‘The use and value of ‘internet connection records’ (ICRs) in helping detect, prevent and investigate serious crime and terrorism should be assessed to help decide whether providers should be forced to collect the data, the UK’s information commissioner has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The head of the government’s privacy watchdog has called for stronger sentencing powers for people convicted of stealing personal data, after a woman who sold 28,000 pieces of sensitive driver data was fined just £1,000.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘James Huggett, 22, is handed seven years behind bars after his victim Chanel Purchase, 21, scoured Facebook for pictures of him.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The number of women applying for Queen’s Counsel remains “stubbornly low”, the appointments panel has said, after promoting 25 female barristers and solicitor advocates among a total of 107.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Judge condemns Caroline Hermsen as liar after she wrongly accused mother of getting her arrested over dog as he rules she can kick her out of home.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The way that offenders sentenced to unpaid community work in England and Wales are managed and supervised has been criticised by inspectors.’
BBC News, 12th January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenage army recruit who was found dead at a British barracks more than 20 years ago may have been raped or ordered by a superior to have sex, an inquest has been told.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Both customers and suppliers can learn lessons on outsourcing from a recent dispute ruled on by the High Court in London.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘In our last post, we dealt with the issue of an application for a High Court writ being made in tenant possession cases by way of form N293A. To recap, this is the form which expressly states “This judgment or order has been sent to the High Court for enforcement by (Writ of Possession against trespassers) only”.’
Nearly Legal, 6th January 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A law firm was justified in charging a retrospective success fee as the claimant did not face different risks when he signed a conditional fee agreement (CFA) as when he had applied for legal aid five months earlier, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 7th January 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A sex worker who allowed her clients to rape and indecently assault her daughters in “almost Victorian” conditions has been jailed for five years. ‘
The Independent, 7th January 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘It has been more than half a century since the thalidomide scandal, but Martin Fletcher finds that the victims’ fight for compensation is far from over.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A serial underwear thief stole knickers from homes and washing lines 120 times, a court heard.’
BBC News, 6th January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two recent Court of Appeal cases, heard together, have considered the legality of the immigration detention of those who are, or possibly are, minors. Such cases involve local authority age assessments, which are to be carried out according to the guidance set out in Merton [2003] EWHC 1689 (Admin).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th January 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Cook v Virgin Media Ltd; McNeil v Tesco plc [2015] EWCA Civ 1287; [2015] WLR (D) 538
‘The English court had power to apply the doctrine of forum non conveniens in a purely domestic context, exercising the court’s wide general case management powers in CPR rr 3.1(2)(m) and 3.3, and therefore could strike out or stay proceedings brought in England where Scotland was the natural and more appropriate forum.’
WLR Daily, 14th December 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The place, manner and form of a protest may be important in determining whether there has been an infringement of a protester’s rights to freedom of expression and assembly, but were not necessarily so.’
WLR Daily, 18th December 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘In so far as article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union embodied a general principle of good administration that had to be followed by member states, member states likewise had to be permitted to withhold disclosure of material which would harm national security before reaching a decision on an application by a claimant refugee for a travel document.’
WLR Daily, 18th December 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Lewis and others v Ward Hadaway (a firm) [2015] EWHC 3503 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 551
‘In determining whether a party had properly brought a claim before the court so as to stop the clock for limitation purposes, the requirement that the form be accompanied by the “appropriate fee” was not satisfied in circumstances where the act of payment of the fee was in itself an abuse of process. In such circumstances, the claim had not properly been brought and time continued to run for limitation purposes.’
WLR Daily, 21st December 2015
Source: www..iclr.co.uk
Government of the United States of America v Giese [2015] EWHC 3658 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 550
‘An issue raised on appeal “that was not raised at the extradition hearing” referred to a new issue that was raised in argument on appeal as a ground for allowing the appeal and which was not the subject of concluded argument below for the purposes of meeting the condition for allowing an appeal set out in section 106(5)(a) of the Extradition Act 2003.’
WLR Daily, 21st December 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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