Dean Saunders jailed for refusing breath test – BBC News
‘Ex-Liverpool striker Dean Saunders has been jailed for 10 weeks for refusing to provide a roadside breath test.’
BBC News, 28th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
87 bird crime incidents last year and just one conviction, says RSPB – The Guardian
‘Birds of prey were shot, poisoned, trapped or illegally killed in 87 confirmed incidents in 2018 that led to just one successful conviction, according to the RSPB’s annual Birdcrime report.’
The Guardian, 29th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Disabled woman starved to death at home after carer visited own mother instead – The Independent
‘A care worker who left a severely disabled woman to starve to death in her home has been convicted of gross negligence manslaughter.’
The Independent, 28th August 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Home Office faces legal battle over Prevent reviewer – The Guardian
‘Human rights campaigners have threatened the Home Office with legal action over its appointment of Lord Carlile as the independent reviewer of its anti-radicalisation programme Prevent.’
The Guardian, 29th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Rotherham child sex abuse: Six men convicted – BBC News
‘Six men have been found guilty of a string of sex offences relating to the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rotherham more than a decade ago.’
BBC News, 28th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Brexit: Gina Miller files for legal challenge to stop Boris Johnson’s ‘cynical and cowardly’ plan to prorogue parliament – The Independent
‘Anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller has as filed an urgent application for a legal challenge to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “cynical and cowardly” plan to prorogue parliament.’
The Independent, 29th August 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
No Deal Brexit risks reversing human rights progress in extradition law – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The UK Government’s vow to leave the European Union “whatever the circumstances” on the 31st October has left the UK hurtling towards a no-deal Brexit this Halloween, but what does this mean for the rights of people subject to future extradition between the UK and the EU?.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th August 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Airspace in a crowded sky – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Lasham Gliding Society Ltd, R (on the application of) v. the Civil Aviation Authority and TAG Farnborough Airport Limited. The Claimant, the Lasham Gliding Society, challenged a decision by the Civil Aviation Authority, the statutory regulator of UK airspace, to permit the introduction of air traffic controls in airspace around Farnborough Airport, which is presently largely uncontrolled. Lasham Gliding Society (“LGS”) is one of the largest gliding clubs in the world. Its concern was that one of the effects of the CAA’s decision would be to increase the risk of a mid-air collision between its gliders and those aircraft which divert away from any newly controlled airspace around Farnborough Airport into the adjacent uncontrolled zone over Lasham where its gliders fly.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th August 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Caine v Advertiser And Times Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 2278 (QB) (23 August 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
Offer to settle for no damages was valid under part 36 – Litigation Futures
‘An offer to settle a case for no damages but an admission of liability was a valid part 36 offer and it was not unjust to apply the usual consequences of beating an offer when the claimant won at trial, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 28th August 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Public sector to launch ‘mass legal battle’ over pension reforms – The Guardian
‘Mass legal claims on behalf of teachers and doctors alleging that changes to their pensions in 2015 were discriminatory are being launched against the government.’
The Guardian, 27th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Investigation prompts rapid upgrades to asylum seekers’ homes – The Guardian
‘Hundreds of asylum seekers crammed into a network of “guest houses” provided by a Home Office contractor that are overrun by cockroaches, rats and mice have seen a raft of improvements in the past few days after the Guardian exposed their dire living conditions.’
The Guardian, 27th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Vaping ad banned for using ‘bald head and eyebrows’ suggesting Sir Mo Farah endorsed product, watchdog rules – Daily Telegraph
‘A vaping advert has been banned for using a “bald head and eyebrows” that suggested Sir Mo Farah endorsed the product, a watchdog as ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lip-reading CCTV will have people ‘cupping hands over their mouths’ in street, warns surveillance watchdog – Daily Telegraph
‘People will be left “cupping their hands over their mouths” in the street if new lip-reading CCTV is not reined in, the Government’s surveillance watchdog has warned. Tony Porter, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner, said in future people would have to guard their conversations from prying cameras in the same manner as football managers on live TV, unless ministers act to regulate emerging intrusive technologies.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘This is our secret’: Retired choirmaster who sexually abused boys jailed for 12 years – The Independent
‘A retired school choirmaster who “hid a dark paedophile inclination” has been jailed for sexually abusing four boys.’
The Independent, 27th August 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Domestic abuse: Killers ‘follow eight-stage pattern’, study says – BBC News
‘Men who kill their partners follow a “homicide timeline” that could be tracked by police to help prevent deaths, new research suggests. Criminology expert Dr Jane Monckton Smith found an eight-stage pattern in 372 killings in the UK. The University of Gloucestershire lecturer said controlling behaviour could be a key indicator of someone’s potential to kill their partner.’
BBC News, 27th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Home Office ad telling EU citizens how to stay in UK after Brexit banned for being ‘misleading’ – The Independent
‘A Home Office campaign informing EU nationals how to confirm their UK status after Brexit has been banned by the advertising watchdog for being “misleading”.’
The Independent, 27th August 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Singh v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1504 (22 August 2019)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Armstrong v Armstrong [2019] EWHC 2259 (Ch) (23 August 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Boyo v Lloyds Bank Plc [2019] EWHC 2279 (QB) (23 August 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
Costs budgeting is not inevitable – Charlie Cory-Wright QC – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Generally speaking, we lawyers dislike procedural change. While we may well understand that a particular change is necessary and we will certainly recognise that we need to adapt to it when it comes, such changes nonetheless tend to make us feel ignorant and highly uncomfortable. We have to treat any new procedural regime as a known unknown, which presents pitfalls for the unwary, at least until we become familiar with it. And in the meantime, a culture of half-knowledge develops, an uncertain and dangerous combination of a little learning, anecdote, and false assumptions. This very often leads to negative over-simplification.’
UK Human Rights Blog, August 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Expert “failed to provide objective opinion”, says High Court – Litigation Futures
‘An expert witness who said in oral evidence that he saw his role as presenting his side’s case “in the most favourable light” has been criticised by the High Court.’
Litigation Futures, 27th August 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
