‘On 26 March 2014 the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Durkin v DSG Retail Limited and another. The judgment in this long-running case addresses the issue of a consumer’s right, in the context of a debtor-creditor-supplier agreement, to rescind the credit agreement on lawful rescission of the sale agreement.’
Henderson Chambers, 28th March 2014
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
‘In the brave new world created by the Court of Appeal decision in Mitchell v Newsgroup Newspapers Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1537, claimants whose claims have been struck out for failure to comply with a rule, practice direction or order are honing in on second actions as a way of bringing their litigation back to life. The threatened slew of professional negligence suits post-Mitchell could be avoided if lawyers subject to a Mitchell strike-out are able to placate their clients by simply re-issuing proceedings against the defendant.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 13th March 2014
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘In Chandra & ors v Brooke North [2013] EWCA Civ 1559 the Court of Appeal gives practitioners and courts useful guidance about the correct approach to applications to amend introducing new claims outside limitation periods. The history of the case is a demonstration of the procedural knots and costly consequences for the parties that can be created when the lower courts go further than they should.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 13th March 2014
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘Mr Armour lived with his 14 year old daughter in a flat owned by Southend under an introductory tenancy. Mr Armour was accused of anti-social behaviour, including verbally abusing neighbours and contractors, and turning on the electricity when contractors were working causing one to suffer an electric shock.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 13th March 2014
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal yesterday delivered a judgment that should finally draw a line under one of the Office of Fair Trading’s more troublesome cases – and which will presumably bring a great sigh of relief from the Competition and Markets Authority, the body that has now taken over the OFT’s functions.’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 8th April 2014
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
Director of the Serious Fraud Office v B [2014] UKSC 23; [2014] WLR (D) 151
‘A person who had been extradited to the United Kingdom for trial on a criminal charge, and who prior to his extradition had been guilty of contempt of court by disobeying a court order, could be punished for the contempt notwithstanding that it was not the basis of his extradition.’
WLR Daily, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Haining v Warrington Borough Council [2014] EWCA Civ 398; [2014] WLR (D) 152
‘When assessing whether the school the parents preferred to be named in their child’s statement of special educational needs would incur “unreasonable public expenditure” within section 9 of the Education Act 1996, a local authority was to have regard to all public expenditure by a public body, not only the expenditure incurred by that authority in discharging its education functions.’
WLR Daily, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘As the number of people becoming homeless from private sector accommodation continues to rise, and as private sector accommodation is used for discharge of duty and temporary accommodation by Councils, the issue of affordability becomes more and more important. Both intentional homeless decisions and suitability decisions can rest on affordability.’
NearlyLegal, 7th April 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Sex attacker Kelvyn Lester, 47, declined to take medication for erectile dysfunction so officers could photograph his penis for an identification procedure.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cox (Appellant) v Ergo Versicherung AG (formerly known as Victoria) (Respondent) [2014] UKSC 22 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 2nd April 2014
R v O’Brien (Appellant) [2014] UKSC 23 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 2nd April 2014
‘The possibility of introducing re-accreditation for QCs, meaning that silk would no longer be a permanent appointment, and a power to strip them of the rank in the event of misconduct, was floated last week.’
Legal Futures, 7th April 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A council’s decision to close a day centre without proper consultation was unlawful, judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 4th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ramdeen v State of Trinidad and Tobago: [2014] UKPC 7; [2014] WLR (D) 149
‘Once the Privy Council was seised of a death sentence case, whether by way of an appeal against conviction and/or an appeal against sentence, it had jurisdiction to deal with commutation of sentence, at least where the ground for commutation arose out of court procedures or decisions.’
WLR Daily, 27th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘An A-Level student from north London has been removed from the country and is being flown back to Mauritius after a last ditch legal challenge failed.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ramdeen (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) [2014] UKPC 7 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 27th March 2014
Durkin (Appellant) v DSG Retail Ltd and another (Respondents) (Scotland) [2014] UKSC 21 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 26th March 2014
Kennedy (Appellant) v The Charity Commission (Respondent) [2014] UKSC 20 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 26th March 2014
‘A High Court decision to quash planning permission for a 25-storey student tower near Arsenal’s football stadium in north London’s Upper Holloway has been upheld in the Court of Appeal.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st April 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
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