TV licence law change plan in motion – BBC News
‘A proposal to end the criminal offence of failing to buy a TV licence is
being considered for inclusion in a bill before Parliament.’
BBC News, 18th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prisoners say they are not being punished inside – Daily Telegraph
‘ Up to half of prisoners do not feel they are being punished while behind bars fuelling concerns of soft justice, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. In some jails fewer than one in five inmates believe they are paying for their crimes, according to the Ministry of Justice’s own survey. Across the prison estate a third of prisoners also say they not being helped to address their offending or to ensure they will be law-abiding citizens on release.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Government Response to the Justice Select Committee’s Report ‘Crown Dependencies: developments since 2010’ – Ministry of Justice
‘Her Majesty’s Government welcomes the Justice Select Committee’s latest report on the relationship between the UK and the Crown Dependencies. This relationship is a valuable, historical and special one and the Government accordingly takes its responsibilities towards the Islands very seriously.’
Ministry of Justice, 17th March 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Increased sentence handed to violent Penzance rapist – Attorney General’s Office
‘After reference from Solicitor General, Court of Appeal increases sentence of Lee David Hosking from 9 and a half years’ imprisonment to 13.’
Attorney General’s Office, 14th March 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Márquez Samohano v Universitat Pompeu Fabra – WLR Daily
Márquez Samohano v Universitat Pompeu Fabra: (Case C-190/13); [2014] WLR (D) 129
‘Clause 5 of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work, annexed to Council Directive 1999/70/EC, did not preclude national rules which allowed universities to renew successive fixed term employment contracts concluded with associate lecturers, with no limitation as to the maximum duration and the number of renewals of those contracts, where such contracts were justified by an objective reason within the meaning of clause 5(1)(a), which was a matter for the referring court to verify. It was also for that court to ascertain that whether the renewal of the successive fixed-term employment contracts at issue was actually intended to cover temporary needs and that rules were not, in fact, used to meet fixed and permanent needs in terms of employment of teaching staff.’
WLR Daily, 13th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Nierodzik v Samodzielny Publiczny Psychiatryczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej im dr Stanisława Deresza w Choroszczy – WLR Daily
‘Clause 4(1) of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work, annexed to Council Directive 1999/70/EC, precluded a national rule which provided that for the termination of fixed-term contracts of more than six months, a fixed notice period of two weeks would be applied regardless of the length of service of the worker concerned, whereas the length of the notice period for contracts of indefinite duration was fixed in accordance with the length of service of the worker concerned and could vary from two weeks to three months, where those two categories of workers were in comparable situations.’
WLR Daily, 13th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Brogsitter v Fabrication de Montres Normandes EURL and another – WLR Daily
Brogsitter v Fabrication de Montres Normandes EURL and another: Case C-548/12; [2014] WLR (D) 130
‘Civil liability claims, such as those at issue in the instant case, which were made in tort under national law, had to none the less be considered as concerning “matters relating to a contract” within the meaning of article 5(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, where the conduct complained of could be considered a breach of the terms of the contract, which could be established by taking into account the purpose of the contract.’
WLR Daily, 13th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014
The Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Individual Savings Account (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Child Trust Funds (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Consequential Amendment Regulations 2014
The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014
The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2014
The Plant Health (Fees) (England) Regulations 2014
The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Amendment) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2014
The NHS Direct National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2014
The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014
The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Amendment (England) Regulations 2014
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2014
The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2014
The Marine Licensing (Application Fees) Regulations 2014
The Plant Health (Export Certification) (England) (Amendment) Order 2014
The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) Order 2014
The Justices’ Clerks and Assistants Rules 2014
The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) (Family Proceedings) Order 2014
The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2014
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Your Response Ltd v Datateam Business Media Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 281 (14 March 2014)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Holmes, R v [2014] EWCA Crim 420 (14 March 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Lehman Brothers International (Europe) & Ors, Re [2014] EWHC 704 (Ch) (14 March 2014)
Bank St Petersburg & Anor v Arkhangelsky & Ors [2014] EWHC 695 (Ch) (14 March 2014)
High Court (Commercial Court)
IPCO (Nigeria) LTD v Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [2014] EWHC 576 (Comm) (14 March 2014)
Energy Venture Partners Ltd v Malabu Oil & Gas Ltd [2014] EWHC 663 (Comm) (14 March 2014)
High Court (Family Division)
Z (A Child: Independent Social Work Assessment), Re [2014] EWHC 729 (Fam) (14 March 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
Teen jailed after he got lethal arsenal delivered to family home – Daily Telegraph
‘A teenager who bought a machine gun online and had it delivered to his family home, along with hundreds of rounds of ammunition and nunchucks, has been jailed for six years.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Policeman who punched woman used CS gas on UK Uncut protesters – The Guardian
‘A policeman who was sentenced for punching a suspected shoplifter in the head earlier this week has been found to have breached professional standards in another incident where he sprayed peaceful protesters with CS gas.’
The Guardian, 14th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Facebook status used to catch Exeter benefits cheat – BBC News
‘A married benefits cheat who swindled £65,000 by claiming she was a single mother was caught after investigators checked her Facebook status, Exeter Crown Court has heard.’
BBC News, 14th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Couple jailed for YouTube videos glorifying Lee Rigby murder – The Guardian
‘A couple were jailed on Friday for glorifying the murder of the soldier Lee Rigby in videos posted on YouTube that were “offensive in the extreme”. Royal Barnes, 23, and his wife Rebekah Dawson, 22, of Hackney, north-east London, recorded and uploaded three videos shortly after the murder in Woolwich, south-east London, last May.’
The Guardian, 14th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Solicitors Regulation Authority ‘not racist’ but black solicitors treated harshly – The Independent
‘The body that investigates solicitors has been cleared of institutional racism despite an independent inquiry concluding that it disproportionately pursues black and minority ethnic (BME) lawyers for alleged wrongdoing.’
The Independent, 14th March 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ex-FBI-sting paedophile George Richards jailed for life – BBC News
‘A former trainee teacher caught 11 years ago in an FBI sting targeting paedophiles has been jailed for life for trying to abduct two girls.’
BBC News, 14th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Elderly woman evicted from care home over assisted suicide fears – Daily Telegraph
‘An 87-year-old woman was evicted from her care home because she advocated assisted suicide and staff feared they could be prosecuted if they did not stop her. Dorothy Brown, a former magistrate and lifelong supporter of a change in the law, was given notice to leave after carers came across a bottle of pills and an undated note and feared she could be about to make an attempt.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
