Peter Scotter jailed over Sunderland niqab attack – BBC News
‘A man who pulled a niqab off a woman’s face and called her a “stupid” Muslim has been jailed for 15 months.’
BBC News, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Baby Aya Parker’s father inflicted ‘fatal and terrible’ injuries – BBC News
‘A man has admitted murdering his six-month-old baby daughter on Christmas Day.’
BBC News, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
CMA plans to be ‘single port of call’ for regulated businesses seeking leniency from cartel prosecutions and fines – OUT-LAW.com
‘Businesses operating in the financial services, energy or telecoms sectors are to be encouraged to report their involvement in cartels directly to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) under proposals put forward by the regulator.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Lawyers plan to stop UK dropping EU rules on environment after Brexit – The Guardian
‘A taskforce of environmental lawyers is drawing up plans to stop thousands of EU rules protecting rivers, wildlife, coastlines and air quality from being dropped by the government after Brexit.’
The Guardian, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
SRA shuts down law firm referred by Court of Appeal after it revoked £500,000 costs order – Legal Futures
‘A law firm referred to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) by the Court of Appeal earlier this year has been shut down by the regulator.’
Legal Futures, 4th July 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Radicalised teen who plotted to bomb Elton John show jailed for life – The Guardian
‘A teenager who plotted to bomb an Elton John concert on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks has been jailed for life.’
The Guardian, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Systems of law and the European project – OUP Blog
‘Since the end of the Second World War, the European project has met with difficulties and even crises. Its momentum has, however, been strong enough to fend off these turbulent undercurrents, and it has developed incrementally in the decades since. Supported by its two pillars, The Council of Europe and the European Union, it is a Europe built on law, and the project is progressively taking on the contours of a new legal system.’
OUP Blog, 4th July 2017
Source: blog.oup.com
Government says unlawful subletting at Grenfell Tower should not be prosecuted – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Government has issued guidance to prosecutors not to bring charges for unlawful subletting at Grenfell Tower so that victims can be identified.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Charities which pester donors for cash face fines of up to £25,000 and are told to ‘restore their reputations’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Charities which pester donors for cash face being fined up to £25,000 under new rules introduced this week as the new watchdog head warns organisations they must “restore their reputations”.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New manslaughter guidelines proposed – BBC News
‘Proposals for new guidelines on the sentencing of manslaughter have been published by the Sentencing Council.’
BBC News, 4th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK minimum wage law ‘should cover more self-employed workers’ – The Guardian
‘The government should step in to help those suffering from extreme low pay by extending minimum wage legislation so that it covers minicab drivers and other parts of the 4.8 million-strong self-employed workforce, a thinktank has urged.’
The Guardian, 4th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Ecclesiastical court judgments – June – Law & Religion UK
‘Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during June 2017.’
Law & Religion UK, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
Flushing out Wrongdoing: the DPA and the Publication of Allegations about Toilets – Panopticon
‘Local government is an exciting place. And because it is an exciting place, filled with thrusting go-getting types who live on the edge of danger, there is the risk of occasional accusations of wrongdoing. Councillor Hussain, a Labour member, of that parish is the subject of serious allegations – which have not yet been determined – to whit that he procured the sale of some toilets to a person connected to him at an undervalue and that he expunged some parking tickets issued to family members.’
Panopticon, 30th June 2017
Source: panopticonblog.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
DS, R (on the application of) v Wolverhampton City Council [2017] EWHC 1660 (Admin) (30 June 2017)
E, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Islington [2017] EWHC 1440 (Admin) (30 June 2017)
JF, R (On the Application Of) v The London Borough of Merton [2017] EWHC 1519 (Admin) (30 June 2017)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v LG & Ors [2017] EWHC 1529 (Admin) (30 June 2017)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
PT Civil Engineering v Davies [2017] EWHC 1651 (QB) (30 June 2017)
Vilca & Ors v Xstrata Ltd & Anor [2017] EWHC 1582 (QB) (30 June 2017)
Grant v The Secretary of State for Transport [2017] EWHC 1663 (QB) (30 June 2017)
BCS Corporate Acceptances v Terry [2017] EWHC 1176 (QB) (30 June 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
Supreme Court finds difference in value should not be offset against loss for breach of contract – OUT-LAW.Com
‘A ship owner who sold a vessel after a charterer breached its contract, making more money than it would have done selling the ship at the end of the breached contract, does not have to offset that difference in value against its claim for loss of earnings, the Supreme Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 29th June 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
The role of employee legitimate expectations in unfair dismissal claims – Lauren Godfrey – UK Human Rights Blog
‘A recent EAT ruling JP Morgan v Ktorza continues a line of decisions which limit the role of employee expectations in the determination of unfair dismissals claims further curtailing the extent to which employees can rely on public law notions or human rights principles to challenge their dismissals.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th June 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Information law: when something is “on” an environmental measure – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy v. Information Commissioner and Henney [2017] EWCA Civ 844. As many will know, there are two different systems of freedom of information, the first and better known, the Freedom for Information Act 2000, and the second, the Environmental Information Regulations 2009. From the perspective of the inquirer (Mr Henney, here), the EIRs are the more favourable, and it was the differences between the systems which gave rise to this long-running dispute to do with energy Smart Meters.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th June 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Arrest for breach of a behaviour injunction (which isn’t) – UK Police Law Blog
‘The courts have given another judgment, Ahmed v Crown Prosecution Service [2017] EWHC 1272 (Admin), which helps the police in considering what actions fall within the execution of their duty. In short, where a police officer genuinely and reasonably believes that they are authorised by a court order to arrest a person for breach of an injunction and that the person is in breach of it, they will be acting in the course of their duty if they arrest that person. Even where there is no valid injunction. Sort of.’
UK Police Law Blog, 1st July 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
No bans on local authority disinvestment decisions – Local Government Lawyer
‘The High Court recently heard a challenge to government guidance on the investment strategy for the local government pension scheme that sought to prevent boycotts, divestment and sanctions against foreign nations and UK defence industries. David Hart QC analyses the outcome.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th June 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
