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Honouring the legend of Darrow
The American lawyer Clarence Darrow (pictured) did not come to the annual wreath-tossing in his honour last week. But then he hasn’t appeared since his death in 1938. Darrow, never a believer in Spiritualism, said that if he ever did return it would be in Jackson Park, Chicago, on the ...
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Unjust deserts
The boot was on the other foot last week, when Obiter found himself cast as a token male at the International Women in Law Summit 2012. He listened with humility as Law Society vice-president Lucy Scott-Moncrieff told delegates that senior male partners generally thought they deserved their success, rather than ...
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Media distortion obscures human rights
Should you, for any bizarre reason, feel like a period of abuse from outraged members of the public, try defending the European Court of Human Rights’ decision in the Abu Qatada case. One outraged viewer of a TV slot three weeks distant is still calling daily to express his anger. ...
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Kettling no violation, ECHR rules
The ‘kettling’ of protesters and others by the Metropolitan Police in 2001 did not violate their human right to liberty and security, the European Court of Human Rights ruled today. The case was brought to the Strasbourg court by a demonstrator and three passers-by who had ...
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ECHR vindicates UK for second time in a week
The UK government has been cleared of human rights violations for the second time this week, following a ruling by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights that by suspending a doctor from practice it had not violated his right to ‘peaceful enjoyment of possessions’.
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Employment
Workplace stress - Employee diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome MacLennan v Hartford Europe Ltd: Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice Hickinbottom): 24 February 2012 The Queen's Bench Division held that given ...
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Employment
Sex discrimination - Employee married to husband - Tribunal dismissing claim Dunn v Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management: EAT (Judge McMullen QC, Mrs R Chapman and Mr P Smith): 2 December 2011 ...
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Environmental
Nuisance - Motor racing - Defendants using land for motor racing Lawrence and another v Fen Tigers Ltd and others: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Mummery, Jackson, Lewison): 27 February 2012 ...
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Fair game
Although the most obvious response to the letter from David Enright is that the concept of justice cannot be reduced to a mathematical equation, it is nevertheless true that there are objective criteria that can be considered and evaluated in some way. Therefore the concept may have some merit.
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News focus: no to ‘patronising’ quotas
Women lawyers overwhelmingly oppose the introduction of quotas as a tool to help more of them into senior positions in firms, it emerged at an international conference last week. As the proportion of women on boards of FTSE100 companies looks set to pass 25%, the ...
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Hill start
Biking is a theme at Southport personal injury firm Fletchers, so it was appropriate that Tommy Hill, British Superbike champion, was invited to open its new offices. Fletchers sponsored Hill at the start of his career in 2003. Hill knows a bit about personal injuries: his early racing life included ...
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Insolvency
Administration - Client funds - Company providing services for clients wishing to invest in securities Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration): Supreme Court (Lords Hope DP, Walker, Clarke, Dyson and Collins): 29 February 2012 ...
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Intellectual property
Application - Supplementary protection certificate - Application University of Queensland and another v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks: ChD (Patents) (Mr Justice Arnold): 14 February 2012 The first ...
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Law Society survey to probe wellbeing
Solicitors are to be questioned on how rapid changes to the legal landscape are affecting their state of mind. The Law Society will include research on members’ wellbeing as part of its survey of the membership this summer. A membership board report says the Society should ...
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Libel and slander
Publication - Internet posting - Claimant bringing libel action against first and second defendant companies Tamiz v Google Inc and another: Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice Eady): 2 March 2012 ...
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Simple maths
With reference to David Enright's letter, I do not understand why his ‘equation’ for justice: J = FP+EAOFT is not simply expressed J = FP+EA+OFT ie the element ‘OFT’ (objectively fair tribunal) should be an addend not a denominator.
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Question time
It took a month, but the Gazette’s revelations of difficulties with Ministry of Justice interpreting arrangements have finally reached the top. Labour MP Gisela Stuart last week used prime minister’s questions to ask about the quality of service experienced by West Midlands Police from translating contractor Applied Language Solutions. The ...
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How long can the USA hold off ABSs?
With David Cameron and Barack Obama currently cementing their special relationship, the focus is very much on the links that bind the UK and US.