‘A High Court judge has strongly criticised a council and a police force for serious breaches of the Human Rights Act, after two children were retained in care despite their mother not being charged with an offence following her arrest.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Law Society’s freedom of information adjudicator has ordered the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to disclose an investigator’s report, saying the regulator had overlooked “the public interest in transparency as a good in itself”.’
Legal Futures, 5th January 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
High Court (Patents Court)
Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Sandoz GmbH & Anor (Rev 1) [2016] EWHC 3317 (Pat) (21 December 2016)
Illumina, Inc (“Illumina”) & Ors v Illumina, Inc & Ors [2016] EWHC 3345 (Pat) (16 December 2016)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Barkhuysen v Hamilton [2016] EWHC 3371 (QB) (23 December 2016)
Barron & Ors v Collins [2016] EWHC 3350 (QB) (22 December 2016)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Arroyo & Ors v Equion Energia Ltd [2016] EWHC 3348 (TCC) (21 December 2016)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Claimant lawyers have mounted an all-out attack on the government’s plans to overhaul the personal injury sector as the deadline approaches for responses to a consultation.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th January 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘David Bedingfield, barrister of 4 Paper Buildings, considers the arguments in a debate of vital importance to family lawyers.’
Family Law Week, 4th January 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A former soldier has been sentenced under the Terrorism Act after he attempted to travel to Syria to fight Isis.’
The Independent, 4th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government has moved to crack down on unscrupulous employers by appointing a new boss to lead the collection of government bodies tasked with stamping out exploitation in the workplace. Prof Sir David Metcalf, a founding member of the Low Pay Commission and former chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee, was named on Thursday as the first director of Labour Market Enforcement.’
The Guardian, 5th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Prisoners should be allowed to wear their own clothes in jail because transgender inmates are allowed to wear dresses and make-up, inspectors have said.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Justice Secretary has set up an emergency review to find the quickest way to ban perpetrators of domestic abuse from directly cross-examining their victims within the family court system.’
The Guardian, 4th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘This post is my Christmas gift to land law students everywhere in the UK. It is a discussion of the very important Court of Appeal decision in Watts v Stewart [2016] EWCA Civ 1247, which concerned whether charitable providers of accommodation (in this case, almshouses, but, in principle, the issue in the case is broader) are exceptions to the Street v Mountford mantra that exclusive possession for a fixed term at a rent = tenancy.’
Nearly Legal, 29th December 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Everyone knows that the privilege of communications between client and lawyer is a fundamental principle of English Common Law. But there has been some uncertainty as to what happens if the privilege is waived for the purpose of some litigation. That, it seems to me, is clearly dealt with by the Court of Appeal in the recent case of Eurasian Natural Resources Corp Ltd v Dechert LLP [2016] 1WLR 5027.’
Zenith PI blog, 3rd January 2017
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
The Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (England) Regulations 2016
The Wales Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016
The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
The Childcare (Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Extended Entitlement) Regulations 2016
The Plant Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
The Consumer Rights (Enforcement and Amendments) Order 2016
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Nearly 500 people have been arrested since the government’s landmark Psychoactive Substances Act came into force 6 months ago.’
Home Office, 29th December 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Wright v Lewis Silkin LLP [2016] EWCA Civ 1308 (21 December 2016)
G B Housley Ltd v HM Revenue and Customs [2016] EWCA Civ 1299 (21 December 2016)
Actial Farmaceutica LDA v Professor De Simone & Ors [2016] EWCA Civ 1311 (21 December 2016)
Novartis Ag & Ors v Focus Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd & Ors [2016] EWCA Civ 1295 (21 December 2016)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Lewinson v R [2016] EWCA Crim 1969 (21 December 2016)
Embleton, R v [2016] EWCA Crim 1968 (21 December 2016)
Hurley, R v [2016] EWCA Crim 1901 (20 December 2016)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Cupi v The Government of Albania [2016] EWHC 3288 (Admin) (21 December 2016)
Taylor v Honiton Town Council & Anor [2016] EWHC 3307 (Admin) (21 December 2016)
Stryjecki v District Court In Lublin, Poland [2016] EWHC 3309 (Admin) (21 December 2016)
Bhatia v General Medical Council [2016] EWHC 3221 (Admin) (21 December 2016)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Agents Mutual Ltd v Moginnie James Ltd [2016] EWHC 3384 (Ch) (30 December 2016)
Haastrup & Anor v Haastrup & Anor [2016] EWHC 3311 (Ch) (21 December 2016)
Glenn v Watson & Ors [2016] EWHC 3346 (Ch) (21 December 2016)
First Personnel Services Ltd v Halfords Ltd [2016] EWHC 3220 (Ch) (20 December 2016)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Euro-Asian Oil SA v Abilo (UK) Ltd & Ors [2016] EWHC 3340 (Comm) (21 December 2016)
Dexia Crediop SPA v Provincia Di Brescia [2016] EWHC 3261 (Comm) (21 December 2016)
Banque Cantonale De Genève v Sanomi [2016] EWHC 3353 (Comm) (21 December 2016)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘I have been raising since 2014 the pressing need to reform the way in which vulnerable people give evidence in family proceedings. I have made clear my view that the family justice system lags woefully behind the criminal justice system.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 30th December 2016
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘The High Court has sent another warning message to litigants that they should expect to face costs penalties for unreasonable conduct. In Barkhuysen v Hamilton, published just before Christmas, Mr Justice Warby said the claimant was entitled to more than budgeted costs due to how the case was handled.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th January 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Proposals which could see newspapers forced to pay their opponents’ legal costs even if they win in court are “eminently fair”, according to Max Mosley.’
The Independent, 3rd January 2017
Source; www.independent.co.uk
‘The legal team tasked with defending a Royal Marine accused of murdering a wounded Taliban fighter were responsible for a litany of failings that rendered his subsequent conviction unsafe, the body that investigates potential miscarriages of justice has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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