‘Sinister’ Facebook stalker jailed for abusing woman – BBC News
‘A “cowardly predator” who cyber-stalked a disabled campaigner against online abuse has been jailed.’
BBC News, 1st August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Knife-wielding Louis Morgan jailed for stamping on partner’s head – BBC News
‘A man who stamped on his partner’s head and then tried to kill her neighbour has been jailed for 20 years with five more years on extended licence.’
BBC News, 1st August
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Children’s author faces £1m payout after ‘terrorising’ actor neighbour with ‘monstrously out of control’ garden – Daily Telegraph
‘A children’s author faces a £1m payout after terrorising her actor neighbour with her “monstrously out of control” garden.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st August 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Visas ‘given to foreign husbands in forced marriages’ – Daily Telegraph
‘The Home Office has failed to protect British women and teenage girls forced into abusive marriages by granting their foreign husbands visas, charities have warned. Officials dealt with nearly 90 cases of victims trying to block visas last year, although almost half were still issued, data obtained by The Times shows.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Government must change plans to let hospitals investigate own whistleblowing cases, MP say – The Independent
‘Government plans for a new NHS whistleblowing service have come in for criticism from MPs over “conflict of interest” concerns about letting NHS hospitals investigate themselves.’
The Independent, 2nd August 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
English law applies to Islamic marriage, judge rules in divorce case – The Guardian
‘A high court judge has decided that a couple’s Islamic marriage falls within the scope of English matrimonial law, in a ruling that could have implications for thousands of Muslims in the UK.’
The Guardian, 1st August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Man jailed after he banned girlfriend from using Snapchat after four-week relationship – Daily Telegraph
‘A man who banned his girlfriend from using Snapchat and controlled her use of Facebook has been jailed for his psychological abuse after a relationship that lasted less than a month’
Daily Telegraph, 1st August 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Advertising watchdog rules against Gatwick Express ’30 minutes to London’ claim – The Guardian
‘The Gatwick Express rail service can no longer claim it can get passengers from the airport to London “in just 30 minutes” after the advertising watchdog found that more than a fifth of its services are delayed.’
The Guardian, 1st August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Celebrity divorce lawyer backs reform of ‘archaic’ laws – BBC News
‘One of the UK’s most famous divorce lawyers has backed a change in the law – but urged couples to be more practical about marriage.’
BBC News, 30th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rule committee signs off disclosure pilot rules – Litigation Futures
‘The Civil Procedure Rule Committee has given its final approval to the two-year disclosure pilot scheme for cases in the Business & Property Courts.’
Litigation Futures, 1st August 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Women In England ‘Illegally Taking Abortion Pills At Home’ To Avoid Having Abortions On Public Transport – Rights Info
‘Currently, the law states that all abortion pills must be taken in a clinic or hospital – meaning some women end up having an abortion on public transport, or while driving home.’
Rights Info, 31st July 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
Sharpening up on cyber could open data doors for universities – OUT-LAW.com
‘There is “room for improvement” in the way universities manage data. That was the recent stark message from the UK’s data protection watchdog for a sector that derives great value from the data it holds.’
OUT-LAW.com, 31st July 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
Tommy Robinson bailed after Court of Appeal win – BBC News
‘Far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been bailed after winning an appeal against a finding of contempt of court.’
BBC News, 1st August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Home Office misled court about treatment of child refugees from Calais, judges find – The Guardian
‘The government “materially misled” the high court about its treatment of child refugees who applied for safe passage to the UK from Calais, giving incomplete evidence that was “a serious breach of the duty of candour and cooperation”, the court of appeal ruled on Tuesday.’
The Guardian, 31st July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Re X (A Child : FGMPO) (Rev 2) [2018] EWCA Civ 1825 (31 July 2018)
MI (Palestine) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1782 (31 July 2018)
Hertel & Anor v Saunders & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 1831 (31 July 2018)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
GS, R v [2018] EWCA Crim 1824 (31 July 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Mustafa, R (On the Application Of) v Kent County Council [2018] EWHC 2025 (Admin) (31 July 2018)
Manak v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2018] EWHC 1958 (Admin) (31 July 2018)
Scott v United States of America [2018] EWHC 2021 (Admin) (31 July 2018)
The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v Brown [2018] EWHC 2046 (Admin) (31 July 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Chadwick & Ors v Lypiatt Studio Ltd & Anor [2018] EWHC 1986 (Ch) (31 July 2018)
Cool Seas (Seafoods) Ltd v Interfish Ltd & Ors [2018] EWHC 2038 (Ch) (31 July 2018)
Onzm v Watson & Ors [2018] EWHC 2016 (Ch) (31 July 2018)
High Court (Family Division)
Gondrom v Gondrom [2018] EWHC 2035 (Fam) (31 July 2018)
A & B v C [2018] EWHC 2048 (Fam) (30 July 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
Concurrent delay risk can be allocated by contract, confirms Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com
‘Parties to building contracts are free to agree on how to allocate the risk of concurrent delay to works, the Court of Appeal ruled on Monday.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th July 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
Circuit judge was wrong to apply QOCS to ‘mixed’ claim automatically, High Court rules – Litigation Futures
‘A circuit judge was wrong to order that qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) automatically applied to a claim about misuse of data because it also included a personal injury (PI) element, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 1st August 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Funeral ads banned by TfL over ‘widespread offence’ – BBC News
‘The company behind a set of funeral comparison adverts banned by Transport for London has said it was trying to break the “taboo” around death.’
BBC News, 31st July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Time to play by the rules? – New Law Journal
‘John Gould offers some advice on how to strike a balance between clarity & flexibility in recent changes to the solicitors’ rule book.’
New Law Journal, 27th July 2018
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
