“A pharmaceuticals company did not act in breach of UK competition rules when it placed restrictions on its supply of a drug to one of its customers, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The High Court has granted a possession order to West Sussex County Council, allowing it to remove anti-fracking protestors from where they have camped alongside a busy main road.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
The Housing (Right to Transfer from a Local Authority Landlord) (England) Regulations 2013
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2013
The European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Central Rating List (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“An inquest heard how a policewoman died at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, just hours after childbirth, after staff failed to replace lost blood, which triggered a cardiac arrest. The case of Diane Patt, 34, follows an inquest earlier this year into the death of a baby, whose skull was crushed by excessive use of forceps. Yesterday regulators placed the trust in special measures, after inspectors found that staff were put under pressure to falsify data, leaving some patients waiting months for urgent cancer treatment.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Calls have been made for a reduction in the number of people taken into police custody with mental health problems.”
BBC News, 15th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“IPCC investigates Surrey force after man, 33, arrested in Stanwell on suspicion of drugs-related offence, dies.”
The Guardian, 14th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A science teacher who blackmailed girls into sending him sexually explicit photos of themselves has been jailed for six years.”
BBC news, 14th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Health Minister Mark Drakeford faces a legal challenge over his decision to give the go-ahead to change the way urgent care is delivered at Llanelli’s Prince Philip Hospital.”
BBC News, 14th November 2013
Source: www.bc.co.uk
“A lesbian couple who claim they were turned down for fertility treatment because of their sexuality are taking legal action against the NHS.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A bar operator has been ordered to pay a local authority £72,000 in legal costs after it lost an appeal over restrictions imposed on its opening hours.”
Local Government Lawyer, 14th November 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
“The Law Society has come out strongly against the introduction of fixed recoverable costs (FRCs) for mesothelioma claims and argued that while a dedicated pre-action protocol (PAP) could be a good idea, the one proposed by the Association of British Insurers and adopted by the government is not.”
Litigation Futures, 14th November 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“Fines handed to companies convicted of fraud or other financial crimes should be calculated as a percentage of turnover, rather than with reference to the amount of financial harm caused, a committee of MPs has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Government’s proposed new costs protections framework for those making defamation and privacy claims would lead to a ‘mountain of satellite litigation’, an expert has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Poorsalehy v Wandsworth LBC (2013) QBD 07/11/2013. A cautionary tale, albeit one that was rather hard on Mr Poorsalehy. Mr P had applied to Wandsworth as homeless. His application was rejected by s.184 decision and the s.202 upheld the decision.”
NearlyLegal, 13th November 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
“I’ve posted before about the vexed issue of s.81, Housing Act 1996 and default judgments. Well, we now have another (minor) comment on the issue from Lord Justice Kitchin in Faizi v Greenside Properties Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1382.”
NearlyLegal, 13th November 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
“A Judge has ruled that a protester who called Conservative MP Mike Weatherley ‘a coward’ was not guilty of breaking the law.”
The Independent, 13th November 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Horse racing pundit John McCririck loses his age discrimination case against Channel 4 after tribunal rules he was ‘unpalatable to a wider potential audience. ‘ ”
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed’s escape was an embarrassment. The alleged torture and rendition that came before it might just be a major scandal.”
The Guardian, 13th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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