‘Secret’ terror trial begins at Old Bailey – BBC News
‘A jury has been sworn in at the Old Bailey for a terror trial that will be partially held in secret.’
BBC News, 13th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
End of the ASBO: “community trigger” scheme to tackle anti-social behaviour – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
With the Scottish referendum dominating the headlines last month, the introduction of the new Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (“the Act”) has been somewhat overshadowed. However, fanfare or no fanfare, the Act is coming into force this month (in the main) on 20 October 2014. The Act not only marks the end of the “ASBO” but also introduces new, important powers aimed at “putting the victim first”. These powers are only useful, however, if people know about them.
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th October 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Parents speak of legal fight for children without a lawyer – BBC News
‘”My daughter started school last month and I don’t even know what school she goes to.”
These are the words of a father who has not seen his daughter, now aged four, for two years.’
BBC News, 13th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother Mary Kidson ‘plied daughter with unnecessary medication’ – The Independent
‘A mother poisoned her daughter by plying her with a cocktail of drugs obtained by touring the clinics of multiple doctors until she was prescribed the medication she had decided the teenager needed, a court heard today.’
The Independent, 13th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jackson rules on causing psychological harm by intentional statement – Litigation Futures
‘Lord Justice Jackson has joined two other Court of Appeal judges in ruling that publication of a book detailing a father’s sexual abuse at school could amount to deliberately causing psychological harm to his son under the principles set out in an “obscure tort”.’
Litigation Futures, 14th October 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Virgin pilot jailed for £30 million mortgage fraud – Daily Telegraph
‘A former Virgin Atlantic pilot who blew a fortune on the gaming tables of Las Vegas has been jailed for 14-years after being convicted of orchestrating an audacious £30 million mortgage fraud.’
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 13th October 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jail for masterminds of £21m pyramid scheme with 10,000 victims – The Independent
‘Two “greedy” women who masterminded a £21m get-rich-quick pyramid scheme that fleeced at least 10,000 victims wept yesterday as they were jailed for six months.’
The Independent, 13th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court rejects legal challenge against reforms to remote gambling regime – OUT-LAW.com
‘A legal challenge against UK government plans to reform remote gambling regulation and licensing in Great Britain has failed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
YM (Uganda) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 1292 (10 October 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
N v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 3304 (QB) (10 October 2014)
Burrows v Northumbrian Water Ltd [2014] EWHC 3305 (QB) (10 October 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Crestsign Ltd v National Westminster Bank Plc & Anor [2014] EWHC 3043 (Ch) (26 September 2014)
High Court (Family Division)
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v T & Ors [2014] EWHC 3315 (Fam) (30 September 2014)
CH v The London Borough of Merton [2014] EWHC 3311 (Fam) (09 October 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Mundy v Crown Prosecution Service [2014] EWHC 819 (Admin) (10 October 2014)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Peterborough City Council v Enterprise Managed Services Ltd [2014] EWHC 3193 (TCC) (10 October 2014)
High Court (Commercial Court)
U&M Mining Zambia Ltd v Konkola Copper Mines Plc [2014] EWHC 3250 (Comm) (10 October 2014)
Sabbagh v Khoury & Ors [2014] EWHC 3233 (Comm) (10 October 2014)
Standard Bank Plc & Anor v Just Group LLC & Ors [2014] EWHC 2687 (Comm) (10 October 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Supreme Court and the Rule of Law – Speech by Lord Neuberger
The Supreme Court and the Rule of Law (PDF)
Lord Neuberger
The Conkerton Lecture 2014, Liverpool Law Society, 9th October 2014
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
Drunken hovercraft pilot Richard Pease jailed – BBC News
‘A hovercraft pilot who transported passengers across the Solent while nearly three times the legal alcohol limit has been jailed for eight months.’
Full story
BBC News, 10th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
No murder trial for mother who suffocated disabled children – The Guardian
‘A mother who admitted suffocating her three disabled children before trying to kill herself will not face trial for murder, a court has heard.’
The Guardian, 13th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Geoffrey Robertson QC criticises arrests over alleged sex crimes – BBC News
‘Police are arresting suspects of alleged historical sex crimes without sufficient evidence and keeping them on bail too long, a barrister has said.’
BBC News, 11th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Consultation process not unfair after all, says Court of Appeal – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Deciding whether a given consultation process conducted prior to some administrative decision was or was not sufficiently unfair to warrant challenge is not an easy task. Three connected problems commonly arise:
(1) did the public body provide adequate information to enable properly informed consultation
(2) was the consultation at a formative stage of the decision-making process, so it was a real rather than sham process?
(3) did the consultation encompass sufficient alternatives?’
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th October 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Challenge on inquests legal aid – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The High Court has given permission for a judicial review of the government’s policy on legal aid funding for inquests. Mrs Justice Andrews (pictured) last week allowed the challenge against the lord chancellor’s guidance on inquest funding.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 13th October 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
The need to reform whistleblowing laws – OUP Blog
‘“Why didn’t anyone in the know say something about it?” That’s the natural reaction of the public when some shocking new scandal – financial wrongdoing, patient neglect, child abuse – comes to light. The question highlights the role of the whistleblower. He or she can play a vital role in ensuring that something is done about activity which is illegal or dangerous. But the price which the whistleblower pays may be high – ostracism by colleagues, victimisation by the employer, dismissal, informal blacklisting by other employers who fear taking on a “troublemaker”.’
OUP Blog, 11th October 2014
Source: www.blog.oup.com
Connor Gibson jailed for killing toddler Kacey Hambleton – BBC News
‘A man has been jailed for nine years for killing his partner’s two-year-old daughter.’
BBC News, 10th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
