Can you really divorce online for £37? – Daily Telegraph
‘Filing the papers can be cheap, but to ensure you get the outcome you want you will probably have to spend more.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Drug smuggler Lindsay Sandiford takes death penalty case to UK supreme court – The Guardian
‘A British grandmother facing execution by firing squad in Indonesia for drug smuggling has no funds to mount a legal challenge against her sentence, the UK’s highest court has been told.’
The Guardian, 4th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Slavery victims in Britain to be eligible for reparations from traffickers – The Guardian
‘Victims of “modern slavery” are to become eligible for compensation and reparations from their traffickers, in recognition of the exploitation and loss of dignity they have suffered, the home secretary, Theresa May, is to announce.’
The Guardian, 4th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Drug dealer wins car crash compensation battle – Daily Telegraph
‘High Court rules British laws on uninsured drivers are ‘in plain breach’ of European Union directives.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rania Alayed murder: Husband guilty of ‘honour killing’ – BBC News
‘A man has been found guilty of the “pre-planned honour killing” of his wife, whose body has never been found.’
BBC News, 4th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mark Duggan death: Shooting ‘not rigorously examined’ – BBC News
‘The coroner at the inquest into the death of Mark Duggan, who was shot dead by police in 2011, has published a series of “concerns” about the case.’
BBC News, 4th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for offensive Ann Maguire Facebook post – BBC News
‘A man who posted an offensive message on Facebook after the killing of Leeds teacher Ann Maguire has been jailed.’
BBC News, 4th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Council wins FOI battle over legal advice for whistle-blowing investigation – Local Government Lawyer
‘A council has won an appeal to the First-Tier Tribunal over its refusal to meet a freedom of information request for the disclosure of legal advice given to a consultant conducting an investigation on the authority’s behalf.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Lord Chief Justice speech: IT for the Courts – Creating a digital future – Judiciary of England and Wales
‘The Right Hon. The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales speech at the Society for Computers and Law Annual Lecture.’
Judiciary of England & Wales, 29th May 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014
The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2014
The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2014
The Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2014
The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2014
The European Communities (Designation) Order 2014
The Copyright (Public Administration) Regulations 2014
The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Disability) Regulations 2014
Regina (Francis) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Bail for Immigration Detainees intervening) – WLR Daily
‘The statutory authority deriving from paragraph 2(1) and (3) of Schedule 3 to the Immigration Act 1971 for detention pending removal of a person against whom a deportation order had been made in pursuance of a recommendation by a court was not unlimited and did not continue when there was no longer any prospect of deportation within a reasonable time.’
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co and another v Majid Al-Sayed Bader Hashim Al Refai and others – WLR Daily
‘CPR r 81.4(3), which gave the court power to order that a company director or officer be imprisoned for a company’s contempt, applied to a director who was outside the jurisdiction.’
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Hines v Lambeth London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Hines v Lambeth London Borough Council: [2014] EWCA Civ 660; [2014] WLR (D) 238
‘A person whose right to remain in the United Kingdom had expired and who sought housing assistance under the Housing Act 1996 on the basis of a derivative right of residence as a primary carer of her son, a British citizen, would be entitled to accommodation only if her son would be effectively compelled to leave the United Kingdom if she left.’
WLR Daily, 20th May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Family Court Decisions (other Judges)
R (Mother) v Milton Keynes Council & Ors [2014] EWFC B66 (OJ) (3 June 2014)
The Public Guardian v JW [2014] EWFC B67 (OJ) (03 June 2014)
F v SCC [2014] EWFC B61 (OJ) (28 May 2014)
C and H (Minors) (care and placement orders) [2014] EWFC B60 (27 May 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Rutherford & Ors v Secretary of State for Work And Pensions [2014] EWHC 1613 (Admin) (30 May 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Delaney v Secretary of State for Transport [2014] EWHC 1785 (QB) (03 June 2014)
Coll v Floreat Merchant Banking Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 1741 (QB) (03 June 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
Appeal court set for triple Mitchell showdown – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Master of the rolls Lord Dyson is to hear three consecutive appeals over two days in an effort to clarify the post-Mitchell landscape on compliance with case management rules.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Surrey paedophile father had unsupervised access to son – BBC News
‘Social workers in Surrey took legal action after discovering that a woman allowed her paedophile ex-husband unsupervised access to their 13-year-old son.’
BBC News, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Afusat Saliu and children ‘deported to Nigeria’ – BBC News
‘A woman who fought to stay in the UK over fears her daughters could face female genital mutilation in Nigeria has been deported, her lawyer has said.’
BBC News, 4th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The International Tax Enforcement (Uruguay) Order 2014
The International Tax Enforcement (British Virgin Islands) Order 2014
The International Tax Enforcement (Turks and Caicos Islands) Order 2014
The Crossrail (Insertion of Review Clauses) Order 2014
The Territorial Sea (Baselines) Order 2014
The Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board (Dissolution) Order 2009
The International Tax Enforcement (Anguilla) Order 2014
The International Tax Enforcement (Gibraltar) Order 2014
The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2014
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 4) Order 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Succession and Sharia – NearlyLegal
‘From 1/8/1980 until his death on 19/11/2010, Mr Al-Faisal held a protected Rent Act tenancy of Flat 15, 1 Royal Avenue House, London, SW3. In 1987, Ms Al-Faisal married the Appellant, Ms Ouaha, in an Islamic marriage ceremony in London and the couple had two children in 1991 and 1994. Importantly for the purposes of this case, there was no civil ceremony.’
NearlyLegal, 1st June 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
