‘Rights holders could lose even more control over their content if they take cases to court to test new copyright exceptions, the academic whose proposals prompted the new laws has exclusively told Out-Law.com.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘An English claimant injured in a crash in Germany has failed in a bid to have her compensation case heard in England and Wales.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th October 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Senior police officers have conceded that the way police are authorised to use snooping powers to identify journalists’ sources needs to change.’
The Guardian, 7th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has today [7 October] rejected a challenge to the lawfulness of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA).’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th October 2014
Source: www.localgovernemtnlawyer.co.uk
‘This case is an interesting example of a claim for breach of confidence (both in contract and in equity) where, although liability was established, only nominal damages (£1) were awarded to the Claimant.’
RPC Privacy Law, 7th October 2014
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
‘Campaigners are taking legal action against the Ministry of Defence today to demand the nation’s youngest soldiers are not forced into serving longer than adult recruits.’
The Independent, 8th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Killers released under the Mental Health Act need better supervision to prevent them reoffending, campaigners warn.’
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘More cases of ritual child abuse linked to belief in witchcraft are being reported, the police said.’
The Guardian, 8th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a TV advert by payday lender Wonga, after a complaint by a charity.’
BBC News, 8th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Six police officers and staff could face criminal charges over an incident where a man was murdered by a vigilante after being wrongly accused of being a paedophile.’
The Independent, 7th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A student who gathered video evidence of himself being harassed and abused on a pair of specially adapted sunglasses has been allowed to carry out a private prosecution of his tormentor.’
The Guardian, 7th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Firms operating in England and Wales should be prepared for tougher penalties in cases of fraud, bribery and money laundering now that new sentencing guidelines have come into force, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Two police officers will not face charges of perjury, perverting the course of justice or collusion in relation to a death of a prisoner.’
BBC News, 7th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Newport man has been jailed for life after he stabbed and strangled his girlfriend as she lay in the bath.’
BBC News, 6th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Garcia v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2014] EWHC 3137 (QB) (06 October 2014)
Redd Factors Ltd v Bombardier Transportation UK Ltd [2014] EWHC 3138 (QB) (06 October 2014)
Winrow v Hemphill & Anor [2014] EWHC 3164 (QB) (06 October 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Surrey (UK) Ltd v Mazandaran Wood & Paper Industries [2014] EWHC 3165 (Comm) (06 October 2014)
High Court (Patents Court)
Teva UK Ltd & Anor v Leo Pharma A/s [2014] EWHC 3096 (Pat) (06 October 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Proposals by academics to allow new defences against trade mark infringement to be created in the future should be resisted, a trade mark law specialist has warned.’
OUT-LAW.com, 6th October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
E v B (Case C-436/13) ECLI:EU:C:2014:2246; [2014] WLR (D) 405
‘Jurisdiction in matters of parental responsibility which had been prorogued, under article 12(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility (OJ 2003 L338, p 1), in favour of a court of a member state before which proceedings had been brought by mutual agreement by the holders of parental responsibility ceased following a final judgment in those proceedings
WLR Daily, 1st October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The phrase “any other harm” in paragraph 88 of the National Planning Policy Framework (“NPPF”) meant only harm to the Green Belt.’
WLR Daily, 18th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Ageas (UK) Ltd v Kwik-Fit (GB) Ltd and another [2014] EWHC 2178 (QB); [2014] WLR (D) 407
‘It is was permissible to depart from the prima facie rule that damages following a breach of warranty in a share sale agreement were to be assessed at the date of breach and so to take into account events which had occurred after that date, where such departure was necessary to give effect to the overriding compensatory principle of assessment of damages.’
WLR Daily, 4th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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