Hayes (FC) (Respondent) v Willoughby (Appellant) – Supreme Court
Hayes (FC) (Respondent) v Willoughby (Appellant) [2013] UKSC 17 | UKSC 2012/0010 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 20th March 2013
Author: sally
Call for research into effects on children of giving evidence in abuse cases – The Guardian
“Research should be carried out into the long-term affects on those who give evidence about sexual abuse when they are a child, the lord chief justice, Lord Judge, has urged.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Landfill Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Value Added Tax (Consideration for Fuel Provided for Private Use) Order 2013
The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 2013
The Charities (Incorporated Church Building Society) (England and Wales) Order 2013
The Financial Services Act 2012 (Misleading Statements and Impressions) Order 2013
The Bank of England Act 1998 (Macro-prudential Measures) Order 2013
The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013
The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2013
The Transfer of Functions (Chequers and Dorneywood Estates) Order 2013
The Regional Strategy for the East Midlands (Revocation) Order 2013
The Uncertificated Securities (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Capital Gains Tax (Annual Exempt Amount) Order 2013
The Offshore Funds (Tax) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Trouble for personal injury law firms means trouble for claimants – The Guardian
“While there is little public sympathy for solicitors the truth is that people will soon find it harder to claim compensation.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Supreme Court on harassment: purpose and rationality – UK Human Rights Blog
“Harassment is both a civil wrong and a crime. It is a statutory defence to both that the conduct #was pursued for the purpose of preventing or detecting crime’ s.1(3) Protection of Harassment Act 1997. This decision grappled with the problem of the apparently honest but irrational harasser. Was he guilty or did this defence help him? In answering this, the Supreme Court looked at some basic concepts running through great swathes of the law, ‘purpose’, ‘subjective’, ‘objective’, ‘reasonableness’ and, critically, ‘rationality’ – so the case is one not simply for harassment lawyers to look at.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th March 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Hayes v Willoughby [2013] UKSC 17 (20 March 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Day v Harris & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 191 (20 March 2013)
Shami v Shami [2013] EWCA Civ 227 (20 March 2013)
El-Dinnaoui v Westminster City Council [2013] EWCA Civ 231 (20 March 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
NNN v Ryan & Ors [2013] EWHC 637 (QB) (20 March 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Challinor & 20 Ors v Juliet Bellis & Co & Anor [2013] EWHC 620 (Ch) (19 March 2013)
Centrehigh Ltd v Kare Amen & Ors [2013] EWHC 625 (Ch) (08 March 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Thames Water Utilities Ltd v Bromley Magistrates’ Court [2013] EWHC 472 (Admin) (20 March 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Public inquiries should avoid mock trial image, says study – The Guardian
“Public inquiries should avoid the atmosphere of a ‘mock trial’ in order to improve dialogue among participants, according to a study.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Two men found responsible for Omagh bombing after landmark civil action – The Independent
“Two men connected to the republican movement in Northern Ireland have been ruled responsible for the Omagh bombing after a landmark civil action.”
The Independent, 20th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Disability hate crime victims being let down, official report says – The Guardian
“Victims of disability hate crime are being let down by the criminal justice system and attacks are not being properly recorded, according to a report by three official inspectorates.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Are Bills of Rights Necessary in Common Law Systems? – Justice Dyson Heydon AC
Are Bills of Rights Necessary in Common Law Systems?
Justice Dyson Heydon AC
Inner Temple Reader’s Lecture Series, 21st January 2013
Source: www.innertemple.org.uk
Huntsman Brian Fraser jailed over unlicensed gun after he was cleared of shooting ex-lover – The Independent
“A huntsman who was cleared of shooting his former lover outside her country home has been jailed for eight months for possessing a firearm without a licence.”
The Independent, 18th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Labour MP given ‘substantial damages’ after Sun accessed text messages – The Guardian
“The Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh has accepted ‘very substantial damages’ from News International, with the Sun admitting that it accessed text messages from her mobile phone after it was stolen, the high court has heard.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jacob Rowbottom: Entrenching a Royal Charter – some initial thoughts – UK Constitutional Law Group
“After much political manoeuvring over the weekend, a deal has been struck on the Royal Charter to implement Leveson. A key point is that it will prevent the Charter being unilaterally changed by future governments.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 18th March 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
Landlord jailed over ‘sophisticated’ Gumtree lettings scam – Daily Telegraph
“A landlord who conned would-be tenants out of more than £6,000 by advertising on the Gumtree listings website in a ‘highly sophisticated scam’ has been jailed for two years.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Armed protection officer who bunked off work to meet lover sentenced to nine months in prison – The Independent
“An armed diplomatic security officer who abandoned his duties for extra-marital sex has been sentenced to nine months in prison.”
The Independent, 18th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Brumder v Motornet Service and Repairs Ltd and another – WLR Daily
Brumder v Motornet Service and Repairs Ltd and another [2013] EWCA Civ 195; [2013] WLR (D) 102
“In a personal injury claim, it did not lie in the mouth of a claimant who was a defendant company’s sole director and shareholder to assert that the company had not proved that it had done all it could to ensure compliance with safety regulations when it was only through the claimant that the company could act. In such a case the company would be entitled to raise a defence to that effect.”
WLR Daily, 14th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Daws Hill Neighbourhood Forum and others) v Wycombe District Council – WLR Daily
“Section 61G(5) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as inserted, required a local planning authority, in determining an application for a neighbourhood area, to consider whether the area proposed was appropriate, after considering the specific factual and policy matrix that existed in an individual case.”
WLR Daily, 13th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v F – WLR Daily
“The requirement to inform the Crown Court immediately of a prosecutor’s intention to appeal against a preliminary ruling arose when the ruling was formally given and not on earlier communication by e-mail of the conclusion which the trial judge had reached.”
WLR Daily, 14th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Facilitating the Return of Abducted Children – The judgment of the European Court of Human Rights – Family Law Week
“Esther Lieu, a Pupil at Coram Chambers, and Adam Weiss, Legal Director, The AIRE Centre, explain the ECtHR’s recent decision in Raw v France which considered, amongst other matters, the enforcement of court orders and the circumstances in which a parent could represent their children in Strasbourg proceedings.”
Family Law Week, 18th March 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.com
