Case Summary: R v Lord Chancellor (2016)

What do you think of this case? Let us know by leaving a comment below! If you like this Lawtel case summary and would like to read more cases like this, subscribe to this website, like this post and leave a comment!   The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012 reg.33, which specified the supporting … Continue reading Case Summary: R v Lord Chancellor (2016)

Case Summary: R v S (2016)

A judge had been entitled to rule that evidence of amphetamine in a mother’s flat was relevant to whether she was reckless or indifferent to her child's safety in a trial for cruelty to a child under 16. On a charge of child cruelty in the form of willful neglect, the prosecution was not confined … Continue reading Case Summary: R v S (2016)

Case Summary: Penten Group LTD v Spartagroup LTD (2016)

The court declared that the parties were bound by an arbitrator's decision that the contract between them was governed by the letter of intent and not by JCD terms unless and until that decision was challenged. Since the introduction of the Arbitration Act 1996, the courts had to grant arbitrators latitude in order for them … Continue reading Case Summary: Penten Group LTD v Spartagroup LTD (2016)

Case Summary: St Modwen Properties and St Modwen Pensions V Michael Wynspeare Herbert (2016)

Rectification of a pension deed was granted to correct a mutual mistake that had resulted in a failure to distinguish between the different percentage rates applicable to pensionable service payments before and after a given date. LTL 4/2/2016 EXTEMPORE Ch D (Rose J) The claimants' pension scheme, which had been established on January 1 1959, … Continue reading Case Summary: St Modwen Properties and St Modwen Pensions V Michael Wynspeare Herbert (2016)