FCA to review investment platform market – OUT-LAW.com
‘The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will carry out an investment platforms market study in the coming year, it has announced.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th April 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Taxi driver convicted of assaulting council parking attendant and colleague – Local Government Lawyer
‘A licensed taxi driver has been convicted of assaulting two members of a council’s parking team and given a community order requiring him to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th April 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Prisons violence is ‘out of control’, report warns – BBC News
‘Violence is “spiralling out of control” in UK prisons and incidents are being under-reported, according to a European watchdog.’
BBC News, 19th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge alarmed about lack of lawyer as he jails woman for begging – The Guardian
‘A judge who sentenced a “fragile and vulnerable” woman to five-and-a-half months in jail for begging has expressed alarm that no lawyer could be found to represent her because of problems over legal aid.’
The Guardian, 20th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
CA offers pointers on when costs should be awarded in small claims court – Litigation Futures
‘The “unreasonable conduct” test for ordering costs in the small claims court is similar to that for wasted costs, the Court of Appeal has ruled, but said it would not want litigants to be “too easily deterred” by the risk of an adverse costs award.’
Litigation Futures, 18th April 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
New fast-track immigration appeal rules proposed – Ministry of Justice
‘A new fast-track system to speed up immigration and asylum appeals for those in detention has been drawn up.’
Ministry of Justice, 18th April 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Tribunal lays out Clyde & Co’s “glaring” failures – Legal Futures
‘The failures which led to a record fine for Clyde & Co were “particularly glaring” as it was “a large and, previously, reputable firm”, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has declared in approving the sanction.’
Legal Futures, 19th April 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Fast-track immigrations proposals ‘put speed before justice’ – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Accelerating appeals for detained asylum seekers risks putting speed before justice, the Law Society has warned, after justice secretary Liz Truss unveiled a new system she says will save taxpayers an estimated £2.7m.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th April 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
McCann v The State Hospitals Board for Scotland (Scotland) [2017] UKSC 31 (11 April 2017)
Revenue and Customs v The Investment Trust Companies [2017] UKSC 29 (11 April 2017)
Lowick Rose LLP v Swynson Ltd & Anor [2017] UKSC 32 (11 April 2017)
Times Newspapers Ltd & Ors v Flood & Ors [2017] UKSC 33 (11 April 2017)
SXH v The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) [2017] UKSC 30 (11 April 2017)
High Court (Family Division)
Case K (No 2), Re Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 [2017] EWHC 783 (Fam) (12 April 2017)
Benmusa (No 2), Re [2017] EWHC 785 (Fam) (12 April 2017)
Chai v Peng & Ors [2017] EWHC 792 (Fam) (06 April 2017)
B v B (Fertility Treatment: Paperwork Error) [2017] EWHC 599 (Fam) (23 March 2017)
High Court (Patents Court)
Varian Medical Systems International AG v Elekta Ltd & Anor [2017] EWHC 712 (Pat) (06 April 2017)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Pinisetty v Manikonda & Anor [2017] EWHC 838 (QB) (13 April 2017)
RE & Ors v Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWHC 824 (QB) (12 April 2017)
Tradition Financial Services Ltd v Gamberoni & Ors [2017] EWHC 768 (QB) (12 April 2017)
Shaw v Leigh Day (a firm) [2017] EWHC 825 (QB) (11 April 2017)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Leeds Beckett University v Travelers Insurance Company Ltd [2017] EWHC 558 (TCC) (11 April 2017)
Goodlife Foods Ltd v Hall Fire Protection Ltd [2017] EWHC 767 (TCC) (07 April 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
Disguised Compliance – Or Undisguised Nonsense? – Family Law Week
‘Paul Hart, barrister of 15 Winckley Square, discusses a term (and its appropriateness) which has become ubiquitous in social work statements in recent years.’
Family Law Week, 10th April 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
City watchdogs could ban ‘irresponsible’ car loans in new investigation – Daily Telegraph
‘”Irresponsible” car loans will be probed by the City watchdog amid suggestion that drivers could soon be made to pass mortgage-style affordability tests before leasing new motors.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Football child abuse suspects put at 250 – BBC News
‘More than 250 potential suspects and 560 victims have now been identified by officers investigating child sex abuse within football in the UK, police say.’
BBC News, 19th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
£40,000 worth of drugs discovered at ‘unsafe’ Lancashire prison – The Guardian
‘More than 80 prisoners in fear of their safety have sought sanctuary in a special unit in a Lancashire jail inspectors say is the most violent they have visited in recent times.’
The Guardian, 19th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cressida Dick: Met chief will ‘bear down’ on violent crime – BBC News
‘The new commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has promised to “bear down” on large rises in violent crime in London.’
BBC News, 18th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
More than 800 women sue NHS and manufacturers over vaginal mesh implants – The Guardian
‘More than 800 women are suing the NHS and the manufacturers of vaginal mesh implants after suffering serious complications.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Driver who threatened Jeremy Vine jailed as police say it should serve as a ‘warning’ to road rage drivers – Daily Telegraph
‘A driver who threatened BBC presenter Jeremy Vine has been jailed as police say it should serve as a “warning” to road rage drivers.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Can President Assad’s wife be deprived of her British citizenship on public good grounds? – Free Movement
‘Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Tom Brake says that she has supported President Assad’s regime and therefore should be stripped of her British citizenship. It is not said she has personally been involved in any war crimes or similar or to have sanctioned such atrocities. Mr Brake seems to consider that holding and expressing a political opinion — an awful one, let us be clear — is sufficient to justify depriving a person of their citizenship.’
Free Movement, 17th April 2017
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
National Union of Teachers eyes legal action over expansion of selective education – Local Government Lawyer
‘The National Union of Teachers has threatened legal action against the Department for Education over its proposals to expand selective education.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th April 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
What is the Fixed-term Parliaments Act? – The Guardian
‘Coalition agreement introduced five-year parliaments but act allows for early elections if two-thirds of MPs vote in favour.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal threat over ‘back door’ grammar school streams – BBC News
‘Legal action to prevent grammar schools expanding by the back door in England is being threatened by a teachers’ union.’
BBC News, 15th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
