‘Issuing gender-neutral passports would not require any change in UK law and the documents would be recognised internationally, the high court has been told.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A report from the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence has made a number of recommendations for the UK’s approach to the rise of algorithms. The report ‘AI in the UK: ready, willing and able?’ suggests the creation of a cross-sector AI Code to help mitigate the risks of AI outstripping human intelligence.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th April 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) needs to take a tougher approach to non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), a leading legal ethics expert has told MPs.’
Legal Futures, 19th April 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Supreme Court
Morris-Garner & Anor v One Step (Support) Ltd [2018] UKSC 20 (18 April 2018)
Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Ltd v Haven Insurance Company Ltd [2018] UKSC 21 (18 April 2018)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Openwork Ltd v Forte [2018] EWCA Civ 783 (18 April 2018)
C (Children : Fact-Finding) [2018] EWCA Civ 801 (18 April 2018)
HM Customs and Revenue v Raftopoulou [2018] EWCA Civ 818 (18 April 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Proles v Kohli [2018] EWHC 767 (Ch) (17 April 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Lord Ltd v HSBC Bank Plc [2018] EWHC 860 (Comm) (18 April 2018)
High Court (Family Division)
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust v Evans & Ors [2018] EWHC 818 (Fam) (11 April 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Heeds v Cleveland Police & Anor [2018] EWHC 810 (QB) (18 April 2018)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd v Sarens (UK) Ltd [2018] EWHC 827 (TCC) (18 April 2018)
Colas Ltd & Ors v Transport for London [2018] EWHC 831 (TCC) (18 April 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Private Client analysis: Alex Ruck Keene, barrister, of 39 Essex Chambers, examines the decision of the Court of Protection in Re AB [2016] EWCOP 66 to approve deceiving a person lacking mental capacity in order to administer her medication.’
Family Law, 19th April 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A judge has dismissed a claim by a law firm paralegal that he was the victim of disability discrimination, finding he had “dishonestly” altered a document about his medical condition and that, in any case, he had not told his employer about his supposed post-traumatic stress disorder.’
Legal Futures, 18th April 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man who killed his housemate and stabbed three members of her family has been sentenced to life in prison.’
BBC News, 18th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rotherham council has been ordered to apologise to a whistleblower who helped to expose the town’s grooming scandal after council officials raided her charity without proper explanation – years after she risked imprisonment by revealing how the council, police and social services turned a blind eye to the abuse of at least 1,400 children.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ofcom has opened seven investigations into Russia Today, in light of the Salisbury nerve agent attack which took place in March.’
BBC News, 18th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘I’ve represented Doreen Lawrence since her son’s murder. The attack on her by a former detective in a BBC documentary makes us feel betrayed about the Met’s attitude to racism.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘It’s one of the cardinal rules of court procedure: once you’ve entered the witness box and started to give evidence, you mustn’t discuss the case with anyone outside court, if there’s a break in the proceedings, until you’ve finished giving evidence.’
Transparency Project, 15th April 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A man who said he was “riddled” with HIV and convicted of trying to infect 10 men has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years.’
BBC News, 18th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AP Moller-Maersk A/S (t/a Maersk Line) v Kyokuyo Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 778 (17 April 2018)
Rotrust Nominees Ltd v Hautford Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 765 (17 April 2018)
Revenue And Customs v Newey (t/a Ocean Finance) [2018] EWCA Civ 791 (17 April 2018)
Loson v Stack & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 803 (17 April 2018)
Leibson Corporation & Ors v TOC Investments Corporation & Ors [2018] EWCA Civ 763 (17 April 2018)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Barry [2018] EWCA Civ 790 (17 April 2018)
Green v Mears Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 751 (17 April 2018)
DW (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 797 (17 April 2018)
Evans & Anor v Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 805 (16 April 2018)
Recorded Picture Company Ltd v Alfama Films Production & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 767 (13 April 2018)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ahmed, R, v [2018] EWCA Crim 739 (17 April 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Connor & Ors v Public Prosecutor’s Office Augsburg, Germany [2018] EWHC 829 (Admin) (17 April 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Pennant v Watkin Jones & Sons Ltd [2018] EWHC 790 (Ch) (17 April 2018)
Burgess & Ors v BIC UK Ltd [2018] EWHC 785 (Ch) (17 April 2018)
Sandhu v Singh & Ors (No. 2) [2018] EWHC 841 (Ch) (16 April 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
JSC BTA Bank & Anor v Tyrkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO [2018] EWHC 835 (Comm) (17 April 2018)
Reliance Industries Ltd & Anor v The Union of India [2018] EWHC 822 (Comm) (16 April 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
PML v Person(s) Unknown [2018] EWHC 838 (QB) (17 April 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
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‘This week involves a trio of disastrous cases where things have gone wrong and judges have explained why.’
Transparency Project, 17th April 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘Major insurers in the UK must “consider a broad set of qualities and competencies” when recruiting board members, and have a policy in place to promote board diversity, under new rules that came into effect on 9 April.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th April 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Criminal defence lawyers in England and Wales could become “extinct”, the Law Society has warned on the back of data showing that this is an increasingly ageing part of the profession.’
Legal Futures, 17th April 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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