M25 killer Kenneth Noye to be freed from prison – BBC News
‘M25 road-rage killer Kenneth Noye is to be released from prison, the Parole Board has confirmed.’
BBC News, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Number of UK child slavery cases up by nearly 800% in two years, figures show – The Independent
‘Child slavery cases in the UK have surged by nearly 800 per cent in just two years, new figures show. Data published in the Modern Slavery Police Transformation Programme’s annual report show there were 475 police operations into child slavery in the UK last month, compared with 53 in April 2017.’
The Independent, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court modernisation “undermining access to justice”, lawyers tell MPs – Legal Futures
‘Criminal and civil lawyers have spelt out to MPs on the justice select committee a catalogue of ways in which court modernisation is undermining access to justice.’
Legal Futures, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
New APIL chief: Falling PI damages “an affront to justice” – Litigation Futures
‘Trends in personal injury claims since LASPO, with damages falling, are an “affront to justice”, the new president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has claimed.’
Litigation Futures, 21st May 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Meals on wheels driver jailed for elderly woman’s murder 24 years on after DNA breakthrough – Daily Telegraph
‘A meals on wheels delivery driver has been jailed for life 24 years after he murdered an elderly woman, following a DNA breakthrough.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st May 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Guidance on libel for the social media age – Law Society’s Gazette
‘”He tried to strangle me” – hardly innocuous words. But when Nicola Stocker posted them on Facebook in 2012 she could not have known it was the start of a 76-month libel dispute over two simple questions – questions that would reach the Supreme Court as Stocker v Stocker [2019] UKSC 17.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th May 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Judge reprimands solicitors for “imbeclic request” comment – Litigation Futures
‘A judge has criticised solicitors in a copyright infringement claim for describing a disclosure request made by the opposing side as “imbecilic”.’
Litigation Futures, 20th May 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Law firm “sacked staff member by WhatsApp”, tribunal finds – Legal Futures
‘A small law firm sacked its administrator by sending him a brief WhatsApp message – and then backdated his P45 to support an argument that he was actually fired earlier and so his claim was out of time, an employment tribunal has found.’
Legal Futures, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Financial regulators focus on climate change risk – OUT-LAW.com
‘In early May the UK government became the first in the world to declare an environment and climate change emergency. The impact of climate change will affect every aspect of daily life, and generates a number of significant financial risks.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st May 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
Contaminated blood inquiry: Victim’s ‘life of fear and anger’ – BBC News
‘A man who was infected by contaminated blood has told a public inquiry of a life of fear, paranoia and anger.’
BBC News, 21st May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Maternity rights bill could make things worse, campaigner says – BBC News
‘A bill which aims to protect women’s jobs when they return to work after giving birth will have little impact, a pregnancy rights campaigner says.’
BBC News, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
No more reasonable doubt in suicide inquests – UK Human Rights Blog
‘In R (Maughan) v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire v The Chief Coroner for England Wales [2019] EWCA Civ 809, the Court of Appeal conclusively held that the standard for proof for both short form and narrative conclusions concerning suicide was the civil balance of probabilities test, rather than the criminal beyond reasonable doubt.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th May 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
What are the rules for donating to UK political parties? – The Guardian
‘The Brexit party funding row shows how technology has outpaced electoral law.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2019
The Armed Forces Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2019
The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019
The Cyber-Attacks (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2019
The Cattle Compensation (England) Order 2019
The Wireless Telegraphy (Register) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
The Wireless Telegraphy (Mobile Spectrum Trading) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
The Wireless Telegraphy (Spectrum Trading) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Thakrar v Crown Prosecution Service [2019] EWCA Civ 874 (21 May 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Global Energy Horizons Corporation v Gray [2019] EWHC 1260 (Ch) (21 May 2019)
First National Trustco (UK) Ltd & Anor v Page & Ors [2019] EWHC 1187 (Ch) (20 May 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Indigo Projects London Ltd v Razin & Anor [2019] EWHC 1205 (TCC) (17 May 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
Judge wrong to ignore tactics of “unscrupulous” NIHL claimants – Litigation Futures
‘A judge has been criticised by the Court of Appeal for failing to take into account tactics used by “unscrupulous claimants and lawyers”, particularly in noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) cases.’
Litigation Futures, 21st May 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
