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Jackson reforms: part two
The new funding arrangements from April fundamentally change the civil litigation landscape. Only some of these result from the Jackson costs report. Lord Justice Jackson did not recommend the serious cutbacks in legal aid enacted in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012 and S.I. 2013 ...
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Contempt of court
Committal – Breach of injunction – Claimants publishing photographs on Facebook and Twitter in breach of injunction Attorney general v Harkins; Attorney general v Liddle: Queen's Bench Division: 26 April 2013 ...
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Brazil’s ‘malformed’ penal code
The Brazilian legal system is governed by civil law. Consequently, it mainly relies upon codified legislation rather than precedents. Among the various codes in force, there have been many debates over the penal code. This came into force in 1941 and it was partly revised in 1984.
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Sentencing
Imprisonment – Length of sentence – Defendants pleading guilty to number of terrorism offence R v Khan and others: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division: 16 April 2013 The Court of ...
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Contributory negligence: employee or lawful visitor?
In Sharp v Top Flight Scaffolding Ltd, the claimant was so badly injured in the accident that at trial he was a protected party represented by his brother as litigation friend. Mr Sharp was a 43-year-old scaffolder employed by the defendant, who fell while attempting ...
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Costs precedent
Judgment in the conjoined appeals of Gavin Flatman v Gill Germany and Richard Weddall v Barchester Health Care Ltd was handed down last month [2013] EWCA Civ 278. The decision was an important one in view of the new funding and costs regime that exists following the implementation of the ...
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Do single joint experts work?
The main rationale for using a single joint expert (SJE) is to reduce the costs and delays associated with using expert witnesses on behalf of each of the parties in litigation. This has been in place for a number of years, but experience of SJE appointments confirms that new issues ...
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Extradition
Appeal – Respondent judicial authority requesting appellant's extradition to serve remainder of sentence following various offences Neuman v Circuit Court of Katowice, Poland: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court: 15 February 2013 ...
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Immigration
Rules – Amendment being made – Immigration Rules imposing pre-entry English language test for foreign spouses and partners of British citizens or persons settled in UK R (on the application of Bibi and another v Secretary of State for ...
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The increasing intolerance of British policymakers
On March 22, Nick Clegg delivered his first major speech on immigration since assuming the role of deputy prime minister. In addition to admonishing past Labour policies and highlighting more recent coalition reforms, Clegg outlined the ambitions of his own party, the Liberal Democrats, in building what he referred to ...
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England and Russia: resolving jurisdictional disputes
In recent years London has seen litigants from Russia and other former Soviet republics (the Commonwealth of Independent States or CIS) flock to its commercial courts and play out in the public courtrooms of the Royal Courts of Justice details of the murky ‘wild capitalism’ years which followed the collapse ...
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Deaf clients: in the courtroom
We have previously explored and made suggestions for reasonable adjustments required in order to make legal proceedings accessible to deaf people. The courtroom is no exception to this rule and once again an assessment of need for each deaf client will be required to ensure that adjustments are made and ...
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Nervous shock and secondary victims
A secondary victim is someone who, when witnessing an accident, suffers injury consequential upon the injury, or fear of injury, to a primary victim. Because of the potential for multiple claims for damages arising out of a single accident, the courts have been anxious to restrict the numbers of claimants ...
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Making a new EU
The passing of Baroness Thatcher has triggered a swell of emotion, and some parts of her legacy permeate today’s politics. The UK’s relationship with the EU at least partly defines her premiership. David Cameron says he wants to renegotiate the UK’s relationship with Europe and ...