London Metropolitan University (LMU) is planning to take legal action, most likely in the form of seeking a judicial review, regarding a recent shock decision by the UK Border Agency (UKBA).
An unprecedented decision means that the University’s license to sponsor students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) is being revoked.
As London 2012 ends its first week, the fear of the city being overwhelmed has fortunately not come to pass. The order and calm will come as a relief to many Londoners, and will certainly impress our international guests, but for cycling Londoners the true ‘Olympic legacy’ may be a bitter taste of what might have been.
In 2007, Sustrans made projections of how the 2012 Olympics would fuel the development of ‘green’ cycle and walking routes throughout the capital. Not one of these proposals came to fruition while more contentious schemes ballooned in cost. The realised vision of the London Games is marked with a particular disinterest in accommodating cyclists. With the controversial ORN Olympic Lanes now in force, the Olympics are pitting cyclists against a gauntlet of temporary routes and pockets of congestion while offering few exemptions or bypasses for bikes.
Many citizens living in locations that will impacted by the Olympic Games are less than pleased over the hassle surrounding the summer event. One of the biggest fears is over a potential increase in crime.
There has been speculation over how the court system will cope. Plans for how the courts will deal with offences committed during the Olympics have now been outlined and there will be an ‘Olympics fast-track system’ for crimes correlated to the Games.
As the Jubilee bank-holiday weekend is just around the corner, many looking to celebrate the event have been caught by surprise after warnings have been issued asking people to stay away from the centre of London.
Once again it is the arrival of the Olympics that is posing an obstruction to many. In preparation for the Olympics, rail works and maintenance of some of the tube lines have been scheduled to be carried out during the weekend. (more…)
Part IV: Arbitration
Today is the fourth part of our blog series on alternative dispute resolution. The two previous posts have looked at mediation in general and what types of disputes are suitable for mediation.
In this post we will be looking at arbitration, which will be continued in next week’s post when the focus will be on the type of disputes commonly solved through arbitration.
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London is the legal and financial capital of the UK. The prominent position of the nation’s capital on the world scene entails that some groundbreaking legal decisions are taken here. Have a look at our posts relating to legal developments in London.
