Twitter ‘snooping’ requests double in UK – BBC News
‘Requests for Twitter users’ personal information more than doubled in the UK in 2015, according to the company’s latest transparency report.’
BBC News, 13th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Enforce family court orders but don’t jail debtors – Society – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The Law Society has called for simpler procedures to enforce family financial orders and said creditors should be armed with more information.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th August 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Refusing to respond to subject access requests – legal professional privilege, disproportionate effort and collateral purposes – Panopticon
‘The Information Commissioner’s Code of Practice on Data Protection steadfastly maintains that data controllers cannot refuse to respond to a subject access request unless one of the specific exceptions in the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”) applies. However, there is a growing body of case law on the circumstances in which the courts will refuse to enforce compliance with subject access requests under s 7(9) of the Act, even where one of the specific exceptions under the Act does not apply.’
Panopticon, 12th August 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Model jailed for false whiplash claim – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A model and semi-professional footballer has this week been jailed for two months for making up a personal injury claim.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th August 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Couple found guilty over sex act at Hyde Park concert – BBC News
‘A couple who had oral sex during a Paloma Faith concert in Hyde Park have been fined for outraging public decency.’
BBC News, 12th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Urban criminal gangs setting up drug hotlines to expand operations into deprived seaside resorts, says National Crime Agency – The Independent
‘Urban criminal gangs are setting up dedicated drugs hotlines and using sophisticated marketing campaigns for a rapid expansion of their operations into deprived seaside resorts, the National Crime Agency have said.’
Full story
The Independent, 12th August 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Chilcot inquiry: soldiers’ families threaten legal action over delay – The Guardian
‘Families of soldiers killed during the Iraq war have have threatened legal action over the long-awaited Chilcot inquiry into the conflict if the report is not published by the end of the year.’
Full story
The Guardian, 13th August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
All Change for London Family Lawyers: An International Perspective – Family Law Week
‘Stuart Clark, Associate Solicitor at The International Family Law Group LLP, explains the latest changes to the administration of divorce and financial remedies cases in London.’
Family Law Week, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Wandsworth London Borough Council v Tompkins and another – WLR Daily
Wandsworth London Borough Council v Tompkins and another [2015] EWCA Civ 846; [2015] WLR (D) 357
‘Where a local housing authority provided accommodation under a tenancy pursuant to its duty under Part VII (Homelessness) of the Housing Act 1996, the requirement in paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985 which had to be satisfied in order for the tenancy to qualify as a secure tenancy (that the housing authority had to give notification that the tenancy “is to be regarded” as a secure tenancy), meant that the notification had to state that the tenancy was regarded as a secure tenancy at the date of grant and not at some unspecified date in the future.’
WLR Daily, 31st August 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Maidstone gangmaster firm sued by ‘slave’ workers – BBC News
‘Six men are suing a former gangmaster after they were trafficked to work as chicken-catchers on UK farms.’
BBC News, 11th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Panicked’ assistant solicitor fabricated counsel’s advice and expert reports – Legal Futures
An assistant solicitor has admitted to having “fabricated” advice from counsel, two expert reports and a series of letters on a medical negligence case because she felt “completely panicked and couldn’t see a way out”.
Full story
Legal Futures, 11th August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Woolway (Valuation Officer) v Mazars LLP – WLR Daily
Woolway (Valuation Officer) v Mazars LLP [2015] UKSC 53; [2015] WLR (D) 353
‘Where a business’s offices were on two separate floors of an office block, the communication between the two being solely by way of the block’s communal lift, those two floors comprised two separate hereditaments for the purposes of non-domestic rating.’
WLR Daily, 29th July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Yarl’s Wood conditions deteriorated so much women are being treated like ‘animals’ – The Independent
‘Conditions at a privately run immigration removal centre have “deteriorated” over the past year to the extent that almost half of the women held there fear for their safety, according to a damning report published by the Chief Inspector of Prisons.’
The Independent, 12th August 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Arcadia Group Brands Ltd and others v Visa Inc and others – WLR Daily
Arcadia Group Brands Ltd and others v Visa Inc and others [2015] EWCA Civ 883; [2015] WLR (D) 359
‘Competition cases were not to be treated differently to other claims for the purposes of the application of the “statement of claim” test in the context of section 32(1)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, which provided for the postponement of the limitation period in the case of concealment of any fact relevant to the plaintiff’s right of action.’
WLR Daily, 5th August 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Lord Janner child sex abuse charges: Making peer attend court would breach his human rights, lawyers argue – The Independent
‘Lord Janner should not appear in court to answer charges of child sex abuse because it would be a breach of his human rights, his lawyer has argued.’
The Independent, 11th August 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Dawson-Damer and others v Taylor Wessing LLP and others – WLR Daily
Dawson-Damer and others v Taylor Wessing LLP and others [2015] EWHC 2366 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 361
‘The purpose of section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998 entitling an individual to have access to information in the form of his “personal data” was to enable him to check whether the data controller’s processing of it unlawfully infringed his privacy and, if so, to take such steps as the Act provided, to protect it. It was no part of its purpose to enable the individual to obtain discovery of documents that might assist him in litigation or complaints against third parties.’
WLR Daily, 6th August 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Consumer rights rules will not apply where personal data, not money, is exchanged for digital content – OUT-LAW.com
‘Businesses selling or licensing digital content will not have to honour most “rights and remedies” that consumers will have under new UK consumer protection laws where those consumers exchange access to their personal data rather than money in return for that content, a UK regulator has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th August 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
