Triennial review of the IPCC: Terms of Reference – Home Office
‘Terms of Reference describe the aims and scope of the triennial review of the IPCC.’
Home Office, 15th December 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Loveridge v London Borough of Lambeth [2014] UKSC 65 (3 December 2014)
Prince Abdulaziz v Apex Global Management Ltd & Anor (Rev 2) [2014] UKSC 64 (26 November 2014)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Panesar & Ors v HM Revenue and Customs [2014] EWCA Civ 1613 (15 December 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Hull And Holderness Magistrates’ Court v Darroch & Anor [2014] EWHC 4184 (Admin) (15 December 2014)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Transgrain Shipping BV v Deiulemar Shipping SpA & Anor [2014] EWHC 4202 (Comm) (15 December 2014)
High Court (Family Division)
Birmingham City Council v Riaz & Ors [2014] EWHC 4247 (Fam) (15 December 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Tate v Ryder Holdings Ltd & Anor [2014] EWHC 4256 (QB) (16 December 2014)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Savoye And Savoye Ltd v Spicers Ltd [2014] EWHC 4195 (TCC) (15 December 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
Equalities watchdog to investigate Met police over staff discrimination claims – The Guardian
‘The Metropolitan police are to face a formal investigation by the equalities watchdog into whether the force broke the law and discriminated against staff.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Driver defeats speeding ticket with tape measure – Daily Telegraph
‘A driver who was sent a ticket for speeding past a primary school successfully defeated the case using only a tape measure.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Burglar on Ministry of Justice trial jailed after his crime spree is mapped out by a GPS tag – Daily Telegraph
‘One of the first criminals in Britain to be fitted with an advanced type of electronic tag which tracked his every move committed seven burglaries within weeks of being released from jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Soho Theatre fined over fall that paralysed stage manager – BBC News
‘A theatre where a stage manager was paralysed in a fall through an unmarked balcony door on to the stage below has been fined £20,000.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pyranha Mouldings oven death: Health and safety charges dropped – BBC News
‘Two men who faced health and safety charges over the death of a factory worker in an industrial oven have had the case against them dropped.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Angel of Death’ murders: TV investigation casts doubt over conviction of Colin Norris – Daily Telegraph
‘New scientific evidence casts fresh doubt on the conviction of a nurse who was jailed for a minimum of 30 years for murdering four elderly women and attempting to kill another, according a TV investigation.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
CIA torture report: Theresa May insists she did not demand redactions – Daily Telegraph
‘Theresa May, the Home Secretary, has insisted she did not request any redactions to the American report which exposed graphic details of CIA torture.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
NHS fraud doctor Anthony Madu avoids prison – BBC News
‘A gynaecologist who defrauded the NHS out of tens of thousands of pounds working as a locum while off work sick from a Cardiff hospital has avoided prison.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jordan Begley death: Media can name Taser officers after 2 February – BBC News
‘Five police officers who wanted anonymity at an inquest into a man shot with a Taser will be named unless they win an appeal, a coroner has ruled.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Commons watchdog will publish names of MPs facing expenses investigation – Daily Telegraph
‘IPSA will name MPs who face investigation into their expenses, but they will be able to have the hearings in private.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Father treated ‘like Kafka character’ by Family Court – top judge – Daily Telegraph
‘A father who was banned from his own street, cut off from his children for five months, with no opportunity to defend himself, and then arrested for text messaging his son, was treated like a character from a Kafka novel, a senior judge has admitted.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Home secretary backs tougher powers for child sex abuse inquiry – The Guardian
‘Theresa May tells MPs she is also considering revising cut-off date for sex abuse allegations to include claims from 1950s.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fare-dodging banker banned from City – BBC News
‘A London banker who regularly avoided buying a train ticket on his commute to the City has been banned from working in the financial services industry.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mentally ill teenagers will no longer be held in police cells – The Guardian
‘Mentally ill teenagers will no longer be taken to police stations and detained in cells under reforms to be announced by the home secretary, Theresa May, this week.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Murdered mum Natasha Trevis ‘not listened to’, report finds – BBC News
‘A mother of three murdered by her “controlling” partner was “not listened to or heard” by the authorities, a report has found.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal aid immigration case guidance ‘unlawful’ – BBC News
‘Guidance on granting legal aid for exceptional immigration cases is “unlawful”, judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cosmetics tested on animals banned in the EU – or are they? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘R (on the application of the European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Attorney General, British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (intervening) [2014] EWHC 4222 (Admin) 12 December 2014. Conscientious shoppers who check the labelling of shampoos and other cosmetic products for the “not tested on animals” legend may not be aware that there is in place an EU Regulation (“the Cosmetics Regulation”), enforceable by criminal sanctions, prohibiting the placing on the market of any product that has been tested on laboratory animals. Any comfort drawn from this knowledge however may be displaced by the uncertainty concerning the status of cosmetics whose ingredients have been tested on animals in non-EU or “third” countries. (Incidentally the Cruelty Cutter app is designed to enable consumers to test, at the swipe of a smart phone, whether the product they are contemplating purchasing has been tested on animals.)’
UK Human RIghts Blog, 12th December 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
High Court judge overturns “overly generous interpretation” of relief from sanctions rules – OUT-LAW.com
‘Parties to civil litigation cases have been issued with an important reminder of the need to manage their cases effectively after the High Court overturned an “overly generous interpretation” of the rules governing when relief from sanctions can be granted.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th December 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
