The ‘diva of divorce’ for the world’s super rich – BBC News
‘If you ever spy your wife or husband in discussion with Ayesha Vardag you might need to panic.’
BBC News, 19th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Year: 2017
LGA issues guidance on introducing Public Space Protection Orders – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Local Government Association has issued guidance on the issues local areas should consider where they are contemplating introducing a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO).’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th June 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Buried alive’: the old men stuck in Britain’s prisons – The Guardian
‘They can’t manage the stairs, so they can’t exercise, or go to classes. They’re afraid to shower in case they fall. The ones with dementia don’t even know where they are. Is this any way to deal with elderly offenders? By Amelia Hill’
The Guardian, 20th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Cancer fraudster ordered to pay back £1 after £15,000 deception – BBC News
‘A woman who conned a business out of more than £14,000 after claiming to have terminal cancer has been ordered to pay back £1.’
BBC News, 20th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
EU seeks to outlaw ‘backdoors’ in new data privacy proposals – The Guardian
‘The European Union is considering banning the implementation of so-called “backdoors” that allow the reading of encrypted messaging, a move that would place it in conflict with the UK government’s desire to have access to all secure communications.’
The Guardian, 19th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
- Quan v Bray & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 405 (16 June 2017)
- Keenan v Woking Borough Council & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 438 (16 June 2017)
- Dexia Crediop SPA v Comune Di Prato [2017] EWCA Civ 428 (15 June 2017)
High Court (Administrative Court)
- Anugha, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Rev 1) [2017] EWHC 1391 (Admin) (15 June 2017)
- Nduka v General Medical Council [2017] EWHC 1396 (Admin) (15 June 2017)
High Court (Chancery Division)
- Twin Benefits Ltd v Barker [2017] EWHC 1412 (Ch) (19 June 2017)
- Nortel Networks UK Ltd & Ors, Re [2017] EWHC 1429 (Ch) (16 June 2017)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
- Select Car Rentals (North West) Ltd v Esure Services Ltd [2017] EWHC 1434 (QB) (19 June 2017)
- Brown v Bower & Anor [2017] EWHC 1388 (QB) (19 June 2017)
- Copthall Ltd v Scorched Earth Services Ltd & Anor [2017] EWHC 1341 (QB) (16 June 2017)
- Noble Caledonia Ltd v Air Niugini Ltd [2017] EWHC 1393 (QB) (15 June 2017)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Delegation – Education Law Blog
‘Section 125 of the Education Reform Act 1988 provides that any institution conducted by a higher education corporation shall be conducted in accordance with Articles of Government. The Articles must make provision with respect to specified matters. They may make provision with respect to other matters. These other matters include procedures for the appointment, promotion, suspension and dismissal of staff.’
Education Blog, 19th June 2017
Source: education11kbw.com
Pair guilty of Jimmy Prout murder after forcing him to eat own testicle – BBC News
‘Two people have been found guilty of murdering a vulnerable man who was tortured for months and forced to eat his own testicle.’
BBC News, 19th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Life support must continue for baby at centre of legal battle – The Guardian
‘Doctors have been told to continue providing life-support treatment to a terminally ill baby at the centre of a high-profile legal battle for another three weeks – to give judges at the European court of human rights time to analyse the case.’
The Guardian, 19th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Rule committee should look at gap in QOCS exception, says High Court judge – Litigation Futures
‘The Civil Procedure Rule Committee may need to address a hole in the exception from qualified one-way costs-shifting (QOCS) that meant defendants in a personal injury claim could not seek their costs because service of the claim had been set aside, rather than struck out, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 19th June 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Number of far-right extremists flagged to Government terror unit soars 30% in a year – The Independent
‘The number of suspected far-right extremists referred to the Government’s key anti-terror programme soared by 30 per cent in the past year, The Independent has learnt.’
The Independent, 19th June 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Landlords ordered to pay £3k in costs after unreasonable behaviour in appeal – Local Government Lawyer
‘The London Borough of Islington has secured a £3,000-plus costs order in its favour after a judge found that landlords had “behaved unreasonably in bringing an appeal which they never intended to pursue properly and never did pursue properly”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th June 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Prisons taking role of care homes and hospices as older population soars – The Guardian
‘Prisons are now the largest providers of residential care for frail and elderly men in England and Wales and are increasingly turning into hospices, providing end-of-life care for older prisoners and even managing their deaths.’
The Guardian, 20th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court again highlights ‘severe consequences’ of deliberately breaching freezing order, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
‘The High Court has again highlighted the “severe consequences” of deliberately breaching a freezing order, imposing a 12-month prison sentence on a woman who failed to comply with two deadlines and later lied to the court, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th June 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Liora Lazarus: Do Human Rights Impede Effective Counterterrorism? – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘Theresa May and Keir Starmer disagree about whether human rights impede effective counterterrorism. Both bring experience at the coalface of this field, May as former Home Secretary, and Starmer as former DPP responsible for the prosecution of terrorist cases. Who is right? There is no point in pretending that human rights do not present legal constraints on counterterrorism powers. Nevertheless, the constraints that do exist are certainly not as restrictive as rights opponents would like us to believe. Moreover, it is crucial to distinguish between legal constraints, and the notion that these constraints constitute practical impediments on the effective prevention and punishment of terrorism. The debate is full of confusion between the two. This post will deal only with the first question of legal constraints, as the second is a matter of empirical proof. Before we can proceed with the normative project of changing human rights protections, a process that has far wider implications for human rights in general and our liberal democratic culture, any government has to provide persuasive evidence that human rights do in fact stand in the way of security. The present government, for as long as it lasts, would also need to dispose of the charge that a 13 % reduction in police numbers over the last six years is less significant in the fight against terror, than the human rights constraints that guide police action.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 15th June 2017
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Legitimate expectation as a ground for judicial review – OUT-LAW.com
‘A number of recent judicial decisions – particularly a recent ruling by the UK’s top judges in the United Policyholders case – have gone some way towards clarifying what counts as a breach of ‘legitimate expectation’ by a public body.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th June 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
NI Abortion Refugees: further thoughts – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Was it unlawful for the Secretary of State for Health, who had power to make provisions for the functioning of the National Health Service in England, to have failed to make a provision which would have enabled women who were citizens of the UK, but who were usually resident in Northern Ireland, to undergo a termination of pregnancy under the NHS in England free of charge?’
UK Human Rights Blog, 15 June 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Expert witnesses jailed in London after perjury on ‘industrial scale’ – The Guardian
‘Seven expert witnesses who fabricated evidence about the cost of replacement hire cars for motorists in road crashes have been jailed.’
The Guardian, 16th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
