Winterbourne View abusers sentenced – Crown Prosecution Service
“11 people have been sentenced for ill-treating patients at the Winterbourne View care home near Bristol.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 26th October 2012
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
Year: 2012
Gay sperm donor told to pay child maintenance for ‘his’ two children – The Guardian
“A gay man from Essex who donated his sperm to enable a lesbian couple to have two children, but who was never named on their birth certificate and had no role in their upbringing, is being forced by the Child Support Agency to pay for their support – 13 years after the first child was born.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court ruling on foreign insolvency judgments “goes against global nature of business” says expert – OUT-LAW.com
“Insolvency cases should not be treated differently to other cases when it comes to deciding what foreign judgments can be enforced in the UK, the Supreme Court has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Ad watchdog to launch crackdown on misleading internet ads – Daily Telegraph
“The advertising watchdog will launch a crackdown next year on businesses that run misleading internet ads that rip off consumers.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Last quango in Paris? Why the fate of the EHRC is important for all of us – UK Human Rights Blog
“In its foreign policy, the UK Government is a keen advocate of national human rights institutions (NHRI’s). The Brighton Declaration, drafted by the UK, encourages Council of Europe States to consider ‘the establishment, if they have not already done so, of an independent National Human Rights Institution’. In June 2012 the UK signed a UN General Assembly resolution ‘Reaffirming the important role that such national institutions play and will continue to play.’”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Prisoners to launch legal action on voting rights – The Guardian
“Prisoners denied the right to vote are to start legal proceedings for compensation immediately in wake of the declaration by David Cameron that he will not change the law despite a ruling by the European court of human rights and the views of his senior law officer Dominic Grieve.”
The Guardian, 28th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Right to Manage – the Court of Appeal speaks – NearlyLegal
“Gala Unity Ltd v Ariadne Road RTM Co Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1372 is important for those doing long leasehold work. I’m not entirely sure it’s right (or, perhaps a better way of putting it, I’m not sure it’s a good decision, it may be right within the statutory framework), but I’ll save that for the end. Since this is the first Right to Manage case to reach the Court of Appeal, I’ll set out some of the relevant background.”
NearlyLegal, 27th October 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Government orders building standards review – The Guardian
“Regulations covering building standards, including fire safety and wheelchair access, could be torn up in a government plan to cut costs for the construction industry and boost the economy.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BCL No.2: The Supreme Court addresses time limits in follow-on claims – Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers
“The White Paper which first proposed follow-on damages claims promised a ‘swift’ and ‘streamlined’ procedure. The idea was that when a regulator had made an infringement finding, there would be a simple way for victims to claim damages without having to prove the infringement afresh.”
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 28th October 2012
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
Use stronger snooping powers against fly tipping, watchdog urges – Daily Telegraph
“New powers to snoop on all emails, web visits and phone calls could still be used to combat minor crimes despite Government assurances, the watchdog who oversees them has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ken Clarke hits back over secret courts – The Guardian
“Clarke insists that under the justice and security bill nothing currently heard in open court would be moved to closed court.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sex abuse: Reginald Davies jailed for 1949-1973 offences – BBC News
“A former serviceman and miner who sexually assaulted four girls in south Wales between 1949 and 1973 has been jailed for 11 years.”
BBC News, 26th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Junior staff are ‘missing complications’ during birth leading to billions of pounds worth of claims – Daily Telegraph
“Senior staff and consultants must be available on the labour wards 24 hours a day in order to supervise junior doctors and midwives and reduce mistakes, said the report from the NHS Litigation Authority.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Winterbourne View: Care workers jailed for abuse – BBC News
“Six out of 11 care workers who admitted a total of 38 charges of neglect or abuse of patients at a private hospital have been jailed.”
BBC News, 26th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
English GCSE: Legal action launched by schools and councils – BBC News
“A group of head teachers and councils has launched legal action against the exam regulator Ofqual and two exam boards over June’s English GCSE exam.”
BBC News, 26th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
BCL Old Co Ltd & Ors v BASF Plc & Ors [2012] UKSC 45 (24 October 2012)
Birmingham City Council v Abdulla & Ors [2012] UKSC 47 (24 October 2012)
Rubin & Anor v Eurofinance SA & Ors [2012] UKSC 46 (24 October 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Donovan v London Borough of Barking & Dagenham [2012] EWCA Civ 1375 (26 October 2012)
Petrodel Resources Ltd & Ors v Prest & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 1395 (26 October 2012)
The Trade Mark Licensing Co Ltd & Anor v Leofelis SA & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 1366 (26 October 2012)
Brown v London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames [2012] EWCA Civ 1384 (26 October 2012)
F (Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 1364 (24 October 2012)
Bexhill UK Ltd v Razzaq [2012] EWCA Civ 1376 (24 October 2012)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Semaj, R v [2012] EWCA Crim 2239 (24 October 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc v Colliers International UK Plc [2012] EWHC 2942 (Ch) (24 October 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
L v R [2012] EWHC 2894 (Comm) (24 October 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Joseph & Ors v Spiller & Anor [2012] EWHC 2958 (QB) (26 October 2012)
McCann & Anor v Bennett [2012] EWHC 2876 (QB) (24 October 2012)
High Court ( (Technology and Construction Court)
ADS Aerospace Ltd v EMS Global Tracking Ltd [2012] EWHC 2904 (TCC) (24 October 2012)
Middle Level Commissioners v Atkins Ltd [2012] EWHC 2884 (TCC) (24 October 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (Badger Trust) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – WLR Daily
“Section 10(2)(a) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 empowered the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to proceed with a policy involving a grant of licences, whereby farmers and landowners, in areas said to be the worst affected by bovine tuberculosis in England, would be allowed to carry out controlled culling of badgers.”
WLR Daily, 11th September 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Governor & Company of the Bank of Ireland and another v Colliers International UK plc (in administration) and others – WLR Daily
“The court had jurisdiction under paragraph 43(6) of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 to give permission retrospectively to institute legal proceedings against a company in administration.”
WLR daily, 24th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Rintisch v Eder – WLR Daily
Rintisch v Eder: C-553/11; [2012] WLR (D) 289
“Article 10(2)(a) of First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the member states relating to trade marks meant that the proprietor of a registered trade mark was not precluded from relying, in order to establish use of the trade mark for the purposes of that provision, on the fact that it was used in a form which differed from the form in which it was registered, without the differences between the two forms altering the distinctive character of that trade mark, even though that different form was itself registered as a trade mark. The article precluded an interpretation of a national provision intended to transpose it into domestic law whereby article 10(2)(a) did not apply to a ‘defensive’ trade mark which was registered only in order to secure or expand the protection of another registered trade mark that is registered in the form in which it was used.”
WLR Daily, 25th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (George) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“The making of a deportation order automatically invalidated a grant of indefinite leave to remain. Revocation of the deportation order would revive the indefinite leave to remain, but in the case of a foreign criminal who could not be deported for legal reasons, the Secretary of State had power to revoke leave under section 76 of the Nationality, Asylum and Immigration Act 2002.”
WLR Daily, 23rd October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
