‘Mirror Group Newspapers has been forced to pay damages to a model, an actress and two former footballers over the phone hacking scandal.’
The Independent, 3rd May 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An undercover officer who had an unauthorised sexual relationship with an environmental campaigner has been dismissed from the police after a disciplinary hearing.’
The Guardian, 3rd May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘One of Britain’s longest serving prisoners has been released after 43 years behind bars.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Afghan interpreters who served with British troops fighting against the Taliban will be able to stay in the UK for free, the home secretary has said. More than 150 Afghans given five-year residency permits said they faced being sent back to Afghanistan when they expire, unless they paid £2,389 to apply for indefinite leave to remain. Sajid Javid said the fees have been waived.’
BBC News, 8th May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court
McCool, R v (Northern Ireland) [2018] UKSC 23 (2 May 2018)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The Secretary of State for the Home Department v MA (Somalia) [2018] EWCA Civ 994 (02 May 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
SCM Financial Overseas Ltd v Raga Establishment Ltd [2018] EWHC 1008 (Comm) (03 May 2018)
Gulf Air BSC (C) v One Inflight Ltd & Ors [2018] EWHC 1019 (Comm) (03 May 2018)
Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP [2018] EWHC 963 (Comm) (02 May 2018)
High Court (Family Division)
X (A Child) (No 6) V [2018] EWHC 1005 (Fam) (02 May 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Clark v Farley & Anor [2018] EWHC 1007 (QB) (02 May 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is taking legal advice on the wider implications of last year’s Supreme Court ruling that the introduction of employment tribunal fees was unlawful, it has emerged.’
Litigation Futures, 3rd May 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A computer hacker who stole customers’ data from more than 100 companies worldwide before selling the information to criminals on the dark web is facing years in jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A multimillion pound government strategy to reduce the number of women being jailed for non-violent offences has been postponed, the Guardian can disclose. Plans to set up community prisons for women and to launch a scheme that would provide support for female offenders were supposed to be announced this month. The Ministry of Justice has delayed finalisation of the strategy, which is now going to be rewritten.’
The Guardian, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Conservatives have blocked attempts to force the government to release internal documents relating to the Windrush scandal. The House of Commons voted down the proposal after the Tories ordered their MPs to oppose it. Labour had tried to use an archaic parliamentary procedure to force the government to hand over the files, which they said would reveal how much ministers knew about the problems facing Windrush generation immigrants.’
The Independent, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A pensioner who sent a racially abusive letter to MP Diane Abbott has been given a 12-month community order.’
BBC News, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A criminal who used his notoriety to groom young boys for sex has been jailed for a further 11 years.’
BBC news, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Universities which “no-platform” controversial speakers will face a Government intervention for the first time in 30 years, the higher education minister will say today.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Use of force against people in one of the UK’s largest immigration detention centres has soared by more than 160 per cent in two years, a watchdog report has revealed.’
The Independent, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Important matters of public interest are likely to be aired in a trial that has been brought against the Guardian and the BBC for their reporting of the Paradise Papers investigation, a senior judge has said.’
The Guardian, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Speech by Lord Justice Gross: Courts and Arbitration .’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 2nd May 2018
‘In R (Adath Yisroel Burial Society) v Senior Coroner for Inner North London (2018) EWHC 969 (Admin) a Divisional Court (Singh LJ and Whipple J) observed (paragraph 94) that in Eweida v UK the ECtHR emphasized the importance of the rights set out in Article 9, and stated that there are several things of importance to note about the terms of Article 9.’
Local Government Law, 1st May 2018
Source: local-government-law.11kbw.com
‘The UK’s recent ratification of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement marked an important step towards a new system of unitary patent protection becoming operational. The process has been lengthy and complex and is not over yet.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st May 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Court of Appeal has refused to re-open a permission to appeal decision in a planning case following an oral hearing, after originally refusing permission to appeal in response to a paper application.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Section 33 of the Arbitration Act 1996 imposes a duty on arbitrators to “act fairly and impartially as between the parties” and section 24(1)(a) provides that the court has the power to remove an arbitrator if circumstances exist that “give rise to justifiable doubts as to his impartiality”. This week I’m looking at the Court of Appeal’s decision in Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd and others, where the court had to decide whether an arbitrator should be removed under section 24 in circumstances where he had accepted multiple appointments in overlapping cases without telling the parties’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 1st May 2018
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