‘Suppose a departing employee was the subject of serious allegations which you never had the chance properly to investigate or determine. Should you mention these (unproven) allegations to a future employer? Difficult questions arise, in both ethical and legal terms. One aspect of the legal difficulty arises under data protection law: would it be fair to share that personal information with the prospective employer?’
Panopticon, 18th June 2014
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘A woman who trafficked vulnerable Lithuanian workers to Bristol locked them in a squalid house and forced them to hand out charity collection bags for little or no pay has been jailed for three years.’
The Independent, 18th June 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government’s arguments for justifying the mass monitoring of the internet are “unconvincing” and based on exploiting “loopholes” in legislation, the former chief surveillance inspector has said.
The Guardian, 18th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Top judge Lord Justice Fulford did not back a paedophile rights campaign, a judicial investigation has concluded.’
BBC News, 18th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Houchin v Lincolnshire Probation Trust [2014] EWCA Civ 823 (18 June 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
NHS Commissioning Board v Bargain Dentist.Com [2014] EWHC 1994 (QB) (18 June 2014)
AB v A Chief Constable [2014] EWHC 1965 (QB) (16 June 2014)
F-D v The Children And Family Court Advisory Service [2014] EWHC 1619 (QB) (11 June 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Energenics Holdings Pte. Ltd & Anor v Hazarika [2014] EWHC 1845 (Ch) (13 June 2014)
Total Ltd v YouView TV Ltd [2014] EWHC 1963 (Ch) (16 June 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Monibi v General Dental Council [2014] EWHC 1911 (Admin) (18 June 2014)
Grand Union Investments Ltd v Dacorum Borough Council [2014] EWHC 1894 (Admin) (12 June 2014)
Sanger & Anor v London Borough of Newham [2014] EWHC 1922 (Admin) (12 June 2014)
Gudanaviciene & Ors v Director of Legal Aid Casework & Anor [2014] EWHC 1840 (Admin) (13 June 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The issue of just how open our justice system should be is an issue which is or should be of fundamental concern to all practising lawyers. If, as Jeremy Bentham once stated ‘publicity is the very soul of justice’ (cited by Lord Shaw in the leading case of Scott v Scott [1913] AC 477), then an open justice system is the corporeal expression of that soul. However, we now live in times where open justice is increasingly under threat. Indeed, as last week’s headlines reminded us all, matters have now got to a stage where some judges at least have been prepared to allow, not merely the deployment of a limited closed procedure to deal with certain aspects of a case, but a completely secret trial. It no doubt came as a relief to many that the Court of Appeal was not prepared to sanction such a comprehensive departure from the open justice principle: Guardian News v AB CD. However, the mere fact that the judiciary was prepared to contemplate such a procedure shows how far we have come since the days of Scott v Scott.’
Panopticon, 18th June 2014
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘The shooting of a disabled man in his wheelchair by police was “proportionate, reasonable and necessary,” a watchdog said.’
BBC News, 18th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court
T & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2014] UKSC 35 (18 June 2014)
Ahmad, R. v [2014] UKSC 36 (18 June 2014)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docherty, R v [2014] EWCA Crim 1197 (18 June 2014)
Richards & Anor, R v [2014] EWCA Crim 1196 (17 June 2014)
Okedare, R v [2014] EWCA Crim 1173 (15 May 2014)
Guardian News And Media Ltd v AB & CD [2014] EWCA Crim (B1) (12 June 2014)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
MI & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 826 (18 June 2014)
F (A Child), Re [2014] EWCA Civ 789 (12 June 2014)
Haile v London Borough of Waltham Forest [2014] EWCA Civ 792 (13 June 2014)
Olympic Airlines SA v ACG Acquisition XX LLC [2014] EWCA Civ 821 (17 June 2014)
Sibir Energy Ltd & Ors v Slocom Trading Ltd & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 831 (17 June 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Novelist Jeanette Winterson has caused a minor storm on Twitter by posting pictures of a rabbit she killed, cooked and ate after it entered her garden. But what does the law in England and Wales say on the issue, asks Justin Parkinson.’
BBC News, 18th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man serving life in prison for murdering his ex-girlfriend has lost his fight to have forensic exhibits retested.’
BBC News, 18th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This Monday (16 June) was Magna Carta Day. It is now less than a year until the 800th anniversary of the sealing of England’s oldest charter of rights, and one of the world’s most influential legal documents.’
Legal Week, 18th June 2014
Source: www.legalweek.com
‘Following a spate of high profile escapes, Law in Action asks does the open prison system need reforming?
This week, Joshua Rozenberg visits Kirkham Prison – an open prison in Lancashire – to find out what open prisons are really like. In the studio, Joshua speaks to Conservative MP Philip Davies – who has been highly critical of the system – and journalist Noel ‘Razor’ Smith, who was given a 26-year sentence for bank robbery.’
BBC Law in Action, 17th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court, 18th June 2014
Supreme Court, 18th June 2014
Supreme Court, 18th June 2014
‘The Court of Appeal has declared that the failure of a hospital to consult a patient in their decision to insert a Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Notice in her notes was unlawful and in breach of her right to have her physical integrity and autonomy protected under Article 8.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th June 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A salesman serving life in prison for murdering his former girlfriend will today find out the result of his Supreme Court fight to have key forensic exhibits retested.’
The Independent, 18th June 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Debt-ridden businessman Sanjay Kumar faked his own death to claim millions of pounds in life insurance.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A series of deserted and shrunken medieval villages across Northamptonshire have been designated as scheduled monuments.’
BBC News, 18th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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