‘A consultation on reports undertaken by Otterburn Legal Consulting and KPMG in relation to the proposed duty work contracts for criminal legal aid services.’
Ministry of Justice, 24th September
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Court sentences man to 18 weeks’ jail for bombarding politician with abuse on Twitter over Jane Austen £10 note campaign’
The Guardian, 29th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Exclusive pricing deals between car insurance providers and price comparison websites (PCWs) will be banned, the UK’s competition watchdog has confirmed, as part of its plans to increase competition and reduce the cost of insurance premiums for drivers.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th September 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘This week, the Conservative Party will unveil its plans for human rights reform in the UK. In other news, Chris Grayling’s decision to drastically reduce the number of legal aid contacts granted is successfully challenged, while a prosecution for assisted suicide keeps the assisted dying debate alive.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th September 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Afficionados of Sherlock Holmes will recall “The Adventure of Silver Blaze”, a tale of horse nobbling and dark deeds amidst the turf fanciers of late Victorian England. “Silver Blaze” (incidentally the only Holmes story to feature a deerstalker cap, and that only in an accompanying illustration) is a story in which the question of custody of the horse is all important, and is best known for the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. The curious incident is that the dog did nothing (it had been doped, using curried mutton – not a frequently encountered doping agent in modern sporting life) , and nothing is also what the rider of the horse did in Turner v British Equestrian Federation (SR/0000120209, 1 August 2014). Nothing wrong, that is.’
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 25th September 2014
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
‘A law firm has won an injunction against a former client who set up websites about the firm with its name in the URL, after the High Court deemed his actions to be harassment.’
Legal Futures, 29th September 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Guidance for chief police officers when considering whether to make an application to the Commissioner for the retention and use of biometric material.’
Home Office, 26th September 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Bogdanic v Secretary of State for Home Department: [2014] EWHC 2872 (QB); [2014] WLR (D) 401
‘The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Commencement No 1) Order 2002 should be construed as having the effect that section 125 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 came into force on 8 December 2002 for the purpose of clandestine entrants who arrived in the United Kingdom or in a prescribed immigration control zone concealed in a vehicle or a rail freight wagon.’
WLR Daily, 29th August 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
QRS v Beach & Anor [2014] EWHC 3057 (QB) (26 September 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A man who drunkenly exposed himself in a park, smeared his own blood on two men and threw bottles at people has been jailed for eight months.’
BBC News, 26th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A public investigation is to be launched into how a paedophile teacher, William Vahey, was able to drug and abuse at least 60 children at the £25,000-a-year Southbank International School in London.’
The Guardian, 27th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Treasury has been ordered to pay £142,000 to a former senior civil servant after refusing to carry out a previous tribunal’s ruling that he should be found another job.’
The Guardian, 29th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A tagging programme for child offenders is not working and results in excessive punishment, a charity has warned.’
BBC News, 29th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One of the Conservative MPs who was contacted by a Sunday Mirror reporter posing as a woman interested in sex is to write to the Metropolitan police over the tabloid sting. Mark Pritchard said he would contact Scotland Yard and make a formal complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) over accusations of entrapment.’
The Guardian, 29th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) is to be brought into the Home Office and made directly accountable to Ministers, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced today.’
Home Office, 26th September 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis has been given a suspended sentence of three months for indecently assaulting a woman in 1995.’
BBC News, 26th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Creditsights Ltd v Dhunna [2014] EWCA Civ 1238 (19 September 2014)
Sugarman & Ors v CJS Investments LLP & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 1239 (19 September 2014)
Griffin v Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust [2014] EWCA Civ 1240 (19 September 2014)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Guardian News And Media Ltd & Ors v Incedal [2014] EWCA Crim 1861 (24 September 2014)
Williams v R [2014] EWCA Crim 1862 (19 September 2014)
Serious Fraud Office v Papachristos & Anor [2014] EWCA Crim 1863 (19 September 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Chadwick v Collinson& Ors [2014] EWHC 3055 (Ch) (24 September 2014)
CF Partners (UK) Llp v Barclays Bank Plc & Anor [2014] EWHC 3049 (Ch) (24 September 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Merlin Entertainments LPC & Ors v Cave [2014] EWHC 3036 (QB) (25 September 2014)
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