Paddling pool victim seeks millions – Daily Telegraph

“Student Andrew Risk, who was paralysed after diving into 2ft of water, sues Rose Bruford drama school for ‘failing to control high jinx at summer ball’.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th November 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Podcast 224: Dexter Dias QC on female genital mutilation and human rights – Charon QC

Posted November 21st, 2013 in barristers, crime, female genital mutilation, human rights, news, prisons, women by sally

“Dexter Dias QC talks to me about the legal and moral issues involved in female genital mutilation and the increasing prison population in the USA and UK.”

Podcast

Charon QC, 20th November 2013

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted November 21st, 2013 in law reports by sally

Supreme Court

Bucnys v Ministry of Justice [2013] UKSC 71 (20 November 2013)

Patel & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC 72 (20 November 2013)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Fields & Ors v R. [2013] EWCA Crim 2042 (14 November 2013)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Lanfear v Chandler [2013] EWCA Civ 1497 (20 November 2013)

Salat v Barutis [2013] EWCA Civ 1499 (20 November 2013)

Deutsche Bahn AG & Ors v Morgan Advanced Materials Plc & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 1484 (20 November 2013)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

GH Cornish LLP & Ors v Smith [2013] EWHC 3563 (QB) (20 November 2013)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Speciality European Pharma Ltd v Doncaster Pharmaceuticals Group Ltd & Anor [2013] EWHC 3624 (Ch) (20 November 2013)

Pennyfeathers Ltd & Ors v Pennyfeathers Property Company Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 3530 (Ch) (19 November 2013)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Obi v The Solicitors Regulation Authority [2013] EWHC 3578 (Admin) (20 November 2013)

Arshad v Court of Magistrates Malta [2013] EWHC 3619 (Admin) (20 November 2013)

High Court (Family Division)

G v B (Rev 1) [2013] EWHC 3414 (Fam) (07 November 2013)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Westshield Ltd v Whitehoue & Anor [2013] 3576 EWHC (TCC) (18 November 2013)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Kazakhstan Kagazy Plc & Ors v Zhunus & Ors [2013] EWHC 3618 (Comm) (20 November 2013)

Transition Feeds LLP v Itochu Europe Plc [2013] EWHC 3629 (Comm) (15 November 2013)

Source: www.bailii.org

Ethics in International Arbitration: The Big Debate – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted November 21st, 2013 in arbitration, international courts, legal representation, news by sally

“International arbitration has something of a reputation as the ‘Wild West’ of the law; a land where personalities are at least as important (or perhaps more so) than procedural rules, and legal representatives can be viewed by their clients as hired guns.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 21st November 2013

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Maletic and another v lastminute.com and another – WLR Daily

Maletic and another v lastminute.com and another (Case C-478/12); [2013] WLR (D) 444

“The concept of ‘other party to the contract’ laid down in article 16(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L12, p 1)also covered the contracting partner of the operator with which the consumer concluded that contract and which had its registered office in the member state in which the consumer was domiciled.”

WLR Daily, 14th November 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Belgacom NV v Interkommunale voor Teledistributie van het Gewest Antwerpen (Integan) and others (Telenet NV and others intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted November 21st, 2013 in EC law, freedom of establishment, law reports, media by sally

Belgacom NV v Interkommunale voor Teledistributie van het Gewest Antwerpen (Integan) and others (Telenet NV and others intervening) (Case C-221/12); [2013] WLR (D) 443

“Pursuant to the freedom of establishment under article 49FEU and the freedom to provide services under 56FEU of the FEU Treaty, an economic operator in a member state could, before the courts of that member state, allege an infringement of the obligation of transparency under those articles occurring at the time of conclusion of an agreement whereby one or more public entities of that member state had either granted to an economic operator of that same member state a licence for services of certain cross-border interest or granted an economic operator the exclusive right to engage in an economic activity of cross-border interest.”

WLR Daily, 14th November 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Asbestos NHS treatment cost recovery bill is voted into law – BBC News

Posted November 21st, 2013 in asbestos, bills, costs, insurance, news, Wales by sally

“A bill to recover the costs of treating Welsh asbestos patients from businesses or insurers has been passed by assembly members.”

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BBC News, 20th November 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Philip Murray: Natural Justice at the Boundaries of Public Law – UK Constitutional Law Group

Posted November 21st, 2013 in civil justice, constitutional law, contracts, news by sally

“The intention of this post is a simple one: to assess the ways in which natural justice arguments have historically been raised in private law proceedings. By ‘natural justice’ I mean those common law principles requiring a fair procedure and an unbiased tribunal when powers are exercised. Ordinarily, of course, natural justice arguments arise in judicial review proceedings against public bodies in the Administrative Court or Upper Tribunal, usually when those bodies are exercising a statutory power. But to what extent can it be argued that a private body, in its private relations with private individuals, has acted unlawfully by making decisions in a procedurally unfair manner?”

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UK Constitutional Law Group, 21st November 2013

Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org

Patel & Others (Appellants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent); Anwar (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent); Alam (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) – Supreme Court

Posted November 21st, 2013 in appeals, human rights, immigration, law reports, Supreme Court, tribunals by sally

Patel & Others (Appellants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent); Anwar (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent); Alam (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2013] UKSC 72 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 20th November 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

Sakalis (Appellant) v Ministry of Justice, Lithuania (Respondent); Lavrov (Respondent) v Ministry of Justice, Estonia (Appellant); Bucnys (Appellant) v Ministry of Justice, Lithuania (Respondent) – Supreme Court

Posted November 21st, 2013 in appeals, extradition, government departments, law reports, Supreme Court, warrants by sally

Sakalis (Appellant) v Ministry of Justice, Lithuania (Respondent); Lavrov (Respondent) v Ministry of Justice, Estonia (Appellant); Bucnys (Appellant) v Ministry of Justice, Lithuania (Respondent) [2013] UKSC 71 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 20th November 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

Private eyes convicted over ‘blagging’ personal data – BBC News

Posted November 21st, 2013 in conspiracy, data protection, news, privacy, private investigators by sally

“Two private investigators who tricked GP surgeries and utility firms into revealing people’s private details have been convicted of breaking data laws.”

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BBC News, 20th November 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Mark Elliott: Where next for the Wednesbury principle? A brief response to Lord Carnwath – UK Constitutional Law Group

Posted November 21st, 2013 in constitutional law, judges, judicial review, news, speeches by sally

“In his recent annual lecture to the Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association, Lord Carnwath spoke to the title: ‘From judicial outrage to sliding scales—where next for Wednesbury?’ In this post, I outline some of the key points made in the lecture and offer some critical commentary on the approach to substantive judicial review commended by Carnwath.”

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UK Constitutional Law Group, 20th November 2013

Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org

Lie tests to be given to sex offenders – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 21st, 2013 in bail, lie detectors, news, police, probation, sexual offences by sally

“Sex offenders will be offered lie detector tests to help police assess the risk they pose to the public when released.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th November 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Defamation law reforms to take effect from the start of 2014 – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 21st, 2013 in defamation, defences, freedom of expression, legislation, news, publishing, regulations by sally

“Changes to UK defamation laws will come into force on 1 January 2014, the Justice Minister has announced.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 20th November 2013

Source: www.out-law.com

Marine “A” and the sentencing of battlefield executions – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted November 21st, 2013 in armed forces, courts martial, murder, news, sentencing, war by sally

“In early November 2013, Marine A (as he is known) was convicted by a court martial of murdering a badly wounded Taliban insurgent by shooting him in the chest.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 20th November 2013

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Jamie Kightley death trial: Parents found guilty – BBC News

Posted November 21st, 2013 in causing death of children or vulnerable adults, child abuse, murder, news by sally

“A couple have been found guilty of causing or allowing the death of their seven-week-old son.”

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BBC News, 20th November 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk