Wonga TV ad banned for failing to show interest rate – BBC News
‘The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a TV advert by payday lender Wonga, after a complaint by a charity.’
BBC News, 8th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
CPS told of police role in vigilante murder of Bijan Ebrahimi – The Independent
‘Six police officers and staff could face criminal charges over an incident where a man was murdered by a vigilante after being wrongly accused of being a paedophile.’
The Independent, 7th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Bullied man uses video from sunglasses to mount private court case – The Guardian
‘A student who gathered video evidence of himself being harassed and abused on a pair of specially adapted sunglasses has been allowed to carry out a private prosecution of his tormentor.’
The Guardian, 7th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Warnings of “US-style penalties” for corporate economic crimes as new sentencing guidelines come into force – OUT-LAW.com
‘Firms operating in England and Wales should be prepared for tougher penalties in cases of fraud, bribery and money laundering now that new sentencing guidelines have come into force, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Sean Rigg custody death: Police perjury charges dropped – BBC News
‘Two police officers will not face charges of perjury, perverting the course of justice or collusion in relation to a death of a prisoner.’
BBC News, 7th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kristopher Mitchell jailed for Jessica Watkins murder – BBC News
‘A Newport man has been jailed for life after he stabbed and strangled his girlfriend as she lay in the bath.’
BBC News, 6th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Garcia v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2014] EWHC 3137 (QB) (06 October 2014)
Redd Factors Ltd v Bombardier Transportation UK Ltd [2014] EWHC 3138 (QB) (06 October 2014)
Winrow v Hemphill & Anor [2014] EWHC 3164 (QB) (06 October 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Surrey (UK) Ltd v Mazandaran Wood & Paper Industries [2014] EWHC 3165 (Comm) (06 October 2014)
High Court (Patents Court)
Teva UK Ltd & Anor v Leo Pharma A/s [2014] EWHC 3096 (Pat) (06 October 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
Courts should not be given free rein to create new defences against trade mark infringement – OUT-LAW.com
‘Proposals by academics to allow new defences against trade mark infringement to be created in the future should be resisted, a trade mark law specialist has warned.’
OUT-LAW.com, 6th October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
E v B – WLR Daily
E v B (Case C-436/13) ECLI:EU:C:2014:2246; [2014] WLR (D) 405
‘Jurisdiction in matters of parental responsibility which had been prorogued, under article 12(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility (OJ 2003 L338, p 1), in favour of a court of a member state before which proceedings had been brought by mutual agreement by the holders of parental responsibility ceased following a final judgment in those proceedings
WLR Daily, 1st October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Redhill Aerodrome Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others – WLR Daily
‘The phrase “any other harm” in paragraph 88 of the National Planning Policy Framework (“NPPF”) meant only harm to the Green Belt.’
WLR Daily, 18th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Ageas (UK) Ltd v Kwik-Fit (GB) Ltd and another – WLR Daily
Ageas (UK) Ltd v Kwik-Fit (GB) Ltd and another [2014] EWHC 2178 (QB); [2014] WLR (D) 407
‘It is was permissible to depart from the prima facie rule that damages following a breach of warranty in a share sale agreement were to be assessed at the date of breach and so to take into account events which had occurred after that date, where such departure was necessary to give effect to the overriding compensatory principle of assessment of damages.’
WLR Daily, 4th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Strack v European Commission – WLR Daily
Strack v European Commission (Case C‑127/13 P) ECLI:EU:C:2014:2250; [2014] WLR (D) 40
‘An institution of the European Union could, in exceptional circumstances, refuse access to certain documents on the ground that the workload relating to their disclosure would be disproportionate as compared to the objectives set by the application for access to those documents. However, reliance on the principle of proportionality could not allow the time-limits laid down by Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L145, p 43) to be changed without creating a situation of legal uncertainty.’
WLR Daily, 2nd October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Bedroom Tax: Upper Tribunal on Article 14 – NearlyLegal
‘Following my plaintive cry here, I now have copies of the two Upper Tribunal judgments from Scotland referred to by the DWP. And, while the judgments do do something rather more and rather different to the outcomes suggested in the DWP Circular, sadly, what they actually do is worse.’
NearlyLegal, 6th October 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Loss of Earnings: The “Ogden Approach” in Practice: Two Cases Examined – Zenith PI Blog
‘Several years ago the notes to the Actuarial Tables set out a more “scientific” means of assessing damages for future loss of earnings. In essence this is done by using the difference between the multipliers in relation to disabled and non-disabled claimants. See the guidance at paragraph 45 of the explanatory notes. Here we look at two cases where the use of this approach has been considered. In Ward it was held not to be appropriate; in Billett it was greatly modified.’
Zenith PI Blog, 6th October 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Calls for law to be changed after Broadmoor killer Barry Williams is released without supervision – Daily Telegraph
‘A serious case review is launched after mass killer Barry Williams is able to disappear following his release from Broadmoor by changing his name to Harry Street.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th October 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Boy taken off life support after judge rules there is no hope of a ‘miracle’ dies – Daily Telegraph
‘The family of the 17-month-old are ‘devastated’ after his life-support machine was switched off against their wishes.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th October 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Last week The Sun wanted to abolish the Human Rights Act, this week they want to use it to protect their journalists – The Independent
‘Just days after The Sun newspaper celebrated David Cameron’s promise to abolish the Human Rights Act (HRA), it is using the very same laws to protect one of its own journalists.’
The Independent, 6th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
IPCC’s ‘plebgate’ decision quashed by High Court – BBC News
‘The police watchdog’s decision to reinvestigate three officers at the centre of the “plebgate” row is flawed and must be retaken, judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 6th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
