Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions
Whiting v First/Keolis Transpennine Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 4 (17 January 2018)
Premier Paper Group Ltd v Buchanan McPherson Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 15 (17 January 2018)
B (A Child) (care proceedings) [2018] EWCA Civ 20 (17 January 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Coghlan v Cheshire Police & Ors [2018] EWHC 34 (QB) (17 January 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A man and his female friend have been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife and dumping her body in woodland.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A PPI company that made 75 million nuisance calls in just four months has been fined £350,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The director of Miss-sold Products UK Ltd will not face any punishment despite the company he ran “blatantly ignoring the law” because of shortcomings in existing legislation, the ICO said on Wednesday.’
The Independent, 17th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A serial sex attacker who was allowed to continue his spree of violence after police failures is being considered for release by the Parole Board.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Phones 4u has dealt a blow to Britain’s biggest mobile operator from beyond the grave, winning a key battle in a long campaign by its administrators to extract £120m in unpaid commission from EE.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Private probation companies responsible for supervising more than 200,000 offenders in England and Wales face total losses of more than £100m, even after a £342m “bailout” by the Ministry of Justice, MPs have been told.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office has paid out £15,500 in compensation after admitting handing over sensitive information about an asylum seeker to the government of his Middle East home country, a move which could have endangered his life and that of his family.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A coroner has raised concerns about fixed-gear bikes with no front brakes, as she heard how an Italian aristocrat died after falling under the wheels of a truck.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The High Court has admitted up to 17 people in England and Wales were unlawfully sent to jail for not paying their council tax last year – but it refused to accept this constituted “systematic failings” by the courts.’
The Independent, 17th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An American actress and singer is to receive revenge porn damages from her ex-boyfriend after becoming the first person to sue in the British courts.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who served eight months in a youth jail for stealing mailbags in the 1970s has had his name cleared.’
BBC News, 17th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former friend of Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis, who harassed her for two decades, has been jailed for contacting her from prison.’
BBC News, 16th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Justice minister Lord Keen said today that if the government’s personal injury reforms lead to greater involvement by “good” claims management companies (CMCs), it could be “beneficial” for the market.’
Legal Futures, 16th January 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A council has moved to ban anti-abortion protesters from outside a Marie Stopes clinic in west London.’
BBC News, 16th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Couples seeking “quickie divorces” can make the process even speedier as a result of a new online service launched by the Co-op.’
The Guardian, 16th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Crown Prosecution Service has admitted that it needs to improve its disclosure of unused material after a rape trial was abandoned yesterday because vital phone evidence was not disclosed.’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th January 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘In July 2017, the Government announced a public consultation on legal gender recognition in the United Kingdom. In particular, it will invite opinion and advice on plans to adopt a model of self-determination (similar to that currently applied in other European jurisdictions, such as Ireland). Self-determination would allow trans persons to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate on the basis of a statutory declaration, without oversight by a Gender Recognition Panel (s. 1 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA 2004)), a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or having to prove real life experience (GRA 2004, s. 2).’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 16th January 2018
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘Householders could “unwittingly” be hiring victims of modern slavery to wash their cars, paint their nails or lay their drives, councils are warning.’
BBC News, 17th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Nuclear Installations (Prescribed Sites and Transport) Regulations 2018
The Goods and Motor Vehicles (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018
The Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Designs (International Registration of Industrial Designs) Order 2018
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
Malarz v Regional Court of Opole, Poland [2018] EWHC 28 (Admin) (16 January 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
ACLBDD Holdings Ltd & Ors v Staechelin & Ors [2018] EWHC 44 (Ch) (16 January 2018)
Wesley v Chantler & Ors [2018] EWHC 21 (Ch) (16 January 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Phones 4u Ltd v EE Ltd [2018] EWHC 49 (Comm) (16 January 2018)
Apollo Ventures Co Ltd v Manchanda & Ors [2018] EWHC 58 (Comm) (11 January 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Teign Housing v Lane [2018] EWHC 40 (QB) (16 January 2018)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Bombardier Transportation UK Ltd v Merseytravel & Anor [2018] EWHC 41 (TCC) (17 January 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
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