‘The government has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown on school exclusions just weeks after introducing new guidelines to headteachers aimed at toughening up discipline in schools.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Topshop has been ordered to pay pop star Rihanna’s legal costs following their multi-million pound battle over a T-shirt. The high-street store lost the dispute when both the High Court and Court of Appeal declared Topshop had used her image unlawfully on a “tank” sleeveless T-shirt sold to thousands of fans.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A radical Muslim student who wanted the black flag of the Islamic State to fly over Downing Street has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after being found guilty of planning to join rebel forces in Syria.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘British courts do have the right to impose whole-life tariffs on prisoners who are jailed for life, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A conditional fee agreement (CFA) that was signed at a client’s home, rather than at the lawyer’s office, was unenforceable because the client had not been given notice of her right to cancel, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.outlaw.com
‘BB, PP, U and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 9 (23 January 2015). This was an appeal by Algerian nationals who had been found by the Special Immigration and Appeals Commission (SIAC) to constitute a threat to UK national security, against deportation to Algeria.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd February 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘There should be tight deadlines on all parties to an injury claim – solicitors, insurers and rehabilitation providers – to ensure that rehabilitation achieves as much as it can, according to one well-known rehabilitation case management company.’
Litigation Futures, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘We are committed to giving an excellent service to all victims and witnesses who attend court as part of our overall commitment to support victims and witnesses effectively throughout their time in the criminal justice system. The aim of this consultation is to ask for responses to the draft guidance which sets out the role played by prosecutors at or before court in ensuring that witnesses give their best evidence. This is a core part of the prosecutor’s job and will, if done properly, impact positively on both the quality of the witness’s evidence in court and the perception of the service they receive from us.’
Attorney General’s Office, 19th January 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘Article 3 of the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992 provided that a dwelling was an exempt dwelling for the purposes of section 4 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 if it fell into Class B: “a dwelling owned by a body established for charitable purposes only, which is unoccupied and has been so for a period of less than sixmonths since the last occupation day, and was last occupied in furtherance of the objects of the charity”. When seeking exemption from council tax under that provision applicants were required to provide sufficient evidence to show that those conditions were satisfied.’
WLR Daily, 29th January 2015
Edwards v Kumarasamy; [2015] EWCA Civ 20; [2015] WLR (D) 40
‘A tenant was not required to give notice of a defect to a landlord for the latter to be liable under section 11(1A) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 for injury or loss to the tenant resulting from the failure of the landlord to keep in repair any part of the building in which the landlord had an interest.’
WLR Daily, 28th January 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘It would not be appropriate in care proceedings to dispose of a case at the case management hearing where there remained any significant issue as to threshold, assessment, or placement; nor could it ever be appropriate where the children’s guardian had not at least had an opportunity of seeing the child or children in question and to prepare a case analysis. Where, unusually, a case was to be disposed of at that hearing adequate notice had to be given to the parties; reluctance on the part of the parents or the children’s guardian would ordinarily be fatal. Furthermore a care order should not be made without some reasons or a judgment, no matter how concise, noting the available options, the positions of the parties and confirming that the outcome for the child was in his or her best interests and was proportionate.’
WLR Daily, 30th January 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Films (Definition of “British Film”) Order 2015
The Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund (Winding Up) Order 2015
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Freezing of Funds) (Revocation) Regulations 2015
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 2015
The Child Poverty Act 2010 (Extension of Publication Deadline) Order 2015
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) Regulations 2015
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015
The Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2015
The Use of Invalid Carriages on Highways (Amendment) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2015
The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors (Amendment) Regulations 2015
The Export Control (Various Amendments) Order 2015
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Police are to reopen a case into a taxi driver who sexually assaulted three women after the man initially convicted cleared his name. Mohammed Islam, 40, was found guilty of touching the women as he drove them home to north east Wales in his taxi.
But he paid for an expert to enhance CCTV which prosecutors had claimed showed his taxi – and it proved he had not been at the scene.’
BBC News, 2nd February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Alex Verdan QC, of 4 Paper Buildings, reviews recent important judgments in private law children cases.’
Family Law Week, 28th January 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Three children were detained at a UK immigration centre despite a government commitment to end the practice, the HM Inspectorate of Prisons has found.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police forces in England and Wales have uploaded up to 18 million “mugshots” to a facial recognition database – despite a court ruling it could be unlawful.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than 500 university professors have urged the home secretary, Theresa May, to urgently rethink her proposals to curb campus extremists.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘One man has been sacked and three others at a North Yorkshire slaughterhouse have had their operating licences suspended after hidden cameras filmed alleged mistreatment of animals.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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