HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Mishal Bin Abdulaziz (Appellant) v Apex Global Management Ltd and Faisal Abdel Hafiz Almhairat (Respondents) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 26th November 2014
Cohabiting pitfalls: is it time the law caught up? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘The law on relationship breakdown differs between couples who are cohabiting and married couples. Under English Law the concept of common-law wife/husband does not exist. If an unmarried couple live together in a property owned by both of them, they need to be careful to express at the outset what they intend as to property ownership. If they intend it to be an equal ownership they should state this or differing percentages.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 25th November 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
EVENT: UCL – Mishcon Lecture 2014: The Criminal Justice Response to Victims: Time for a shift in thinking
‘Speaker: Sir Keir Starmer, KCB, QC, Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers, and former Director of Public Prosecutions and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service
Chair: The Rt Hon. Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls
The Mishcon Lectures were established at UCL in 1990 in honour of Lord Mishcon to mark his 75th birthday and in recognition of his achievements and service in the fields of law, education, religion, government and politics, both central and local.’
Date: 26th November 2014, 6.00-8.15pm
Location: UCL Cruciform Lecture Theatre, Gower Street WC1E 6BT
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
Drive to end Winterbourne View-style care going backwards, official report shows – Daily Telegraph
‘Report commissioned by NHS calls for closure of all Winterbourne View-style institutions for disabled patients but Chief Nursing Officer insists complexity of cases leading to slow progress.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Theresa May to publish new anti-terror powers – BBC News
‘New measures to tackle terrorism are to be unveiled by the home secretary, days after she said the UK faces a “greater” terror threat than ever before.’
BBC News, 26th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Southwark: Not appealing – NearlyLegal
‘It is not unknown for losing parties in a case to not be happy, indeed very upset. There are two basic options. To shut up and put up with it, or appeal. Rather unusually, faced with one of the most coruscating High Court judgments I can recall, in AA V LB Southwark [our report here], the senior officers of Southwark Council have chosen to do neither. Instead, Southwark’s Housing and Communities Strategic Director has chosen to publicly announce that the judgment was ‘unjust’ and ‘clearly wrong’, but that Southwark aren’t going to appeal it.’
NearlyLegal, 25th November 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Iraqi Civilians v Ministry of Defence – WLR Daily
Iraqi Civilians v Ministry of Defence [2014] EWHC 3686 (QB); [2014] WLR (D) 496
‘The legal effect of UN Security Council Resolutions 1483 of 22 May 2003 and 1511 of 16 October 2003 was that they imposed a duty on the United Kingdom in its role as an occupying power in Iraq to detain individuals where to do so was necessary for imperative reasons of security. However, nothing in the language of the Resolutions authorised the taking of such a measure in so far as doing so violated the United Kingdom’s obligation to secure rights under article 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.’
WLR Daily, 7th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
DD v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
DD v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 3820 (Admin); [2014 ] WLR (D) 495
‘A judgment as to whether article 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms had been breached in a case of alleged inhuman or degrading treatment was reached not simply by reference to the impact of the treatment complained of on the individual, but by also having regard to the necessity and proportionality of the underlying treatment, and the possible alternatives, in the manner of its execution.’
WLR Daily, 20th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Teekay Tankers Ltd v STX Offshore & Shipping Co – WLR Daily
Teekay Tankers Ltd v STX Offshore & Shipping Co [2014] EWHC 3612 (Comm); [2014] WLR (D) 492
‘Service of a claim on an overseas company’s registered United Kingdom’s establishment was valid service, even if the claim did not concern the United Kingdom establishment itself, for the purposes of regulation 7 of the Overseas Companies Regulations 2009 and section 1139(2) of the Companies Act 2006.’
WLR Daily, 6th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
County loses appeal over support for disabled Roma child who moves out of area – Local Government Lawyer
‘A county council has lost a Court of Appeal bid to overturn a ruling that the authority had the power to provide support for a disabled child even when his Roma Gypsy family are working in different parts of the country and outside its borders.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th November 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Counter-Terrorism Bill – the proposals in a nutshell – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Whatever else can be said about the war on terrorism, it has been hugely influential in the shaping of the law (statutory, common law and European). The latest proposal to come from the Coalition is a “Temporary Exclusion Order”, announced in the press in September. It was “re-booted” in November and we are told that these will feature in the new Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill (name not confirmed) due before Christmas. The Bill is in fact scheduled to be published later this week, but these things sometimes slip.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 25th November 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Rise in number of violent homophobic crimes being reported to police – The Guardian
‘Some of the UK’s biggest police forces have recorded a rise in the number of violent homophobic crimes this year, according to new figures.’
The Guardian, 26th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Attorney general’s rejection of ruling on Charles letters was unlawful, court told – The Guardian
‘The government’s most senior legal adviser acted unlawfully when he overrode a court and blocked the publication of secret letters written by Prince Charles, the supreme court has been told.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Care worker Lorenzo Bacus could have more victims, say police – BBC News
‘A care worker who has been jailed for abusing a male resident at a home could have struck before, say police.’
BBC News, 25th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Former Ukip regional chairman Peter Entwistle jailed for grooming children – The Independent
‘A former Ukip regional chairman has been jailed for almost five years for grooming children as young as 12 and possessing almost 200,000 indecent images of children.’
The Independent, 25th November 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Former Racial Equality Council leader jailed for identity theft – The Guardian
‘A respected campaigner on racial equality has been found guilty of stealing another man’s identity, living and working under the false name for more than 20 years.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Notice period doubled from next spring for all marriages and civil partnerships – Free Movement
‘It has been announced today [24 November] by Minister for Security and Immigration James Brokenshire that Part 4 of the Immigration Act 2014 is to be brought into full effect on 2 March 2015. This amends the procedure for marriage and civil partnership for everyone (not just foreign nationals) and creates new powers for duties to report sham marriages and the investigation and preventing of sham marriages.’
Free Movement, 24th November 2014
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Commons Registration – Local Government Law
‘County Councils in England, District Councils in England for an area without a County Council, London Borough Councils and County or County Borough Councils in Wales are “commons registration authorities”. The commons registration authority in relation to any land is the authority in whose area the land is situated. Where any land falls within the area of two or more commons registration authorities, the authorities may by agreement provide for one of them to be the commons registration authority in relation to the whole of the land.’
Local Government Law, 17th November 2014
