Edward Huxley guilty of Wrexham historical abuse charges – BBC News
‘A fifth man has been found guilty of historical sexual abuse in Wrexham during the 1980s.’
BBC News, 30th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
New code of conduct on data protection for cloud service providers being scrutinised by EU privacy watchdogs – OUT-LAW.com
‘EU privacy watchdogs are assessing a proposed new code of conduct on data protection for cloud service providers that the European Commission hopes will help to boost the uptake of cloud services by EU businesses.’
Full story
OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Mr Justice Mostyn: Nobody anticipated “savagery” of legal aid cuts – Legal Futures
‘Mr Justice Mostyn has delivered some of the strongest judicial criticisms yet of the legal aid cuts and warned that “more are in prospect” under a majority Conservative government.’
Legal Futures, 1st July 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Lowdon-v-Jump Zone Leisure UK Limited [2015] EWCA Civ586 – Zenith PI Blog
‘This case concerned an appeal against an Order in which the Defendant was to pay the Claimant, Mr Lowdon, the sum of £17,000 by way of general damages for personal injury following injury he suffered as a result of riding on the Defendant’s equipment known as “The Hyper jump”.’
Full story
Zenith PI Blog, 30th June 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Legal aid work refused by law firms in cutbacks protest – BBC News
‘A number of criminal law firms have refused to take work funded by legal aid in protest against government cuts.’
BBC News, 1st July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Father jailed for forcing 14-year-old daughter to marry 30-year-old in Manchester who sexually abused her – The Independent
‘A father has been jailed for forcing his daughter to marry a 30-year-old man on her 14th birthday.’
The Independent, 1st July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Smacking must be banned to bring UK into line with international law – report to UN insists – Daily Telegraph
‘Report compiled for UN by Government’s children’s tsars demands “immediate repeal” of laws allowing parents to hit their children.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Alison Morrison murder: Trevor Gibbon jailed for 28 years – BBC News
‘A man who murdered his neighbour in “a merciless act of vengeance” after a campaign of harassment has been jailed for 28 years.’
BBC News, 30th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Protein World’s ‘beach body ready’ ads do not objectify women, says watchdog – The Guardian
‘Protein World’s controversial “beach body ready” campaign has been cleared by the UK ad watchdog despite nearly 400 complaints it objectified women and was socially irresponsible.’
The Guardian, 1st July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Do you copy? UK’s new format-shifting exception found illegal – Technology Law Update
‘You buy a CD and makes a copy for use on a portable device, or for storage in a cloud service. That’s allowed isn’t it? Well, it wasn’t strictly legal in the UK until October 2014. That was when the UK introduced a new exception from copyright infringement for personal copies for an individual’s private use. Now the new exception has been found illegal in court and hangs in the balance while the courts and the UK government decide what happens next.’
Technology Law Update, 26th June 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Litigants in person, mental health, and relief from sanctions – Zenith PI Blog
‘An application for an extension of time to serve medical evidence by a litigant in person with a mental health disability was refused where there had been a number of breaches and considerable delay, effectivly bringing proceedings to a halt. Appeal to Court of Appeal dismissed.’
Zenith PI Blog, 26th June 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Jails and universities obliged to prevent radicalisation as new act becomes law – The Guardian
‘Local authorities, prisons, NHS trusts, schools, universities and further education institutions will this week be placed under a new statutory duty to prevent extremist radicalisation taking place within their walls.’
The Guardian, 29th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tribunal rejects request for correspondence between solicitor and planning officers – Local Government Lawyer
‘The First-Tier Tribunal has ruled that a district council was entitled to refuse to disclose correspondence passing between one of its solicitors and various members of its planning department.’
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Local Government Lawyer, 30th June 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Szegfu v Court of Pecs, Hungary – WLR Daily
Szegfu v Court of Pecs, Hungary [2015] EWHC 1764 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 273
‘Guidance on the application of section 26(5) of the Extradition Act 2003 relaxing the application of the strict time limit for bringing an extradition appeal in section 26(4).’
WLR Daily, 24th June 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Swynson Ltd v Lowick Rose LLP (in liquidation) (formerly Hurst Morrison Thomson LLP) – WLR Daily
‘In a claim resulting from negligent advice the damages were not to be reduced to reflect a repayment to the claimant of debt made pursuant to a refinancing where such transaction, while arising because of the relevant breach of duty, did not arise in the ordinary course of business.’
WLR Daily, 25th June 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Detention Action) v First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and others – WLR Daily
‘The fast track rule regime in the Schedule to the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014 was ultra vires.’
WLR Daily, 12th June 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Essop and others v Home Office (UK Border Agency) – WLR Daily
Essop and others v Home Office (UK Border Agency) [2015] EWCA Civ 609; [2015] WLR (D) 269
‘In order to succeed in claims of indirect discrimination under section 19 of the Equality Act 2010 based upon the protected characteristics of race and/or age the claimants had to prove the nature of the group disadvantage for the purposes of surmounting the section 19(2)(b) hurdle and each claimant had also to prove that he had suffered the same disadvantage for the purposes of surmounting the section 19(2)(c) hurdle.’
WLR Daily, 22nd June 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Judge’s Instagram ruling a ‘practical solution’ to problems of online anonymity, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
‘A judge’s decision to allow a man experiencing alleged harassment over the internet to serve legal claims to the person accused of the activity via Instagram “appears to be a practical solution” to the issue of online anonymity, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th June 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
