‘The Health Secretary has ordered a review into the use of seclusion and segregation in the care of people with learning disabilities and autism in secure hospitals.’
Rights Info, 5th November 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘A man has been jailed for life and ordered to serve at least 29 years in prison for murdering his wife and stepdaughter in an episode of “wanton savagery”.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The brother of a Labour MP has admitted perverting the course of justice by lying to police about who was driving a speeding car.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018
The Ministry of Defence Police (Conduct and Appeals Tribunals) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2018
The Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (England) Regulations 2018
The Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 2018
The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Order 2018
The Child Tax Credit (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Supreme Court
Dooneen Ltd (t/a McGinness Associates)& Anor v Mond (Scotland) [2018] UKSC 54 (31 October 2018)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ogiehor v Ogiehor [2018] EWCA Civ 2423 (02 November 2018)
Terry v BCS Corporate Acceptances Ltd & Ors [2018] EWCA Civ 2422 (02 November 2018)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Aziz & Ors v R [2018] EWCA Crim 2412 (02 November 2018)
E, R v [2018] EWCA Crim 2426 (01 November 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
CPRE Surrey & Anor v Waverley Borough Council & Ors [2018] EWHC 2969 (Admin) (05 November 2018)
Valiati v Director Of Public Prosecutions [2018] EWHC 2908 (Admin) (01 November 2018)
Guerry, R (on the application of) v & Ors [2018] EWHC 2899 (Admin) (01 November 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Noble Group Ltd, Re [2018] EWHC 2911 (Ch) (02 November 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
RJ & Anor v HB [2018] EWHC 2958 (Comm) (05 November 2018)
High Court (Family Division)
Hart v Hart [2018] EWHC 2966 (Fam) (05 November 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Lysongo v The Foreign and Commonwealth Office & Anor [2018] EWHC 2955 (QB) (05 November 2018)
YAH v Medway NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 2964 (QB) (05 November 2018)
Birmingham City Council v Amey Birmingham Highways Ltd [2018] EWHC 2875 (QB) (02 November 2018)
Doyle v Smith [2018] EWHC 2935 (QB) (02 November 2018)
Gill v Heer Manak Solicitors [2018] EWHC 2881 (QB) (30 October 2018)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The legal test in considering a breach of s41 remains to be found in James v Preseli Pembrokeshire DC [1993] PIQR P114 and Jones v Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC [2008] EWCA Civ 1497. Whilst the appellant was successful on the basis two pieces of evidence had not been considered with the correct weight, the lower Court had nonetheless applied the correct legal test.’
Park Square Barristers, 30th October 2018
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘This short update focuses on October’s key legal developments, which this month include environmental permit breaches for Healthcare Environmental Services Ltd concerning the treatment of clinical waste, classifying, labelling and packaging of chemicals post-Brexit, and the government’s request for guidance from the Committee on Climate Change on how to move to zero emissions of greenhouse gases.’
Six Pump Court, 26th October 2018
Source: www.6pumpcourt.co.uk
‘The Upper Tribunal considered the extent of a tenant’s liability to pay for communal heating when that obligation arose only by an estoppel by convention and, in fact, the tenant’s flat was no longer connected to the communal system.’
Tanfield Chambers, 5th October 201
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Mark Davies consider the environmental implications of yesterday’s Budget, a consultation between the FCA and the PRA on climate change and finance, and a recent case holding that an EIR request was “manifestly unreasonable”.’
Six Pump Court, 30th October 2018
Source: www.6pumpcourt.co.uk
‘The UT comprised of Holgate J and HHJ Hodge QC (also sitting as County Court judges) gave valuable guidance concerning the importance of judges maintaining jurisdictional clarity and seperation when sitting as both FTT judges and County Court judges under the Residential Property Dispute Deployment Pilot.’
Tanfield Chambers, 5th October 2018
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘Police have been told by government that paedophiles caught with indecent child abuse images can receive conditional cautions instead of jail as police struggle to cope with an explosion of cases.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The ground rent scandal can give rise to accidental ASTs with unexpected consequences.’
Tanfield Chambers, 18th October 2018
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has agreed to hear conjoined cases over village greens, public authority-owned land and the concept of ‘statutory incompatibility’, it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Defendants in a professional negligence claim who rejected the chance to settle costs have been left nursing a bill at least three times higher than it might have been.’
Law Society's Gazette, 2nd November 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Lessons can be learned in the financial services sector from the rush to update contracts to account for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) taking effect earlier this year.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd November 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has threatened Great Yarmouth Borough Council with a judicial review challenge over the local authority’s selective licensing plans.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This was a s.204 appeal of a s.202 review on suitability of temporary accommodation provided to the appellant by Lewisham. This was originally temporary accommodation provided under s.188 Housing Act 1996, but following Lewisham accepting the full housing duty, it became accommodation provided under s.193 HA 1996.’
Nearly Legal, 4th November 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Virtually every news cycle seems to feature children as victims of military actions, gun violence, economic injustice, racism, sexism, sexual abuse, hunger, underfunded schools, unbridled commercialism—the list is endless. Each violates our sense of what childhood ought to be and challenges what we believe childhood has always been.’
OUP Blog, 5th November 2018
Source: blog.oup.com
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