Day: 11 March 2020

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted March 11th, 2020 in legislation by tracey

The Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations 2020

The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) Order 2020

The Value Added Tax (Drugs and Medicines) Order 2020

The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (Administration) Regulations 2020

The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) Regulations 2020

The Road Vehicles (Defeat Devices, Fuel Economy and Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

The Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 2) (England) Order 2020

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted March 11th, 2020 in law reports by tracey

Supreme Court

Copeland, R. v [2020] UKSC 8 (11 March 2020)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Hudson Contract Services Ltd v The Construction Industry Training Board [2020] EWCA Civ 328 (10 March 2020)

Taylor v Rhino Overseas Inc. [2020] EWCA Civ 353 (10 March 2020)

Husson v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 329 (10 March 2020)

The Competition And Markets Authority v Flynn Pharma Ltd & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 339 (10 March 2020)

Elan-Cane, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 363 (10 March 2020)

British Pregnancy Advisory Service, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2020] EWCA Civ 355 (10 March 2020)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Starbones Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Ors [2020] EWHC 526 (Admin) (10 March 2020)

Court (Chancery Division)

Bilta (UK) Ltd & Ors v Natwest Markets Plc & Anor [2020] EWHC 546 (Ch) (10 March 2020)

Various Claimants v MGN Ltd [2020] EWHC 553 (Ch) (10 March 2020)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Damoco (Bermuda) Ltd & Ors v Atlanta Bidco Ltd [2020] EWHC 501 (Comm) (10 March 2020)

High Court (Patents Court)

Geofabrics Ltd v Fiberweb Geosynthetics Ltd [2020] EWHC 444 (Pat) (05 March 2020)

Source: www.bailii.org

False imprisonment not synonymous with breach of right to liberty – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted March 11th, 2020 in appeals, detention, electronic monitoring, false imprisonment, government departments, human rights, immigration, news, Supreme Court by tracey

‘R (on the application of Jalloh (formerly Jollah)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 4.In a pithy parting shot to the Home Secretary, Lady Hale has given the unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court on the question of whether a person subject to a home curfew under immigration powers had been falsely imprisoned at common law and whether that concept should now be aligned with the concept of deprivation of liberty in article 5 of the ECHR. The Court decided the case against the defendant, as did every court below (the Blog covered the Court of Appeal’s decision here). The defendant had been required to pay the claimant £4,000.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 10th March 2020

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com

Defendant sentenced after being caught on CCTV injuring himself to claim against housing association – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 11th, 2020 in accidents, closed circuit television, compensation, fraud, housing, insurance, news, personal injuries, sentencing by tracey

‘A man has been sentenced after CCTV caught him purposely banging his knee five times on a paving stone in order to make a fake injury claim against a housing association.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 10th March 2020

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Information watchdog warns of dangers of school photos and wrongful disclosure of personal data – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 11th, 2020 in children, codes of practice, consent, data protection, disclosure, news, ombudsmen, privacy, school children by tracey

‘The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued two reprimands, or legal warnings, to schools for wrongly disclosing the personal data of children.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 11th March 2020

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Judges to have wider powers in contempt rules rewrite – Litigation Futures

Posted March 11th, 2020 in civil procedure rules, contempt of court, court dress, judiciary, news by tracey

‘Judges could be handed wider powers to take the initiative over contempt of court in draft rules proposed by the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC).’

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Litigation Futures, 11th March 2020

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Mirror’s in-house lawyers under phone-hacking scrutiny – Legal Futures

Posted March 11th, 2020 in interception, legal profession, legal services, media, news, privilege, striking out, telecommunications by tracey

‘The High Court has rejected a bid to strike out the claim by various public figures that the legal department of MGN Group knew about phone hacking at the Daily Mirror.’

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Legal Futures, 11th March 2020

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Killer who murdered for Nike trainers convicted and jailed for life – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted March 11th, 2020 in closed circuit television, imprisonment, murder, news, robbery, sentencing by tracey

‘A killer who robbed a teenager of his new Nike trainers before stabbing another teenager who confronted him about it, has been convicted of murder and jailed for life.’

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Crown Prosecution Service, 10th March 2020

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

‘Worse than LASPO’: housing disputes proposal divides profession – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 11th, 2020 in housing, landlord & tenant, legal services, news by tracey

‘A radical proposal by an influential human rights thinktank to resolve housing disputes – a sector blighted by “advice deserts” – has divided housing lawyers.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 10th March 2020

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Post Office IT system that ruined lives ‘still faulty’, MPs told – BBC News

Posted March 11th, 2020 in compensation, computer programs, Criminal Cases Review Commission, news, postal service, theft by tracey

‘A faulty till system that led to sub-postmasters being wrongly accused of stealing money is still not working properly, MPs have been told.’

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BBC News, 10th March 2020

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

UK bed firm’s advert banned for associating migrants with coronavirus – The Guardian

Posted March 11th, 2020 in advertising, complaints, coronavirus, health, immigration, news, ombudsmen by tracey

‘A newspaper ad promoting British-made mattresses that warned of “nasty imports” alongside an image of a surgical mask has been banned by the advertising watchdog for associating immigrants with the spread of the coronavirus.’

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The Guardian, 11th March 2020

Source: www.theguardian.com

Kaden Reddick: Topshop queue barrier death was accident – BBC News

Posted March 11th, 2020 in accidents, causing death of children or vulnerable adults, children, coroners, health & safety, inquests, news by tracey

‘A 10-year-old boy who was killed by a falling queue barrier at a Topshop store died accidentally, a coroner has said.’

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BBC News, 10th March 2020

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Charities call for inquiry into deaths linked to benefits cuts – The Guardian

Posted March 11th, 2020 in benefits, causing death of children or vulnerable adults, charities, government departments, inquiries, mental health, news, suicide by tracey

‘Some of the UK’s best known mental health charities and the Royal College of Psychiatrists have jointly called for an independent inquiry into the deaths of scores of vulnerable people who were reliant on welfare benefits.’

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The Guardian, 11th March 2020

Source: www.theguardian.com