Human trafficking trio guilty of running sex ring – BBC News
‘Three people have been found guilty of running a prostitution network described as a “sexual conveyor belt” by a judge.’
BBC News, 5th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Noel Conway: Terminally ill man loses High Court challenge against the law on assisted dying – The Independent
‘A man who is terminally ill with motor neurone disease has lost his High Court challenge to fight for his right to die.
The judgment does confirm, however, that the courts do have the authority to declare current inconsistency with human rights.’
The Independent, 5th October 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
EVENT: Being Human Festival – Knowing our rights – do terrorists have human rights too?
‘It’s one of the trickiest legal and ethical questions of the modern age: should terrorists be denied their human rights in the interest of security? Should they simply be treated as rights-less? Come and hear an in-depth discussion of this vital contemporary matter, from a legal, philosophical and practical perspective.’
Date: 23rd November 2017, 7.00-9.00pm
Location: The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London, Middlesex W2 1QJ
Charge: Free, RSVP
More information can be found here.
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
Sir Edward Heath ‘would have been questioned’ over abuse claims – BBC News
‘Sir Edward Heath would have been questioned over sex abuse claims if he was alive when they came to light, police have said. Wiltshire Police launched Operation Conifer in 2015 when the former PM was accused of historical child sex abuse. The Conservative politician would have been interviewed under caution over seven claims, including the alleged rape of an 11-year-old, they said. No inference of guilt should be drawn from this, police stressed.’
BBC News, 5th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ecclesiastical court judgments – September – Law & Religion UK
‘Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during September 2017.’
Law & Religion UK, 2nd October 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
Vulnerability, medical evidence & Now Medical – Nearly Legal
‘Thomas v Lambeth LBC, County Court at Central London, 16 March 2017. This is a s.204 appeal in the County Court of a vulnerability decision by Lambeth. Of particular interest is that the judgment concerns and indeed turns on Now Medical reports on the homeless applicant and the use made of them by LB Lambeth on s.184 decision and on s.202 review.’
Nearly Legal, 3rd October 2017
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Emerald Supplies Ltd & Ors v British Airways Plc [2017] EWHC 2420 (Ch) (04 October 2017)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Miley v Friends Life Ltd [2017] EWHC 2415 (QB) (04 October 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
Investigation begins after Jamaican detainee, 38, dies – The Guardian
‘An investigation has been launched into the death of a 38-year-old immigration detainee after the Home office confirmed that a Jamaican man died on Tuesday while he was being held at Morton Hall immigration removal centre in Lincoln. It is the third such death in less than a month and human rights campaigners have expressed alarm at the incident. The prisons and probation ombudsman has begun an investigation.’
The Guardian, 4th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Who knows where the time goes? – Practical Law: Construction Blog
‘Einstein famously said that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. The nature of time is not an easy concept to grapple with and I had a similar (albeit not quite so ethereal) experience preparing a recent seminar on the practical effect of the decision in Carillion Construction v Emcor Engineering Services relating to contiguous (or rather non-contiguous) extensions of time.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 2nd October 2017
July to September 2017 case review for construction practitioners – Practical Law: Construction Blog
‘A selection of the more interesting decisions affecting construction and engineering practitioners during the third quarter of 2017.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 2nd October 2017
Court rejects booking claims and convicts cab driver of blagging – Local Government Lawyer
‘A private hire cab driver in Milton Keynes has been convicted of illegally plying for hire (blagging), with the magistrates’ court rejecting his argument that as he had make the booking on behalf of the customer the fare was lawful.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th October 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
LGO criticises failure of council to assess vulnerable young children at risk of harm – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has accused a council of not doing enough to safeguard a family who made multiple appeals for help to protect their younger children from threats of violence made by their teenage son.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th October 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Competition Appeal Tribunal decision to refuse biggest-ever class action “not susceptible to appeal” – Litigation Futures
‘The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has refused solicitor Walter Merricks permission to appeal its decision to deny him a collective proceedings order (CPO) that would allow him bring a £14bn action against Mastercard on behalf of 46m people.’
Litigation Futures, 4th October 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Man who shouted anti-semitic abuse at Jewish worshippers has sentence increased – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A man who shouted antisemitic abuse at Jews on their way to morning prayers has been sentenced to a 12 month community order with 200 unpaid hours of work.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 29th September 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Man sentenced for threatening to blow up G4S vans – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A 20-year-old has today (29 September) been sent to a young offenders’ institution for two years for blackmailing his employer by threatening to blow up their vans.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 29th September 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Jealous ex has sentence increased after causing GBH – Attorney General’s Office
‘Graham Gawley has had his prison sentence increased after Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP referred it to the Court of Appeal.’
Attorney General’s Office, 4th October 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
EVENT: JUSTICE – Human Rights Law Conference 2017
‘One of the highlights of the human rights lawyer’s CPD calendar, the JUSTICE Annual Human Rights Conference offers a key opportunity to update your legal knowledge and gain valuable insight into the human rights issues of the year.’
Date: 13th October 2017, 9.00am-5.00pm
Location: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
Britain accused of unlawfully deporting Afghan asylum seekers – The Guardian
‘Britain and other European countries have been accused of breaching international law, as it emerged that the number of asylum seekers forced to return to Afghanistan has tripled at a time when civilian casualties in the country are at a record high.’
The Guardian, 5th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court to hear challenge to GCHQ bulk hacking of phones and computers – The Guardian
‘A challenge to GCHQ’s use of non-specific warrants to authorise the bulk hacking of smartphones, computers and networks in the UK is starting at the court of appeal.
The case, brought by the campaign group Privacy International (PI), is the latest twist in a protracted battle about both the legality of bulk surveillance and the primacy of civil courts over an intelligence tribunal that operates partly in secret.’
The Guardian, 5th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
