‘The Government has been accused of quietly ditching its policy of ending child detention in prison-style immigration centres after it announced the closure of new flagship accommodation for families being removed from the UK.’
The Independent, 22nd July 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The pioneering online small claims court thought to be the model for England and Wales was launched in Canada last week when the Act moving it from voluntary to mandatory claims came into force.’
Legal Futures, 22nd July 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Almost six million fraud and cyber crimes were committed last year in England and Wales, the Office for National Statistics has said.’
BBC News, 21st July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Barclays and Credit Suisse paid huge fines in the US to settle misconduct allegations over the operation of their dark pool share trading exchanges. The City watchdog says the UK market is different, but it still wants banks to do better.’
The Independent, 21st July 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘School caretakers, secretaries and dinner ladies could face prosecution and possible imprisonment for failing to report signs of child abuse or neglect under official proposals in the wake of the Savile, Rotherham and Rochdale scandals.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Lying on an insurance claim should not necessarily invalidate it, the Supreme Court has said, in a judgement likely to affect all household policies.’
BBC News, 20th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who murdered a single mother he met on a dating website has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 21st July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The inquest into the death of a six-year-old girl who was murdered by her father could be reopened, the Guardian can reveal.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A retired fire chief falsely accused of sexually abusing a boy 40 years ago has had his conviction overturned after it emerged his accuser was a fantasist and serial liar.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who used a drone to fly contraband into prisons has become the first person in the UK to be jailed for the crime, police said.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The first ever recorded figures for female genital mutilation (FGM) show that between April 2015 and March 2016 there were 5,702 new cases in England.’
BBC News, 21st July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Diplomatic officials working in Britain have allegedly used their immunity to avoid prosecution for serious criminal offences including child pornography and human trafficking, Boris Johnson has told parliament.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme court
Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42 (20 July 2016)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Moosavi v The Law Society (Solicitors Regulation Authority) [2016] EWHC 1821 (Admin) (20 July 2016)
Marku v The Nafplion Court of Appeal, Greece [2016] EWHC 1801 (Admin) (20 July 2016)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Ralls Builders Ltd, Re [2016] EWHC 1812 (Ch) (20 July 2016)
Ashman v Thomas [2016] EWHC 1810 (Ch) (19 July 2016)
Grant & Anor v Baker [2016] EWHC 1782 (Ch) (18 July 2016)
Lewis v Warner [2016] EWHC 1787 (Ch) (18 July 2016)
High Court (Commercial Court)
L v A [2016] EWHC 1789 (Comm) (18 July 2016)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Ghuman v Ghuman [2016] EWHC 1783 (QB) (20 July 2016)
Laserpoint Ltd v The Prime Minister of Malta & Ors [2016] EWHC 1820 (QB) (20 July 2016)
Cape Distribution Ltd v Cape Intermediate Holdings Plc [2016] EWHC 1786 (QB) (19 July 2016)
Le Guevel-Mouly & Ors v AIG Europe Ltd [2016] EWHC 1794 (QB) (19 July 2016)
Khaled v The Security Service & Ors [2016] EWHC 1727 (QB) (15 July 2016)
Smith v Unknown Defendant, Pseudonym ‘Likeicare’ & Ors [2016] EWHC 1775 (QB) (15 July 2016)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Cayman Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2016
The Liberia (United Nations Sanctions) (Revocation) Order 2016
The Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Revocations) Order 2016
The Midland Metro (Wolverhampton City Centre Extension) Order 2016
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) (Amendment) Order 2016
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2016
The Meaford Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2016
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘A v B Local Authority and C Governing Body of School [2016] EWCA Civ 766 is concerned with whether an ET had been entitled to find that a Head Teacher of a primary school had been fairly summarily dismissed for gross misconduct, i.e. putting the safety of children at risk, for failing to disclose to the school authorities her close personal relationship with a male (IS) convicted of making indecent images of children by downloading them onto his computer. The ET’s finding was upheld by the EAT (Wilkie J presiding) and has now been upheld by a majority in the Court of Appeal (Black and Floyd LJJ). Elias LJ dissented.’
Employment Law Blog, 20th July 2016
Source: www.employment11kbw.com
‘The importance of giving reasons for a decision to register land as a village or town green under Section 15 of the Commons Act 2006 has been emphasized by Gilbart J in R (NHS Property Services Ltd) v Surrey County Council (2016) EWHC 1715 (Admin), in which NHS Property Services Ltd (“NHS”) sought judicial review of a decision by the County Council to register a parcel of woodland (“the land”) as a village green. The case is also of importance in relation to the question whether there is a statutory incompatibility with registration.’
Local Government Law, 20th July 2016
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