Three teenagers jailed for killing rapper Mdot over a bicycle – BBC News
‘Three teenagers have been jailed for stabbing a young rapper to death in a fight over a stolen bicycle in south-east London.’
BBC News, 13th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
How an EU gender equality ruling widened inequality – The Guardian
‘It said car insurance firms couldn’t discriminate between the sexes … since then men have seen a four-fold rise in premiums.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Immigration tribunal President blasts legal representatives in sex grooming gang appeal – Free Movement
‘President McCloskey has blasted the representatives for both claimants and the Home Office in his latest determination of Shabir Ahmed and others (sanctions for non – compliance) [2016] UKUT 00562 (IAC).’
Free Movement, 13th January 2017
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Supreme Court to rule next week on disability discrimination and public services – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court will next week hand down a key ruling on the reasonable adjustments which a bus company is required to make to accommodate disabled wheelchair users.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
QC body to probe why more women are not applying – Legal Futures
‘The body that appoints QCs has commissioned research to uncover barriers which deter women from applying, after they made up 27.6% of the latest batch of silks – but this was the highest proportion ever.’
Legal Futures, 13th January 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Attorney General’s speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies – Attorney General’s Office
‘Attorney General discusses the modern law of self-defence at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.’
Attorney General’s Office, 11th January 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Pettigrew & Ors v Edwards [2017] EWHC 8 (Ch) (12 January 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
Bogus doctor: Conrad de Souza jailed for lying again – BBC News
‘A fraudster has been sent to prison for a second time for posing as a doctor.’
BBC News, 12th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supply teacher reprimanded for taping ‘fidgeting’ eight-year-old child to a chair – Daily Telegraph
‘A supply teacher who taped the bare ankles of a “fidgeting” eight-year-old boy to a chair for “a joke” has received a reprimand.’
Daily telegraph, 12th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Amber Rudd’s hardline speech to Conservative party conference recorded by police as ‘non-crime hate incident’ after academic’s complaint – Daily Telegraph
‘Amber Rudd’s speech to the Conservative party conference has been recorded by police as a “non-crime hate incident” after an Oxford academic made a complaint about its anti-immigrant message.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hillsborough: Evidence on 23 people and organisations passed to Crown Prosecution Service – The Independent
‘Evidence on 23 people and organisations linked to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster has been handed to prosecutors, it has been revealed.’
The Independent, 12th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Insurance firm fined over data breach – OUT-LAW.com
‘An insurance firm has been fined by the UK’s data protection watchdog over the theft from its premises of a storage device containing information on nearly 60,000 customers.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th January 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Mirza & Ors: The Rules are neither simple nor flexible so don’t leave it too late – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Mirza and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKSC 63. The background to each of these appeals, although unfortunate, is not in any way extraordinary. Indeed, it is perhaps quite common for those applying for leave to remain to fall foul of procedural requirements or to be caught out by one of the many frequent changes in the legislative scheme governing immigration.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th January 2017
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Brightside Group Ltd & Ors v RSM UK Audit LLP & Anor [2017] EWHC 6 (Comm) (09 January 2017)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Harding v British Medical Association [2017] EWHC 5 (QB) (10 January 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
High Court judge condemns Leigh Day claimants for “deliberate disregard” of court order in £50m+ costs battle – Litigation Futures
‘A High Court judge has “unequivocally” condemned claimants represented by group litigation specialists Leigh Day for “deliberate disregard of a court order” in a case where the costs of both sides were estimated at well over £50m.’
litigation Futures, 10th January 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.co.uk
Legal basis for striking terror targets set out – Attorney General’s Office
‘Attorney General Jeremy Wright will set out the legal basis for British military strikes against terror targets overseas.’
Attorney General’s Office, 11th January 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Judge refuses to allow amendments filed a year after request – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The High Court has told an engineering business it cannot make amendments submitted more than a year after its original defence to a civil claim was filed.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th January 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Claim form served late but dismissal application rejected – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The High Court has dismissed a defendant firm’s attempt to have a claim thrown out after a key form was served late. Mr Justice Andrew Baker said London firm Rosling King, representing a broker in an insurance dispute, had served the claim form after the required deadline in June last year.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th January 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Child Contact Interventions: An Underused Resource – Family Law Week
‘Gabrielle Jan Posner, barrister of Trinity Chambers, Chelmsford, argues for the greater use of child contact interventions in appropriate circumstances.’
Family Law week, 11th January 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
