Lib Dems reject Lord Rennard bid to overturn suspension – BBC News
‘Liberal Democrat officials have rejected an attempt by Lord Rennard to overturn his suspension from the party.’
BBC News, 16th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Watchdog gets new powers to close failing care homes – Daily Telegraph
‘Failing care homes will be put on “special measures” and closed down if they fail to improve, under new powers given to watchdogs in the wake of a series of scandals.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th July 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Emergency surveillance bill clears Commons – The Guardian
‘Controversial emergency surveillance legislation has cleared the Commons after an extended sitting and angry exchanges alleging an abuse of parliament.’
The Guardian, 16th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal aid residence test ‘discriminatory and unlawful’, high court rules – The Guardian
‘The government’s attempt to introduce a residence test for legal aid has been struck down by the high court on the grounds that it is discriminatory and unlawful.’
The Guardian, 15th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
FCA imposes cap on payday loans – The Guardian
‘The cap proposed by the Financial Conduct Authority means that if someone borrows £100 from a payday lender and pays it back within the agreed 30 days, they would pay a maximum of £24 in charges. Fees for late payment would be capped at £15, with a total price cap of 100% of the original loan to stop default charges spiralling out of control.’
The Guardian, 15th july 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tom Hickman on the DRIP Bill: Plugging Gaps in Surveillance Laws or Authorising the Unlawful? – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘The unveiling last Thursday of a a draft bill on surveillance powers that is to be rushed through Parliament brought to mind the story of the Dutch boy who finds a hole in a dyke on his way to school and puts his finger in it to plug the leak until help arrives to shore it up. The legislation is said to be necessary to plug what the Government regards as holes in the regime of surveillance and investigatory powers pending a full review. The fact that the bill is titled the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill – the “DRIP” bill – may mean I am not the first person to draw the analogy. But the analogy may not be entirely apt. An examination of the DRIP Bill reveals that it is not addressing little holes in the regime but in fact profoundly important and substantial issues.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 14th July 2014
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org/blog
Enforced Academisation – Education Law Blog
‘A judicial review challenge to an enforced academisation has failed in R (Governing Body of the Warren Comphrehensive School) v Secretary of State for Education [2014] EWHC 2252 (Admin).’
Education Law Blog, 14th July 2014
Source: www.education11kbw.com
Emergency data retention law could fail same tests as the existing law – OUT-LAW.com
‘FOCUS: The new law proposed by the UK government to ensure that telecoms companies keep communications data for a year could be challenged in the same way as the court-revoked law it is replacing.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th July 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Successful A1P1 claims by photovoltaics – Human Rights Blog
‘Breyer Group plc and others v Department of Energy and Climate Change [2014] EWHC 2257 (QB). This is an important judgment on governmental liability for a rather shabby retrospective change of the rules about subsidies for photovoltaic schemes.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th July 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Criminal injuries compensation: a guide – Ministry of Justice
‘A guide to applying for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.’
Ministry of Justice, 14th July 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Court of Appeal warns of consequences for overly long bundles and skeletons – Litigation Futures
‘The Court of Appeal has hit out forcefully at unnecessarily long bundles and skeleton arguments that are anything but.’
Litigation Futures, 15th July 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Guide on Firearms Licensing Law 2014 – Home Office
‘This document provides consolidated guidance on firearms licensing legislation. This guide is not intended to be a definitive statement of the law, but a cohesive explanation of the often complex area of firearms licensing.’
Home Office, 14th July 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Lord Chief Justice speech: Dinner for Her Majesty’s Judges – CrimeLine
‘Lord Chief Justice speech: Dinner for Her Majesty’s Judges, 9th July.’
CrimeLine, 14th July 2014
Source: www.crimeline.info
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Banking Act 2009 (Exclusion of Investment Firms of a Specified Description) Order 2014
The Banking Act 2009 (Banking Group Companies) Order 2014
The South Sudan (European Union Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2014
The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure, Remuneration and Statutory Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Presumption of Death Act 2013 (Commencement and Transitional and Saving Provision) Order 2014
The Taxes (Definition of Charity) (Relevant Territories) (Amendment) Regulations
The Immigration Act 2014 (Specified Anti-fraud Organisation) Order 2014
The Care Quality Commission (Reviews and Performance Assessments) Regulations 2014ion) Order 2014
The Communications Act 2003 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2014
The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2014
The Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2014
The Donations to Candidates (Anonymous Registration) Regulations 2014
The Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Pall Mall Investments (London) Ltd v Gloucester City Council – WLR Daily
‘The owner of a non-domestic hereditament which was unoccupied in consequence of its own failure to carry out necessary maintenance and repair, was not entitled to exemption from unoccupied rates pursuant to regulation 4(c) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) Regulations 2008 unless occupation was prohibited by law either expressly or by necessary implication.’
WLR Daily, 8th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Smithton Ltd v Naggar – WLR Daily
Smithton Ltd v Naggar; [2014] EWCA Civ 939; [2014] WLR (D) 306
‘The Court of Appeal set out points of general practical importance in determining whether a person was a de facto director.’
WLR Dail, 10th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (MM (Lebanon)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (Majid) v Same; Regina (Javed) v Same – WLR Daily
‘When applied to either recognised refugees or British citizens, Appendix FM of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 395), as inserted, which prevented entry clearance being granted to a party to a marriage where the income of the sponsor did meet the minimum threshold, was not a disproportionate interference with the right to respect for family life under article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.’
WLR Daily 11th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Greenwich Millennium Village Ltd v Essex Services Group plc and others – WLR Daily
‘A contractor (the respondent) to which building work had been subcontracted which it had in turn subcontracted to another contractor (the appellant) which undertook to indemnify the respondent against liability for the appellant’s negligence was not prevented by its own negligence from enforcing the indemnity clause.’
WLR Daily, 11th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Administrative Court)
Ilia v Appeal Court In Athens (Greece) & Anor [2014] EWHC 2372 (Admin) (14 July 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Thandi v Sands & Ors [2014] EWHC 2378 (Ch) (14 July 2014)
High Court (Patents Court)
Rovi Solutions Corporation & Anor v Virgin Media Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 2301 (Pat) (14 July 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
Ofcom resolves BBC Daily Politics swearing case – BBC News
‘BBC Two’s Daily Politics Show has been cleared by broadcasting watchdog Ofcom after a Conservative MP swore during a live edition of the daytime programme.’
BBC News, 14th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
