CoA blocks CIA drones challenge – The Lawyer

Posted January 21st, 2014 in appeals, crime, intelligence services, murder, news, weapons by sally

‘The Court of Appeal (CoA) has thrown out a claim challenging the legality of British involvement in US drone strikes because any judgment would be a condemnation of US foreign policy.’

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The Lawyer, 21st January 2014

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Drax protesters’ convictions quashed – BBC News

Posted January 21st, 2014 in appeals, demonstrations, failure to disclose information, news, police by sally

‘Twenty-nine people sentenced after a power station protest where an undercover police officer was working have had their convictions quashed.’

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BBC News, 21st January 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Force India and Damages for Misuse of Confidential information – Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers

Posted January 21st, 2014 in confidentiality, contracts, damages, news, sport by sally

‘In the world of Formula 1 (“F1”), millions of pounds can be won or lost over the matter of a few seconds. Mega-rich companies compete to create faster cars, carefully guarding any information that might shave a few moments off a model’s time. The aerodynamism of a F1 model is crucial to this time performance, and it transpires, also useful for generating questions on the misuse of confidential information.’

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Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 21st January 2014

Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted January 21st, 2014 in legislation by sally

The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 2014

The Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) (Amendment) Order 2014

The Billing Authorities (Anticipation of Precepts) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted January 21st, 2014 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Secretary of State for the Home Department v Rodriguez [2014] EWCA Civ 2 (20 January 2014)

Khan, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs [2014] EWCA Civ 24 (20 January 2014)

Thevarajah v Riordan & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 15 (16 January 2014)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Vidal -Hall & Ors v Google Inc [2014] EWHC 13 (QB) (16 January 2014)

Sardar v NHS Commissioning Board [2014] EWHC 38 (QB) (16 January 2014)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Dinsdale Moorland Services Ltd v Evans & Ors [2014] EWHC 2 (Ch) (16 January 2014)

Enasarco v Lehman Brothers Finance SA & Anor [2014] EWHC 34 (Ch) (16 January 2014)

High Court (Family Division)

Practice Guidance (Transparency in the Family Courts) [2014] EWHC B3 (Fam) (16 January 2014)

H v W [2013] EWHC 4105 (Fam) (20 December 2013)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Lumsdon & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Legal Services Board [2014] EWHC 28 (Admin) (20 January 2014)

Holywell Property (St Albans) Ltd v Dacorum Borough Council & Anor [2014] EWHC 32 (Admin) (16 January 2014)

Gaviria -Manrique v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 33 (Admin) (16 January 2014)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Unite the Union v Liverpool Victoria Banking Services Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 19 (Comm) (20 January 2014)

Source: www.bailii.org

John Mander Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd v Revenue and Customs Comrs – WLR Daily

Posted January 21st, 2014 in appeals, income tax, law reports, pensions, taxation by sally

John Mander Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd v Revenue and Customs Comrs [2013] EWCA Civ 1683; [2014] WLR (D) 12

‘Where the revenue gave notice of its withdrawal of approval of a pension scheme under section 591B(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, the date for the purposes of section 591C(1) when the charge to tax arose in respect of that scheme was the date when approval of the scheme was withdrawn and not the date from which approval ceased to continue.’

WLR Daily, 19th December 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

In re LC (Children)(Reunite International Child Abduction Centre intervening) – WLR Daily

In re LC (Children)(Reunite International Child Abduction Centre intervening) [2014] UKSC 1; [2014] WLR (D) 11

‘In determining whether an adolescent child had achieved a sufficient degree of integration into a social and family environment in a country in which she was living, so as to be habitually resident there, a relevant factor was her state of mind during that residence.’

WLR Daily, 15th January 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Rise in financial services whistleblowing could result in more prosecutions, expert says – OUT-LAW.com

Posted January 21st, 2014 in financial regulation, news, whistleblowers by sally

‘An 88% rise in the number of workers in the financial services sector ‘blowing the whistle’ on white collar crime could lead to an increase in prosecutions in 2014, an expert has said.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 20th January 2014

Source: www.out-law.com

Right to die: the issues before the Supreme Court – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted January 21st, 2014 in assisted suicide, crime, defence, evidence, necessity, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘Tony Nicklinson lost his legal battle in 2012 for a judicial ruling that, were his wife to administer life-ending drugs to him at his express request, she would not be liable to prosecution for murder.’

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 20th January 2014

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

The EU’s Data Protection Regulation: where are we? – Panopticon

Posted January 21st, 2014 in data protection, EC law, news, regulations by sally

‘The replacement of Directive 95/26/EC – the bedrock of data protection in Europe – with a new Regulation is intended as a radical overhaul, making protections for personal data fit for the digital world. It has now been over two years since the first substantive draft of that Regulation was made public.’

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Panopticon, 20th January 2014

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Woman who lured man to ‘inhuman’ torture by offering sex is spared jail – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 21st, 2014 in false imprisonment, news, sentencing, suspended sentences, torture by sally

‘Chantelle McCluney, 23, watched on as her boyfriend and another lover tortured and humiliated their victim’

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Daily Telegraph, 20th January 2014

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Justice secretary puts back probation service privatisation deadline – The Guardian

Posted January 21st, 2014 in contracting out, delay, news, probation by sally

‘The justice secretary, Chris Grayling, has announced a two-month delay in the timetable for privatising 70% of the probation service after his most senior officials advised there would be public safety issues if he pressed full steam ahead.’

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The Guardian, 20th January 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

EU proposals could outlaw giant NHS database – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 21st, 2014 in data protection, EC law, health, news, privacy by sally

‘Proposed EU laws could render £50 million NHS database illegal, senior officials warn.’

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Daily Telegraph, 20th January 2014

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

IPCC to investigate police handling of Hamzah Khan case – The Guardian

Posted January 21st, 2014 in child neglect, complaints, domestic violence, homicide, news, police by sally

‘The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is to investigate whether officers mishandled the case of a four-year-old boy whose mummified remains were found in his cot almost two years after he died.’

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The Guardian, 20th January 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk