Overlawyered » United Kingdom http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 23 May 2013 04:15:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 “EU to ban olive oil jugs from restaurants” http://overlawyered.com/2013/05/eu-ban-olive-oil-jugs-restaurants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eu-ban-olive-oil-jugs-restaurants http://overlawyered.com/2013/05/eu-ban-olive-oil-jugs-restaurants/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 14:46:25 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=38529 Traditional refillable open-spouted vessels and dipping bowls will need to give way to “pre-packaged, factory bottles with a tamper-proof dispensing nozzle and labeling in line with EU industrial standards.” [Bruno Waterfield, Daily Telegraph] In perhaps not unrelated news, a new poll finds Euroskepticism strong in the U.K. [Telegraph]: When voters are asked the exact question [...]

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]]> Traditional refillable open-spouted vessels and dipping bowls will need to give way to “pre-packaged, factory bottles with a tamper-proof dispensing nozzle and labeling in line with EU industrial standards.” [Bruno Waterfield, Daily Telegraph] In perhaps not unrelated news, a new poll finds Euroskepticism strong in the U.K. [Telegraph]:

When voters are asked the exact question Conservatives want to put to the public in the 2017 referendum, “Do you think that the UK should remain a member of the EU?”, 46 per cent opt to come out, a higher figure than in other recent polls, while just 30 per cent want to stay in.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2013/05/eu-ban-olive-oil-jugs-restaurants/feed/ 2 “Keep Calm and Carry On” copyright controversy http://overlawyered.com/2013/05/keep-calm-carry-on-copyright-controversy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=keep-calm-carry-on-copyright-controversy http://overlawyered.com/2013/05/keep-calm-carry-on-copyright-controversy/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 10:52:21 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=38300 You’d think if anyone owned the phrase, it would be Her Majesty’s Government or, failing that, the bookselling couple in the North of England who brought the W.W. II-vintage poster back from obscurity. But one former TV producer has different ideas, and would like to own the rights. [CBS News (autoplays; I've removed the previously [...]

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]]> You’d think if anyone owned the phrase, it would be Her Majesty’s Government or, failing that, the bookselling couple in the North of England who brought the W.W. II-vintage poster back from obscurity. But one former TV producer has different ideas, and would like to own the rights. [CBS News (autoplays; I've removed the previously embedded video because I couldn't disable autoplay); earlier]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2013/05/keep-calm-carry-on-copyright-controversy/feed/ 0 Great moments in immigration law (UK division) http://overlawyered.com/2013/05/great-moments-immigration-law-uk-division/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=great-moments-immigration-law-uk-division http://overlawyered.com/2013/05/great-moments-immigration-law-uk-division/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 15:32:59 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=38051 An immigration judge has ruled that the British government cannot deport convicted drug dealer Hesham Ali, who has never been in the country legally, because he has a girlfriend and making him leave would therefore violate his “right to family life” under the Human Rights Act [Telegraph]: He convinced a judge he had a “family [...]

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]]> An immigration judge has ruled that the British government cannot deport convicted drug dealer Hesham Ali, who has never been in the country legally, because he has a girlfriend and making him leave would therefore violate his “right to family life” under the Human Rights Act [Telegraph]:

He convinced a judge he had a “family life” which had to be respected because he had a “genuine” relationship with a British woman – despite already having two children by different women with whom he now has no contact.

Ali also mounted an extraordinary claim that his life would be in danger in his native Iraq because he was covered in tattoos, including a half-naked Western woman – a claim which was only dismissed after exhaustive legal examination.

Meanwhile, Ted Frank argues that the case of the Tsarnaev family points up the longstanding problem of dubious or fraudulent asylum claims [Point of Law]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2013/05/great-moments-immigration-law-uk-division/feed/ 3 Attorneys’ fees roundup http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/attorneys-fees-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=attorneys-fees-roundup http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/attorneys-fees-roundup/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:07:52 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=35720 We’re worth it: lawyers in credit card case want judge to award them $720 million [Alison Frankel, Reuters] Johnson & Johnson will fight $181 million payday for private lawyers in Arkansas Risperdal case [Legal NewsLine] British Columbia, Canada: “Lawyer Ordered To Pay Costs Personally For ‘Shoddy Piece Of Counsel Work’” [Erik Magraken] Ontario client questions [...]

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  • We’re worth it: lawyers in credit card case want judge to award them $720 million [Alison Frankel, Reuters] Johnson & Johnson will fight $181 million payday for private lawyers in Arkansas Risperdal case [Legal NewsLine]
  • British Columbia, Canada: “Lawyer Ordered To Pay Costs Personally For ‘Shoddy Piece Of Counsel Work’” [Erik Magraken] Ontario client questions lawyer’s fee [Law Times]
  • Sixth Circuit: attorneys fees statute not intended to cover dry cleaning and mini-blinds [Legal Ethics Forum]
  • Indiana lawmaker goes back to drawing board on loser-pays bill [Indiana Law Blog]
  • ‘Shocked’ by $3M legal fee in fatal car-crash case, judge tells lawyers to pay plaintiff lawyer $50K [ABA Journal]
  • Seth Katsuya Endo, “Should Evidence of Settlement Negotiations Affect Attorneys’ Fees Awards?” [SSRN via Legal Ethics Forum] /li>
  • In Israel, more of a discretionary loser-pays arrangement [Eisenberg et al, SSRN via @tedfrank]
  • British cabbie beats ticket, recovers only some of his legal costs. Still better than he’d do here, right? [Daily Mail]
  • Turnaround guru Wilbur Ross: current structure of bankruptcy fees encourages lawyer “hyperactivity” [Reuters]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/attorneys-fees-roundup/feed/ 2     U.K.: Tourist boss threatens to sue weather service http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/u-k-tourist-boss-threatens-sue-weather-service/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-k-tourist-boss-threatens-sue-weather-service http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/u-k-tourist-boss-threatens-sue-weather-service/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:05:27 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=37712 The chairman of the Dan yr Ogof group of tourist attractions in South Wales is threatening to sue Britain’s National Weather Service over “misleading predictions of bad weather which later do not materialize … Forecasts of Good Friday snow for the Swansea Valley area saw a rash of booking cancellations at the attraction, he said. [...]

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    ]]>     The chairman of the Dan yr Ogof group of tourist attractions in South Wales is threatening to sue Britain’s National Weather Service over “misleading predictions of bad weather which later do not materialize … Forecasts of Good Friday snow for the Swansea Valley area saw a rash of booking cancellations at the attraction, he said. But while coach parties [= tour buses] made other arrangements, the day turned out to be one of blazing sun and blue skies, although quite cold.” [Press Association/Yahoo; Sarah Rae Fruchtnicht, Opposing Views]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/u-k-tourist-boss-threatens-sue-weather-service/feed/ 4     “EU pours millions into groups seeking state control of press” http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/eu-pours-millions-groups-seeking-state-control-press/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eu-pours-millions-groups-seeking-state-control-press http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/eu-pours-millions-groups-seeking-state-control-press/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:45:23 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=37570 This is totally appalling: “The European Union is quietly pouring millions of pounds into initiatives and groups seeking state-backed regulation of the press, including key allies of the controversial Hacked Off campaign.” [Andrew Gilligan, Telegraph] Tweet Tags: Europe, newspapers, United Kingdom

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    ]]>     This is totally appalling: “The European Union is quietly pouring millions of pounds into initiatives and groups seeking state-backed regulation of the press, including key allies of the controversial Hacked Off campaign.” [Andrew Gilligan, Telegraph]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/eu-pours-millions-groups-seeking-state-control-press/feed/ 0     Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013 http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/m/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=m http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/m/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:38:53 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=37429 “Steely,” “indomitable,” and endlessly quotable: I’ve got a blog post up at Cato about her life and career. BBC Radio 5 liked it and will be interviewing me this evening about her. P.S. Among other views, Ira Stoll relates her success in cutting tax rates while bolstering government finance, and Jesse Walker wonders whether she [...]

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    ]]>     “Steely,” “indomitable,” and endlessly quotable: I’ve got a blog post up at Cato about her life and career. BBC Radio 5 liked it and will be interviewing me this evening about her.

    P.S. Among other views, Ira Stoll relates her success in cutting tax rates while bolstering government finance, and Jesse Walker wonders whether she actually was as ideologically distinctive as all that on issues like deregulation. And as often happens, the subject of Mrs. T. brings out Andrew Sullivan in good form.

    Audio from BBC 5:

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/m/feed/ 1     U.K.: “Policewoman sues man who called 999″ http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/u-k-policewoman-sues-man-called-999/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-k-policewoman-sues-man-called-999 http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/u-k-policewoman-sues-man-called-999/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:20:27 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=37245 Thetford, Norfolk, U.K.: “A man who dialled 999 fearing a burglary at his petrol station is being sued by the policewoman who answered the call because she fell on the premises.” The officer, Kelly Jones, claims that Steve Jones did not adequately light the gas station or take adequate care for her safety in other [...]

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    ]]>     Thetford, Norfolk, U.K.: “A man who dialled 999 fearing a burglary at his petrol station is being sued by the policewoman who answered the call because she fell on the premises.” The officer, Kelly Jones, claims that Steve Jones did not adequately light the gas station or take adequate care for her safety in other ways. [SkyNews, BBC] On the chipping away on this side of the Atlantic of the historic “firefighter’s rule,” which has kept rescuers from suing private parties over injuries sustained in the course of their rescues, see our tag on the subject as well as individual posts (cops sue schizophrenic gunman’s mother; Florida cop sues family over slip-fall after rescuing baby.)

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2013/04/u-k-policewoman-sues-man-called-999/feed/ 1     Free speech roundup http://overlawyered.com/2013/03/free-speech-roundup-14/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-speech-roundup-14 http://overlawyered.com/2013/03/free-speech-roundup-14/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:06:00 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=37022 Alarms re: proposed new UK code to regulate press, both print and electronic [John O'Sullivan, Andrew Stuttaford] “Why we won’t sign the press-regulation Charter” [The Spectator: Nick Cohen] Also from the UK: “Police investigate Conservative MP Tim Loughton for calling man ‘unkempt’” [Telegraph] “Teenager arrested for tweeting rap lyric containing the word ‘homicide.’” [Ann Althouse] [...]

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  • Alarms re: proposed new UK code to regulate press, both print and electronic [John O'Sullivan, Andrew Stuttaford] “Why we won’t sign the press-regulation Charter” [The Spectator: Nick Cohen]
  • Also from the UK: “Police investigate Conservative MP Tim Loughton for calling man ‘unkempt’” [Telegraph]
  • “Teenager arrested for tweeting rap lyric containing the word ‘homicide.’” [Ann Althouse]
  • “CNN Argues that Requiring Captioning of Web Videos Would Violate Free Speech” [Disability Law, Courthouse News; more on new web accessibility push]
  • Administrator at Yeshiva U. hires lawyer to get posts removed from prominent law blogs, Streisand Effect ensues [Scott Greenfield]
  • Philly Mayor Michael Nutter sends letter to city human relations commission demanding investigation of Philadelphia Magazine for publishing article he dislikes [Ken at Popehat, Hans Bader]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2013/03/free-speech-roundup-14/feed/ 1     Ethics roundup http://overlawyered.com/2013/02/ethics-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ethics-roundup http://overlawyered.com/2013/02/ethics-roundup/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:06:49 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=35454 His own bad deal to make: client can’t sue lawyer for malpractice after lawsuit lending swallows up proceeds of $150K settlement [BNA] U.K. legal representation: “John Flood looks at the cab rank rule” [Legal Ethics Forum, more] Drumming up business: “Junk fax class action may proceed despite attorney misconduct” [Reuters] “Personal Injury Lawyers Sue Other [...]

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  • His own bad deal to make: client can’t sue lawyer for malpractice after lawsuit lending swallows up proceeds of $150K settlement [BNA]
  • U.K. legal representation: “John Flood looks at the cab rank rule” [Legal Ethics Forum, more]
  • Drumming up business: “Junk fax class action may proceed despite attorney misconduct” [Reuters]
  • “Personal Injury Lawyers Sue Other Personal Injury Lawyers Over Solicitation” [Turkewitz, more]
  • Manipulating time records to qualify for bonus proves costly for Wisconsin attorney [Volokh]
  • Lawyer profile: “Defender of the Notorious, and Now Himself” [NY Times]
  • Local prosecutors connive at debt-collection abuses thanks to 2006 legal provision [LA Weekly]
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