‘Ministers are to scrap the serious case review system used when children have suffered severe harm.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Is the Supreme Court’s decision in PJS v NGN [2016] UKSC 26, [2016] All ER (D) 135 (May), as Lord Toulson suggests, out of touch with reality? Sara Mansoori, barrister at Matrix Chambers, considers the wider consequences of the case and suggests that even when information is in the public domain, the law of privacy can prevent repetition of that information where such repetition can cause unwarranted distress.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 25th May 2016
Source: www.halsburyslawexhange.co.uk
‘As an annual survey finds MDMA is making a comeback, we want to hear from those who work with addiction about reducing the damage of drug misuse.’
The Guardian, 31st May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Companies should be free to ban Muslim women from wearing headscarves at work if they have a general policy barring all religious and political symbols, a senior EU lawyer has said.’
The Guardian, 31st May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Birmingham coroner is to decide later whether to reopen inquests into the victims of the 1974 IRA pub bombings. But one former member of the terror group says the men behind the attacks will never be brought before a court.’
BBC News, 1st June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An 800-year-old dress code banning women from taking off their hats may finally be overturned later in Norfolk. But what other old-fashioned, or just plain strange, rules are in place around England?’
BBC News, 31st May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘As a new inquest approaches into the death of their autistic sister, family continues to fight for a law to boost the rights of relatives.’
The Guardian, 1st June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘There were almost 8,000 arrests last year for drug driving in England and Wales, figures obtained by BBC Radio 5 live have suggested.’
BBC News, 1st June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An ad for the teenage clothing brand Jack Wills has been banned for using sexualised images and text inappropriate for young people.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A coroner is due to rule on whether the inquests into the deaths of 21 people in the Birmingham pub bombings will resume.’
BBC News, 1st June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The advertising watchdog has censured Birds Eye for running a TV campaign that exaggerated the size of its ready meals which the company argued was necessary to “bring life to the ingredients”.’
The Guardian, 1st June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A six-year-old boy who was born in Afghanistan and is never thought to have set foot in Britain is at the centre of a taxpayer-funded family court dispute between his separated Afghan parents.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st May 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected an appeal against striking off from a solicitor who “neither thought nor cared about” the rules governing his profession.’
Legal Futures, 31st May 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An accidental chain of tenancies, in which only the very first was left standing. London Borough of Haringey v 1) Hansa Ahmed & 2) Shaheeda Ahmed [2016] EWHC 1257 (Ch). Three tenancy agreements for the same property, apparently at least partly at the same time, and possession proceedings against someone who was not a tenant under either agreement. Just how was this going to work out.’
Nearly Legal, 30th May 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Smajlaj, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Waltham Forest [2016] EWHC 1240 (Admin). What is the extent of the duty under section 192 Housing Act 1996? This duty, owed to those who are homeless and eligible, not intentionally homeless, but not in priority need, has tended to amount to little more than the Local Authority handing over a leaflet and/or list of letting agents. But this judicial review, unusually, involves a consideration of fulfilment of the duty.’
Nearly Legal, 29th May 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Randall v Randall [2016] EWCA Civ 494 (27 May 2016)
S (A Child) [2016] EWCA Civ 495 (27 May 2016)
Singh v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 492 (27 May 2016)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
AXN v The Queen [2016] EWCA Crim 590 (27 May 2016)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Scott v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2016] EWHC 1256 (Admin) (27 May 2016)
Hill, R (On the Application Of) v Cornwall Council [2016] EWHC 1264 (Admin) (27 May 2016)
High Court (Commercial Court)
AS Latvijas Krajbanka v Antonov [2016] EWHC 1262 (Comm) (27 May 2016)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
R + V Versicherung AG v Robertson And Co SA [2016] EWHC 1243 (QB) (27 May 2016)
HM Solicitor General v Cox & Anor [2016] EWHC 1241 (QB) (27 May 2016)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Cooper & Anor v Thameside Construction Company Ltd [2016] EWHC 1248 (TCC) (27 May 2016)
Lungowe & Ors v Vedanta Resources Plc & Anor [2016] EWHC 975 (TCC) (27 May 2016)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Court of Appeal has granted a divorced husband permission to challenge the validity of his former mother-in-law’s will which left him nothing from her estate.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th May 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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