‘Parties are advised to make applications in advance of the expiry of time limits in order to avoid a breach and have the courts look more favourably on their applications. It must be remembered however that an application made in time is not necessarily bound to succeed.’
Zenith PI Blog, 21st November 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Modernised guidance for how UK Visas and Immigration prepares and gives evidence in court, and what it expects when it gives evidence.’
UK Visas and Immigration, 20th November 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration
‘In this blog, Enno Eilts, a Senior Consultant, discusses issues connected with the calculation of interest in damages actions.’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 18th November 2014
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council v KW and others: [2014] EWCOP 45; [2014] WLR (D) 493
‘Article 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms was not engaged where a person, often elderly, who was both physically and mentally disabled to a severe extent, was being looked after in her own home and where the arrangements had been made and paid for by a local authority rather than by the person’s own, or family, funds.’
WLR Daily, 18th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Rasheed v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 1493 (20 November 2014)
Colborne v Colborne [2014] EWCA Civ 1488 (20 November 2014)
Assaubayev & Ors v Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 1491 (20 November 2014)
W (Children) [2014] EWCA Civ 1492 (20 November 2014)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Clifford, R v [2014] EWCA Crim 2245 (07 November 2014)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Group M UK Ltd v Cabinet Office [2014] EWHC 3863 (TCC) (20 November 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Two more men have been banned from contact with young girls in an “innovative” High Court case to prevent child sexual exploitation.’
BBC News, 20th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has ranked almost every mental health NHS trust in England in terms of risk of providing poor care.’
BBC News, 20th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A group of journalists has launched a legal action against Scotland Yard after discovering that the Metropolitan police has been recording their professional activities on a secret database designed to monitor so-called domestic extremists.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The former chief executive of JJB Sports has been convicted of accepting more than £1m in backhanders.’
BBC News, 20th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Nick Clegg has conceded that the new counter-terror bill to be published next week will include a power to force terrorism suspects to relocate to another part of Britain, dropping previous opposition to the measure. But the Liberal Democrats say they have secured further changes to the existing system of terrorism prevention and investigation measures, known as Tpims, that will make it harder rather than easier for the home secretary to use them to restrict a suspect’s liberty.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An animal park owner in Cumbria has been fined for allowing a “threatening” bird to escape.’
BBC News, 20th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has dismissed a challenge to Ealing Council’s approval of plans to redevelop the Oaks Shopping Centre in west London, after disagreeing with claims that the substitution of a councillor on the Council’s planning committee was unlawful.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th November 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘An employment tribunal which decided to carry out its own internet research, apparently to help a litigant in person, has been condemned by Mr Justice Langstaff, president of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).’
Litigation Futures, 20th November 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The High Court has set aside an order made against a litigant after it emerged that his solicitor had duped him by conducting “fictitious” litigation that included faked judgments and telephone conferences involving the impersonation of his senior partner and of leading counsel.’
Legal Futures, 20th November 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A report recommending reforms to the law relating to kidnapping, false imprisonment and child abduction.’
Law Commission, 20th November 2014
Source: www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission
‘Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division issued guidance on the International Child Abduction and Contact Unit on 10 November 2014.’
Judiciary of England and Wales, 19th November 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Operation Kalmia 2 was an investigation to determine whether any offences had been committed in connection with Staffordshire Police’s handling of disclosure of unused material in a prosecution (relating to the death of Kevin Nunes), which resulted in the convictions for murder in the subsequent criminal proceedings being quashed by the Court of Appeal. Following an investigation led by Chief Constable of Derbyshire Mick Creedon and managed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was asked to consider allegations in relation to two matters relating to the handling of the murder trial.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th November 2014
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Parents facing the prospect of having their children taken away from them should have legal aid to fight their case, the Bar Council has said.’
The Bar Council, 17th November 2014
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England) Order 2014
The Products Containing Meat etc. (England) Regulations 2014
The Payment of Pension Levies for Past Periods Regulations 2014
The Tax Relief for Social Investments (Accreditation of Social Impact Contractor) Regulations 2014
The Income Tax (Removal of Ordinary Residence) Order 2014
The Immigration Act 2014 (Bank Accounts) Regulations 2014
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Market Abuse) Regulations 2014
The Immigration Act 2014 (Bank Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2014
The Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Curtailment) Regulations 2014
The Maternity Allowance (Curtailment) Regulations 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
CM v Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council [2014] EWCA Civ 1479 (18 November 2014)
Justice for Families Ltd v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] EWCA Civ 1477 (14 November 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Re Apcoa Parking Holdings GmbH [2014] EWHC 3849 (Ch) (19 November 2014)
Renewable Power & Light Ltd v McCarthy Tetrault & Ors [2014] EWHC 3848 (Ch) (18 November 2014)
IT Human Resources Plc v Land [2014] EWHC 3812 (Ch) (17 November 2014)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Sugar Hut Group Ltd & Ors v AJ Insurance [2014] EWHC 3775 (Comm) (19 November 2014)
High Court (Family Division)
London Borough of Harrow v Rasul & Ors [2014] EWHC 3837 (Fam) (18 November 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Rahmatullah v The Ministry of Defence [2014] EWHC 3846 (QB) (19 November 2014)
Hegglin v Person(s) Unknown & Google Inc [2014] EWHC 3793 (QB) (14 November 2014)
Godley, R v [2014] EWHC 2343 (QB) (14 November 2014)
Baynham v Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust [2014] EWHC 3780 (QB) (14 November 2014)
Hegglin v Person(s) Unknown & Google Inc [2014] EWHC 3798 (QB) (14 November 2014)
Serious Fraud Office v Evans & Ors [2014] EWHC 3803 (QB) (14 November 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
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