Iraq inquiry will tell ‘whole story’ insists Heywood – BBC News
‘The Iraq Inquiry report will “not be a cover-up in any shape or form”, the UK’s top civil servant has insisted.’
BBC News, 9th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The different burdens of proof in “highway tripping” and “shop slipping” cases – Zenith PI Blog
‘There is an important difference in the burden of proof between tripping accidents on highway and slipping accidents in shops.’
Zenith PI Blog,
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Match.com conmen: two men found guilty of dating website scam – The Guardian
‘Two men have been found guilty of money laundering over a dating website scam that targeted single women looking for love online.’
The Guardian, 8th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge condemns Crown Prosecution Service for pursuing sex case – Daily Telegraph
‘Judge Anthony Morris QC had urged prosecutors to pull the sex assault case before the trial had even begun because of lack of evidence.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Education and Skills Act 2008 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014
The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Education (Independent School Standards) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Personal Copies for Private Use) Regulations 2014
The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Quotation and Parody) Regulations 2014
The Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Bathing Water (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014
The Value Added Tax (Imported Goods) Relief (Amendment) Order 2014
The Defence Reform Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Tindall Cobham 1 Ltd & Ors v Adda Hotels & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 1215 (05 September 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Family Court Decisions (other Judges)
A Local Authority v ZH & Ors [2014] EWFC B111 (14 August 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Future of Legal Services Regulation – Legal Services Board
The Future of Legal Services Regulation (PDF)
Speech by Sir Michael Pitt, Chairman, Legal Services Board
Westminster Legal Policy Forum, 4th September 2014
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Finance & Divorce Update – Family Law
‘Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor and Amy Starnes solicitor, both of Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published by Family Law Week in August.’
Family Law Week, 5th September 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2014 – NIPC Law
‘On 14 May 2014 the Intellectual Property Bill received royal assent. The Act made some far reaching changes in patents, registered design and unregistered design right law which I summarized in “Reflections on the Intellectual Property Act 2014” 7 June 2014 4-5 IP Tech and discussed in detail in “How the Intellectual Property Act 2014 changes British Patent Law” 21 June 2014 JD Supra, “How the Intellectual Property Act 2014 changes British Registered Design Law” 19 June 2014 JD Supra and “How the Intellectual Property Act 2014 will change British Unregistered Design Right Law” 11 June 2014 JD Supra 11 June 2014. On 28 Aug 2014 Lady Neville-Rolfe, Minister for Intellectual Property, signed The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2014 which will bring many of the provisions of the Act into force.’
NIPC Law, 6th September 2014
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
Data protection and journalism – ICO publishes guidance – Panopticon
‘The Information Commissioner has today published his keenly anticipated guidance on ‘Data Protection and Journalism: A Guide for the Media’. The guidance has been published following a lengthy consultative process and in response to a recommendation made in the Leveson report.’
Panopticon, 4th September 2014
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Hedonic regression and relativity – NearlyLegal
‘The question of the use of hedonic regression in the calculation of relativity is, I suspect, not breakfast table conversation for some of our readers even if it would appear that in the bars of Chelsea they talk of nothing else. The Upper Tribunal’s decision in Re: 47 Phillimore Gardens (available on the Upper Tribunal website) is all about exactly that topic and I think it is an important one. I will therefore try to unpack with my apologies to those readers for whom most of this is obvious.’
NearlyLegal, 4th September 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Government agrees to set up Food Crime Unit following Elliott Review – Local Government Lawyer
‘A new Food Crime Unit is to be set up after the Government accepted all of the recommendations of the Elliott report on food integrity and assurance of food supply networks.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th September 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Fraud divorce case goes to Supreme Court – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The ex-wife of a businessman who claims her former husband cheated her out of millions in their divorce settlement has won the right to take her case to the Supreme Court.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th September 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Durrant Round 2: What to do when the court has refused to let you rely upon your evidence – Zenith PI Blog
‘As you will remember, at the end of 2013 the CA refused to allow the Defendant to rely upon witness statements which had been served out of time. Therefore when the Claimant’s claim for damages for false imprisonment, assault, malicious prosecution, Breach of Article 3 and defamation came before the court in August 2014, the only statements read by the court were those provided by the Claimant, and the only live evidence came from the Claimant and one witness on her behalf. The court did, however, also view CCTV.’
Zenith PI Blog, 5th September 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Ofsted: government failing to act over long-term NEETs – Daily Telegraph
‘Ofsted warns that reforms designed to prevent school leavers becoming NEETs – not in education, employment or training – merely end up “delaying their fall” into the category at a later stage.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Two jailed for Anthony Hughes murder – BBC News
‘Two men have been jailed for life for murdering a man in a “vicious attack”.’
BBC News, 5th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The public sector equality duty and priority need – NearlyLegal
‘In Kanu v Southwark LBC [2014] EWCA Civ 1085, the Court of Appeal considered whether the public sector equality duty added an additional obligation on housing officers when they came to consider whether an applicant had a priority need. As you will all know the public sector equality is an obligation placed on public authorities by s.149, Equality Act 2010 to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation; advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it; and foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it. Broken down, when someone is disabled, the duty further requires an authority to have due regard to the need to take steps to take account of a person’s disability.’
NearlyLegal, 7th September 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Teacher Emily Fox jailed for having sex with pupil – BBC News
‘A PE teacher who had sex with a pupil she taught at an all-girls private school has been jailed for 15 months.’
BBC News, 5th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New criminal offence for design rights infringement to take effect from October – OUT-LAW.com
‘Criminal penalties could be pursued against intentional copiers of either UK or Community registered designs that do not have rights holders’ permission for their actions from the beginning of next month.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th September 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
