Month: January 2019

Javid and Hammond team up to tackle £14bn of economic crimes – The Guardian

Posted January 14th, 2019 in bribery, budgets, corruption, enforcement, fraud, money laundering, news, statistics by tracey

‘The home secretary and chancellor are to launch a joint assault on fraud, bribery, corruption and money laundering. Sajid Javid and Philip Hammond will chair a new taskforce that will work with senior figures in the financial sector to tackle economic crime. This is a broad category covering a range of illegal activity, with the Home Office estimating its scale to be at least £14.4bn a year.’

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The Guardian, 14th January 2018

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Hillsborough disaster: David Duckenfield’s trial due to begin – BBC News

Posted January 14th, 2019 in bias, health & safety, homicide, juries, misfeasance in public office, negligence, news, police, prosecutions, sport, unlawful killing by tracey

‘The manslaughter trial of the police officer in command during the Hillsborough disaster will begin later.’

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BBC News, 14th January 2018

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Man wrong to think kisses in estranged wife’s texts were ‘flirtatious’, judge rules – The Independent

Posted January 14th, 2019 in bills, divorce, domestic violence, families, family courts, news, telecommunications by tracey

‘A woman who ended text messages with a kiss was not being “flirtatious” with her estranged husband, a judge has ruled.’

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The Independent, 13th January 2018

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted January 11th, 2019 in law reports by tracey

High Court (Administrative Court)

Campaign Against Antisemitism v Director of Public Prosecutions [2019] EWHC 9 (Admin) (09 January 2019)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Mental Health Care (UK) Ltd v Edward Lupen Healthcare Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 1 (Ch) (09 January 2019)

Source: www.bailii.org

Court of Appeal rules against council over decision resident was not homeless – Local Government Lawyer

Posted January 11th, 2019 in appeals, homelessness, housing, local government, news by sally

‘Sandwell Borough Council acted wrongly when it considered an application for a local resident to be treated as homeless, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 10th January 2019

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Court costs capped at £80,000 under voluntary pilot in England – OUT-LAW.com

Posted January 11th, 2019 in costs, costs capping orders, news, pilot schemes by sally

‘Court costs will be capped at £80,000 should parties opt into a pilot that gets underway in the business and property courts (BPCs) in England next week, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 10th January 2019

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Damages for wrongful life refused – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted January 11th, 2019 in assisted reproduction, birth, contracts, damages, negligence, news, wrongful birth by sally

‘Legal policy in the UK has traditionally prohibited the granting of damages for the wrongful conception or birth of a child in cases of negligence. In this case the Court of Appeal has confirmed that this bar is equally applicable to a wrongful birth arising from a breach of contract.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 10th January 2019

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CPS to test three alleged harassment cases after Soubry abused outside parliament – The Guardian

Posted January 11th, 2019 in brexit, Crown Prosecution Service, harassment, news, parliament by sally

‘Three cases of alleged harassment outside parliament have been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service after the MP Anna Soubry was repeatedly abused and blocked from entering parliament by pro-Brexit supporters earlier this week.’

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The Guardian, 10th January 2019

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Asylum applications: Home Office urged to use lie detectors – BBC News

Posted January 11th, 2019 in asylum, immigration, lie detectors, news by sally

‘People seeking asylum in the UK should take a lie detector test as part of their application, the former chief of UK immigration enforcement says.’

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BBC News, 11th January 2019

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Jail for smuggler caught with eggs strapped to chest – BBC News

Posted January 11th, 2019 in birds, environmental protection, news, sentencing by sally

‘A prolific smuggler caught entering the UK with protected birds’ eggs strapped to his chest has been jailed for three years and one month.’

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BBC News, 10th January 2019

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It’s My Party and I’ll Cry/Sue for Accreditation if I Want To – Panopticon

Posted January 11th, 2019 in data protection, media, news, police, political parties by sally

‘How does data protection law feed into, and support, challenges to police action in the form of refusing press accreditation for a political party conference? The Divisional Court considered this in R (Segalov) v Chief Constable of Sussex Police & Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police [2018] EWHC 3187 (Admin).’

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Panopticon, 10th January 2019

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Man who drove car on to packed dancefloor jailed for 28 years – The Guardian

Posted January 11th, 2019 in attempted murder, news, sentencing by sally

‘A clubber who ploughed his car on to a packed dancefloor in a drink and drug-fuelled rage after being thrown out by bouncers has been jailed for 28 years.’

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The Guardian, 10th January 2019

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MPs to probe access to justice impact of court modernisation – Legal Futures

Posted January 11th, 2019 in courts, electronic filing, news, select committees by sally

‘MPs are to probe the access to justice implications of the £1bn court modernisation programme, it was announced today.’

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Legal Futures, 10th January 2019

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London man jailed for murdering pregnant partner with scissors – The Guardian

Posted January 11th, 2019 in domestic violence, murder, news, pregnancy, sentencing by sally

‘A man who fatally stabbed his heavily pregnant girlfriend with a pair of scissors has been jailed for life.’

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The Guardian, 10th January 2019

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Exhumation and reburial of alleged sexual abuser: Re the Cremated Remains of AA – Law & Religion UK

Posted January 10th, 2019 in burials and cremation, child abuse, Church of England, families, news, sexual offences by sally

‘The issue of the permanence of Christian burial and the circumstances in which, exceptionally, exhumation and reinterment of remains might be authorised by faculty has arisen once again in Re St X, the Cremated Remains of AA [2018] ECC Lic 7.’

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Law & Religion UK, 9th January 2019

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Was this woman wrongly convicted of murder? – BBC News

Posted January 10th, 2019 in domestic violence, families, mental health, miscarriage of justice, murder, news, women by sally

‘Emma-Jayne Magson stabbed her partner with a steak knife then left him to bleed to death. Yet her family believes her murder conviction was a miscarriage of justice. Why?’

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BBC News, 10th January 2019

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Care of mental health patient who killed man to be subject of inquiry – The Guardian

Posted January 10th, 2019 in inquiries, mental health, murder, news by sally

‘An inquiry has been commissioned after a man with paranoid schizophrenia who had lost touch with mental health services killed a stranger in a holiday town with a throwing knife.’

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The Guardian, 9th January 2019

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Appeal refused over claimant who issued just to recover costs – Litigation Futures

Posted January 10th, 2019 in appeals, costs, news, part 36 offers, pre-action conduct by sally

‘The Court of Appeal has refused permission to appeal a High Court decision that found a claimant was entitled to issue his claim solely in pursuit of costs.’

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Litigation Futures, 9th January 2019

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Government to hand police new powers to tackle illegal use of drones – Local Government Lawyer

Posted January 10th, 2019 in aircraft, airports, consultations, fines, investigatory powers, news, police by sally

‘The Government has announced plans to hand police new powers to deal with the illegal use of drones.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 8th January 2019

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No TUPE protection for most staff shed in Lawyers Inc takeover – Legal Futures

Posted January 10th, 2019 in alternative business structures, case management, employment, employment tribunals, law firms, news, transfer of undertakings by sally

‘Only five out of 22 lawyers and staff who lost their jobs when Hull firm Ingrams collapsed in July 2017 were protected by the TUPE regulations when the firm was effectively taken over by an innovative alternative business structure (ABS), an employment tribunal has ruled.’

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Legal Futures, 8th January 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk