Bedford barber jailed for head-shave ‘punishment’ – BBC News
‘A barber who shaved a 10-year-old boy’s head as a “punishment” has been jailed for eight months.’
BBC News, 19th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Snapchat ban for jailed Burton child groomers – BBC News
‘Four men jailed for child grooming and treating “teenage girls like trophies” have been banned from using Snapchat.’
BBC News, 19th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK makes changes to international tax treaty notifications – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK has announced a number of modifications to the provisional list of “reservations and notifications” related to the entry into force of the multilateral instrument (MLI) on international tax treaty related measures.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th April 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
UK refusal to issue gender-neutral passports unlawful, high court told – The Guardian
‘Issuing gender-neutral passports would not require any change in UK law and the documents would be recognised internationally, the high court has been told.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Can we build AI that doesn’t turn on us? Is it already too late? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘A report from the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence has made a number of recommendations for the UK’s approach to the rise of algorithms. The report ‘AI in the UK: ready, willing and able?’ suggests the creation of a cross-sector AI Code to help mitigate the risks of AI outstripping human intelligence.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th April 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Ethics expert calls on SRA to take tougher approach to NDAs – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) needs to take a tougher approach to non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), a leading legal ethics expert has told MPs.’
Legal Futures, 19th April 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Morris-Garner & Anor v One Step (Support) Ltd [2018] UKSC 20 (18 April 2018)
Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Ltd v Haven Insurance Company Ltd [2018] UKSC 21 (18 April 2018)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Openwork Ltd v Forte [2018] EWCA Civ 783 (18 April 2018)
C (Children : Fact-Finding) [2018] EWCA Civ 801 (18 April 2018)
HM Customs and Revenue v Raftopoulou [2018] EWCA Civ 818 (18 April 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Proles v Kohli [2018] EWHC 767 (Ch) (17 April 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Lord Ltd v HSBC Bank Plc [2018] EWHC 860 (Comm) (18 April 2018)
High Court (Family Division)
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust v Evans & Ors [2018] EWHC 818 (Fam) (11 April 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Heeds v Cleveland Police & Anor [2018] EWHC 810 (QB) (18 April 2018)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd v Sarens (UK) Ltd [2018] EWHC 827 (TCC) (18 April 2018)
Colas Ltd & Ors v Transport for London [2018] EWHC 831 (TCC) (18 April 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Protection approves administration of medication by deception – Family Law
‘Private Client analysis: Alex Ruck Keene, barrister, of 39 Essex Chambers, examines the decision of the Court of Protection in Re AB [2016] EWCOP 66 to approve deceiving a person lacking mental capacity in order to administer her medication.’
Family Law, 19th April 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Employment tribunal vindicates law firm’s denial that former employee was disabled – Legal Futures
‘A judge has dismissed a claim by a law firm paralegal that he was the victim of disability discrimination, finding he had “dishonestly” altered a document about his medical condition and that, in any case, he had not told his employer about his supposed post-traumatic stress disorder.’
Legal Futures, 18th April 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Redvers Bickley jailed for life for killing housemate Tyler Denton – BBC News
‘A man who killed his housemate and stabbed three members of her family has been sentenced to life in prison.’
BBC News, 18th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rotherham council told to apologise to abuse whistleblower – The Guardian
‘Rotherham council has been ordered to apologise to a whistleblower who helped to expose the town’s grooming scandal after council officials raided her charity without proper explanation – years after she risked imprisonment by revealing how the council, police and social services turned a blind eye to the abuse of at least 1,400 children.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Ofcom opens seven investigations into Russia Today – BBC News
‘Ofcom has opened seven investigations into Russia Today, in light of the Salisbury nerve agent attack which took place in March.’
BBC News, 18th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The police told Stephen Lawrence’s family they’d changed. We were fooled – Imran Khan – The Guardian
‘I’ve represented Doreen Lawrence since her son’s murder. The attack on her by a former detective in a BBC documentary makes us feel betrayed about the Met’s attitude to racism.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Litigant’s claim struck out for discussing case during break in giving evidence – a cautionary tale – Transparency Project
‘It’s one of the cardinal rules of court procedure: once you’ve entered the witness box and started to give evidence, you mustn’t discuss the case with anyone outside court, if there’s a break in the proceedings, until you’ve finished giving evidence.’
Transparency Project, 15th April 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
Daryll Rowe jailed for infecting men with HIV – BBC News
‘A man who said he was “riddled” with HIV and convicted of trying to infect 10 men has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years.’
BBC News, 18th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AP Moller-Maersk A/S (t/a Maersk Line) v Kyokuyo Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 778 (17 April 2018)
Rotrust Nominees Ltd v Hautford Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 765 (17 April 2018)
Revenue And Customs v Newey (t/a Ocean Finance) [2018] EWCA Civ 791 (17 April 2018)
Loson v Stack & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 803 (17 April 2018)
Leibson Corporation & Ors v TOC Investments Corporation & Ors [2018] EWCA Civ 763 (17 April 2018)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Barry [2018] EWCA Civ 790 (17 April 2018)
Green v Mears Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 751 (17 April 2018)
DW (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 797 (17 April 2018)
Evans & Anor v Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 805 (16 April 2018)
Recorded Picture Company Ltd v Alfama Films Production & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 767 (13 April 2018)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ahmed, R, v [2018] EWCA Crim 739 (17 April 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Connor & Ors v Public Prosecutor’s Office Augsburg, Germany [2018] EWHC 829 (Admin) (17 April 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Pennant v Watkin Jones & Sons Ltd [2018] EWHC 790 (Ch) (17 April 2018)
Burgess & Ors v BIC UK Ltd [2018] EWHC 785 (Ch) (17 April 2018)
Sandhu v Singh & Ors (No. 2) [2018] EWHC 841 (Ch) (16 April 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
JSC BTA Bank & Anor v Tyrkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO [2018] EWHC 835 (Comm) (17 April 2018)
Reliance Industries Ltd & Anor v The Union of India [2018] EWHC 822 (Comm) (16 April 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
PML v Person(s) Unknown [2018] EWHC 838 (QB) (17 April 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
