Grieving families could be forced to pay a new death tax – Daily Telegraph
‘For some families it could amount to a potential 129-fold increase in costs.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Month: February 2016
UK court approves use of predictive coding as basis for e-disclosure for the first time – OUT-LAW.com
‘A UK court has approved for the first time the use of predictive coding as a basis for determining which electronic documents are relevant to a dispute.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th February 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Hampshire teacher jailed for sex offences against girls – BBC News
‘A junior school teacher who committed a series of “disgusting and appalling” sexual offences against nine girls has been jailed for three years.’
BBC News, 18th February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court awards Lord Chancellor £1m in battle with legal aid firm – Legal Futures
‘The Lord Chancellor has been awarded almost £1m by the High Court in its battle with a legal aid firm over payments on account (POAs).’
Legal Futures, 19th February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Correcting the joint enterprise law won’t lead to mass prison releases – The Guardian
‘The UK supreme court has made a landmark ruling after 30 years, but what are the implications?’
The Guardian, 18th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Celebrities, the Media and the Personal Data Privacy Wars – Gresham College
‘The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) should properly have been called the Data Privacy Act: it is about privacy of personal data and not merely its security. Recent cases – if successful for the claimants – will change the litigation landscape for everyone.’
Gresham College, 27th January 2016
Source: www.gresham.ac.uk
R v Jogee (Appellant) – Supreme Court
R v Jogee (Appellant) [2016] UKSC 8 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 18th February 2016
Shop Direct Group (Appellant) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Respondent) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 17th February 2016
Kennedy (Appellant) v Cordia (Services) LLP (Respondent) (Scotland) – Supreme Court
Kennedy (Appellant) v Cordia (Services) LLP (Respondent) (Scotland) [2016] UKSC 6 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 10th February 2016
R v Taylor (Appellant) – Supreme Court
R v Taylor (Appellant) [2016] UKSC 5 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 3rd February 2016
In the matter of B (A child) – Supreme Court
In the matter of B (A child) [2016] UKSC 4 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 3rd February 2016
UK government considers allowing increased planning fees where councils perform well – OUT-LAW.com
‘Communities secretary Greg Clark has announced that he will consult on whether to reward good performance by certain council planning teams with the opportunity to increase their planning application fees.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th February 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Supreme Court abolishes “wrong turn” Joint Enterprise law – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Today the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the conjoined appeals of R v Jogee and Ruddock v R [2016] UKSC 8, having heard the latter sitting as the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Both cases were appeals against murder convictions founded on a discrete principle of secondary liability, sometimes referred to as ‘joint enterprise’, sometimes as ‘parasitic accessorial liability’ (‘PAL’).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th February 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Jake W. Rylatt and Joseph Tomlinson: Neuberger’s Novelties: Keyu and the Substantive Review Debate – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘Over the past few decades, the question of substantive review has provided one of the liveliest debates in public law. However, despite a myriad of contributions from courts and legal commentators, we are still left with little certainty as to its nature, scope, and structure. As we near 70 years since Lord Greene’s landmark decision in Wednesbury, and despite some interesting and innovative recent additions to the debate, a distinct sense of fatigue has begun to set in.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 17th February 2016
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
Is becoming a lawyer still about ‘who you know’? – Legal Week
‘Law student Jasmine Robinson discusses her experience of how the legal profession is taking steps to shake off its elitist reputation.’
Legal Week, 18th February 2016
Source: www.legalweek.com
Virginia Mantouvalou: Modern Slavery? The UK Visa System and the Exploitation of Migrant Domestic Workers – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘Since 2012 migrant domestic workers arrive in the UK under very restrictive visa conditions. The Overseas Domestic Worker visa does not permit them to change employer and ties them to the employer with whom they arrived for a non-renewable period of six months. Domestic workers, particularly when they live in the employers’ household, are a vulnerable group of workers. They are also often excluded from labour protective laws. The UK visa has been heavily criticised by many for creating further vulnerability, and has even been linked to slavery. Between 15,000 and 16,000 such visas are issued each year, according to the Home Office, which does not provide any further information on arrivals but produces data on the nationality of the employers. About 80 per cent come from a very small number of countries in the Middle East.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 16th February 2016
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
Joint Enterprise press release from the Appellant’s solicitors – UK Human Rights Blog
‘It is important to note that the draft judgment of the Supreme Court was embargoed from all apart from solicitors and counsel until today so our client, Ameen Jogee, and his family only found out about our success this morning.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th February 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Police watchdog criticises Met chief’s comments on sexual abuse policy – The Guardian
‘The head of the police watchdog has criticised Scotland Yard’s commissioner for claiming that an official policy to “believe the victim” had caused confusion among his detectives when investigating prominent people for alleged sexual abuse.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Reputational damage’ fears discouraging corporate fraud investigations, expert warns – OUT-LAW.com
‘Corporate victims of fraud will send a “convincing message about their values” to investors and customers if they set aside their fears of reputational damage in order to publicly investigate and deal with the discovery, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th February 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
