‘An 81-year-old great-grandmother who was strangled by a man who had just raped and murdered her daughter has been refused compensation after being told her injuries were not severe enough.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A police officer will not face prosecution over the death of Rashan Charles.’
BBC News, 21st January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who has been stateless for 31 years has been denied protection in the UK after the Home Office refused to accept he was originally from Palestine, despite advising him to return there on two occasions.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The review will look at the case for changing key aspects of Parole Board decision-making.’
Ministry of Justice, 19th January 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘The government will not challenge the decision to release rapist John Worboys, the justice secretary says.’
BBC News, 19th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Concerns that proposed new UK data protection laws threaten the independence of the country’s data protection watchdog are “misplaced”, a government minister has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during December 2017.’
Law & Religion UK, 16th January 2018
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘The Times’ Lawyer of the Week this morning discusses an Upper Tribunal FOIA appeal brought by Rights Watch UK (for whom Daniel Carey, the Lawyer of the Week, acted pro bono), seeking disclosure of the Attorney General’s advice on drone strikes in Syria. The case was Corderoy & Ahmed v IC, AGO, Cabinet Office [2017] UKUT 495 (AAC). Whether you consider it a win, a loss or a draw (and if so for whom) will depend on which side you’re on here and, as counsel on all sides were colleagues at 11KBW, I will attempt a studied neutrality. I confess I have not found all aspects of the judgment easy to follow, but here you go.’
Panopticon, 18th January 2018
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘I read the decision in Ziggurat with some incredulity. I hadn’t intended to trespass on Karen Spencer’s territory, and overall I’d agree with her conclusion that the amendments made to the ABI form seem to have confused rather than clarified matters. I’d also agree with Roddy Cormack’s comment that more radical surgery is needed if the employer wishes to secure earlier payment following the contractor’s insolvency. But I did want to offer some thoughts on what the decision tells us about wider issues in the surety bonding market.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 17th January 2018
‘Nixon & Anor, R (On the Application of) Secretary of State for the Home Office [2018] EWCA Civ 3, 17 January 2018. The Court of Appeal has refused a judicial review application and permission to appeal in two cases where the applicants were required to pursue their challenges to deportation “out of country” rather than in the UK. Where the Secretary of State has rejected a human rights claim, and deportation is considered in the public good – because the deportee is a foreign criminal – there has been debate about the effectiveness of an out-of-country appeal.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th January 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A public consultation on proposals to shape future decisions on the court and tribunal estate was launched today, as part of the transformation of our justice system.’
Ministry of Justice, 18th January 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Claimants did not act unreasonably in switching funding from a damages-based agreement (DBA) to a conditional fee agreement (CFA) shortly before trial, even though the defendants are now facing a much larger bill, a costs judge has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 18th January 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A radical new disclosure regime for the Business and Property Courts will have a “far-reaching effect on civil litigation”, a leading City lawyer has claimed.’
Law Society's Gazette, 18th January 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Emma Harman, barrister of 3PB, explains the lessons that can be learned from A Local Authority v G (Parent with Learning Disability) [2017] EWFC B94.’
Family Law Week, 18th January 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A hacker who was responsible for thousands of cyber-attacks on firms around the world including Skype and Google has been jailed for two years.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th January 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Hussain v General Pharmaceutical Council (Rev 1) [2018] EWCA Civ 22 (18 January 2018)
Easynet Global Services Ltd, Re [2018] EWCA Civ 10 (18 January 2018)
Trigg v HM Revenue & Customs [2018] EWCA 17 Civ (18 January 2018)
Monde Petroleum SA v Westernzagros Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 25 (18 January 2018)
Teoco UK Ltd v) Aircom Jersey 4 Ltd & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 23 (18 January 2018)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Lovell, R v [2018] EWCA Crim 19 (18 January 2018)
Alamgir & Ors, R v [2018] EWCA Crim 21 (18 January 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bakhshiyeva v Sberbank of Russia & Ors [2018] EWHC 59 (Ch) (18 January 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
UK Insurance Ltd v Gentry [2018] EWHC 37 (QB) (18 January 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The British Association of Social Workers’s (BASW) independent adoption inquiry is the first to investigate the role of social workers in adoption with a focus on ethics and human rights and has called for a significant rethink and review of adoption law.’
The Guardian, 18th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Prison chiefs have been summoned next week to explain to MPs their “abject failure” over living conditions in Liverpool prison, which have been described by inspectors as the worst they can recall.’
The Guardian, 19th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An “urgent notification” has been issued by the prisons watchdog for the first time because he warns lives are at risk at HMP Nottingham after inspectors deemed it a “fundamentally unsafe” jail.’
The Independent, 18th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A bid for a fresh inquest into the death of a man at entertainer Michael Barrymore’s house in 2001 has been blocked by the attorney general.’
Full press release from Attorney General
BBC News, 18th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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