BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
KV (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 119 (07 March 2017)
Jones v Canal & River Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 135 (07 March 2017)
Ahmed v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 118 (07 March 2017)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Wright, R v [2017] EWCA Crim 126 (07 March 2017)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Ross v Secretary of State for Defence [2017] EWHC 408 (Admin) (06 March 2017)
Maciejewski v District Court In Elbag, Poland [2017] EWHC 426 (Admin) (06 March 2017)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Wilson v Lassman [2017] EWHC 85 (Ch) (07 March 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
Legal problem and resolution survey 2014 to 2015 – Ministry of Justice
‘These reports present the findings from the Legal Problem and Resolution Survey 2014 to 2015, a telephone survey of 10,058 adults in England and Wales.’
Ministry of Justice, 3rd march 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Appeal court sends £4m solicitors’ negligence claim to trial – Legal Futures
‘The Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling that gave a national law firm summary judgment in a case alleging that its negligence had caused a company to lose a £4m intellectual property licensing deal with a global engineering giant.’
Legal Futures, 8th March 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: Grand Court of the Cayman Islands guest lecture 2017 – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: Grand Court of the Cayman Islands guest lecture 2017.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 7th march 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Reforms to cross-examination by alleged abusers in the Prisons and Courts Bill – Family Law Week
‘Mark Roscoe, barrister of The 36 Group, outlines the provisions which the Government proposes to insert into section 31 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984.’
Family Law Week, 7th March 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Divorce Jurisdiction after Brexit – Family Law Week
‘An EU law working group, comprising 15 international family law experts, considers the basis on which couples should be able to engage the jurisdiction of the UK courts in order to divorce, following the UK’s departure from the European Union.’
Family Law Week, 7th march 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Prolific LiP’s case partly struck out to give her a helping hand – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A High Court judge has thrown out elements of a case brought by a litigant in person, telling her the ruling would help to remedy a lack of legal representation.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th March 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Torture victims in high court challenge to Home Office over detentions – The Guardian
‘Seven victims of torture who have been locked up in immigration detention are at the high court, challenging as unlawful a government policy that allows some torture survivors to be imprisoned.’
The Guardian, 7th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mother-of-three to be forcibly deported on Jamaica charter flight – after 25 years in the UK – The Independent
‘A mother of three whose youngest son suffers from a serious blood disorder, is to be forcibly deported to Jamaica tomorrow, despite having lived in the UK for more than 25 years.’
The Independent, 7th March 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Brexit: Government suffers second defeat in Lords – BBC News
‘The government has suffered a second Brexit defeat in the House of Lords as peers backed, by 366 votes to 268, calls for a “meaningful” parliamentary vote on the final terms of withdrawal.’
BBC News, 7th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Met Police still don’t know where FGM is happening after 32 years without a conviction – The Independent
‘The police inspector in charge of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) investigations in London said the Metropolitan Police still does not know where young women and girls are being cut and disfigured. Inspector Allen Davis’s comments came as the NHS revealed there were nearly 5,500 new FGM cases reported to hospitals, clinics and GPs in 2016.’
The Independent, 8th March 2017
Source: www.indpendent.co.uk
Lawyer who started her career with work experience aged 15 becomes UK’s youngest ever female judge at just 31 – Daily Telegraph
‘A woman who began her career in law as a 15-year-old on work experience has become the country’s youngest ever female judge.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
MPs raise concerns over tougher knife crime guidelines’ impact on prison populations – The Independent
‘MPs have raised concerns over tougher knife crime sentencing guidelines due to the “substantial” impact it could have on the escalating prison population in Britain.’
The Independent, 8th March 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Far-right activist decision to be re-examined by CPS – BBC News
‘A decision not to prosecute a far-right activist with links to Nazi sympathisers is to be re-examined, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.’
BBC News, 8th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gay man takes fight for equal pension rights for his husband to Supreme Court – Daily Telegraph
‘A gay man fighting to win his husband the same pension rights a wife would enjoy if he was in a heterosexual relationship takes his case to the UK’s highest court.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jaguar ad ‘encouraged unsafe driving’ rules watchdog – BBC News
‘An advertorial article published in the Guardian about a new Jaguar car has been rebuked by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority.’
BBC News, 8th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High levels of violence and use of force at last G4S-run child jail, report finds – The Guardian
‘Report says inspectors witnessed staff struggling to maintain order at Oakhill secure training centre near Milton Keynes.’
The Guardian, 7th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Parents ‘should decide care of baby’ – BBC News
‘The parents of a seven-month-old baby who are challenging doctors in court to keep him on life support say they deserve the right to judge his care.’
BBC News, 7th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Finance Act 2016, Section 164 (Appointed Day) Regulations 2017
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2017
The Finance Act 2016, Schedule 21 (Appointed Days) Regulations 2017
The Childcare Act 2006 (Provision of Information to Parents) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order 2017
The Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2017
The National Health Service (Direct Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The Finance Act 2016, Schedule 22 (Appointed Days) Regulations 2017
The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2017
The Water Supply and Sewerage Services (Customer Service Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The Sewerage Services (Exception from Sewerage System Prohibition) (England) Regulations 2017
The Code of Practice (Picketing) Order 2017
The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 2017
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
