‘Care homes are breaking the law by charging wealthier residents fees after they have died, a regulator has said. People who pay for their own care are also being charged £12,000 year more each than the fees paid by councils, equivalent to a total shortfall of £1bn a year, the Competition and Markets Authority said.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Senior police officers are to lose the power to self-authorise access to personal phone and web browsing records under a series of late changes to the snooper’s charter law proposed by ministers in an attempt to comply with a European court ruling on Britain’s mass surveillance powers. A Home Office consultation paper published on Thursday also makes clear that the 250,000 requests each year for access to personal communications data by the police and other public bodies will in future be restricted to investigations into crimes that carry a prison sentence of at least six months.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Inspectors have launched a national review into radiology services in the NHS after it emerged patients came to “significant harm” at a hospital where junior doctors were left to interpret chest x-rays, including those for suspected cancer.’
The Guardian, 1st December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The number of asylum seekers who wait longer than the six-month decision target has increased by more than a quarter in the past year, despite asylum applications having fallen by 21 per cent in the same period, figures show.’
The Independent, 30th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Grenfell Tower fire inquiry could become a whitewash unless there is a diverse panel to oversee proceedings, survivors and bereaved families say. They say chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick should sit with people from a range of backgrounds who understand the issues facing those affected by the blaze, in which 71 people died on 14 June.’
BBC News, 1st December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three children are to be removed from their family home amid concerns that their parents’ “open relationship” may have contributed to neglect. The ruling by a family court judge makes clear that the hearing was concerned only with the impact of the parents’ unusual lifestyle on their young children, who are all under the age of five and will now be placed for adoption.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Banking Act 2009 (Service Providers to Payment Systems) Order 2017
The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The Data-gathering Powers (Relevant Data) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The Payment Systems and Services and Electronic Money (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017
The Inheritance Tax Avoidance Schemes (Prescribed Descriptions of Arrangements) Regulations 2017
The Tax Avoidance Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017
The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2017
The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017
The Statutory Auditors Regulations 2017
The Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2017
The Police Federation (England and Wales) Regulations 2017
The Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Supreme Court
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Aidiniantz vThe Sherlock Holmes International Society Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 1875 (28 November 2017)
Peterborough & Stamford Hospitals NHS Trust v McMenemy & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 1941 (28 November 2017)
Merck KGaA v Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 1834 (24 November 2017)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
RJ, R v [2017] EWCA Crim 1943 (28 November 2017)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Wright v The Parole Board of England and Wales [2017] EWHC 3007 (Admin) (27 November 2017)
AB v Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) [2017] EWHC 2963 (Admin) (24 November 2017)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Abdullah & Ors Credit Suisse (UK) Ltd & Anor [2017] EWHC 3016 (Comm) (27 November 2017)
High Court (Family Division)
M (A Child : secure accommodation order) (Rev 1) [2017] EWHC 3021 (Fam) (23 November 2017)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Philp & Anor v Cook [2017] EWHC 3023 (QB) (28 November 2017)
Serafin v Malkiewicz & Ors [2017] EWHC 2992 (QB) (24 November 2017)
Mohammed v The Home Office [2017] EWHC 3051 (QB) (24 November 2017)
Toms v Ruberry [2017] EWHC 2970 (QB) (24 November 2017)Toms v Ruberry [2017] EWHC 2970 (QB) (24 November 2017)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Severfield (UK) Ltd v Duro Felguera UK Ltd (No. 2) [2017] EWHC 3066 (TCC) (29 November 2017)
HSM Offshore BV v Aker Offshore Partner Ltd [2017] EWHC 2979 (TCC) (28 November 2017)
Freeborn & Anor v Marcal (t/a Dan Marcal Architects) [2017] EWHC 3046 (TCC) (28 November 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The family of a grandmother who was sent to an immigration detention centre and threatened with deportation to Jamaica, a country she left 50 years ago when she was 10, has called on the Home Office to apologise for the treatment she has received. The case of Paulette Wilson, 61, who was detained for a week at Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre last month, has focused attention on other UK residents, now retired, who have lived in Britain since they were in primary school, who are being pursued by the Home Office. Most had no idea that there was anything wrong with their immigration status.’
The Guardian, 29th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Lawyers acting for the man convicted of murdering Lin and Megan Russell in Kent in 1996 say they have new evidence of his innocence, including a “very detailed confession” to the killings from serial killer Levi Bellfield.’
The Independent, 29th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The justice secretary, David Lidington, has unveiled a series of measures that the government hopes will urgently tackle failing prisons in England and Wales. From Thursday, the chief inspector of prisons has been given new powers to alert the justice secretary directly of any urgent and severe problems he finds during a jail inspection.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than 5 million people in the UK could be entitled to compensation from Google if a class action against the internet giant for allegedly harvesting personal data is successful. A group led by the former executive director of consumer body Which?, Richard Lloyd, and advised by City law firm Mischon de Reya claims Google unlawfully collected personal information by bypassing the default privacy settings on the iPhone between June 2011 and February 2012.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The ex-wife of a travel boss who had multiple affairs is demanding a share of his future earnings on top of a £10m divorce payout, the court of appeal has heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Uber has revealed that 2.7 million British riders and drivers were affected by a 2016 data breach that it covered up for more than a year.’
BBC News, 29th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The father of Poppi Worthington refused to answer 69 questions relating to her death in case it incriminated him as it emerged he is now under witness protection.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed for what a judge called the “callous and morally repugnant” roles they played in supplying a schoolgirl with MDMA shortly before her death.’
The Independent, 30th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2017
The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2017
The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Transitory Provisions) Regulations 2017
The State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) (No. 2) Order 2017
The State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions Order 2017
The Civil Procedure Act 1997 (Amendment) Order 2017
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Maidstone Borough Council should pay compensation to a homeless family of £4,170 after it accepted their forcible eviction at short notice from temporary accommodation, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th November 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Smartphones and social media are causing headaches for judges, a Court of Appeal judge has warned in a speech highlighting current challenges faced in jury trials.’
Law Society's Gazette, 27th November 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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