Criminal injuries compensation – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The courts have tackled the issue of compensation for criminal injuries inflicted before birth.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th July 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Category: judicial review
JR jurisdiction ‘disadvantage’ for criminal cases – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The High Court has dismissed a bid to reconsider a judicial review decision, highlighting jurisdictional differences between criminal and civil proceedings.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th July 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Campaigners begin judicial review of North Yorkshire fracking project – OUT-LAW.com
‘A coalition of campaigning groups led by Friends of the Earth has filed an application for judicial review of North Yorkshire County Council’s recent decision to grant planning permission to a shale gas fracking project.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th July 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Ministry of Justice doubles financial threshold for identifying judicial review backers – Litigation Futures
‘The government has doubled the threshold above which third-party contributors to judicial reviews (JRs) will have to be identified.’
Litigation Futures, 11th July 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Reform of Judicial Review – official-documents.gov.uk
‘Following the consultation, the government has set out how it intends for the reforms to be implemented, and is seeking views on one further aspect.’
official-documents.gov.uk, 7th July 2016
Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk
Councils defeat judicial review challenge to motions on Israeli settlements – Local Government Lawyer
‘Three councils have successfully defended a High Court judicial review challenge brought by Jewish Human Rights Watch (JHRW) over motions passed in relation to the authorities’ business dealings and Israeli settlements.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th June 2016
A1P1 and public policy: compensation for not fishing? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘An interesting Court of Appeal decision concerning the science of migratory salmon, and the circumstances in which compensation will be granted when an interference with Article 1 Protocol 1 is found.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd June 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
EU referendum: Voter registration extension could face legal challenge – Daily Telegraph
‘The EU referendum could face a legal challenge after the deadline for voter registration was extended by 48 hours when a Government website crashed.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
NHS watchdog to weigh cost of HIV prevention drug Prep – BBC News
‘The NHS watchdog NICE has been asked by government to look at the cost of providing an HIV prevention treatment known as Prep.’
BBC News, 7th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Successful challenge to OFSTED nursery inspection – Education Blog
‘There is a rare example of a successful challenge to an OFSTED nursery inspection in R ota Old Co-operative Day Nursery Ltd v OFSTED [2016] EWHC 1126, handed down last week, which can be found here.’
Education Blog, 1st June 2016
Source: www.education11kbw.com
Spitalfields Trust Ltd lose judicial review claim – OUT-LAW.com
‘The High Court has rejected Spitalfields Historic Trust Ltd’s judicial review claim against a planning permission decision by previous London mayor Boris Johnson.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th May 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Censorship or justified Concern? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Mrs Justice Whipple dismissed one claim for judicial review, and refused permission to bring a further claim, in respect of decisions made by Southampton University regarding a proposed conference on the legality of the existence of Israel under international law. She held that the University had lawfully withdrawn its permission to hold the conference in April 2015, and refused permission to challenge the University’s subsequent decision to require the conference organisers to meet the conference’s security costs as a condition of allowing the conference to take place at a later date. The conference organisers had claimed that both decisions represented an unlawful interference with their Article 10 right to free expression and Article 11 right to free assembly.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th May 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
A judge-shaming list is bad for justice – The Guardian
‘Judges shouldn’t be frightened to set precedents. A list of those that have “gone too far” – including over a Guardian freedom of information request on the Prince of Wales’s letters – risks deterring justice.’
The Guardian, 12th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal upholds rejection of bid to register rights of common – Local Government Lawyer
‘A county council has successfully defended in the Court of Appeal its decision to refuse an application to register rights of common under the Commons Act 2006.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th May 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Questions and Answers – Nearly Legal
‘A judicial review of a decision on a s.17 Children Act 1989 assessment of a homeless, non-eligible family. The issues were the extent of investigations required, and legitimate conclusions to be drawn from a lack of information provided.’
Nearly Legal, 8th May 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
UK courts adopt contrasting approaches to appeals against HSE inspection notices – OUT-LAW.com
‘Tribunals are entitled to take into account information that was not available to a health and safety inspector at the time that a notice was issued when hearing an appeal against that notice, the Scottish appeal court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th May 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Refugee held illegally after Home Office refused to believe he was 16 – The Guardian
‘Call for investigation into case of Syrian boy who was locked up for almost a month despite having documents proving identity.’
The Guardian, 4th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Israel boycott ban: Local councils face legal action at High Court over boycott on Israeli goods made in West Bank – The Independent
‘Local councils are facing legal action at the High Court today over their decisions to impose boycotts on Israeli goods produced in “illegal” Israeli settlements in the West Bank.’
The Independent, 4th May 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK government faces second court battle over air pollution plans – The Guardian
‘The UK government is to be sued in the high court over its air pollution plans, just a year after losing at the supreme court and being ordered to fulfil its legal duty to cut pollution rapidly.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hillsborough inquest timeline: the long wait for justice – The Guardian
‘The families of the 96 people fatally injured at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final have been fighting for the truth for 27 years.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
