Jurisdiction after a no deal Brexit – Competition Bulletin
‘Time for some more speculation about the future which awaits us after 29 March. The topic this time is jurisdiction.’
Competition Bulletin, 22nd January 2010
Source: competitionbulletin.com
UK Benefits System Fails Mentally Ill Claimants ‘Disproportionately’ By Refusing Benefits – Rights Info
‘The UK benefits system’s Disability Living Allowance (DLA) has been designed to support people living with disabilities – but handouts may be unfairly benefiting claimants with physical injuries over those with mental illnesses.’
Rights Info, 22nd January 2019
Source: rightsinfo.org
Relevance and homelessness – Nearly Legal
‘Safi v Sandwell BC (2018) EWCA Civ 2876 can be regarded as a footnote of some significance in the factors which are relevant in determining whether a household is homeless for the purposes of s. 175, Housing Act 1996. (And, as a footnote to that footnote, a point for the cognoscenti of review processes: it is interesting that Sandwell has a review panel (whether officer or councillor-led is not clear from the report), which appears to work by way of meetings; such panels, which were frequently constituted prior to and just after the 1996 Act, are rare these days, reviews being conducted commonly by a single officer.)’
Nearly Legal, 21st January 2019
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Gross defends arbitration against claim it damages common law – Litigation Futures
‘A Court of Appeal judge has rejected the argument – pressed by a former Lord Chief Justice – that the growth of arbitration to resolve commercial disputes has retarded the development of the common law.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd January 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
MPs pass counter-terror bill amendments to protect aid workers – The Guardian
‘MPs have passed amendments to the government’s latest counter-terrorism bill to try to protect British aid workers and journalists from facing criminal charges in conflict zones.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Oxford grooming gang members handed life sentences – BBC News
‘Three men who groomed and sexually abused an Oxford schoolgirl have been handed life sentences.’
BBC News, 21st January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Radon: Removing a Killer from the House – Legal Futures
‘Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can affect properties across the UK, not just in the South West like many imagine. We take a look at what it is, the risks and impacts on buildings and how even if it is discovered, that the property transaction can be stay on track.’
Legal Futures, 22nd January 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Walsall Council wins Muslim graves High Court battle – BBC News
‘A Muslim man who said his human rights were breached by a council’s refusal to permit a marble edge around a grave has lost a High Court battle.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Law courts in chaos as IT meltdown disrupts thousands of cases – The Guardian
‘Thousands of cases have been disrupted or delayed across England and Wales after the courts service’s main computer network repeatedly crashed, preventing lawyers and judges from working.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Compensation body ‘re-traumatising’ crime victims – BBC News
‘Survivors of violent and sexual crime are being “re-traumatised” by the government’s compensation body, the victims’ commissioner has said.’
BBC News, 23rd January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This is not love’: victim of coercive control says she saw red flags from start –
‘Natalie Curtis decided to leave her husband when he marched her to a pawn shop to sell her wedding and engagement ring.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Plan to simplify UK’s 1,100 pages of immigration rules – The Guardian
‘People would be able to more easily understand the UK’s immigration rules under a proposed shakeup of the regulations by the government’s law advisers that would simplify the current 1,100 pages of regulations.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Ep. 62: Court claims from the empire’s long shadow – Law Pod UK
‘Last year the High Court ruled out claims against the British Government brought by people caught up in the Mau Mau emergency in Kenya in the 1950s. The allegations of brutality against guards employed by the Colonial Office were time-barred by the half-century that has elapsed since the events took place. Guy Mansfield QC represented the Foreign Office in this litigation and discusses the importance of the Limitation Act with Rosalind English.’
Law Pod UK, 21st January 2019
Source: audioboom.com
Computers fail in courts across England as judges and CPS struggle to access vital case information – Daily Telegraph
‘Court computer systems have been failing across England as judges and the Crown Prosecution Service struggle to access vital case information held digitally.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
DWP acted ‘perversely’ in sacking of disabled woman, judge finds – The Guardian
‘A disabled woman was discriminated against when she was unfairly sacked by the Department for Work and Pensions, which behaved in a “perverse” and “blinkered” manner, a judge has found.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Monitoring of abuse claims at children’s prison ‘ineffective’ – The Guardian
‘A review into the alleged abuse of children by staff at a children’s prison has found that a series of failings led to an “erratic and ineffective” monitoring of investigations into the claims.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Disability hate crime: Katie Price backed over online abuse by MPs – BBC News
‘Self-regulation of social media “has failed disabled people”, according to MPs who have backed a petition calling for new laws, led by model Katie Price.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AB, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2019] EWCA Civ 9 (18 January 2019)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Shepherd v The Information Commissioner [2019] EWCA Crim 2 (18 January 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd v Scragg & Ors [2019] EWHC 51 (Ch) (18 January 2019)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Cunico Resources NV & Ors v Daskalakis & Anor [2019] EWHC 57 (Comm) (18 January 2019)
General Dynamics United Kingdom Ltd v Libya [2019] EWHC 64 (Comm) (18 January 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
The Home Office v TR & Anor [2019] EWHC 49 (QB) (17 January 2019)
Palliser Ltd v Fate Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 43 (QB) (16 January 2019)
UK Dry Risers Ltd v Maher [2019] EWHC 44 (QB) (16 January 2019)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Abbvie Ltd v The NHS Commissioning Board (NHS England) [2019] EWHC 61 (TCC) (18 January 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
Immigration chief hits out as “abuse” by lawyers – Legal Futures
‘The appeal system for failed asylum-seekers has been “heavily abused by some lawyers”, the former Home Office director-general of immigration enforcement has claimed.’
Legal Futures, 21st January 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
