Day: 5 May 2016

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted May 5th, 2016 in legislation by tracey

The Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (Commencement) Regulations 2016

The Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provision) Order 2016

The Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 (Commencement) Order 2016

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Trading Fund (Amendment) Order 2016

The Magistrates’ Courts (Psychoactive Substances Act 2016) (Transfer of Proceedings) Rules 2016

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted May 5th, 2016 in law reports by tracey

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Tesfay & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 415 (04 May 2016)

IFX Investment Company Ltd & Ors v Revenue And Customs [2016] EWCA Civ 436 (04 May 2016)

Khan, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 416 (04 May 2016)

Goldtrail Travel Ltd v Aydin & Ors [2016] EWCA Civ 439 (04 May 2016)

High Court (Administrative Court)

DHL International (UK) Ltd (‘DHL’), R (on the application of) v The Office of Communications (‘oFcom’) [2016] EWHC 938 (Admin) (04 May 2016)

The British Medical Association, R (o the application of) v The General Medical Council & Anor [2016] EWHC 1015 (Admin) (04 May 2016)

McAtee, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Justice [2016] EWHC 1019 (Admin) (04 May 2016)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

AB v ROYAL Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 1024 (QB) (04 May 2016)

Hosseini v Central Manchester University & Anor [2016] EWHC 974 (QB) (04 May 2016)

Source: www.bailii.org

NHS trust fined £185k over inadvertent release of confidential data on staff – Local Government Lawyer

Posted May 5th, 2016 in data protection, fines, hospitals, internet, news by tracey

‘The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust after it posted the private details of 6,574 members of staff on its website.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 4th May 2016

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

APIL 2016: no retreat on personal injury reform, says justice minister – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted May 5th, 2016 in consultations, damages, insurance, news, personal injuries, small claims by tracey

‘Justice minister Lord Faulks today indicated that there will be no retreat on far-reaching and controversial plans to reform the personal injury sector.’

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Law Society’s Gazette, 4th May 2016

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation: a lacuna in the law – Family Law Week

Posted May 5th, 2016 in children, family courts, harassment, kidnapping, legislation, news, sexual grooming, sexual offences by tracey

‘Matthew Warmoth, pupil barrister at Fourteen, finds that the court can do little to protect children from CSE when the exploiter is not a party to proceedings and there has been no police caution or conviction for a sexual or violent offence.’

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Family Law Week, 4th May 2016

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Gang jailed over pensioner phone scam – BBC News

Posted May 5th, 2016 in elderly, fraud, gangs, money laundering, news, sentencing, telecommunications, terrorism by tracey

‘Eight men from London have been jailed for a phone scam that defrauded UK pensioners out of more than £1m.’

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BBC News, 4th May 2016

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Thousands of court cases adjourned due to failures in interpreting services – The Guardian

Posted May 5th, 2016 in adjournment, contracting out, delay, interpreters, news by tracey

‘More than 2,600 court cases have been adjourned over the past five years because of failures in the interpreting service, according to figures released by the Ministry of Justice.’

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The Guardian, 4th May 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bill forcing people to prove nationality slammed as discriminatory – The Guardian

Posted May 5th, 2016 in bills, documents, immigration, news, passports, police, race discrimination by tracey

‘Government measures making people prove their nationality or face prosecution risk damaging community relations and are discriminatory, critics have warned.’

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The Guardian, 4th May 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Former chief constable calls for public inquiry into Orgreave clashes and beyond – The Guardian

Posted May 5th, 2016 in industrial action, inquiries, miners, news, police by tracey

‘A public inquiry should examine the way Margaret Thatcher’s government used the police to occupy communities during the 1980s miners’ strike, a former chief constable has said. Sir Peter Fahy said the police attitudes that caused public outrage last week, following the Hillsborough inquest verdicts, were fostered by events such as the government using officers to crush one of Britain’s bitterest industrial disputes.’

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The Guardian, 4th May 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Judge overturns ‘absurd’ NHS decision not to treat narcoleptic 17-year-old – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 5th, 2016 in health, medical treatment, medicines, news, young persons by tracey

‘NHS England has been ordered by the High Court to treat a teenager with a severe neurological condition.’

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Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2016

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

George Bell: The battle for a bishop’s reputation – BBC News

Posted May 5th, 2016 in children, clergy, news, sexual grooming, sexual offences, victims by tracey

‘George Bell was one of the most influential Anglican bishops of the last century. But, almost 60 years after his death, he was accused of having been a child abuser. Now campaigners are battling to defend his reputation.’

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BBC News, 5th May 2016

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Kandyce Downer: Foster mother guilty of murdering toddler in her care jailed for life – The Independent

Posted May 5th, 2016 in fostering, murder, news, sentencing by tracey

‘A foster mother who battered an 18-month-old baby to death just months after becoming her guardian has been jailed for life.’

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The Independent, 4th May 2016

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Tough talk on crime has led to a crisis in Britain’s prisons – The Guardian

Posted May 5th, 2016 in assault, crime, news, prisons, sentencing, suicide by tracey

‘The rapid rise in suicides and assaults behind bars was inevitable, given the UK imported an experiment that had failed – disastrously – in America.’

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The Guardian, 5th May 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk