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27 Jun 2011

Tribunal merger may 'dilute rather than enhance' expertise, Lady Hale warns

Lady Hale has warned of a risk that the merger of tribunals under the Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 and “amalgamation of very different jurisdictions in the new chambers will dilute rather than enhance the specialist expertise of their judges and members”.

22 Jun 2011

Supreme Court sets wider test for judicial reviews against tribunals

The Supreme Court has set a new, and more generous, test for judicial reviews against decisions of the Upper Tribunal.

7 Jun 2011

Twitterati not beyond reach of the law, AG repeats

Twitter users have been reminded they were not immune from suit if they used the micro-blogging website for breaking court orders.

31 May 2011

Hemming's way

The trouble with mapping the boundaries of parliamentary privilege is only the House knows the rules, writes Ian Cram

23 May 2011

Report acknowledges difficulties in enforcing super-injunctions on websites

Enforcing a super-injunction on a website was a “more difficult” challenge but the resulting breach was “by no means the same intrusion of privacy as being on the front page of a newspaper”, Lord Neuberger has said.

16 May 2011

Adams to appeal to Europe after miscarriages of justice ruling

The Supreme Court has extended the category of people entitled to compensation following a miscarriage of justice, but not far enough to include Andrew Adams, who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1993 and released after 14 years.

7 Apr 2011

QS hires law students to sell the brand in WHSmith

QualitySolicitors has secured an exclusive partnership with WHSmith which will see the legal franchise offer 'legal access points' in 150 WHSmith stores on the high street and railway stations.

6 Apr 2011

Supreme Court rules against house disguised as a barn

The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled this morning that a man who built a 'barn' on a greenbelt land is not entitled to planning permission for the three-bedroom house and gym hidden inside it.