‘A solicitor who was denied appointment at a district judge because he had seven points on his driving licence has failed in his challenge to the decision of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC).’
Litigation Futures, 27th May 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Mohammed v Ministry of Defence and other claims raised the question of whether the UK Government had any right in law to imprison people in Afghanistan; and, if so, what was the scope of that right. The claimant was captured by UK armed forces during a military operation in Afghanistan. He was imprisoned on British military bases in Afghanistan for some time when he was transferred into the custody of the Afghan authorities. The claimant claimed that his detention by UK armed forces was unlawful (a) under the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) and (b) under the law of Afghanistan. The Queen’s Bench Division held that his extended detention for a total of 106 days beyond the 96 hours permitted by policy was not authorised and was contrary to both Afghan law and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 27th May 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The facts of this application for judicial review were set out in David Hart QC’s post on the original permission hearing. To recap briefly, the Plantagenet Alliance, a campaigning organisation representing a group of collateral descendants of Richard III were given the go ahead to seek judicial review of the decision taken by the respondents – the Secretary of State, Leicester Council and Leicester University, regarding his re-interment at Leicester Cathedral without consulting them. More specifically, the claimant’s main case was that there was an obligation, principally on the part of the Ministry of Justice, to revisit or reconsider the licence once the remains had been conclusively identified as those of Richard III.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Fisher v Howard De Walden Estate Ltd RAP/19/2013 is that rare thing – a citeable permission to appeal decision from the UT(LC) (remembering that in Re Bradmoss [2012] UKUT 3 (LC), the UT(LC) had disapproved of reliance on permission decisions.’
NearlyLegal, 25th May 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The High Court has found a man liable for copyright infringement carried out on the file sharing Newzbin websites and ruled that he also part of a conspiracy to infringe copyrights and defraud film studios.’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Regular readers of this blog (when it is accessible) will know that we are a housing law blog. However, housing law (for the most part) is covered by the overarching umbrella of civil law and we do therefore occasionally cover the odd important non-housing civil law development. It is for that reason that we have been following with interest (as is every single civil lawyer in England and Wales) the “fall-out” from the Jackson reforms.’
NearlyLegal, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Lord Leveson has warned against people believing crimes are solved just by forensic scientists and not by people coming forward, like they are on television’
Daily Telegraph, 25th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A teacher won a case for £23,000 in compensation after claiming to have suffered injuries after slipping in a puddle at school.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two Slovakian parents have failed to block the adoption of two of their sons by a same sex couple in Kent.’
BBC News, 24th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The family of a teenage soldier who died after being shot twice in the head at the Deepcut barracks have been denied access to a cache of files they believe could shed light on his death, the Guardian can reveal.’
The Guardian, 26th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Couple told they must pay £170 to get planning permission for their childrens’ wendy house or face prosecution.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Whether it’s wanting to be buried in a biodegradable coffin, having your ashes scattered over Anfield, or being laid to rest in a royal crypt, most of us have strong feelings about what happens to our bodies after death. Now legal experts are proposing to make those wishes legally binding for the first time.’
The Independent, 25th May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A baby with no name is to be placed for adoption after a High Court judge highlighted concerns about his father’s hostility to social workers.’
BBC News, 25th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Campaigners are seeking permission for a judicial review of the government’s crackdown on parents taking their children out of school during term time.’
The Guardian, 25th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Welsh & Ors v R [2014] EWCA Crim 1027 (21 May 2014)
Crawley & Ors, R. v [2014] EWCA Crim 1028 (21 May 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Allensway Recycling Ltd & Ors v The Environment Agency [2014] EWHC 1638 (Admin) (21 May 2014)
Fernando v General Medical Council [2014] EWHC 1664 (Admin) (21 May 2014)
Family Court Decisions (other Judges)
An NHS Foundation Hospital v P [2014] EWHC 1650 (Fam) (20 May 2014)
M, Re [2014] EWFC B58 (22 April 2014)
High Court (Family Division)
North Somerset Council v LW & Ors [2014] EWHC 1670 (Fam) (21 May 2014)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Patents Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Ex-BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has been sentenced to an extra two years and six months in jail for two counts of indecently assaulting a girl.’
BBC News, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court
Clyde & Co LLP & Anor v van Winklehof (Rev 1) [2014] UKSC 32 (21 May 2014)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Blackman, R. v [2014] EWCA Crim 1029 (22 May 2014)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Co-Operative Group Ltd v Birse Developments Ltd & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 707 (22 May 2014)
Pathania v Adedeji & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 681 (21 May 2014)
Spaul v Spaul & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 679 (21 May 2014)
MWA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 706 (21 May 2014)
Crossland v OCS Group UK Ltd & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 678 (21 May 2014)
JG v The Lord Chancellor & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 656 (21 May 2014)
Higson & Anor v Guenault & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 703 (21 May 2014)
Price v Price [2014] EWCA Civ 655 (21 May 2014)
Raleys Solicitors v Barnaby [2014] EWCA Civ 686 (21 May 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Atkinson v South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2014] EWHC 1590 (QB) (22 May 2014)
Groarke v Fontaine [2014] EWHC 1676 (QB) (22 May 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Goldtrail Travel Ltd v Aydin & Ors [2014] EWHC 1587 (Ch) (22 May 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Clayton v Army Board of the Defence Council & Anor [2014] EWHC 1651 (Admin) (22 May 2014)
High Court (Commercial Court)
PEC Ltd v Asia Golden Rice Company Ltd [2014] EWHC 1583 (Comm) (20 May 2014)
QOGT Inc v International Oil & Gas Technology Ltd [2014] EWHC 1628 (Comm) (22 May 2014)
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v K.I. Holdings Co. Ltd & Anor [2014] EWHC 1671 (Comm) (22 May 2014)
Terminal Contenitori Porto Di Genova Spa v China Shipping Container Lines Ltd [2014] EWHC 1629 (Comm) (22 May 2014)
Diag Human Se v Czech Republic [2014] EWHC 1639 (Comm) (22 May 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A teenager who had footage on his phone of him kicking a cat in the face and repeatedly beating a dog has been banned from keeping animals for life.’
BBC News, 22nd May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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