Law Brief Update

Employment Law : O’Cathail v Transport for London EAT

LBU Team — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:19:50 +0000

The Tribunal should not have refused the Claimant’s application for a second adjournment on the basis of ill-health. Where the Claimant’s presence is needed for a fair hearing, but he is blamelessly unable to attend, the tribunal should usually grant an adjournment. The tribunal is entitled to be satisfied that the inability to attend is [...]

Professional Negligence Law: Chapper v Jackson (Ch) 21/12/11

LBU Team — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:28 +0000

An application against a trustee in bankruptcy that he pay £200,000 to the estate as loss alleged to have been occasioned by the sale of a property at an undervalue failed. Following proceedings relating to the property the court ordered that it should sold for not less than £650,000. That was the price at which [...]

Book recommendation: ‘Facts and Figures 2011/12′

LBU Admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:53:01 +0000

Now in its 16th edition, this collection of tables enables you to effortlessly calculate special damages and claims for loss of earnings in personal injury cases. Facts & Figures 2011/12: Brings together all the information in one volume, to assist you in assessing special damages information quickly, easily and efficiently Provides access to the latest, [...]

Cat Chaos Grounds Canadian Flight for Hours

LBU Team — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:05:24 +0000

What would happen if a cat escaped and decided to run around a huge commercial flight to Canada? It’s utter chaos. This is what the passengers of Air Canada Flight 603 from Halifax to Toronto experienced when a cat accidentally escaped its carrying case and decided to run all over the plane. According to the [...]

Issues with the person next door!

Mangala Murali — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:29:50 +0000

Problems with one’s neighbours mainly arise as a result of difficulties in human relationships but will call for legal intervention when it becomes unsolvable between individuals concerned. Amazingly people do put up with inconveniences if they are friendly to one another. When relationships are strained even minute problems tend to get blown out of proportion! [...]

Monday morning with Alex Williams’ cartoons, 30th January 2012

LBU Admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:11:33 +0000

This cartoon is by Alex Williams who draws the Queen’s Counsel cartoons for The Times and in numerous books including Lawyers Uncovered. He also does the cartoons for BabyBarista and has had two more excellent books published recently: 101 Ways to Leave the Law and 101 Uses for a Useless Banker. He offers almost all of [...]

Weekend video: ”Jerusalem’ by Jez Butterworth’

LBU Admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:13:57 +0000

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IT Law: Astrazeneca UK v IBM [2011] EWHC 306 (TCC)

LBU Team — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:15:17 +0000

This case concerned the terms of a ‘Master Services Agreement’, which required the parties to provide various services after termination, until the end of an Exit Period. The parties applied to the court for declarations as to the construction of various terms within the contract, including the term ‘infrastructure’ and ‘associated systems’. The judgment, by [...]

Financial Services Law: FSA v Mahmood, Agha, Anjum and Kumarans Silks Ltd 5/1/12

LBU Team — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:09:39 +0000

In separate actions, the FSA issued final notices cancelling registration of a number of businesses as small payment institutions following the failure by Mr Mahmood to comply with regulatory requirements. Share this article:

Book recommendation: ‘A Certain Justice’ by P D James

LBU Admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:26:39 +0000

Although A Certain Justice begins with news of a murder, the victim isn’t set to die for another four weeks. Publicly respected but privately loathed, Venetia Aldridge has far more enemies than a brilliant London criminal lawyer should–and at least one of them is determined to do her in. Venetia plies her superior trade in [...]