‘The Home Office is covertly targeting the most vulnerable asylum seekers – those considered mentally unfit, or victims of torture – for deportation as part of the government’s hardline stance on immigration, according to lawyers and charity workers.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Businesses have become more willing to challenge tax decisions against them that appear to be unlawful, an expert has said, after a 31% increase in the number of judicial review applications made against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).’
OUT-LAW.com, 24th January 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘In the first of two articles providing an introduction to surrogacy law, Bianca Jackson, a pupil barrister at Coram Chambers, considers the key statutes and regulations underpinning this growing area of family law practice.’
Family Law Week, 24th January 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Strasbourg court found that whole-life terms breached human rights of prisoners as they did not provide any review mechanism.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A brewing company was unable to prevent correspondence between itself and its bank and accountants from being disclosed during a dispute connected with the sale of its eastern European business, a High Court judge has ruled.
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd January 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘I admit that SS v Birmingham CC [2013] UKUT 418 (AAC) has been on my to do list for a while and that, possibly, the main reason for finding the time to write it up is because I’m on a two hour strike (#fairpayinHE). But, it is a really quite important case about the application of the unreasonably high rent rule for “exempt accommodation” in Reg 13 and Sch 3 of the 2006 Housing Benefit regs. The principal question of law concerns the meaning of “suitable alternative accommodation” in those regs.’
NearlyLegal, 23rd January 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘It’s a familiar scenario to any lawyer.
You’re reading a practitioner handbook and see a case referred to that seems just a little bit odd.
You read the summary in the footnotes and can’t believe it really says that and, before you know it, you’ve been side-tracked from your original research plan into actually getting a copy of the case.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 23rd January 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A Bristol hospital has apologised over the treatment a four-year-old heart patient received on a ward after his parents condemned his care as “shambolic”.’
The Independent, 23rd January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Earlier this week, the UK Supreme Court gave judgment in R (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport [2014] UKSC 3. A good overview of the issues at stake in the case can be found in the Court’s press summary, as well as in a post by David Hart on the UK Human Rights Blog. This post is concerned only with one aspect of the decision, and with some very interesting dicta concerning not only the relationship between UK and EU law, but the nature of the UK’s constitutional order itself.’
UK Constitutional Law Group, 23rd January 2014
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The guarantor of an insolvent commercial tenant cannot be held liable for outstanding obligations if changes were made to the lease without its consent which had the “potential” to increase the burden on the guarantor, the Court of Appeal has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd January 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The deaths of the six Philpott children in a house fire started by their parents “could not have been predicted or prevented”, a serious case review has found.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Alfred and Maureen Rawlings’ wills were contested after a clerical error saw them sign each other’s paperwork.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has been jailed for 18 months for mortgage fraud.’
BBC News, 23rd January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A group of UK Google users called ‘Safari Users Against Google’s Secret Tracking’ have claimed that the tracking and collation of information about of their internet usage by Google amounts to misuse of personal information, and a breach of the Data Protection Act 1998. The Judge confirmed that misuse of personal information was a distinct tort. He also held that the English courts had jurisdiction to try the claims.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The public does not believe it and ministers privately admit they do not fully understand the reasons for it – but crime is continuing to fall sharply.’
The Independent, 23rd January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A business student is facing jail after being found guilty of an acid attack that left a friend scarred for life.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal is due to hear major challenges to whole-life terms given to some killers.’
BBC News, 24th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Davis and another v Price and another [2014] EWCA Civ 26; [2014] WLR (D) 16
‘The reference to a “further meeting” in section 262(4)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 in relation to a nominee was a reference to a “further meeting under section 257” of the Act.’
WLR Daily, 21st January 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘New guidance on transparency in proceedings has been published by the President of the Family Division and of the Court of Protection, Sir James Munby.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 23rd January 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
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