Abusive wife jailed for life for husband’s murder – BBC News
‘A woman who killed her husband after “systematically” abusing him and hitting him with a rolling pin has been jailed.’
BBC News, 22nd March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tax tribunal: presenter Lorraine Kelly not ’employee’ of ITV – OUT-LAW.com
‘TV presenter Lorraine Kelly has won an employment tax case against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), after the first-tier tribunal found that she was not an ’employee’ of ITV to whom the IR35 disguised employment provisions should apply.’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd March 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
Mark Duggan family to sue Met Police over death – BBC News
‘The family of Mark Duggan, whose death sparked riots across England in August 2011, are suing the Metropolitan Police for damages, BBC News has learned.’
BBC News, 23rd March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Adtech, ePrivacy and the GDPR – Panopticon
‘Scarcely a week goes by without my saying to someone or other (clients, colleagues, my children round the dinner table): the GDPR is not an exhaustive regime – where applicable, you need to ensure compliance with ePrivacy laws as well. Especially when it comes to electronic marketing communications, cookies and related ad tech. This inevitably prompts the question: aren’t we supposed to be getting a new ePrivacy law? What’s the delay?’
Panopticon, 22nd March 2019
Source: panopticonblog.com
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch faces UK high court and fresh charges in US – The Guardian
‘Autonomy founder Mike Lynch will on Monday begin his high court defence against accusations that he perpetrated a $5bn (£3.8bn) fraud, as US prosecutors unveiled fresh criminal charges accusing the British businessman of a cover-up.’
The Guardian, 24th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Charity launches super-complaint against police for treating slavery victims as criminals, rather than protecting them from perpetrators – Daily Telegraph
‘Police forces face a super-complaint over their alleged failure to protect victims of modern slavery.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Smacking children to be banned in Wales – The Guardian
‘Parents are to be banned from physically punishing children under legislation being introduced on Monday by the Welsh government.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Advertising watchdog rules fake autism ‘cure’ adverts must stop – BBC News
‘Advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered 150 homeopaths operating in the UK to stop claiming they can cure autism.’
BBC News, 22nd March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019
The Floods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2019
The Public Procurement (Electronic Invoices etc.) Regulations 2019
The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019
The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Godson v London Borough of Enfield [2019] EWCA Civ 486 (22 March 2019)
Lloyds Banking Group Plc & Ors v Revenue And Customs & Anor [2019] EWCA Civ 485 (21 March 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Lis & Anor v Regional Court in Warsaw, Poland & Anor (No 2) [2019] EWHC 674 (Admin) (21 March 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
High Court suspends Home Office deportations policy – UK Human Rights Blog
‘R (Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] CO/543/2019. The High Court delivered the latest in a series of blows to the Government’s “hostile environment” immigration policy on Thursday. Walker J granted Medical Justice an interim injunction which will prevent the Home Office from removing or deporting people from the country without notice.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st March 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Coronial Causation – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The Divisional Court in R (Chidlow) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool [2019] EWHC 581 has given a concise and authoritative judgment reiterating and summarising the current common law concerning causation in inquests. Given the ever increasing importance of inquests and their conclusions as preliminaries to civil litigation, as well the growing number of inquests being held into historical deaths, the judgment will doubtless be frequently cited over the coming months and years.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th March 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Doctor “should have been jailed for contempt” like solicitor was – Litigation Futures
‘A doctor who received a suspended sentence after running a “factory” producing 32 medical reports in a day should have been jailed like the solicitor he worked with, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 21st March 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Claimant solicitors secure £150k interim costs for unfinished dispute – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The county court has granted solicitors an interim costs order in a long-running case where the level of damages was still three years from being finalised.’
Law Society's Gazette, 21st March 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
High court victory for group seeking to build ‘black Canary Wharf’ – The Guardian
‘One of the UK’s largest black communities is celebrating a victory in the high court over a contested piece of land it wants to transform into a “black Canary Wharf”.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Gang trio guilty of botched hit that left mother and son shot – The Guardian
‘Three men are facing long jail sentences over a botched gangland hit in which a seven-year-old boy and his mother were shot on their doorstep.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Dr Evil’: Wolverhampton tattooist jailed for tongue-splitting – BBC News
‘A body modification artist known as Dr Evil has been jailed for carrying out ear and nipple removals and splitting a customer’s tongue.’
BBC News, 21st March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Doctors’ body now ‘neutral’ on changing law on assisted dying – The Guardian
‘The Royal College of Physicians has dropped its opposition to changing the law on assisted dying and taken a neutral stance on the issue.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
