UK to allow ‘moving image’ trade marks – OUT-LAW.com
‘Businesses will be able to register trade marks for moving images under changes proposed to UK law.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st February 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
Harbour View, contractor insolvency and the importance of a guarantee expiry date – Practical Law: Construction Blog
‘One of the interesting features of the recent decision of Coulson J in Ziggurat (Claremont Place) LLP v HCC International Insurance Company Plc is the effect on a guarantee of a contractor becoming insolvent many years after a construction project has been completed. In Ziggurat, the amended ABI model form of guarantee bond had not yet expired. This allowed the employer to make a claim under the guarantee arising out of the contractor’s insolvency, notwithstanding the fact that the contractor’s employment had already been terminated and the project had achieved practical completion.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 21st February 2018
The right to be forgotten before the Courts again – UK Human Rights Blog
‘NT 1 & Anor v Google LLC [2018] EWHC 261 (QB) (15 February 2018). This was a Pre Trial Review of an application by the claimants to have details about an old criminal conviction and other information removed from Google and associated websites under the “right to be forgotten”.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st February 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Not so fast-track! Holding a standard misconduct hearing after a quashed fast-track decision – UK Police Law Blog
‘Where an officer is dismissed at a fast-track hearing, based upon a conviction which is then subsequently overturned, a Police Appeals Tribunal (“PAT”) will likely allow the misconduct appeal. In such circumstances, there has been no finding on the merits in misconduct proceedings to prevent the officer from facing a subsequent standard-track hearing. So said the Court of Appeal in CC Nottinghamshire v R (Gray) [2018] EWCA Civ 34.’
UK Police Law Blog, 13th February 2018
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
Lady Hale at the 2018 Pankhurst Lecture, University of Manchester – Supreme Court
‘Lady Hale at the 2018 Pankhurst Lecture, University of Manchester.’
Supreme Court, 8th February 2018
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
Resident wins judicial review challenge over decision on siting of radio masts – Local Government Lawyer
‘A London borough wrongly interpreted the General Permitted Development Order on the siting of radio masts, the High Court has said. Granting an application for judicial review brought by local resident Nigel Mawbey, Lang J said the London Borough of Lewisham had been wrong when it gave permission to Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure to erect the masts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th February 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Breaking: Supreme Court rules against treating LiP as a special case – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The Supreme Court today narrowly rejected a plea from a litigant in person for special dispensation in navigating civil procedure rules. Justices ruled by a majority of 3-2 in Barton v Wright Hassall that unrepresented claimant Mark Barton should have checked whether he could email a claim form and that without such permission his claim was invalid.’
Law Society's Gazette, 21st February 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Child Contact Interventions – Family Law Week
‘Adrian Barnett-Thoung-Holland, barrister of St Alban’s Chambers, explains the practicalities of a valuable resource for children lawyers.’
Family Law Week, 15th February 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
M (A Child) [2018] EWCA Civ 240 (20 February 2018)
Knight v Goulandris [2018] EWCA Civ 237 (20 February 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
CCUK Finance Ltd & Anor v Barclays Bank Plc [2018] EWHC 304 (Comm) (20 February 2018)
High Court (Family Division)
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust v Evans & Anor [2018] EWHC 308 (Fam) (20 February 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
London Borough of Haringey v Simawi [2018] EWHC 290 (QB) (19 February 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
MPs publish full unredacted report into RBS small business scandal – The Guardian
‘The Treasury committee has published the full unredacted report into Royal Bank of Scotland’s “disgraceful” treatment of struggling small businesses that came to it for financial assistance in the wake of the banking crisis.’
The Guardian, 20th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
John Worboys’ victims win human rights case against police – The Guardian
‘Two victims of John Worboys have won their claim for compensation from the Metropolitan police after the supreme court ruled that the force had failed to carry out an effective investigation into the serial sex attacker.’
The Guardian, 21st February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Child sex crime accusations reach record high, says charity – Daily Telegraph
‘The number of alleged child sexual crimes reported to police has reached a record high, a leading charity has warned. Forces in the UK recorded 64,667 sexual offences allegedly perpetrated against victims aged under 18 in 2016/17, according to figures obtained by the NSPCC.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Woman fined £120 after admitting leaving abusive note on ambulance – The Independent
‘A woman who admitted to leaving a foul-mouthed note on an ambulance has been fined £120.’
The Independent, 20th February 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
William Hill fined £6.2m by Gambling Commission for lax controls – BBC News
‘Betting firm William Hill has been hit with a £6.2m penalty package for breaching anti-money-laundering and social responsibility regulations. The Gambling Commission said the company did not do enough to ensure prevention measures were effective.’
BBC News, 20th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Number of child sexual abuse victims in Rotherham raised to 1,510 – The Guardian
‘The number of children believed to have been sexually exploited in Rotherham has been raised to 1,510, in the first official increase in the figure since the scandal erupted four years ago.’
The Guardian, 20th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Lauri Love case: US abandons extradition case – BBC News
‘Efforts to extradite alleged computer hacker Lauri Love have been abandoned by US authorities.’
BBC News, 19th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Transport secretary wins injunction to stop HS2 protesters – The Guardian
‘The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, has been granted an injunction banning campaigners opposed to the construction of the HS2 line on an area of ancient woodland in west London from “unlawful protest” on the site.’
The Guardian, 19th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
