Children: Private Law Update (January 2015) – Family Law Week
‘Alex Verdan QC, of 4 Paper Buildings, reviews recent important judgments in private law children cases.’
Family Law Week, 28th January 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Children held at Campsfield House immigration centre – BBC News
‘Three children were detained at a UK immigration centre despite a government commitment to end the practice, the HM Inspectorate of Prisons has found.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Innocent people’ on police photos database – BBC News
‘Police forces in England and Wales have uploaded up to 18 million “mugshots” to a facial recognition database – despite a court ruling it could be unlawful.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
University professors decry Theresa May’s campus anti-terrorism bill – The Guardian
‘More than 500 university professors have urged the home secretary, Theresa May, to urgently rethink her proposals to curb campus extremists.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Thirsk slaughterhouse ‘attacks’ probed by FSA – BBC News
‘One man has been sacked and three others at a North Yorkshire slaughterhouse have had their operating licences suspended after hidden cameras filmed alleged mistreatment of animals.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
GP jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing children – Daily Telegraph
‘As Dr Hugh Blaise O’Neill is sentenced it is revealed that he is facing further allegations relating to “sexual conduct while in a position of trust”.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal slams judge for “unprincipled” approach to final care orders – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Court of Appeal has sharply criticised a county court judge for adopting a “ruthlessly truncated” and “fundamentally unprincipled” process when he made final care orders at what the parties expected to be a directions hearing.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd February 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
The Magna Carta explained – Daily Telegraph
‘As the four original surviving copies of the Magna Carta are brought together under the same roof for the first time, here is a Q&A about the document.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Appointment to the bench is not a licence for judges to be gratuitously rude to those appearing before them – UK Human Rights Blog
‘HHJ Dodds is well known to readers of this blog. His style of case management was also analysed (and found wanting) by the Court of Appeal the following day in Re S-W (children) [2015] EWCA Civ 27 (30 January 2015). The judgments leave one to ponder whether these cases are a product of the stresses that have emerged from the greater expectations now put on the shoulders of judges to case manage litigation or whether, as previously discussed in this blog by David Hart QC here, it is a problem that arises with clever judges who find that they are, by temperament, not inclined to listen patiently to other people (generally considered to be a core part of the job description).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st February 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Supreme Court: legal expenses insurance premium could not be recovered with costs – OUT-LAW.com
‘The successful party in a civil court case is not entitled to recover the cost of any ‘after the event’ (ATE) legal expenses insurance premium from an unsuccessful opponent, no mater how “reasonable” it was to have taken out the policy in the first place, the UK’s highest court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th January 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Court of Appeal: Solicitors cannot recover costs if CFAs failed to comply with cancellation regulations – Litigation Futures
‘Appeal judges have ruled that solicitors cannot recover their costs where conditional fee agreements (CFAs) fail to comply with the cancellation of contracts regulations, with a potential impact on a significant number of cases.’
Litigation Futures, 2nd February 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Judge to see forensics that point to Tower Hamlets vote fraud – Daily Telegraph
‘Evidence from an independent forensic scientist will form the centrepiece of a rare election fraud trial opening at the High Court on Monday.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
European Court to rule on ‘whole life tariff’ legality of triple murderer Arthur Hutchinson – The Independent
‘One of the UK’s most notorious killers will learn this week whether he has anything more than the faintest of hopes of ever leaving prison. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is set to rule whether triple murderer Arthur Hutchinson should be eligible for release from Frankland prison, Durham.’
The Independent, 1st February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
First judicial review over 2014 Act duties to disabled children reaches court – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge will this week hear what is being billed as the first judicial review to consider local authorities’ duties to disabled children following reforms brought in under the new Children and Families Act.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th January 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Googling Orgies – Thrashing out the Liability of Search Engines – Panopticon
‘Back in 2008, the late lamented News of the World published an article under the headline “F1 boss has sick Nazi orgy with 5 hookers”. It had obtained footage of an orgy involving Max Mosley and five ladies of dubious virtue, all of whom were undoubtedly (despite the News of the World having blocked out their faces) not Mrs Mosley. The breach of privacy proceedings before Eady J (Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2008] EWHC 687 (QB)) established that the ‘Nazi’ allegation was unfounded and unfair, that the footage was filmed by a camera secreted in “such clothing as [one of the prostitutes] was wearing” (at [5]), and also the more genteel fact that even S&M ‘prison-themed’ orgies stop for a tea break (at [4]), rather like a pleasant afternoon’s cricket, but with a rather different thwack of willow on leather.’
Panopticon, 30th January 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Is linking to illegally uploaded content allowed? – Technology Law Update
‘We all becoming experts in the manipulation and sharing of electronic text and images. Sharing, linking and embedding material is ever easier using a range of different devices. So what does copyright law have to say about this?’
Technology Law Update, 30th January 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Four burglars jailed for ‘savage’ attack on university professor – The Guardian
‘Four burglars who took part in a raid which left a university professor “savagely” beaten have been jailed.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lamentable”, “egregious” and “wholly indefensible”: High Court lambasts local authority’s conduct of care proceedings – UK Human Rights Blog
‘A Family Division judge has awarded damages under the Human Rights Act against a local authority in what he described as an “unfortunate and woeful case” involving a baby taken into foster care. Mr Justice Keehan cited a “catalogue of errors, omissions, delays and serial breaches of court orders” by Northamptonshire County Council. Unusually, the judge decided to give the judgment in this sensitive case in public in order to set out “the lamentable conduct of this litigation by the local authority.”’
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st February 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Outcry as CPS drops trial of anti-drone protesters at last minute – The Independent
‘The prosecution of arms-trade protesters who occupied a British drone engines manufacturer has been dropped at the last minute, after the company refused to hand over evidence about its exports of weaponry to Israel, The Independent can reveal.’
The Independent, 30th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Human Rights Act has helped 28 terrorists to stay in UK – Daily Telegraph
‘A respected think tank has compiled a dossier showing more than 20 convicted terrorists and suspects from abroad have used human rights laws to remain in the UK, including al-Qaeda fundraiser Baghdad Meziane.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
