Disability rights victories in European Court of Human Rights won by HLS advocate

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In October, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg issued two rulings bolstering the rights of persons with psycho-social disabilities. Both cases were brought by Hungarian-Slovakian disability rights activist János Fiala-Butora LL.M. ’10, an S.J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School and an associate of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability…

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IN THE NORTHAMPTON HIGH COURT

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IN THE NORTHAMPTON HIGH COURT 85/87 Lady’s Lane, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 3HQ THE PARTIES 1. CLAIMANT (a) MS NGOZI GODWELL 2. DEFENDANTS (a) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LOCAL AUTHORITY (b) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE POLICE FORCE, POLICE (c) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (d) NORTHAMPTON BOROUGH COUNCIL Civil, … Continue reading

Local authority - Statutory duty - Breach of statutory duty - Careless performance of statutory duty - Exercise of statutory discretion - Justiciability of decisions involving policy matters - Application of principles of negligence - Whether fair, just and reasonable to impose duty of care. Negligence - Duty to take care - Existence of duty - Children - Local authority - Education authority - Duty owed in relation to welfare of children or children with special education needs - Whether local authority owing direct duty of care - Whether local authority vicariously liable for negligence of professional advice given by or on behalf of authority. Child - Welfare - Local authority - Local authorities' statutory duties in relation to welfare of children - Local authorities failing to take plaintiff children into care - Children suffering ill-treatment and impairment of health - Whether children and parents affected by breach of statutory duty having right of action - Children and Young Persons Act 1969 - Child Care Act 1980 - Children Act 1989. Education - Local education authority - Statutory duty to provide special education - Breach - Right of action for damages - Local education authority failing to assess and provide for special educational needs - Plaintiff suffering consequent damage - Whether plaintiff entitled to bring private law claim for damages - Whether plaintiff limited to administrative channels for redress - Education Act 1944, s 8 - Education Act 1981, s 7. Action - Immunity from civil action - Witness - Expert witness - Extent of immunity from civil action - Psychiatrist interviewing child suspected of having been sexually abused at request of local authority -Whether psychiatrist entitled to immunity from action for negligence: X and others (minors) v Bedfordshire County Council;M (a minor) and another v Newham London Borough Council and others;E (a minor) v Dorset County Council;and other appeals; HOUSE OF LORDS, (United Kingdom)

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2 AC 633, 3 All ER 353, 2 FLR 276, 3 WLR 152, 26 BMLR 15, Fam Law 537, 3 FCR 337, 94 LGR 313

X and others (minors) v Bedfordshire County Council;M (a minor) and another v Newham London Borough Council and others;E (a minor) v Dorset County Council;and other appeals;
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2 AC 633, 3 All ER 353, 2 FLR 276, 3 WLR 152, 26 BMLR 15, Fam Law 537, 3 FCR 337, 94 LGR 313…

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In two separate sets of appeals the issue was whether the careless performance by a local authority of its statutory duties relating to the education and welfare of children could found an action for negligence by children adversely affected by the local authority’s actions.

"The Union of 1707 and the UK Legal Advice

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Legal advice given to the UK government and prepared by Professor Crawford and Alan Boyle [and is available here] has been published and it has come with the not unexpected media frenzy that has characterised the independence debate thus far as politicians and their respective media relations offices engage in yet another morning of telling each other “I told you so”.

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The First Letter to Write

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There has been some talk online of writing letters to halt the bedroom tax. This is no ordinary letter writing campaign.

When you receive your notification to say you are expected to pay x amount due to the bedroom tax, there is a letter you should send to the council, asking them to explain how they decided you should pay.

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Bedroom Tax - How to get rid of it quickly and simply

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Dear Bedroom Tax Affected Tenant.

This is a fully updated post on 16 March 2013 at 8pm and combines two previous articles that together say how you can get rid of the bedroom tax for good and very quickly.  Yes its long but it is worth reading and will only take 5 minutes.  It says why you should challenge the bedroom tax with a simple letter and gives a draft of that letter after having described what carnage and chaos a simple one-page letter from every bedroom tax affected tenant will create. 

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Philanthropist

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I heard this word at the last scene of the movie "Arbitrage". Philanthropist is someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being or someone who makes a lot of good things in order to make life of poor and weak people better.

EXAMPLE: He is a rich business man and philanthropist.

here's the definition and pronunciation from Oxford dictionary: 

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The Culture within the CPS exposed

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WHAT FOLLOWS IS PUBLISHED VERBATIM FROM AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT APPEARS ON THE BAR COUNCIL WEBSITE.

AS EVER, YOUR COMMENTS IN RESPONSE ARE WELCOME. 

THE FOLLOWING EMAIL WAS LEAKED TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BAR, THE CBA AND THE CIRCUIT LEADERS LAST FRIDAY

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Sent: 15 January 2013 18:11

 Subject: The tick and star system

 Dear All

 Please can I encourage you all to adopt a system devised by                and his team at Isleworth when we were LAUs?

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"Tick .we would tick the cases that we didn’t want to do – ie messy ,troublesome cases with lots of complications. We also -would tend to tick the low earners – burglary, going equipped category E, F and H offences."

Judiciary publishes guide for litigants in person | The Law Gazette

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Judiciary publishes guide for litigants in person | The Law Gazette

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The judicial office has today published a self-help guide for litigants in person presenting cases to the interim applications court.

The 16-page guide, penned by High Court judge Mr Justice Foskett, takes litigants through each stage of the process, from giving notice and presenting documents to how to behave in court, apply for costs and seek permission to appeal.

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Social Media

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Welcome to my WordPress.com all about social media and my marketing tips. I stumbled on social media about twenty years ago. Anyway that is a different story.

How To Twitter "New to Twitter" and wondering how to get started? We've made this fun 'how to twitter' I will help you get going quickly. I will answer beginner questions such as how to set up your…

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The Family Procedure Rule Committee makes the following rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75 and 76 of the Courts Act 2003(1),

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The Family Procedure Rule Committee makes the following rules in exercise of the powers conferred  by sections 75 and 76 of the Courts Act 2003(1), section 18(1) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972(2), sections 12 and 48 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982(3), sections 10 and 24 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985(4), section 97(1) of the…

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