Court 57 at London’s Royal Courts of Justice has become a focus of football attention over the past fortnight. Mr Justice Carnwath has been engaged on a hearing which could challenge the way the Football League manages promotion. Judgment on the case, which is expected some time in August or September, could affect league rules […]
The case of Slough Estates & ors v Welwyn Hatfield District Council & anr is one for the legal record books. Slough Estates, developer of a home counties retail complex, took the local authority for the area to court with the accusation that the authority lied to it over provisions for the retail mix to […]
Alexander v Crawford – QBD, 9 July 1996 Claimant: Antigone Alexander Incident: Road traffic accident Injuries: Claimant suffered whiplash injuries, bruising and shock after head-on car crash; later developed ringing in her ears with post-traumatic shock and psychological symptoms Award: £55,000 (agreed damages) Judge: Judge Derek Holden Plaintiff’s solicitor: Ringrose & Co, Boston, Lincs Plaintiff’s […]
North London widow Milia Kleanthous, whose husband died in hospital after an operation in 1993, is suing New River Health Authority. Her writ claims that the health authority was negligent for failing to recognise or react to the symptoms of major internal bleeding, and for failing to appreciate until shortly before his death the need […]
The libel action in which Ian Botham and Allan Lamb are suing Imran Khan over allegations about their social backgrounds and, in Botham’s case, about ball tampering, should reach judgment before the term ends on 31 July.
Family Division President Sir Stephen Brown is expected to give his verdict on a battle by ex-Tory sports minister Colin Moynihan over his family title. Moynihan is trying to ward off claims to the title by sons of his brother, the late Lord Moynihan.
Solicitors in Ireland have been appointed as judges for the first time after decades of campaigning. Three solicitors have been chosen in this year’s round of judicial appointments: Michael White, of Michael D White & Co, Frank O’Donnell, of Bell Branigan O’Donnell & O’Brien, and John Buckley, of Beauchamps. The Law Society welcomed the appointments […]
The employment services group at Leeds firm Booth & Co has expanded with the appointment of two new fee earners. Frank Sutcliffe, 46, has left academia for Booths. After working in the penal research unit at Oxford University and teaching at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, he became a lecturer in law […]
The legal profession has reacted angrily to the Lord Chancellor’s proposals to introduce standard fees for civil legal aid cases, accusing the Government of seeking justice on the cheap. Under the proposals published last week, standard fees would apply for family and domestic violence work carried out by litigating solicitors and all civil legal aid […]
BARRISTERS have been warned that from now on they may face action under the Bar Council’s planned complaints system if they provide their lay clients with a shoddy service. The rules and procedures of the Bar’s controversial complaints system were approved at a Bar Council meeting earlier this month. The system, under which barristers face […]
The Isle of Man has beaten Jersey to the statute books with a limited liability law aimed at attracting professional partnerships. Its Limited Liability Companies Act was granted Royal Assent on 7 July, while Jersey’s law allowing limited partnerships is not expected to become law until the end of this year. The Act allows the […]
For American prisoners the wait for execution can be a long one – 16 years is not unusual – and this delay has attracted the interest of British barristers opposed to capital punishment. Privy Council barristers who have defended prisoners sentenced to death in the Caribbean feel they have gained invaluable experience which can be […]