Radicalisation Cases in the Family Courts – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Guidance issued by Sir James Munby President of the Family Division on 8 October 2015.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 8th October 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Detained asylum seeker entitled to damages, court rules – BBC News
‘An asylum seeker who says she fled from torture in Sudan is entitled to damages from the government after she was held unlawfully, the High Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 8th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: The Legacy of Magna Carta – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘“The Legacy of Magna Carta: Justice in the 21st Century” speech by the Lord Chief Justice, The Rt Hon The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, to the Legal Research Foundation on the 25 September 2015.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 8th October 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Police officers sacked after sending racist texts during 2011 London riots – The Guardian
‘The two Met officers’ messages only came to light during investigation into Andrew Mitchell-Plebgate affair.’
The Guardian, 8th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Stafford Hospital investigated over claims of a “cover-up” – Daily Telegraph
‘Police and health officials are investigating claims of an NHS “cover-up” over the death of a three-year old boy at Stafford Hospital.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
2,331 criminal cases dropped over ill-health or age in 2014 – BBC News
‘More than 2,000 suspected criminals avoided prosecution in England and Wales last year because of their ill-health or age, figures have shown.’
BBC News, 9th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government refuses to publish legal basis for air strikes on Syria – The Independent
‘Two Government departments have refused to publish the legal advice that paved the way for Britain to launch a drone strike on Isis targets in Syria.’
The Independent, 9th October 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Blair asked to give evidence to Gaddafi compensation inquiry – The Guardian
‘The former prime minister Tony Blair has been asked to give evidence to a parliamentary committee looking into the failure to include UK victims of IRA violence in a compensation deal with the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.’
The Guardian, 9th Ocotber 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Nour) v Secretary of State for Defence – WLR Daily
Regina (Nour) v Secretary of State for Defence [2015] EWHC 2543 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 392
‘An assessment made by the Secretary of State for Defence under the Government’s Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Guidance was justiciable and subject to the courts’ power of review, save with regard to the assessment of political or reputational risk involved in such assistance. The court would not interfere with an assessment or its conclusion unless satisfied that they were irrational in the Wednesbury sense and ones that no reasonable decision-maker could have made.’
WLR Daily, 28th September 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (SF) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
‘When the court was considering a challenge to a gateway decision as to whether a person, especially a child, was a victim of human trafficking, it had to adopt a more rigorous or searching level of scrutiny of that decision as opposed to the ordinary test of Wednesbury reasonableness. The decision had to show by its reasoning that every factor which told in favour of the alleged victim had been properly taken into account.’
WLR Daily, 30th September 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Court closure consultation in England and Wales ends – BBC News
‘A government consultation on plans to close 91 courts and tribunals in England and Wales, and integrate or merge another 31, is closing.’
BBC News, 8th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK court to rule on whether Uber breaches rules on taximeters – OUT-LAW.com
‘A UK court is to rule on whether Uber’s mobile app breaches taxi regulations.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th October 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Retired bishop Peter Ball jailed for sex assaults – BBC News
‘A retired Church of England bishop has been jailed for a string of offences against teenagers and young men.’
BBC News, 7th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge rules it not unlawful to withdraw medical support from 11 year old – Local Government Lawyer
‘An NHS Trust has obtained a declaration from the High Court that it would not be unlawful to withdraw medical support devices that are effectively keeping an 11-year-old boy alive.’
Local Government Lawyer,
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Appeal court reopens case against collapsed firm – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Collapsed Midlands firm Blakemores will face trial over a land registration dispute after the Court of Appeal reopened a case against it.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th October 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Gambling operators would face practical difficulties in implementing proposed crime controls, says expert – The Guardian
‘Gambling operators would face practical difficulties in adhering to new anti-crime controls proposed by the British Gambling Commission, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th October 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
British court refuses to extradite suspected American paedophile – The Guardian
‘UK judges are refusing to extradite an alleged American paedophile, who has been on the run from the FBI since 2007, until they receive assurances that his human rights will not be breached.’
The Guardian, 7th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Fair presentation of risk’ and the Insurance Act 2015 – Hardwicke Chambers
‘The Insurance Act 2015, which does not come into force until August 2016, changes the way in which insurance is conducted. The delay in commencement of the Act is intended, at least in part, to give insurers time to change their policy wording and procedures. It is likely that some of the new policy wordings and procedures will give rise to disputes and in the context of construction insurance in particular, there are likely to be issues relating to the concept of fair presentation of risk that is introduced by the Act.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 14th September 2015
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
The Consumer Rights Act 2015: Unfair Terms – Henderson Chambers
‘Consumers are ‘asked’ to agree to a deluge of contractual terms on an ever more frequent basis. If they do not agree, they are often told to lump it or leave it. However, consumers have, for some time, been protected against being bound by ‘unfair terms’ by virtue of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA) and the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (UTCCR). From 1 October 2015 that statutory protection will change; Part 2 of the Consumer Rights Act (the Act) will replace UCTA (to the extent that it relates to business to consumer contracts) and the UTCCRs (in their entirety) respectively.’
Henderson Chambers, 16th September 2015
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
