‘Hundreds of private patients of Ian Paterson, the rogue breast surgeon facing jail for mutilating women, may be denied compensation due to a legal loophole.
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A debt-ridden young man took his own life shortly after bailiffs clamped the motorcycle that was essential to his work as a courier, an inquest has heard, in a case that has prompted calls for reform of the debt-collection industry.’
The Guardian, 30th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Fast-growing alternative business structure Knights Professional Services is on the look-out for its next acquisition and ‘second city’ location – as well as more non-legal services – after unveiling an increase of more than 60% in turnover over the past year to £33.5m.’
Legal Futures, 2nd May 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court in Miller set out the model that ‘the dualist system is a necessary corollary of Parliamentary sovereignty’ (para 57), or in the words of Campbell McLachlan in his admirable Foreign Relations Law, cited by the Supreme Court:
“If treaties have no effect within domestic law, Parliament’s legislative supremacy within its own polity is secure. If the executive must always seek the sanction of Parliament in the event that a proposed action on the international plane will require domestic implementation, parliamentary sovereignty is reinforced at the very point at which the legislative power is engaged (para 5.20).”‘
UK Constitutional Law Association, 28th April 2017
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘There is no kind of order available to prevent a woman who claims to be the late Princess Margaret’s daughter from bringing repeated “nonsensical” claims in an effort to unseal her will, the president of the Family Division has found.’
Litigation Futures,
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Policing and the justice system are too often failing cyclists, making the roads too dangerous for people to ride on them, and then not properly prosecuting or banning motorists who commit offences, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has warned.’
The Guardian, 2nd May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Social media firms are “shamefully far” from tackling illegal and dangerous content, says a parliamentary report.’
BBC News, 1st May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The prison service is facing calls for a corporate manslaughter investigation after a litany of failures at one Milton Keynes site resulted in an “unbroken pattern of deaths”, with 18 inmates taking their own lives in four years.’
The Guardian, 2nd May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Inner Temple will be running two Advocacy and the Vulnerable training sessions for barristers on Saturday 17 June 2017. The Advocacy and the Vulnerable national training programme has been designed by His Honour Judge Rook QC, the Bar Council and the Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) to ensure that all advocates, when dealing with vulnerable witnesses, understand the key principles behind the approach to and questioning of vulnerable people in the justice system. Training is being delivered by the Inns and Circuits and sessions will be led by barristers and judges who have been trained to facilitate these 3-hour sessions. It is anticipated that Advocacy and the Vulnerable training will become mandatory for any advocate wishing to undertake publicly funded work in serious sexual offence cases involving vulnerable witnesses.’
CPD: Course equivalent to 3 CPD hours plus 8 CPD hours for advance preparation
Open to practising barristers of all four Inns.
Date: 17th June 2017
Location: Inner Temple
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
DR (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 271 (26 April 2017)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Hudson v Crown Prosecution Service [2017] EWHC 841 (Admin) (28 April 2017)
Jagoo v Bristol City Council [2017] EWHC 926 (Admin) (27 April 2017)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Vieira v Revenue And Customs [2017] EWHC 936 (Ch) (28 April 2017)
Housemaker Services Ltd & Anor v Cole & Anor [2017] EWHC 924 (Ch) (26 April 2017)
High Court (Family Division)
A Local Authority v Y [2017] EWHC 968 (Fam) (27 April 2017)
F v M & Anor [2017] EWHC 949 (Fam) (26 April 2017)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Stewart & Anor v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2017] EWHC 921 (QB) (28 April 2017)
Kimathi & Ors v The Foreign & Commonwealth Office [2017] EWHC 939 (QB) (27 April 2017)
Kimathi & Ors v The Foreign And Commonwealth Office [2017] EWHC 938 (QB) (27 April 2017)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Peel Port Shareholder Finance Company Ltd v Dornoch Ltd [2017] EWHC 876 (TCC) (26 April 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
Farriers (Registration) Act 2017
Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017
Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017
Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Act 2017
Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointments and Regional Rates) Act 2017
Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017
Technical and Further Education Act 2017
Children and Social Work Act 2017
National Citizen Service Act 2017
Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017
Homelessness Reduction Act 2017
Broadcasting (Radio Multiplex Services) Act 2017
Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Act 2017
source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘This was the DWP’s appeal to the Upper Tribunal of the First Tier Tribunal’s decision on the Carmichael’s bedroom tax appeal.’
Nearly Legal, 27th April 2017
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
‘The substantial fine recently imposed by a court against domestic appliances manufacturer Whirlpool UK Appliances Ltd (Whirlpool) illustrates “how hit and miss” the sentencing of health and safety offences can still be, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th April 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Tuesday marked the launch of JUSTICE’s Working Party report, Increasing judicial diversity. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, spoke at the event, alongside Chair of the Working Party and leading public law barrister Nathalie Lieven QC. She urged those present to take up the report’s vision, and outlined recommendations for systemic, long-term change. Attendees included policy-makers, practitioners and members of the senior judiciary.
This post offers some brief reasons to support the report’s key contention: the current lack of gender, ethnic and social diversity in our highest courts is indeed a serious constitutional issue. With this in mind, the article then turns to consider some of the report’s key recommendations.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 27th April 2017
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The president of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, has made scathing criticisms of Brighton & Hove City Council’s conduct in a complex adoption case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th April 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Criminal Finances Act 2017 will give law enforcement agencies and partners, further capabilities and powers to recover the proceeds of crime, tackle money laundering, tax evasion and corruption, and combat the financing of terrorism.’
Home Office, 27th April 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Today in Beijing, I want, in the context of the necessity to respond to change, to speak about how we ensure that Commercial Courts and arbitral centres work together to enhance expert, efficient and cost-effective commercial dispute resolution and to keep the law up to date.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 25th April 2017
Source: http://www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Byron James barrister, Expatriate Law (United Arab Emirates) considers the interaction between UK family law and divorce proceedings in Dubai.’
Family Law Week, 27th April 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Hate crime reports in England and Wales soared in the months leading up to last year’s EU referendum, new figures have revealed.’
The Independent, 27th April 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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