‘A legal principle designed to prevent businesses from profiteering from illegal acts does not apply if that profiteering would stem from infringing patent rights, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The European Commission came in for some stern criticism from the High Court this week, in a case which looks set to test the boundaries of confidentiality in EC infringement decisions: see Emerald Supplies v BA [2014] EWHC 3515 (Ch).’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 30th October 2014
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
‘The daughter of a woman shot dead by a puppy farmer has accused police of “putting the gun in the hands” of a murderer.’
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The Independent, 29th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The president of the World Bank has urged thousands of health workers to volunteer in the battle against Ebola, invoking their duty under their oath to help patients. But is there such an obligation? Medical ethicist Dr Daniel Sokol says we should expect some healthcare staff to refuse to go to work, wherever Ebola patients are being treated.’
BBC News, 29th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The NHS has committed a catalogue of blunders that have had a “devastating impact” on every generation, a report has revealed.’
The Guardian, 29th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘New bodies which will monitor the performance of the strategic road network and champion the needs of its users will be created as part of plans to hold a reconstituted Highways Agency to account, the UK government has announced.’
OUT-LAW.com, 29th October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘One of the founders of the Black Solicitors Network (BSN) has called on the legal regulators to consider introducing quotas and targets to promote diversity.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th October 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘In the 12th and 13th centuries, judges would be sent out from Westminster every seven years to adjudicate on any disputes that had come about since their last sojourn. In 1292, in Shropshire, Alice Knotte complained that Thomas Champeneys ‘detaineth from her seven shillings in money and a surcoat of the value of three shillings’. ‘Alice can get no justice at all,’ she protested, ‘seeing that she is poor and that this Thomas is rich.’ She implored the judge: ‘I have none to help me save God and you.’’
London Review of Books, 6th November 2014
Source: www.lrb.co.uk
‘Applications for adjournments of costs assessment until the Supreme Court’s decision in Coventry v Lawrence are rightly being given “short shrift”, the Senior Costs Judge has said.’
Litigation Futures, 30th October 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A legal challenge to government plans to privatise some probation services in England and Wales has been launched by the probation officers’ union Napo.’
BBC News, 30th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The number of judicial reviews involving government departments has almost doubled since 2010, the government has revealed.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th October 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The amount of enforcement action taken against employers for non-compliance with their automatic enrolment duties rose considerably in September, according to the Pensions Regulator, which has also recently issued its first fines for breaches.’
OUT-LAW.com, 29th October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Philosophically, everything must have an inherent weight. Otherwise it would have no weight at all. But FOIA is not concerned with philosophy; it is much more concerned with who is in charge of the sheep dip, and indeed the levels of public funding for the sheep being dipped. (No points for spotting that reference, Bruce.) As a result, there are often debates in the FOIA case law about whether a particular qualified exemption contains an inherent weight, i.e. is the fact that the exemption is engaged at all sufficient to place some weight in the public interest balance against disclosure? The answer varies according to the particular exemption.’
Panopticon, 29th October 2014
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘Lord Wilson posed the question, answered today by the Supreme Court, with concision. When Parliament requires a local authority to consult interested persons before making a decision which would potentially affect all of its inhabitants, what are the ingredients of the requisite consultation?’
UK Human Rights Blog, 29th October 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘In June the government put into force plans to change the way the probation service runs, and forged ahead with proposals to privatise parts of it. But why are some people unhappy about this?’
BBC News, 29th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Court of Appeal judges dismiss campaigners’ claim Government acting unlawfully by allowing latest badger culls to go ahead without monitoring by independent expert panel.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘There is no evidence that tough enforcement of the drug laws on personal possession leads to lower levels of drug use, according to the government’s first evidence-based study.’
The Guardian, 30th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Care and Support (Continuity of Care) Regulations 2014
The Local Audit (Auditor Panel Independence) Regulations 2014
Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure 2014
The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Order 2014
The Immigration (Removal of Family Members) Regulations 2014
The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2014
The Care and Support (Provision of Health Services) Regulations 2014
The Care and Support (Market Oversight Information) Regulations 2014
The Care and Support (Discharge of Hospital Patients) Regulations 2014
The Care and Support (Ordinary Residence) (Specified Accommodation) Regulations 2014
The Care and Support (Disputes Between Local Authorities) Regulations 2014
The Insurance Premium Tax (Non-taxable Insurance Contracts) Order 2014
The Care and Support (Independent Advocacy Support) Regulations 2014
The Care and Support (Assessment) Regulations 2014
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014
The Immigration Services Commissioner (Application Fee) (Amendment) Order 2014
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Halawi v WDFG UK Ltd (t/a World Duty Free) [2014] EWCA Civ 1387 (28 October 2014)
Chalfont St Peter Parish Council v Chiltern District Council [2014] EWCA Civ 1393 (28 October 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Mensah v Salford City Council [2014] EWHC 3537 (Admin) (28 October 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Reachlocal UK Ltd & Anor v Bennett & Ors [2014] EWHC 3405 (QB) (21 October 2014)
Kelly v Ministry Of Justice [2014] EWHC 3440 (QB) (20 October 2014)
Coulson & Ors v Wilby [2014] EWHC 3404 (QB) (21 October 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Emerald Supplies Ltd & Ors v British Airways Plc & Ors [2014] EWHC 3513 (Ch) (28 October 2014)
The Co-Operative Bank Plc v Phillips [2014] EWHC 3545 (Ch) (28 October 2014)
Emerald Supplies Ltd & Ors v British Airways Plc & Ors [2014] EWHC 3514 (Ch) (28 October 2014)
High Court (Family Division)
A And B (Children: Brussels II Revised: Article 15) V [2014] EWHC 3516 (Fam) (23 October 2014)
London Borough of Croydon v S & Anor [2014] EWHC 3550 (Fam) (09 October 2014)
Quan v Bray & Ors [2014] EWHC 3340 (Fam) (27 October 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A Cardiff deputy head teacher who secretly filmed pupils going to the toilet has had his “manifestly excessive” five-year jail term cut to four by the Court of Appeal.’
BBC News, 28th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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