‘I can’t help but smile at the thought of the furore that would ensue if (or when) the European Court of Human Rights were to decide that we English are far too uptight and ought not to be offended by nudity.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 10th December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The first same-sex weddings in England and Wales will be able to take place from 29 March 2014, Equalities Minister Maria Miller says.’
BBC News, 10th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court is expected to rule tomorrow (11 December) on whether a couple can marry at a scientologist chapel.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th December 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The recent confirmation by the Supreme Court that it was unlawful discrimination for Christian hotel owners to refuse a double-bedded room to a same-sex couple was of considerable interest as the latest in a string of high-profile cases involving religious belief and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (and the first such judgment involving the highest court in the land). We have already provided a summary of the facts and judgment here, and our post on the Court of Appeal ruling can be found here.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th December 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Heroin addict had more than 50 previous convictions and stole a church collection among other things from a pensioner’s home.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Fifteen soldiers have been jailed after a court martial for staging a “sit-in” in protest at being “led by muppets”.’
BBC News, 10th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Grandparents of child taken into care by Essex County Council tell of their anguish at not having legal rights to be her guardian.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Three murderers were sentenced to life imprisonment on one day. The minimum terms set were 18, 27 and 40 years. Why were they so different?’
BBC News, 11th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three Sikh men and a woman have received lengthy jail sentences after being convicted of slashing an elderly Indian general in the neck.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An ill-judged tweet can land you in a whole lot of legal bother, as Peaches Geldof and Sally Bercow know only too well. So the attorney general’s new guidelines are essential reading.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Swan Housing Association Ltd v Gill [2013] EWCA Civ 1566 (09 December 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Kagalovsky & Anor v Balmore Invest Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 3876 (QB) (09 December 2013)
AXA Insurance UK Plc v Rossiter [2013] EWHC 3805 (QB) (05 December 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Baturina v Chistyakov [2013] EWHC 3537 (Comm) (14 November 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Jurors should face up to two years in prison if they search the internet for information about cases beyond what is revealed in court, the Law Commission has recommended.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Trenton Oldfield, an Australian protester who leapt into the Thames to disrupt the Oxford versus Cambridge boat race, will not be sent back to Australia, an immigration judge has said.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in November.’
Family Law Week, 6th December 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Guidelines should be given on the use of computer-generated exhibits, Dr Gareth Norris writes.’
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly,
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
Mba v Merton London Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 1562; [2013] WLR (D) 474
‘A provision put in place by a council care home requiring a worker who was a Christian whose genuine belief that Sunday was a day of worship and rest to work on Sundays as rostered discriminated against the worker but was a proportionate means of achieving the legitimate aim of running the care home effectively.’
WLR Daily, 5th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Smith v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change [2013] EWCA Civ 1585; [2013] WLR (D) 473
‘In order for the court to have jurisdiction to make an order under CPR r 31.16 for disclosure before proceedings had started, it was not a requirement that the applicant have an arguable case in those proceedings.’
WLR Daily, 5th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Paragraph 120B of Appendix A to the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules did not require that an academic institution accepting students from abroad for continuing studies under the points based system should expressly state that a proposed course constituted academic progress. The mere issue of a certificate of acceptance for studies constituted an assertion to that effect.’
WLR Daily, 5th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Nordecon AS and another v Rahandusministeerium (Case C-561/12); [2013] WLR (D) 470
‘Article 30(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18/EC did not allow a contracting authority to negotiate with tenderers tenders that did not comply with the mandatory requirements laid down in the technical specifications of the contract as published.’
WLR Daily, 5th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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