‘Royal Mail has said it will not deliver a leaflet for the right wing party Britain First in the Rochester and Strood by-election because it believes it to be illegal.’
BBC News, 31st October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Kesia Leatherbarrow broke a window trying to enter a residential care home for ex-addicts to visit a friend. When officers arrested the 17-year-old, they discovered a small quantity of cannabis. She spent two nights and three days in police custody; a few hours after being released, she hanged herself.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Supreme Court judges will be asked this week to rule whether five men accused of taking part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide should be extradited to face trial.’
The Independent, 2nd November 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government’s modern slavery bill is a “lost opportunity,” the home secretary’s former special envoy for human trafficking has warned. Anthony Steen, who advised on the legislation and chairs the Human Trafficking Foundation, said the bill, which will be debated in parliament on Tuesday for its third reading, had “yawning gaps”, and failed to focus on the needs of victims of trafficking in the UK.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Options to give English MPs more say over laws affecting England will be set out over the coming weeks, the House of Commons leader William Hague has said.’
BBC News, 2nd November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One of Britain’s most senior judges has launched a withering attack on cuts to legal aid after a couple with learning disabilities was not provided with a lawyer to fight the forced adoption of their two-year-old son.’
The Independent, 31st October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A senior family court judge has condemned the injustice of the newly pared-back legal aid system after an illiterate mother of four, with poor sight and hearing, was forced to represent herself in a court hearing over the custody of her children.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Three men who challenged their extended sentences for preparing terrorism offences have lost their appeals.’
BBC News, 31st October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who killed a girl by hanging her at his parents’ house has lost his appeal against his whole-life sentence.’
BBC News, 31st October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Those of you with experience of dealing with credit hire cases will know the difficulties faced when a hire agreement has no cancellation notice attached to it, or it is not in the correct and prescribed format, very often resulting in a non-enforceable contract and no credit hire charges being recovered. These arguments, under the Cancellation of Contracts made in a Consumer’s Home or Place of Work, etc Regulations 2008, have been the subject of extensive litigation.’
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Zenith PI Blog, 31st October 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Now that copying and reproducing material electronically is so easy, you can find yourself infringing copyright almost without thinking. Where a film clip, photograph, piece of music or text, for example, does not obviously belong to anyone, can you just use it or do you have to steer clear? This has up to now presented a problem (at least for those with a reputation to protect).’
Technology Law Update, 31st October 2014
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Les Laboratoires Servier and another v Apotex Inc and others [2014] UKSC 55; [2014] WLR (D) 452
‘Although acts which constituted “turpitude” for the purposes of giving rise to the defence of ex turpi causa non oritur actio were not confined to criminal acts but included quasi criminal acts which engaged the public interest, civil wrongs which offended against private and not public interests did not give rise to the defence. Infringements of patent gave rise to private rights of a character no different from rights under contract or tort and there was no public policy which would give rise to a defence of ex turpi causa.’
WLR Daily, 29th October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Altomart Ltd v Salford Estates (No 2) Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 1408; [2014] WLR (D) 451
‘An application under CPR r 3.1(2)(a) for an extension of time in which to file a respondent’s notice was by analogy subject to the robust approach to compliance with rules set down by the Court of Appeal in relation to applications for relief from sanction under CPR r 3.9.’
WLR Daily, 29th October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Kerrigan; Regina v Walker (Nicholas) [2014] WLR (D) 450
‘There was no automatic deduction for time spent in custody by a defendant who, following arrest, was recalled to prison, on revocation of licence, to continue serving a previous sentence.’
WLR Daily, 28th October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Routier and another v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2014] EWHC 3010 (Ch); [2014] WLR (D) 449
‘For a transfer under a will to be exempt from inheritance tax because it was to be “held on trust for charitable purposes” within the meaning of section 23(6) of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 the relevant trust had to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom courts.’
WLR Daily, 18th October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Care and Support and After-care (Choice of Accommodation) Regulations 2014
The Care and Support (Preventing Needs for Care and Support) Regulations 2014
The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014
The Care and Support (Sight-impaired and Severely Sight-impaired Adults) Regulations 2014
The Climate Change Agreements (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Plant Health (Phytophthora kernovii Management Zone) (England) (Revocation) Order 2014
The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Certain Permitted Uses of Orphan Works) Regulations 2014
The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014
The Local Justice Areas (No. 3) Order 2014
The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘A man jailed alongside “sadistic” triple killer Joanne Dennehy is to appeal against the length of his sentence.’
BBC News, 30th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court
Moseley, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Haringey [2014] UKSC 56 (29 October 2014)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Hall & Ors, R. v [2014] EWCA Crim 2046 (07 October 2014)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Vocalspruce Ltd v Revenue & Customs [2014] EWCA Civ 1302 (30 October 2014)
Belhaj & Anor v Straw & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 1394 (30 October 2014)
Reed Elsevier UK Ltd (t/a LexisNexis) & Anor v Bewry [2014] EWCA Civ 1411 (30 October 2014)
Altomart Ltd v Salford Estates (No. 2) Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 1408 (29 October 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Sirhowy Investments Ltd v Henderson & Anor [2014] EWHC 3562 (Ch) (30 October 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Trushin v National Crime Agency [2014] EWHC 3551 (Admin) (29 October 2014)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Arcadia Group Brands Ltd & Ors v Visa Inc & Ors [2014] EWHC 3561 (Comm) (30 October 2014)
Ted Baker Plc & Anor v Axa Insurance UK Plc & Ors [2014] EWHC 3548 (Comm) (30 October 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Victims’ groups are due to meet officials from a child sex abuse inquiry and are expected to reiterate calls for the inquiry’s head to resign.’
BBC News, 31st October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Whether you call it the “spare room subsidy” or the “bedroom tax”, the removal of this type of housing benefit has been nothing short of controversial. There have been several previous legal challenges to the Regulations, as well as to the benefit cap introduced as part of the same package of welfare changes. The outcome of these cases was not promising for these claimants, in particular the decision of the Court of Appeal in R (MA) v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions [2014] EWCA Civ 13. Another important case is R (SG (previously JS)) v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions [2014] EWCA Civ 156.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 29th October 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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