Car washes to be given kitemark scheme to crack down on modern slavery – Daily Telegraph
‘Car washes will be given a Kitemark-style scheme to crack down on modern slavery.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Jones & Anor v Roundlistic Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2284 (19 October 2018)
Timis & Anor v Osipov & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 2321 (19 October 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
DJ, R (On the Application Of) v Welsh Ministers & Anor [2018] EWHC 2735 (Admin) (19 October 2018)
Solicitors Regulation Authority v Day & Ors [2018] EWHC 2726 (Admin) (19 October 2018)
High Court (Family Division)
C (An Infant), Re [2018] EWHC 2750 (Fam) (17 October 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
London Borough of Haringey v Simawi & Anor [2018] EWHC 2733 (QB) (19 October 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
Judge rejects challenge to decision by council to sell cattle market site – Local Government Lawyer
‘A judge has refused to grant a campaign group permission to bring a judicial review challenge over a district council’s decision to sell a cattle market to a supermarket chain.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Domestic abusers and stalkers should sign national register like sex offenders, commons report says – Daily Telegraph
‘Domestic abusers and stalkers should be forced to sign a national register like sex offenders, a cross-party parliamentary report has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Infected blood victims’ support payments ‘must increase’ – BBC News
‘Victims of the NHS contaminated blood scandal have written to the health secretary asking for an immediate increase in support payments, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Watchdog supports end to delay in gender recognition decisions – The Guardian
‘The “period of reflection” a person wishing to change gender must observe before obtaining a gender recognition certificate is unnecessary, according to the equality watchdog.’
The Guardian, 21st October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Duval v 11-13 Randolph Crescent Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2298 (18 October 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hosking & Anor v Apax Partners LLP & Ors [2018] EWHC 2732 (Ch) (18 October 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Integral Petroleum SA v Petrogat FZE & Anor [2018] EWHC 2686 (Comm) (17 October 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Hewes v West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust & Ors (3) [2018] EWHC 2715 (QB) (18 October 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
Supreme Court to hear case on deprivations of liberty, community treatment orders – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court will next week consider whether a statutory power to impose conditions amounting to a deprivation of liberty can ever lawfully be “implied”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Shifting sands’: six legal views on the transgender debate – The Guardian
‘Lawyers examine the consequences to the proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act.’
The Guardian, 19th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary freed from prison – The Guardian
‘Anjem Choudary has been released from prison after serving half of the five-and-a-half-year sentence he received in 2016 for urging support for Isis and pledging allegiance to the terrorist group.’
The Guardian, 19th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
London borough changes its definition of ‘overcrowding’ after legal challenge: report – Local Government Lawyer
‘A legal challenge brought by the Public Interest Law Unit (PILU) and Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth (HASL) has forced Southwark Council to change the definition it uses for ‘overcrowding’, it has been claimed.’
Local Government Lawyer, October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Health and Social Care of Older People is a Human Rights Issue – Rights Info
‘The independent healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission recently warned that disjointed health and social care services in England are placing increasing pressure on A&E departments. As pressure grows on the country’s health and care system, what does this mean for the human rights of older people?’
Rights Info, 18th October 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
Home Office asks lawyers to help simplify immigration letters – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The government will ask lawyers how letters to people navigating a ‘complex’ immigration system can be improved, as MPs take a closer look at proposals to reform immigration detention.’
Law Society's Gazette, 18th October 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Claimants who discontinued huge case during trial ordered to pay indemnity costs – Litigation Futures
‘Claimants who discontinued their case four days into a six-week trial have been ordered to pay the defendants’ costs on the indemnity basis because their conduct took it ‘out of the norm’.’
Litigation Futures, 19th October 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Reform and the future of family justice: where is the court modernisation programme heading? – Family Law
‘The following is an extract from a talk delivered by the immediate past President of the Family Division to the Cheshire and North Wales Resolution Family Law Conference at Chester on 25 September 2018. The full version will appear in the November issue of Family Law.’
Family Law, 18th October 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Woman with learning difficulties not told she had contraceptive device covertly fitted – Daily Telegraph
‘A young woman with learning difficulties should not be told she was covertly fitted with a contraceptive device as it would ruin her trust in her carers, a court has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Name checks to begin on bank payments – BBC News
‘The name of someone receiving a payment will be as important as their banking details for the first time from next summer, in an attempt to combat fraud.’
BBC News, 18th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Homicide rate in England and Wales highest since 2008 – The Guardian
‘The murder and manslaughter rate in England and Wales has risen to the highest in a decade, official figures show.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Drunk’ women face harsher sentences than men, research claims – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Women are twice as likely as men to receive harsher sentences for assault offences when alcohol is a contributory factor, according to a new study.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th October 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
