‘The decision of the Lord Chancellor to propose by statutory instrument an amendment to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to impose a residence test for those otherwise eligible for civil legal aid under Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act was not unlawful or discriminatory.’
WLR Daily, 25th November 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A dispute has arisen between different panels of the Upper Tribunal’s Immigration and Asylum Chamber. The subject is the meaning and interpretation of the words “unduly harsh” at paragraph 399 of the Immigration Rules.’
Free Movement, 16th November 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘UK Visas and Immigration is making changes to the Immigration Rules affecting various categories.’
UK Visas and Immigration, 29th October 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration
‘The Supreme Court has given judgment in the case of Mandalia v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] UKSC 59 about the interpretation and application of the Home Office’s Points Based System evidential flexibility policy. Regular followers of the blog will be familiar with this policy, which was first published here on Free Movement courtesy of Jane Heybroek. This was in 2012, despite the policy being in operation since 2009. It was later also published to the Home Office website.’
Free Movement, 19th October 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘A UK court is to rule on whether Uber’s mobile app breaches taxi regulations.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th October 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Personal injury specialists have long awaited clear guidance on how the changes effected by Section 69 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 will be interpreted by the courts.’
Zenith PI Blog, 2nd October 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A British company is taking its challenge against EU proposals on e-cigarette production, sales and marketing to the European court of justice.’
The Guardian, 1st October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Regulations concerning media reporting of how divorcing couples divide up their disputed assets are chaotic, a senior family court judge has acknowledged.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal’s answer to this question in HCA International Limited v CMA [2015] EWCA Civ 492 was, in effect: rarely. The judgment, which contains some serious criticism of the CMA even though it won the case, illustrates just how high the threshold is before a court will insist that a remitted decision should go to a new decision-maker. It is not enough for the original decision-maker to have made a mistake, however conspicuous. Rather, there needs to be a reasonable perception of unfairness or damage to public confidence in the regulatory process.’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 25th September 2015
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
‘The Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013 whereby fees were payable by a claimant or appellant on the commencement of a claim or an appeal and also in advance of the final hearing unless they were entitled to a remission on account of limited means was lawful and not discriminatory.’
WLR Daily, 26th August 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A Civil Justice Council (CJC) report has made 45 recommendations aimed at boosting the uptake of Damages-Based Agreements (DBAs), which were a key part of the Jackson reforms but whose use has been limited.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The broadcasting watchdog Ofcom is investigating Sky over concerns that customers’ attempts to cancel their contracts are being ignored.’
The Guardian, 6th August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘How have the new Criminal Procedure Rules 2015 (Crim PR 2015) restated or amended previous legislation?’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 5th August 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Regina (Giri) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 784; [2015] WLR (D) 341
‘On a claim for judicial review of a decision by the Secretary of State refusing to vary a foreign national’s leave to remain on the grounds of deception, the question of whether deception had been used was not a “precedent fact” to be determined by the court. Rather, the Secretary of State’s finding that deception had been used would be subject to review by the court on Wednesbury public law principles.’
WLR Daily, 28th July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Article 3(4) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation gave member states an unqualified and unrestricted power not to apply the Directive to the armed forces, so that the terms of the Army Terms of Service Regulations 2007 were not incompatible with equal treatment under the Directive.’
WLR Daily, 24th July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Littlewood v Powys County Council [2015] EWHC 2125 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 336
‘For the purposes of Schedule 2 to the Estate Agents Act 1979, where the making of an order under section 3 of the Act prohibiting an unfit person from acting as an estate agent had been delegated to an adjudicator, it was that adjudicator who personally had to hear oral representations from the person affected. The local authority’s proposed procedure whereby the adjudicator, who was the actual decision-maker, only received an audio recording and verbatim transcript of the proceedings before an investigator did not comply with the requirements of the 1979 Act and was unlawful.’
WLR Daily, 23rd July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
R v R [2015] EWCA Civ 796; [2015] WLR (D) 337
‘Neither article 9 of Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 nor regulation 10(2)(a) of the Ukraine (European Union Financial Sanctions) (No 2) Regulations 2014 were contravened by an order requiring a husband, who lived in Russia and who was subject to sanctions imposed by the EU Regulation, to pay interim maintenance into his former wife’s Russian bank account.’
WLR Daily, 24th July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Mark Hubbard considers new legislation requiring greater transparency in the ownership and management of companies.’
New Square Chambers, 29th June 2015
Source: www.newsquarechambers.co.uk
‘There have been a few interesting education stories in the news recently.’
Education Law Blog, 18th July 2015
Source: www.education11kbw.com
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