Hillsborough disaster: Charges decision due – BBC News
‘A decision on whether individuals and organisations will face criminal charges over the Hillsborough disaster will be announced later.’
BBC News, 28th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New measures on violence against women to be put in domestic abuse bill – The Guardian
‘New measures to protect women and girls from crimes committed overseas will be included in legislation on domestic abuse, the government has said.’
The Guardian, 28th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AH (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 796 (23 June 2017)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Blue v Ashley [2017] EWHC 1553 (Comm) (26 June 2017)
High Court (Family Division)
ND v SD & Ors [2017] EWHC 1507 (Fam) (21 June 2017)
GP (Wrongful Removal) [2017] EWHC 1480 (Fam) (20 June 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
Winning Advocacy in the Employment Tribunal – UK Police Law Blog
‘The David Hare screenplay for the recent film Denial contains the following advice to the client: “stay seated, button your lip, and win.” This article seeks to plot a path for advocates to winning in large scale discrimination claims in the employment tribunal, based on the writer’s long experience of the ET and, more recently, briefs to act for the respondents in two high stakes cases, AB -v- A Chief Constable[i] and Aubrey -v- The Chief Constable of Northumbria Police[ii]. The suggested lessons apply to all types of large-scale claim in the ET.’
UK Police Law Blog, 27th June 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
Rule committee opts for straightforward approach to hot-tubbing – Litigation Futures
‘Concurrent expert evidence – known as hot-tubbing – should only be carried out in the “classic” manner where experts are sworn and give evidence at the same time, the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) has decided.’
Litigation Futures, 27th June 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: Law Reform Now in 21st Century Britain – Brexit and Beyond – Courts and Tribunals Judicairy
‘I have taken as the first part of the title of this lecture words with which Lord Scarman would have been very familiar: Law Reform Now – the three words which formed the title of the Gerald Gardiner and Andrew Martin book which contained their blueprint for what would become the Law Commission. As Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC, in the course of tracing the origins and huge success of the Law Commission in his 2015 Scarman Lecture, recalled, it started with a proposition; one they took to be axiomatic: “. . . that much of our English law is out of date, and some of it shockingly so.” They were not wrong.’
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Drawing the Line: case management and allegations of judicial bias in the family courts – Family Law Week
‘Jennifer Youngs and Vondez Phipps, pupil barristers at 42 Bedford Row, summarise the circumstances in which judicial conduct at a case management hearing might form the basis of an application for recusal, and provide guidance to practitioners as to the manner in which such an application might be made.’
Family Law Week, 22nd June 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Man who fell asleep during gas mask sex game is jailed over tied-up partner’s death – Daily Telegraph
‘A man has been jailed for two years after he fell asleep during a drug-fuelled bondage sex game and left his tied-up partner to die with a gas mask around his face.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mothers ‘an unseen force’ in ‘honour’ abuse – BBC News
‘Mothers are the “unseen force” behind so-called honour-based abuse, inflicting violence on their daughters, a study has found. Research by Rachael Aplin, a criminologist from Leeds Beckett University, said this was often unrecognised by police.’
BBC News, 27th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lord Carey quits Church of England role after report found he ‘colluded’ with sex abuse bishop – Daily Telegraph
‘George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has resigned from his post in the Church of England over a report that said he was among senior figures who “colluded” with paedophile bishop Peter Ball.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
British Sikh couple take legal action after being advised not to adopt – The Guardian
‘A British Sikh couple are bringing a legal case, claiming they were advised by an adoption agency not to apply because of their “cultural heritage”.’
The Guardian, 27th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Jeremy Hunt and NHS ‘delayed telling patients’ about mislaid confidential documents after private firm blunder – The Independent
‘Jeremy Hunt has been accused of leaving Parliament and patients in the dark after hundreds of thousands of pieces of confidential medical correspondence was discovered “languishing in a warehouse”. At least 1,700 patients may have been harmed by the major blunder, according to a new report into the incident from the National Audit Office (NAO).’
The Independent, 27th June 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
- WZ (China) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 795 (23 June 2017)
- Halborg v EMW Law LLP [2017] EWCA Civ 793 (23 June 2017)
- The Secretary of State for the Home Department v MM (Zimbabwe) [2017] EWCA Civ 797 (22 June 2017)
High Court (Administrative Court)
- Alderson v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Ors [2017] EWHC 1415 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
- Lusinga v Nursing And Midwifery Council [2017] EWHC 1458 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
- Burford v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Anor [2017] EWHC 1493 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
- Powel v The Marine Management Organisation [2017] EWHC 1491 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
- Ats v Municipal Court of Dabas, Hungary [2017] EWHC 1497 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
- Dignity Funerals Ltd v Breckland District Council [2017] EWHC 1492 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
High Court (Chancery Division)
- Lusinga v Nursing And Midwifery Council [2017] EWHC 1458 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
- Minerva (Wandsworth) Ltd v Greenland Ram (London) Ltd [2017] EWHC 1457 (Ch) (23 June 2017)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
- Schweppe v Closier & Anor [2017] EWHC 1486 (TCC) (26 June 2017)
- Ais Pipework Limited v (Formerly Aig Engineering Services Limited) [2017] EWHC 1523 (TCC) (23 June 2017)
- Rollitt (t/a CD Consult) v Ballard [2017] EWHC 1500 (TCC) (23 June 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
Man who tried to import childlike sex doll to UK is jailed – The Guardian
‘A man who tried to import a childlike sex doll has been jailed in what is thought to be one of the first prosecutions of its kind in the UK.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
How do citizens’ rights affect Brexit negotiations? – The Guardian
‘Protections for 1.2m Britons on continent and 3.5m Europeans in UK should be easy to settle in theory, but there are obstacles.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
General Pharmaceutical Council guidance on religion, personal values & beliefs – Law & Religion UK
‘The General Pharmaceutical Council – the independent regulator for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises in Great Britain – has published In practice: Guidance on religion, personal values and beliefs.’
Law & Religion UK, 24th June 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
Grenfell Tower fire: tenants’ rights and the gaps in the law – Legal Voice
‘The Grenfell Action Group and residents raised repeated concerns about the apparent neglect of health and safety legislation. Whilst there are several potential causes of action, the reality for tenants is that they would have struggled to bring a claim for a number of reasons.’
Legal Voice, 23rd June 2017
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
Minister acted unlawfully in issuing boycotts ban for LGPS investment, judge rules – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Communities Secretary acted for an unauthorised purpose and therefore unlawfully when he issued statutory guidance on the investment strategy for the local government pension scheme (LGPS) that sought to prevent boycotts, divestment and sanctions against foreign nations and UK defence industries.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd June 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
