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
Colette McCulloch inquest: Autistic woman’s death ‘avoidable tragedy’ – BBC News
‘The death of an autistic woman hit by a lorry on the A1 was an “avoidable tragedy”, an inquest has heard.’
BBC News, 21st March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Takhar v Gracefield Developments Ltd & Ors [2019] UKSC 13 (20 March 2019)
SAE Education Ltd v Revenue and Customs [2019] UKSC 14 (20 March 2019)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Easy Rent A Car Ltd & Anor v Easygroup Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 477 (20 March 2019)
Matthew & Ors v Sedman & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 475 (20 March 2019)
Salix Homes v Mantato [2019] EWCA Civ 445 (20 March 2019)
Christianuyi Ltd & Ors v Revenue And Customs [2019] EWCA Civ 474 (19 March 2019)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
YZ & Anor, R. v [2019] EWCA Crim 466 (19 March 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Freshasia Foods Ltd v Lu [2019] EWHC 638 (Ch) (20 March 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
Police and council acted unlawfully when using 1847 law to seize sheep – Local Government Lawyer
‘A council and the police acted unlawfully when they used a Victorian law against a shepherd whose sheep had entered a village.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st March 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
NHS employee fined for unlawfully accessing personal records – Local Government Lawyer
‘An employee of an NHS Foundation Trust in the West Midlands has been fined for unlawfully accessing the personal records of 14 individuals.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st March 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Supreme Court allows ‘reasonable diligence’ appeal in fraud claim – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A person who applies to set aside a judgment on the basis of fraud does not have to demonstrate that the fraud could not have been spotted with reasonable diligence, the Supreme Court has ruled. The judgment in Takhar v Gracefield Developments Limited and others seeks to resolve a ‘bare-knuckle’ conflict between two long-standing principles of public law: that fraud unravels all and that there must come an end to litigation.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th March 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Barry Bennell expenses claim raises questions about Crewe’s legal defence – The Guardian
‘Here is the expenses claim from Barry Bennell that raises significant questions about the defence put forward by Crewe Alexandra’s lawyers to fight the high court claims lodged by victims of the paedophile coach. It shows Bennell claimed £5 per boy to accommodate them at his house during the years when he used his position as Crewe’s youth-team coach to feed what prosecutors have described as his “almost insatiable appetite for young boys”.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Home Office refuses Christian convert asylum by quoting Bible passages that ‘prove Christianity is not peaceful’ – The Independent
‘The Home Office has refused asylum to a Christian convert by quoting Bible passages which it says prove Christianity is not a peaceful religion. The Iranian national, who claimed asylum in 2016, was told passages in the Bible were “inconsistent” with his claim to have converted to Christianity after discovering it was a “peaceful” faith.’
The Independent, 21st March 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sheffield United’s Sophie Jones quits football after being found guilty of racial abuse, labels FA hearing a ‘kangaroo court’ – The Independent
‘Sheffield United’s Sophie Jones has claimed she will quit football after being found guilty of racially abusing Renee Hector by the FA. Jones labelled the FA’s hearing as a “kangaroo court” and says she can no longer play under a governing body who she “does not have any confidence in”. The FA reached a guilty verdict on Wednesday after Jones was alleged to have made monkey noises at Tottenham’s Renee Hector on 6 January in the Women’s Championship, with the 27-year-old receiving a five-match ban and being fined £200. Jones was subsequently sacked by Sheffield United.’
The Independent, 20th March 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
