Family loses fight to keep autistic daughter in Swansea – BBC News
‘A Swansea family has lost its bid to prevent a health board moving their autistic daughter to a specialist unit in Brighton.’
BBC News, 1st August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Independent review urges NHS whistleblowers to speak – Daily Telegraph
Sir Robert Francis, head of the Mid Staffs public inquiry, calls for an end to a culture of ‘denial and fear’ as he launches first ever independent review of whistleblowing
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 3rd August 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Father cleared of manslaughter of son who died 12 years after he shook him – The Guardian
‘A man who shook his newborn son, causing catastrophic brain injuries said to have led to the child’s death more than a decade later, has been found not guilty of manslaughter following a landmark trial.’
The Guardian, 1st August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Whiplash assessment report fees cut to tackle fake claims – BBC News
‘Medical assessment fees for people who claim they have suffered whiplash are to be cut in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 3rd August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The death of privacy – The Guardian
‘Google knows what you’re looking for. Facebook knows what you like. Sharing is the norm, and secrecy is out. But what is the psychological and cultural fallout from the end of privacy?’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rolf Harris challenges indecent assault conviction – BBC News
‘Entertainer Rolf Harris has applied for permission to appeal against his conviction for indecent assaults, a spokesman for the Judicial Office says.’
BBC News, 1st August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Healthcare at Home Limited (Appellant) v The Common Services Agency (Respondent) (Scotland) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 30th July 2014
David T. Morrison & Co Limited t/a Gael Home Interiors (Respondent) v ICL Plastics Limited and others (Appellants) (Scotland) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 30th July 2014
Hounga (Appellant) v Allen and another (Respondents) – Supreme Court
Hounga (Appellant) v Allen and another (Respondents) [2014] UKSC 47 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 30th July 2014
End of the line for mediation? – New Law Journal
‘Family mediation services are in decline & in need of urgent reform, says Graham Lyons.’
New Law Journal, 31st July 2014
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
The Rangers Case and EBTs – RPC Privacy Law
‘On 8 July 2014, the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (UT) handed down its eagerly awaited judgement in HMRC v Murray Group Holdings and Others[1], which concerned an Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) structure. Most readers will know this case as the ‘Rangers Case’, as the facts relate to employees of the Scottish football club as it existed before its liquidation and subsequent purchase.’
RPC Privacy Law, 31st July 2014
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
MB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – WLR Daily
MB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2014] EWCA Civ 1112; [2014] WLR (D) 355
‘The effect of section 4 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004, which required that a subsisting marriage be annulled prior to the issue of a full gender recognition certificate, and thus to being treated as a woman for pension purposes, did not contravene the principle of equal treatment and was accordingly not discriminatory.’
WLR Daily, 31st July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (OP) v Secretary of State for Justice (Just for Kids Law intervening) – WLR Daily
‘It might be a necessary requirement to provide a full registered (rather than non-registered) intermediary when an individual of special vulnerability, who was in jeopardy by reason of being before the courts upon criminal accusation, came to give evidence, as such a person should be put in the best position to do themselves justice.’
WLR Daily, 13th June 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Aster Communities Ltd (formerly Flourish homes Ltd) v Akerman-Livingstone – WLR Daily
‘In possession proceedings the court should approach a defence based on disability discrimination under section 15 of the Equality Act 2010 in the same way as it would approach one based on article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.’
WLR Daily, 30th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Hounga v Allen and another (Anti-Slavery International intervening) – WLR Daily
‘A claim for the statutory tort of discrimination in relation to dismissal by an employee who had entered the United Kingdom illegally was not barred by the defence of illegality in circumstances where the application of the defence would be an affront to the public policy of protecting the victims of human trafficking.’
WLR Daily, 30th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Wiggins v Regent Wealth Ltd and others – WLR Daily
Wiggins v Regent Wealth Ltd and others [2014] EWCA Civ 1078; [2014] WLR (D) 352
‘Section 2 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 did not permit exercise of a right to collective enfranchisement in relation to leasehold interests which were not in existence at the date of service of the initial notice under section 13 of the Act, and paragraph 15(2)(b) of Schedule 3 to the Act did not confer power on the court to permit amendment of the initial notice to specify such interests.’
WLR Daily, 30th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Arcadia Group Ltd v Arcadia Group Pension Trust Ltd and another – WLR Daily
‘The definition of “retail prices index” in pension scheme documentation operated to confer powers to select an index other than the retail prices index and those powers were not confined to circumstances in which the retail prices index had been discontinued or replaced. Section 67 of the Pensions Act 1995 did not preclude the selection of the consumer prices index for use in connection with benefits derived from past service.’
WLR Daily, 31st July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Healthcare at Home Ltd v Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service – WLR Daily
‘On a challenge by an unsuccessful tenderer for a public contract, the question whether the published criteria for the award of the contract had been sufficiently clear was to be determined by the court applying an objective legal standard by reference to a reasonably well informed and diligent tenderer and did not depend on the evidence of witnesses as to how they had understood the document.’
WLR Daily, 30th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Winder and others) v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily
‘The provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 did not empower a billing authority for an area to impose a condition of residence on individuals seeking to utilise a council tax reduction scheme created under section 13A(2) of the Act.’
WLR Daily, 30th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
