Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe may be moved to a normal jail – Daily Telegraph
‘Peter Sutcliffe is not mentally ill and should be moved out of psychiatric hospital, doctors claim.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cloud storage providers to face investigation by regulators – BBC News
‘An investigation is to be launched into whether internet users are being charged unfairly when they use cloud storage services. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said some providers may be breaching consumer laws.’
BBC News, 1st December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Public Law Project) v Lord Chancellor (Office of the Children’s Commissioner intervening) – WLR Daily
‘The decision of the Lord Chancellor to propose by statutory instrument an amendment to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to impose a residence test for those otherwise eligible for civil legal aid under Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act was not unlawful or discriminatory.’
WLR Daily, 25th November 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Hysaj and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
‘In a case of impersonation where a person had fraudulently made false representations about his own identity and that fraud was material to the grant of naturalisation, the grant of nationality was a nullity.’
WLR Daily, 26th November 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Fox and others) v Secretary of State for Education – WLR Daily
‘The Secretary of State had erred in leaving non-religious views out of the new GCSE subject content for religious studies, which amounted to a breach of the duty to take care that information or knowledge included in the curriculum was conveyed in a pluralistic manner.’
WLR Daily, 25th November 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Dickinson and another v UK Acorn Finance Ltd – WLR Daily
Dickinson and another v UK Acorn Finance Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 1194; [2015] WLR (D) 479
‘The fact that a loan the subject of litigation was rendered unenforceable by statute did not mean that a judge was not entitled to determine whether it would be an abuse of process for a party to proceed with its submission that it would be an abuse of process for another party to be permitted to proceed with its claim which was founded on that loan.’
WLR Daily, 25th November 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Bokrosova) v Lambeth London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Regina (Bokrosova) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2015] EWHC 3386 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 478
‘Whilst section 105 of the Housing Act 1985 did not refer to “consultation”, it created an obligation on landlord authorities to consult on matters of housing management and its purpose was, in part, to ensure the participation of tenants in decisions which would substantially affect their homes.’
WLR Daily, 24th November 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Austerity and Public Law: Richard Clayton QC: Accountability, Judicial Scrutiny and Contracting Out – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘Austerity Britain is shrinking the public sector and accelerating the process of contracting out services. However, the legal protections contracting out gives to service users are piecemeal and inadequate, raising very real concerns about how findings of unlawfulness are to be addressed.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 30th November 2015
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
Twitter found to be unsuitable means of communicating FOIA request – RPC Data Law and Privacy
‘The First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) (the Tribunal) has held that a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 made via Twitter is not valid.’
RPC Data Law and Privacy, 27th November 2015
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
Defence of tender before claim – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The common law defence of tender before claim is a defence that, before the claimant commenced court proceedings, the defendant had unconditionally offered the amount due to the claimant.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th November 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Emotions at work – New Law Journal
‘Dermot Feenan explores the topic of judicial tears.’
New Law Journal, 26th November 2015
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
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The dark face of our imperial past – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The Supreme Court has ruled that the United Kingdom was not obliged to hold a public inquiry into the shooting in December 1948 during the Malayan Emergency by British troops of 24 unarmed civilians at Batang Kali. The Court held that (1) the lapse of time meant that there was no Article 2 requirement to hold an inquiry; (2) a duty to hold an inquiry could not be implied into common law under the principles of customary international law; and (3) the decision not to hold an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005 was not open to challenge on ordinary judicial review principles. However, the Supreme Court did hold that the deaths were within the United Kingdom’s jurisdiction for the purposes of the application of the ECHR.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th November 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Man jailed for murder of girlfriend found in suitcase in canal – The Guardian
‘A man who beat his girlfriend, stuffed her into a suitcase and threw it into a canal has been jailed for a minimum of 18 and a half years.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court to rule on first proposed deferred prosecution agreement in the UK on Monday – OUT-LAW.com
‘A court in London is expected to decide on Monday whether to approve a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) provisionally put in place by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Standard Bank.’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th November 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Are counter terrorism laws interfering with freedom of the press? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘A case of freedom of the press versus counter-terrorism laws? Peter Carter QC at Doughty Street Chambers, examines the police powers used to seize an investigative journalist’s laptop.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 27th November 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Religious education and state impartiality – Education Law Blog
‘In R (Fox) v Secretary of State for Education [2015] EWHC 3404 (Admin), Warby J held that guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Education was unlawful because it contained a statement (referred to in the judgment as “the Assertion”) that delivery of Religious Studies GCSE content consistent with subject content prescribed by the Secretary of State would in all cases fulfil the state’s legal obligations with regard to religious education. In fact, the judge held, relying exclusively on such GCSEs could be enough to meet those obligations but would not necessarily be so and some additional educational provision may be required.’
Education Law Blog, 27th November 2015
Source: www.education11kbw.com
Children should not get criminal records for ‘trivial’ offences such as sexting and fighting, MPs say – The Independent
‘Children should not receive criminal records for “trivial” misdemeanors such as sexting and fighting, a committee of MPs has urged.’
The Independent, 29th November 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court judge castigates senior property partner “who cut corners all the time” – Legal Futures
‘A High Court judge has launched an extraordinary attack on a senior property partner, saying that although he was “on the whole” an honest witness, he “plainly cut corners all the time in his practice”.’
Legal Futures, 30th November 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
