‘Vulnerable domestic abuse victims will be helped by the scrapping of fees for domestic violence injunctions, Courts Minister Shailesh Vara has announced.’
Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘A single clear and consistent legal framework is needed to enable the regulators of health professionals in the UK to modernise and continue to uphold their duty to protect public safety, according to the three Law Commissions of the UK.’
Law Commission, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
‘The court process can be traumatic for accusers like Tracy Shelvey. Will a proposed victims’ law make it fit for purpose?’
The Guardian, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A recent High Court decision risks “emasculating” the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO), an expert has said, after the judge allowed the authority to pay only one fifth of the compensation awarded against it.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st April 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A teenager who stabbed a schoolboy in a park has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years.’
BBC News, 1st April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “legal loophole” in child grooming laws should be closed, the children’s charity Barnardo’s has said.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An unprecedented rise in court actions is placing a huge burden on the Ministry of Defence and could have the unintended consequence of leading to even more civilian casualties, according to a report by MPs.’
The Guardian, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘NHS staff who perform poorly in their job could face being struck off, under wide-ranging plans drawn up by the Law Commission.’
The Independent, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.independnet.co.uk
‘A High Court decision to quash planning permission for a 25-storey student tower near Arsenal’s football stadium in north London’s Upper Holloway has been upheld in the Court of Appeal.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st April 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Schools will not be allowed to screen out exam questions which contradict their religious ethos, says England’s exams watchdog.’
BBC News, 31st March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Danielle Miles set fire to a kebab shop because she arrived minutes after it closed, missing her takeaway order’
Daily Telegraph, 1st April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An 11-month-old boy who was beaten to death by his mother could have been saved if health and social workers had raised the alarm about his earlier injuries, a serious case review has concluded.
The Independent, 31st March 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Freedom of Information Act 2000 did not provide an exhaustive scheme in respect of the disclosure of information held by the Charity Commission relating to inquiries which they conducted. Although an absolute exemption under section 32(2) of that 2000 Act from disclosure under that Act lasted beyond the completion of such an inquiry, the question whether disclosure of information relating to such an inquiry was available would be governed by the Charities Act 1993, as substituted by the Charities Act 2006, construed in the light of common law principles.’
WLR Daily, 26th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Durkin v DSG Retail Ltd and another [2014] UKSC 21; [2014] WLR (D) 144
A restricted-use credit agreement under section 12(b) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 which related to a specified supply transaction was conditional upon the substantive survival of that supply transaction, so that a purchaser who rescinded the supply agreement for breach of contract could also rescind the credit agreement.
WLR Daily, 26th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
TW v Enfield London Borough Council [2014] EWCA Civ 362; [2014] WLR (D) 145
‘When an approved social worker was considering whether it was “reasonably practicable” to consult the “nearest relative” before making an application to admit a patient, pursuant to sections 3(1) and 13(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983, section 11(4) of the Act imposed on that social worker an obligation to strike a balance between the patient’s right under article 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms not to be detained unless it was done by a procedure that was in accordance with the law and the patient’s right to a private life under article 8.’
WLR Daily, 27th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘In an application for a declaration of invalidity of a Community trade mark, where the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (“OHIM”) was called upon to take account of the national law of the member state in which protection was given to an earlier mark on which the application was based, OHIM had to, of its own motion and by whatever means considered appropriate, obtain information about that national law, where such information was necessary for the purposes of assessing the applicability of a ground for invalidity relied on before it and of assessing the accuracy of the facts adduced or the probative value of the documents submitted.’
WLR Daily, 27th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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