Sir Christopher Bellamy QC (Chair):
Sir Christopher is a former judge with a wealth of legal experience. He has recently stepped down as Chairman of Linklaters global competition practice and joined Monckton Chambers to focus on mediation and arbitration. Sir Christopher will lead a dedicated review team within Government and will have close oversight of the work to ensure it meets these terms of reference and delivers robust, evidence-based recommendations.
Professor Sue Arrowsmith QC:
Sue Arrowsmith is Professor Emerita of Law at the University of Nottingham, where she was formerly Director of the Public Procurement Research Group and leader of the EU Asia Link project to establish procurement research centres globally. She was appointed Queen’s Counsel (honoris causa) in 2019 and in 2007 received the CIPS Swinbank Medal for thought innovation in purchasing and supply. She is currently a member of the Government’s Thematic Trade Advisory Group on procurement and also served
Expert and Advisory Panel appointed for the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid
A panel of experts has been appointed to support Sir Christopher Bellamy QC (Chair) in examining the long-term sustainability of the criminal legal aid system.
From:
28 January 2021
The Expert and Advisory Panel, appointed by the Lord Chancellor, will provide support by testing and challenging the review’s emerging findings and recommendations.
Sir Christopher, who was appointed by the Lord Chancellor on 21 December 2020 will chair monthly meetings of the expert and advisory panel, beginning in February. Sir Christopher will submit his recommendations to the Lord Chancellor later this year and it is intended that the report will be published by the end of this year alongside the government’s response.
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The Private Funding of Legal Services Act, 2020 (the Act ), which was gazetted on 7 January 2021 but is not
yet in force, seeks to bring the Cayman Islands position on
litigation funding in line with the well-established regimes in
other common law jurisdictions. The Act will open up the world of
litigation funding to litigants in the Cayman Islands by abolishing
criminal and civil liability for maintenance and champerty and
making statutory provision for entering into litigation funding
agreements without the sanction of the Court.
Litigation funding can be loosely divided into three
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the Patents Act 2004
the Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006
the Patents (Compulsory Licensing and Supplementary Protection Certificates) Regulations 2007
the Legal Services Act 2007
the Crime and Courts Act 2013
the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013(Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014
the Copyright (Public Administration) Regulations 2014
the Intellectual Property Act 2014
the Legislative Reform (Patents) Order 2014
the Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificates) Regulations 2014
the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017
the Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, and
the Intellectual Property (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
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