New Equality objectives for 2014-15 – Bar Standards Board
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has developed and adopted five new equality objectives for 2014-15.’
Bar Standards Board, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.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
Judge prevents Theresa May sending asylum-seeker back to lawless Somalia – The Independent
‘The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has been accused of acting unlawfully by forcing the removal of failed Somali asylum-seekers to Mogadishu where they fear they will be murdered by Islamic militants. In what is being seen as a test case affecting thousands of Somalis in Britain, a judge has granted an injunction at the last minute halting the removal of a 23-year-old man, identified only as Abdullah, who was due to be flown back to Mogadishu on Tuesday.’
The Independent, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Laws on legal professional privilege “need to catch up with digital age” – Legal Futures
‘National laws on protecting privileged legal communications are outdated and need to be brought into the digital age, according to the body representing Europe’s lawyers.’
Legal Futures, 2nd June 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Landlords face prosecution over criminal tenants – Daily Telegraph
‘New offence to be announced in the Queen’s Speech will make it an offence to turn a blind eye to criminal behaviour on your property – with a punishment of up to five years in jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
How to get Google to remove outdated links to your personal data – RPC Privacy Law
‘Google has today announced how it intends to deal with the European Court’s judgment in the Google Spain case. In today’s Financial Times Google’s CEO, Larry Page, has confirmed that Google will take steps to recognise individuals’ “right to be forgotten” in appropriate cases. It will do so by introducing an online mechanism for users to request the removal from search results of links to data that are outdated.’
RPC Privacy Law, 30th May 2014
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
Laws to protect elderly from abuse left out of Queen’s Speech – Daily Telegraph
‘New legislation designed to protect the elderly from abusive carers will no longer be included in next week’s Queen’s Speech.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Emily MacKenzie: The Lawfulness of Detention by British Forces in Afghanistan – Serdar Mohammed v Ministry of Defence – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘On 2nd May, the High Court held that the UK Government must pay Serdar Mohammed (SM) compensation because British troops detained him unlawfully in Afghanistan. The case raised a myriad of international law issues, which are dealt with elegantly in an extensive judgment by Mr Justice Leggatt. This post will attempt to summarise some of the key issues involved.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 2nd June 2014
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
Don’t ask the surveyor – NearlyLegal
‘Windermere Marina Village v Wild [2014] UKUT 163 (LC) is an important decision about the vexed question of apportionment that arises in many residential service charge disputes.’
NearlyLegal, 2nd June 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Researchers given ‘data mining’ right under new UK copyright laws – OUT-LAW.com
‘Copying content from online journals or other texts for the purposes of non-commercial research is no longer an infringement of UK copyright laws providing copiers have lawful access to that content and they, generally, make “a sufficient acknowledgement” of the original work.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd June 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
