Lord Chief Justice steps into Strasbourg row – Daily Telegraph
‘Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd urges European Court of Human Rights to leave terror extradition decisions to British courts.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2014
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Impose tougher sentences for knife crimes, says top judge – Daily Telegraph
‘The most senior judge in England and Wales has called on magistrates to impose tougher sentences for youths who carry knives.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Law Society urges people to leave instructions for their digital legacy – The Guardian
‘Solicitors organisation warns that too much valuable, intellectual property is in danger of being lost when we die.’
The Guardian, 16th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Haroon Aswat extradition decision postponed until June – BBC News
‘Home Secretary Theresa May has been given two months to seek assurances from the US about how a terror suspect will be treated if he is extradited.’
BBC News, 16th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Public and private law wrongs are not the same – Court of Appeal – UK Human Rights Blog
‘ Tchenguiz v. Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2014] EWCA Civ 472, 15 April 2014. This judgment is a neat illustration of how important it is to keep the concepts of public law and private law unlawfulness separate – they do not necessarily have the same legal consequences.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th April 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Spoiling the Broth – NearlyLegal
‘Blake and others v LB Waltham Forest [2014] EWHC 1027 (Admin) is a judicial review challenge to the local authority’s decision to terminate a licence held by Christian Kitchen (the 3rd Claimant) to operate its soup kitchen out of the Mission Grove Car Park, Walthamstow, London, E17.’
NearlyLegal, 13th April 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Claimant groups: 85% of injured workers not compensated – Law Society’s Gazette
‘More than 85% of people injured or made ill at work do not recover any compensation, a new report has stated.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th April 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Callum Wilson murder: Mum Emma Wilson sentence increased – BBC News
‘A mother convicted of beating her 11-month-old son to death has had her “unduly lenient” sentence increased.’
BBC News, 15th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Crohn’s patient Lizzie Rose loses egg-freezing case – BBC News
‘A woman with Crohn’s disease has lost a legal challenge against a decision to refuse NHS funding to freeze her eggs.’
BBC News, 15th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
War Horse musicians lose court bid for reinstatement – The Guardian
‘Five musicians who performed as a live band for four years in the West End production of the National Theatre’s hugely successful War Horse, but were then replaced by a recorded soundtrack, have lost their bid to be reinstated. But Mr Justice Cranston told Neyire Ashworth, Andrew Callard, Jonathan Eddie, David Holt and Colin Rae that their prospects at trial for a breach of contract by the National Theatre were “strong”.’
The Guardian, 15th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Woman woke up on operating table as surgeons prepared to remove appendix – Daily Telegraph
‘A woman who woke up on the operating table as surgeons prepared to remove her appendix but was unable to scream out, has won damages from the hospital responsible for the anaesthetic error.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Fraudster jailed for £4m boiler room scam – Daily Telegraph
‘John Curtin, one of five conspirators convicted for their roles in a £4 million boiler room scam, was jailed for three years yesterday. The 38 year old was the last of the five conspirators to be jailed. Brian James O’Brien, Lynne Jane D’Albertson, James Py and Damien Rodney Smith were sentenced in 2012.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme Court to hear case on EU migrants and temporary inability to work – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an EU national’s appeal over a ruling that he was not eligible for housing assistance from a local authority as his inability to work was not temporary.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th April 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Rule committee allays concern over unintended consequences of costs budgeting extension – Litigation Futures
‘The Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) has reassured litigators that the new version of the costs management rule coming into force on 22 April will not accidentally catch Commercial Court and other Rolls Building cases being brought into the regime retrospectively.’
Litigation Futures, 14th April 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Expert questions UK chancellor’s proposed ‘strict liability’ criminal offence for taxable funds held offshore – OUT-LAW.com
‘It would be disproportionate to introduce automatic unlimited fines and prison sentences for UK taxpayers with offshore assets on which they have not paid the correct taxes, as trailed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the weekend, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th April 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
No implied copyright licence following takeover, rules Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com
‘A businessman who forged a document and lied about its authenticity has won a legal battle against a major financial institution over copyright.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th April 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Passive smoking in prison not a breach of human rights – Court of Appeal – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Smith, R (on the application of v Secretary of State for Justice and G4S UK Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 380. This case raises the question of whether it is a breach of a non-smoking prisoner’s Convention right to respect for his private life and to equality of access to such rights (ECHR Articles 8 and 14) to compel him to share a cell with a smoker.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th April 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
First hearing not a case management conference, says High Court – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A claimant has failed in a High Court Mitchell bid to argue that an initial hearing amounted to a case management conference (CMC) and should be subject to budgeting rules.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th April 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
