‘The judiciary has weighed into the debate about raising the small claims limit for personal injury by expressing “serious dismay” about the lack of consultation with judges and warning the government that any savings are likely to be outweighed by the significant extra burden litigants in person (LiPs) will put on the small claims court.’
Legal Futures, 19th January 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Relatives of murder victims where an individual is acquitted after a trial will be offered enhanced support under a scheme launched today (17 January). Justice After Acquittal (JAA) has worked with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and police to draw up new National Standards of Support (NSS). JAA is a voluntary organisation set up to provide support to families who suffer the double trauma of the murder of a loved one and the subsequent acquittal of the alleged perpetrator.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 17th January 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Guidance issued by Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division on 18 January 2017.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 17th January 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘The government has set the ball rolling on the long-awaited review of its controversial legal aid reforms, the Ministry of Justice has announced.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th January 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Supreme Court
FirstGroup Plc v Paulley [2017] UKSC 4 (18 January 2017)
Rahmatullah (No 2) v Ministry of Defence & Anor (Rev 1) [2017] UKSC 1 (17 January 2017)
Al-Waheed v Ministry of Defence [2017] UKSC 2 (17 January 2017)
Belhaj & Anor v Straw & Ors (Rev 1) [2017] UKSC 3 (17 January 2017)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Shanks v Unilever Plc & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 2 (18 January 2017)
Hamnett v Essex County Council [2017] EWCA Civ 6 (18 January 2017)
British Airline Pilots Association v Jet2.Com Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 20 (18 January 2017)
Channon (t/a Channon & Co) v Ward (t/a Ward & Associates) [2017] EWCA Civ 13 (18 January 2017)
London Borough of Hackney v Haque [2017] EWCA Civ 4 (17 January 2017)
Wood & Anor v TUI Travel Plc (t/a First Choice) [2017] EWCA Civ 11 (16 January 2017)
EA v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 10 (16 January 2017)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Rashid, R v [2017] EWCA Crim 2 (18 January 2017)
Younas v R [2017] EWCA Crim 1 (16 January 2017)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Couper & Ors v Albion Properties Ltd & Ors [2017] EWHC 22 (Ch) (16 January 2017)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Egeneonu v Egeneonu [2017] EWHC 43 (Fam) (18 January 2017)
A & Ors (Children : Scottish adoptions) [2017] EWHC 35 (Fam) (17 January 2017)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
The London Borough of Croydon v Lopes [2017] EWHC 33 (QB) (18 January 2017)
ARF v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWHC 10 (QB) (12 January 2017)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Lalana Hans Place Ltd v Michael Barclay Partnership LLP [2017] EWHC 29 (TCC) (13 January 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The government has rejected a request by the surveillance camera watchdog to allow it to monitor the increasing and unregulated use of CCTV and body-worn video cameras in hospitals.’
The Guardian, 18th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A single mother who was sent to prison by magistrates for 81 days because she was unable to pay her council tax bill was unlawfully jailed, the high court has ruled.’
The Guardian, 18th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘All victims of crime should be given the chance to make a statement in court about the impact the offence has had on their lives, the victims’ commissioner for England and Wales has said.’
BBC News, 18th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A top UK university failed in its duty of care towards a student who was violently assaulted by her staff lecturer, a formal inquiry has concluded, following an investigation by The Independent.’
The Independent, 18th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An extremely rare jewelled flask given to Clive of India after the Battle of Plassey in 1757 could be exported from the UK unless a buyer can match the £6 million price tag. Culture Minister Matt Hancock has put temporary export bars on the flask and on Clive’s huqqa smoking set, which has a price tag of £240,000, to give UK buyers the chance to save the Mughal treasures for the nation.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Parliament could harness the power of technology to provide a system to lawmakers that gives them the ability to test speculatively the knock-on effects of legislative changes while they are considering bills, according to IT guru Professor Richard Susskind.’
Legal Futures, 16th January 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Experts are renewing calls to allow experiments on embryos beyond 14 days of development, saying it would drive medical breakthroughs.’
BBC News, 17th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘With amendments to toughen up trade union legislation waiting in the wings, rushing through yet more changes in response to recent rail strikes would likely only further polarise relations between employers and unions.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th January 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A disabled man has won a Supreme Court case after a dispute with a woman with a buggy over wheelchair space on a bus.’
BBC News, 18th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In his final report, Lord Justice Jackson said: “Disproportionate costs do not become proportionate because they were necessary. In my view, that disproportionate element of the costs cannot be saved, even if the individual items within it were both reasonable and necessary”.’
Litigation Futures, 17th January 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘As has been reported here and here, Westminster City Council have decided to adopt various new housing policies. In particular, there are new proposed policies on temporary accommodation and permanent accommodation offers for homeless households.’
Nearly Legal, 16th January 2017
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Disability rights campaigners have failed in a bid to challenge the Director of Public Prosecution’s policy on assisted dying which they fear leaves vulnerable people “at risk from dodgy doctors”.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The UK is leading a Europe-wide “race to the bottom” with Orwellian counter-terrorism measures that seriously threaten human rights, according to a comparative survey of security laws by Amnesty International.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘US law firms will have less incentive to employ UK-qualified lawyers as a way to access European markets and the UK solicitor title could become less desirable as a result of Brexit, the Law Society has warned.’
Legal Futures, 16th January 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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