Existing laws ‘putting people’s pensions at risk’ – BBC News
‘The chancellor has been warned that gaps in existing pension laws “could put the retirement savings of many thousands of people at risk”.’
BBC News, 7th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK courts adopt contrasting approaches to appeals against HSE inspection notices – OUT-LAW.com
‘Tribunals are entitled to take into account information that was not available to a health and safety inspector at the time that a notice was issued when hearing an appeal against that notice, the Scottish appeal court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th May 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Poker organisers ordered to pay £32,000 after council prosecution – Local Government Lawyer
‘Two organisers of illegal commercial poker tournaments have been ordered to pay £32,000 in fines and costs following a prosecution brought by the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th May 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Tis aw a muddle – costs edition – Nearly Legal
‘Morales v Enver (2016) QBD (Irwin J) 28/04/2016. Mr M had brought injunction for re-entry proceedings against a landlord and agents.’
Nearly Legal, 4th May 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
Won’t Someone Think of the Children? – Panopticon
‘There has long been considerable public concern over the restraint techniques used in young offender institutions and secure training centres. In Willow v Information Commissioner & Ministry of Justice [2016] UKUT 157 (AAC), the Upper Tribunal had to consider the public interest balance as it applied to section 31(1)(f) FOIA, i.e. information prejudicial to the maintenance of security and good order in prisons or other institutions in which people are detained. The request had been for the physical restraint training manual, and the FTT had upheld the application of the exemption.’
Panopticon, 6th May 2016
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Data protection reforms to apply from 25 May 2018 – OUT-LAW.com
‘New EU data protection laws will apply from 25 May 2018.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th May 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Straining out a Gnat and Swallowing a Camel: The Convention, the Charter and Mrs May – UK Human Rights Blog
‘In a speech about Brexit last week, the Home Secretary shared what she called her “hard-headed analysis”: membership of an unreformed EU makes us safer, but – beware the non-sequitur – we must withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, which does not.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th May 2016
Source: https://ukhumanrightsblog.com
Government working on fixed costs extension, says Faulks, as clinical negligence debate hots up – Litigation Futures
‘The government is investigating the extension of fixed recoverable costs across all civil litigation, including how to deal with differences between different types of litigation, civil justice minister Lord Faulks said yesterday.’
Litigation Futures, 5th may 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Tribunal “appalled and dismayed” by SRA’s approach to prosecuting solicitor – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has slammed a prosecution by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in the strongest terms, saying it was “appalled and dismayed” that the regulator had asked it to “rubber stamp” a deal which saw charges of dishonesty dropped at the last minute after the solicitor involved admitted lesser allegations.’
Legal Futures, 6th May 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bondzie, R v [2016] EWCA Crim 552 (05 May 2016)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Shlosberg v Avonwick Holdings Ltd & Ors [2016] EWHC 1001 (Ch) (05 May 2016)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
MoJ seeks to allay court closure concerns – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The Ministry of Justice has given some insight into the reasons behind its decision to close a court that campaigners have bitterly fought to save.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th May 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Blanket ban on legal highs in England and Wales to begin on 26 May – The Guardian
‘The delayed blanket ban on legal highs in England and Wales is to come into force on 26 May, the Home Office has confirmed.’
The Guardian, 5th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge rules teenager in Rochdale must give up baby – BBC News
‘A teenager who became pregnant after being placed into council care must give up her baby, a family court judge in Leeds has ruled.’
BBC News, 6th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Deputy head jailed for indecent images of children – BBC News
‘The deputy head of a fee-paying Catholic school in London has been jailed for 33 months for possessing extreme images of child abuse.’
BBC News, 5th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (Commencement) Regulations 2016
The Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provision) Order 2016
The Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 (Commencement) Order 2016
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Trading Fund (Amendment) Order 2016
The Magistrates’ Courts (Psychoactive Substances Act 2016) (Transfer of Proceedings) Rules 2016
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
