Vet Oliver Lown jailed over bestiality images – BBC News
‘A former vet who was struck off after being filmed having sex with a horse and a dog has been jailed for possessing images of bestiality.’
BBC News, 9th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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New guidance aimed at distinguishing digital advertising from editorial content – OUT-LAW.com
‘Businesses should ensure that ‘native advertising’ developed on their behalf has prominent “visible visual cues” that allow consumers to immediately identify it as marketing material, under new industry guidance.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th February 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Lord Justice Lewison and the Return of English – NearlyLegal
‘I recently found myself reading and writing about the Court of Appeal judgement in Edwards v Kurasamy (our report here). Doing so made me think about the recent spate of judgements given by Lewison LJ that have touched on the private rental sector. I am thinking here of Spencer v Taylor (which we analysed here), Charalambous v Ng, and now Edwards v Kumarasamy. (our report). All of these are cases that touch primarily on the Private Rented Sector and all of them feature leading judgements by Lewison LJ. These are not of course the only big PRS cases to come from the CoA recently so I am not suggesting that Lewison LJ is the only CoA judge dealing with the PRS (see McDonald v McDonald for example) but he does seem to be getting a healthy majority right now.’
NearlyLegal, 9th February 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Court of Appeal upholds exclusion from UK of anti Muslim speakers at English Defence League rally – Free Movement
‘The case of R (On the Application Of Geller & Anor) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 45 was an application to the Court of Appeal against a refusal by the Upper Tribunal to grant permission for judicial review by Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, the founders ‘Stop Islamization of America’, referred to by the Secretary of State as an anti-Muslim hate group. This contributor was previously unaware of Geller and Spencer’s work, but after 5 minutes on YouTube was in rare agreement with the Secretary of State. They had planned to visit the UK in the aftermath of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, to address a rally planned by the English Defence League in Greenwich on Saturday 29 June 2013, armed forces day.’
Full story
Free Movement, 10th February 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Theresa May to order probe into collapse of police corruption trial – Daily Telegraph
‘The Home Secretary has ordered a QC-led inquiry into the collapse of the UK’s biggest police corruption trial.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Husband given life sentence for ‘ferocious and chilling’ screwdriver attack against his wife – The Independent
‘A husband who tortured and killed his wife has been handed a life sentence, after he left her with at least 270 injuries following a “ferocious and chilling” attack.’
The Independent, 9th February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rule committee raises bar for parties wanting to transfer cases to London – Litigation Futures
‘Parties that want to transfer cases to London will need to provide a much fuller explanation as to why, the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (CPRC) has decided.’
Litigation Futures, 10th February 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Sheffield man jailed for life for killing wife – BBC News
‘An “evil” husband who murdered his wife before hiding her body in a cupboard has been jailed for at least 23 years.’
BBC News, 9th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Magna Carta 800 Years On – BBC Law in Action
‘This year, 2015, marks the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta, a legal document often seen as the cornerstone of British freedoms.’
BBC Law in Action, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Gratuitously rude’ judge reprimanded in CoA ruling – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A family judge was reprimanded by Court of Appeal judges twice in two days and told he should be “embarrassed” by the way he handled a case, it has emerged.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th February 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Significant’ changes to public procurement rules to be introduced in weeks – OUT-LAW.com
‘A raft of major changes to the regulation of procurement in the public sector in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is set to be introduced later this month.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th February 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Sun journalists retrial row after judge removed from case – The Guardian
‘A decision to remove a judge lined up for a retrial of four Sun journalists has led to a legal row at the Old Bailey involving some of the most senior judges in the country.’
The Guardian, 6th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Proposed changes to S.21 – NearlyLegal
‘As well as the clauses introducing the retaliatory eviction proposals, the Government’s proposed amendments to the Deregulation Bill would make some other changes to s.21. The effects would be:
No s.21 notice can be served within the first 4 months of the shorthold tenancy, thus ending the all too widespread practice of serving a s.21 at the time the tenancy agreement is signed (though I’d still say that was probably caught by the deposit rules). The proposals also make clear that possession proceedings cannot be begun before 6 months from the start of the tenancy (that disposes of an idea some bright spark landlords had, that it was OK to start proceedings before 6 months so long as the possession order was made after the 6 month date).’
NearlyLegal, 8th February 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Roy Harper cleared of indecently assaulting an 11-year-old girl – BBC News
‘Musician Roy Harper has been cleared of indecently assaulting an 11-year-old girl in Herefordshire in the 1970s.’
BBC News, 6th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
When a duty of care does arise in tort – suing Companies House – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Cases about whether someone owes a duty of care in tort can be surprisingly difficult to decide. Kate Beattie has just posted on the Michael case here, where no duty was held to arise, despite (it appears) the police control room being told by the doomed Ms Michael that her ex-boyfriend had just told her that he was just about to “fucking kill you”. He was as good as his word, within 20 minutes, and the family now sues the police. How much more direct can you be than that? And yet the family lost 5-2 in the Supreme Court.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 8th February 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
The Algebra of FOIA – Panopticon
‘It is no matter of Euclidian geometry to say that where x + y = z, and z = 13, being told what y equals one need not be Pythagoras to establish the value of x. But what happens when z is in the public domain, x is absolutely exempt information under FOIA (because it is caught by section 23(1)) and the public interest otherwise favours the disclosure of y, which is not the subject of an exemption? Inevitably, the effect of disclosure is that the absolutely exempt information is also revealed. The Interim Decision of the Upper Tribunal in Home Office v ICO & Cobain [2014] UKUT 306 (AAC) was that the Tribunal had to consider whether it was appropriate to utilise the section 50(4) FOIA power so as not to direct disclosure. The issue may be formulaic, but the answer is not.’
Panopticon, 6th February 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
UK government issues first definition of computer hacking by spies – The Guardian
‘Code of practice sets out rules and safeguards surrounding use of computer hacking outside UK by security services.’
The Guardian, 6th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Doctor Michael Salmon guilty of indecent assaults – BBC News
‘Former doctor Michael Salmon has been found guilty of indecently assaulting girls at a hospital where Jimmy Savile abused patients.’
BBC News, 6th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fake pregnancy woman found guilty of child smuggling – The Independent
‘A woman who faked her own pregnancy after years of infertility has been convicted of smuggling a child into Britain after apparently buying it from a Nigerian “baby farm” and passing it off as her own.’
The Independent, 6th February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
We’ve got too many inquiries. I demand an inquiry – Daily Telegraph
‘Whether it’s Chilcot or child abuse, ministers have made the task too big to be useful.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
