania Electric Supply Co Ltd: QBD (Comm) (Mr Justice Burton): 27 July 2011 ...
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UK opens route for exceptionally talented migrants
On 20 July the government announced requirements and application procedures for the recently introduced tier 1 (exceptional talent) route under the points-based system. These are part of recent reforms to reduce net migration into the UK and to tackle abuse, while at the same time encouraging the best and the ...
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The SRA has failed to mitigate the risk of solicitors being adversely affected
I write in response to John Hyde’s article, ‘Solicitor-advocates fear QASA disadvantage'. While Mr Hyde comprehensively summarises the issues surrounding judges’ refusal to take part in evaluation, the SRA’s QASA Forum (on 25 July) revealed more fundamental concerns, as highlighted by the Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates and the ...