Torfaen County Borough Council (Appellant) v Douglas Willis Limited (Respondent) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 31st July 2013
Day: 2 August 2013
McGraddie (Appellant) v McGraddie (AP) and another (AP) (Respondents) (Scotland) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 31st July 2013
Teal Assurance Company Limited (Appellant) v W R Berkley Insurance (Europe) Limited and another (Respondents) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 31st July 2013
R v Hughes (Appellant) – Supreme Court
R v Hughes (Appellant) [2013] UKSC 56 UKSC 2011/0240 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 31st July 2013
Valedictory address by Lord Dyson for Lord Judge: Retirement of the Lord Chief Justice – Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls
Valedictory address by Lord Dyson for Lord Judge: Retirement of the Lord Chief Justice (PDF)
Speech by Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls
Judiciary of England and Wales, 30th July 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Exemptions and Enforcement) Regulations 2013
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013
The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) Order 2013
The Syria (European Union Financial Sanctions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2013
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Broadcasting Consequential Amendments) Order 2013
The Highway and Railway (Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project) Order 2013
The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Survey and Certification) Regulations 2013
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2013
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (European Union Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2013
The Environment Agency (Inland Waterways) (Amendment) Order 2013
The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013
The Added Tribunals (Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal) Order 2013
The Cultural Test (Television Programmes) Regulations 2013
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2013
The Local Justice Areas (No. 2) Order 2013
The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Exemptions, Appeals and Inspections) (England) Regulations 2013
The Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Finance and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Value Added Tax (Education) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Vernon Knight Associates v Cornwall County Council – WLR Daily
Vernon Knight Associates v Cornwall County Council [2013] EWCA Civ 950; [2013] WLR (D) 329
“A landowner owed a measured duty in both negligence and nuisance to take reasonable steps to prevent natural occurrences on his land from causing damage to neighbouring properties. In determining the content of that duty, the court had to consider what was fair, just and reasonable as between the neighbouring parties, having regard to all the circumstances including the extent of the foreseeable risk, the available preventive measures, the costs of such measures and the parties’ resources.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Hobbs v Financial Conduct Authority (formerly Financial Services Authority) – WLR Daily
“A decision by the Financial Services Authority to take no further action against the addressee of a warning notice or decision notice did not become irrevocable or take effect as a discontinuance of proceedings unless it had been communicated to that individual by a notice in accordance with section 389 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Serious Organised Crime Agency v Azam – WLR Daily
Serious Organised Crime Agency v Azam [2013] EWCA Civ 970; [2013] WLR (D) 327
“Where a person who was the subject of a property freezing order made under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 applied for the order to be varied so as to permit him to apply some of his assets which were the subject of the order in paying for his legal expenses, he was under no specific burden of proof requiring him to prove that there were no other available assets which could be used for the relevant purpose, such that if he did not discharge the burden his application must fail.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (MA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equality and Human Rights Commission and another intervening) – WLR Daily
“The refusal of the Secretary of State to exclude some disabled persons from the changes introduced into the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 by the Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012, and the provision made by way of access to discretionary housing payments, constituted a proportionate approach to difficulties which those persons faced.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
American Idol Kelly Clarkson faces export ban from UK Government over Jane Austen ring – The Independent
“The Government has stepped in to stop US singer Kelly Clarkson taking a gold and turquoise ring once owned by Jane Austen out of the country.”
The Independent, 1st August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man jailed for shooting marble at cat – The Guardian
“A man who left a cat needing surgery to remove its eye after shooting it with a catapult has been jailed.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Urgent appeals in warrant suspension cases – NearlyLegal
“We’ve all been there. Perhaps more frequently, litigants in person have been there (although hopefully not the same LiP over and over again). A warrant for possession is due to be executed the next day. It may even be the same day. The occupier has applied to a District Judge to suspend the warrant. The District Judge has, rightly or wrongly, dismissed that application. The occupier, understandably (even more so if the DJ fell into the ‘wrongly’ category), wants to appeal that decision.”
NearlyLegal, 1st August 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.org.uk
Coroner advised by ombudsman over transgender teacher comments – Daily Telegraph
“A coroner who wrote to the Culture Secretary to express his disgust at the press following the death of a transgender teacher has been criticised by the Office for Judicial Complaints.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Undercover spy allegations cast campaigner verdict in doubt – The Guardian
“An official body has called into question the criminal conviction of a political campaigner after allegations that an undercover spy gave false evidence under oath during his prosecution.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
No trade unions for clergy if the Archbishop says no, rules European Court – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Orthodox Archbishop of Craiova in Romania, that is, not the Archbishop of Canterbury. The European Court of Human Rights recently handed down an interesting ruling on Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) that could also have more far-reaching consequences for the application of Article 9 (freedom of religion).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st August 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Coroner blames professor for teenager’s drug death at party – Daily Telegraph
“A coroner has blamed a lecturer and his wife for the ‘tragic and preventable death’ of a 15-year-old girl who took an ecstasy overdose at their home during an unsupervised party.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Missed Chances: Victoria Climbie, Baby P, now Daniel Pelka – how could it happen again? – The Independent
“On his last day of school, Daniel Pelka was desperate for food. While other children made shapes with play jelly, he tried to eat it. He plucked a half-eaten pear from a bin and then grubbed around in a sandpit for dried beans that he tried to eat. Two days later, the four-year-old was dead.”
The Independent, 1st August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rania Alayed: Police watchdog probes missing woman case – BBC News
“Greater Manchester Police’s dealings with a missing mother-of-three are being investigated by The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).”
BBC News, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
