Urinating Newcastle man faces council football pitch ban – BBC News
‘Amateur footballers who urinate on council-owned football pitches are being warned they could be banned from playing on them.’
BBC News, 14th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Domestic abuse victims turning to civil courts because police are failing to enforce law – Daily Telegraph
‘Domestic abuse victims are increasingly turning to the civil courts for protection because the police are failing to enforce the law of coercive control, it has emerged.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Fraud ringleader jailed over ‘boiler room’ scam – BBC News
‘A “boiler room” fraud ringleader has been sentenced to a total of 13 years in jail after being found guilty of conspiring with five others to con 170 investors out of £2.8m.’
BBC News, 14th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Councils using ‘hundreds of thousands of people’s data to try and predict child abuse’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Councils are said to be using hundreds of thousands of people’s data to try and predict child abuse, it has emerged.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Electoral Commission ‘misinterpreted’ Vote Leave expenses, court rules – BBC News
‘The Electoral Commission misinterpreted EU referendum spending laws allowing Vote Leave to break them, the High Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 14th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UBS ‘rogue trader’ in last-ditch attempt to avoid deportation – The Guardian
‘Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS banker jailed for the UK’s biggest ever fraud, will on Monday file for a judicial review of the decision to deport him to Ghana, in a last-ditch attempt to stop his “banishment” from the UK, where he has lived since he was 12.’
The Guardian, 16th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Mobile home security – Nearly Legal
‘In John Romans Park Homes Ltd v Hancock [2018] UKUT 249 (LC), Martin Rodger QC, Deputy President of the Upper Tribunal, made an interesting, tricky, but important distinction concerning the criteria for when a park provides security for a mobile home. Mobile home security is dependent on whether the park is a “protected site”: Mobile Homes Act 1983, s 1. A protected site is defined in the Caravan Sites Act 1968 as being “land in England in respect of which a site licence is required [ie a caravan site] … not being land in respect of which the relevant planning permission or site licence — (a) is expressed to be granted for holiday use only …”.
Nearly Legal, 13th September 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2018
The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018
The Police and Firefighters’ Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Reserve Forces (Payments to Employers and Partners) (Isle of Man) Regulations 2018
The Reserve Forces Act 1996 (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Road Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Copyright and Related Rights (Marrakesh Treaty etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Stoffel & Co v Grondona [2018] EWCA Civ 2031 (13 September 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bhusate v Patel & Ors [2018] EWHC 2362 (Ch) (13 September 2018)
Gelber & Anor v Tthe Sunderland Foundation & Ors [2018] EWHC 2344 (Ch) (13 September 2018)
Sheffield v Sheffield & Ors [2018] EWHC 2360 (Ch) (13 September 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Classic Maritime Inc. v Limbungan Makmur SDN BHD & Anor [2018] EWHC 2389 (Comm) (13 September 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
Council apologises to mother over unlawful restrictions on contact with children – Local Government Lawyer
‘Cumbria County Council has apologised to a mother who had unlawful restrictions placed on her level of contact with her three children, it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th September 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Conveyancers liable for registration error despite mortgage fraud – Legal Futures
‘There is “no public interest” in allowing a negligent conveyancer to avoid liability when they did not know that their client was actually engaged in mortgage fraud, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 14th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Acid attack car thieves convicted – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A gang of carjackers who sprayed corrosive ammonia into the eyes of their victims have been convicted after a public appeal by former boxer Michael Watson.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th September 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
MoJ seeks to allay concerns about the human rights impact of legal aid cuts – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The government has today published its response to MPs’ concerns about the “damaging” effects of legal aid reforms on human rights, painting a rosier picture than found by members of the joint committee on human rights.’
Law Society's Gazette, 13th September 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Response to the report on the use of terrorism legislation after Westminster Bridge – official-documents.gov.uk
‘The government response to the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation’s report into the use of legislation following the Westminster Bridge attack.’
Source: www.official-publications.gov.uk
HMP Bedford inmates ‘effectively control’ jail – BBC News
‘Inmates have effectively taken control at a violent and vermin-infested prison, a watchdog has warned.’
BBC News, 13th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MoD accused of ‘land grab’ for attempting to turn common land into Army firing range – Daily Telegraph
‘MoD accused of ‘land grab’ for attempting to turn common land into Army firing range.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lee Rigby: Charity fundraiser Gary Gardner guilty of two fraud charges – BBC News
‘A fundraiser has been convicted of two counts of fraud after pocketing cash collected for the young son of murdered soldier Lee Rigby.’
BBC News, 13th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Widow sues DPD over courier husband’s death – The Guardian
‘The delivery company DPD is being sued over the death of a driver who collapsed after he missed hospital appointments because he feared the company’s practice of charging drivers £150 for missing work.’
The Guardian, 13th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Abortion clinic ‘buffer zones’ plan to stop protesters rejected by the government in surprise move – The Independent
‘The government has rejected calls for the introduction of “buffer zones” barring anti-abortion protests outside abortion clinics across the UK.’
The Independent, 13th September 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
