R (on the application of Moseley (in substitution of Stirling) (AP) v London Borough of Haringey – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 29th October 2014
‘Disabled’ bodybuilder Peter Beddoe jailed for fraud – BBC News
‘A former Mr Wales who falsely claimed £28,332 in disability benefits whilst competing in bodybuilding contests has been jailed for six months.’
BBC News, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Permission to file a respondent’s notice out of time not prevented by Mitchell – The Barristers’ Hub
‘The recent decision in the case of Altomart Limited v Salford Estates (No. 2) Limited [2014] EWCA Civ 1408 gave the Court of Appeal a further opportunity to revisit the issues raised in Mitchell v News Group Newspapers Ltd. It provided further indication of how the court is now more willing to grant relief from sanction where such refusal would lead to a potential injustice in the face of little prejudice being caused by the breach.’
The Barristers’ Hub, 31st October 2014
Source: www.barristershub.co.uk
Newport ‘slavery’ victim Darrell Simester speaks of ordeal – BBC News
‘It was a case that lifted the lid on modern day “slavery” in Wales. David Daniel Doran was jailed last month for forcing a vulnerable man to work unpaid at a farm near Newport. Now as BBC Wales’ Week In Week Out programme delves further into the case, we take an look at some of the issues raised.’
BBC News, 4th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sperm deal children ‘irredeemably marred’ by four-parent feud – Daily Telegraph
‘Judge warns of trauma ‘unleashed’ by fallout from ‘known-donor fertilisation’ arrangement between former friends.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Student with schizophrenia must have son adopted – The Guardian
‘A student with a history of severe mental illness has been told by a family court judge that her toddler son must be adopted.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Six types of killer use Facebook to commit crimes, says study – The Guardian
‘Researchers at Birmingham City University have identified six types of killer who use Facebook to commit crimes, in the first-ever study on how the social networking site can affect criminal behaviour.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
IPCC inquiry into North Wales Police paedophile delays – BBC News
‘The police watchdog is to investigate North Wales Police’s delay in looking into allegations of child sex abuse uncovered by Canadian police.’
BBC News, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge attacks Chris Grayling for failing to provide prisoners with healthy sex courses – Daily Telegraph
‘High Court judge says the Justice Secretary is failing in his duty to provide the course high-risk prisoners need to take before they are considered for release.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jackson calls for single limitation period – Litigation Futures
‘Lord Justice Jackson has called on the government to create a “single core limitation regime” for all claims in contract and tort, as recommended by the Law Commission.’
Litigation Futures, 4th November 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Sentence for Ann Maguire’s killer ‘out of step with rest of western Europe’ – The Guardian
‘The 20-year minimum sentence handed out to the killer of teacher Ann Maguire is too harsh and puts Britain out of step with more lenient attitudes in the rest of Europe, according to a leading youth justice campaigner.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Orphan Works Licensing – NIPC Law
‘One of the consequences of extending the term of copyright in many types of copyright has been a massive increase in the number of works in which copyright subsists whose owners cannot be identified or found. Such works are known as “orphan works” and HM government claims that there are some 91 million of them in the UK alone. Because their owners cannot be traced orphan works cannot lawfully be reproduced even for preservation. Consequently, works recorded on such media as celluloid film and magnetic tape may be lost for ever. Much of that work is culturally important and some of it is of considerable scientific interest such as patient records in studies of malaria. In Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth Professor Hargreaves described the problem of orphan works as “the starkest failure of the copyright framework to adapt.”‘
NIPC Law, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
New rules on remote gambling set to come into force – OUT-LAW.com
‘Organisations which provide or advertise remote gambling facilities in Great Britain must now be licensed by the Gambling Commission regardless of where those organisations are based in the world, under new rules that come into force tomorrow [1 November].’
OUT-LAW.com, 31st October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Fiona Woolf resigns as chair of government’s child abuse inquiry – The Guardian
‘The government’s child sex abuse inquiry was thrown into crisis after Fiona Woolf became the second senior legal figure to quit as chair over her links to the Westminster political establishment.’
The Guardian, 31st October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
EVENT: SOAS – Arbitration Seminar Series: Emergency arbitrator procedure
‘Guest speaker: Mr Shai Wade, partner at Stephenson Harwood, Partner at Stephenson Harwood LLP
Chair: Dr Emilia Onyema’
Date: 20th November 2014, 7.00-9.00pm
Location: Room 4426, Russell Square: College Building
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
Phasing in new legislation – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The major piece of criminal law legislation for 2014 is the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act. It has been brought gradually into force throughout the year.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Puppy farmer jailed for at least 25 years for double murder – The Guardian
‘An 82-year-old puppy farmer has been jailed for at least 25 years for murdering his partner and her daughter in a double killing on his dog farm in Surrey.’
The Guardian, 31st October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
What’s the plot? Conspiracy and 19th Century comic opera (again) – Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers
‘Ever since Johnson v Moreton [1980] AC 37 (61E-G per Lord Hailsham: ‘we should have to adopt the carefree attitude of the Mikado…’), references to Gilbert and Sullivan have been gaining ground in the judgments of our higher Courts. When last year Arden LJ rejected the argument, advanced by the claimant victim of a cartel, that it suffices to establish the intention requirement for the tort of unlawful means conspiracy that the claimant forms part of a class of persons against whom a cartelist’s wrongful acts were targeted, she did so by reference to The Gondoliers.’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 2nd November 2014
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
