‘Troubled security firm G4S has agreed to repay £108.9m plus tax to the UK government after overcharging on contracts to tag offenders.’
BBC News, 12th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A plastic surgeon who brought liposuction to UK had his career almost ruined due to false claims by a transsexual who claimed he botched his ear operation. Dr Brian Mayou, founder of the Cadogan Clinic, 120 Sloane Street, Belgravia, became the target of a one-man campaign of abusive emails, calls, texts and online postings claiming he was a paedophile.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A carer tried to disguise herself as an 81-year-old Alzheimer’s sufferer in a bid to steal £22,000 from a pensioner’s bank account.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The High Court is this week hearing a judicial review that claimant lawyers hope will strike down the deeply unpopular policy of HM Revenue & Customs that means it will only release the employment history of a mesothelioma victim to their lawyer with a High Court order.’
Litigation futures, 12th March 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A Gloucestershire solicitor who also served as the county’s coroner has been struck off after taking nearly £2m from clients to fund an extravagant lifestyle.’
Legal Futures, 11th March 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
The Public Service Pensions (Employer Cost Cap) Regulations 2014
The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions (Investigations) Regulations 2014
The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Pensions Increase (Commissioners of Irish Lights) Regulations 2014
The Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Buying Agency Trading Fund (Amendment) Order 2014
The CMA Registers of Undertakings and Orders (Available Hours) Order 2014
The Elections (Policy Development Grants Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2014
The Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972) Order 2014
The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Competition Act 1998 (Concurrency) Regulations 2014
The Enterprise Act 2002 (Publishing of Relevant Information under section 188A) Order 2014
The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Fees and Determination of Turnover) (Amendment) Order 2014
The Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Funds Payments) Order 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Article 15 of Parliament and Council Directive 2006/54/EC precluded national legislation which, on grounds relating to the public interest, excluded a woman on maternity leave from a vocational training course which formed an integral part of her employment and which was compulsory in order to be able to be appointed definitively to a post as a civil servant and in order to benefit from an improvement in her employment conditions, while guaranteeing her the right to participate in the next training course, the date of which was nevertheless uncertain. Article 14(2), which provided that a difference of treatment based on a characteristic relating to sex did not constitute discrimination in relation to particular occupational activities, did not apply since the national legislation did not limit a specified activity solely to male workers but only delayed access to that activity for female workers who had been unable to receive full vocational training as a result of compulsory maternity leave. Both articles 14(1)(c) and 15 were sufficiently clear, precise and unconditional to have direct effect.’
WLR Daily, 6th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Alansi) v Newham London Borough Council: [2013] EWHC 3722 (Admin); [2014] WLR (D) 117
‘The court’s approach to the interpretation of statements made by public bodies that were said to give rise to a legitimate expectation required it, inter alia, to ascertain the meaning which the authority’s statements would reasonably convey to the claimant in the light of all the background knowledge which he/she had in the situation in which she was at the time that the statements were made.’
WLR Daily, 27th November 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Mohamoud v Birmingham City Council: [2014] EWCA Civ 227; [2014] WLR (D) 119
‘The principle that a person conducting a review of a local housing authority’s decision as to what (if any) duty to provide accommodation it owed under section 193 of the Housing Act 1996 to an applicant could look at new matters to determine whether there was a “deficiency” in the decision for the purposes of regulation 8(2) of the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Review Procedures) Regulations 1999 was not confined to points which the applicant could not have taken at the outset.’
WLR Daily, 7th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Dang (Manh Toan) and others; [2014] EWCA Crim 348; [2014] WLR (D) 118
‘For a defendant to be guilty of conspiring, contrary to the section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, “to be concerned” in the production of a controlled drug, contrary to section 4(1)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, by supplying equipment to assist others to produce the drug, he had to share in the drug producer’s purpose and had to lend his assistance for that purpose. A generalised awareness that the equipment might be used for the unlawful purpose would not suffice.’
WLR Daily, 7th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Rubin v Rubin: [2014] EWHC 611 (Fam); [2014] WLR (D) 116
‘Under section 22ZA(3) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, as inserted, the court could not make a costs allowance unless it was satisfied that without the amount of the allowance the applicant would not reasonably be able to obtain appropriate legal services for the purposes of the proceedings or any part of the proceedings, and for the purpose of that provision the court had to be satisfied in particular that the applicant was not reasonably able to secure a loan to pay for the services.’
WLR Daily, 10th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
DT (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 259 (12 March 2014)
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd v Apple Retail UK Ltd & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 250 (11 March 2014)
Shop Direct Group v Revenue & Customs [2014] EWCA Civ 255 (11 March 2014)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Gjikokaj, R v [2014] EWCA Crim 386 (11 March 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Keep Streets Live Campaign Ltd v London Borough of Camden [2014] EWHC 607 (Admin) (11 March 2014)
Timmins & Anor v Gedling Borough Council [2014] EWHC 654 (Admin) (11 March 2014)
Badre v Court of Florence, Italy [2014] EWHC 614 (Admin) (11 March 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
National Westminster Bank Plc v Lucas & Ors [2014] EWHC 653 (Ch) (11 March 2014)
Wellesley Partners Llp v Withers Llp [2014] EWHC 556 (Ch) (11 March 2014)
Prophet Plc v Huggett [2014] EWHC 615 (Ch) (11 March 2014)
Wade & Anor v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd [2014] EWHC 634 (Ch) (11 March 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Jerrard v Blyth & Ors [2014] EWHC 647 (QB) (11 March 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Privatising the courts service is not on the government’s agenda, Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, told a free-market thinktank today.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th March 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘David Bedingfield of 4 Paper Buildings charts the recent history of scientific research into serious non-accidental head injuries suffered by babies and the response of the family and criminal courts in England and Wales.’
Family Law week, 11th March 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A judge who was a coroner at the inquest into the July 7 London bombings will lead a government inquiry into the IRA “on the runs” controversy, it has been announced. Lady Justice Hallett has been appointed to chair the review which will conclude at the end of May.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘ Gipsies make up one in 20 of the jail population, according to a new report by an official watchdog. Research by Nick Hardwick, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, found gipsies and travellers were “significantly over represented” in adult prisons in England and Wales, making up 5 per cent of the total.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘G4S, the troubled giant private security company, still faces the possibility of criminal proceedings over its alleged overcharging of at least £24m on electronic tagging and prisoner escort contracts, the justice secretary, Chris Grayling, has said. His reminder comes as G4S makes a concerted attempt to have the current ban on bidding for fresh government contracts lifted.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Demonstrators facing eviction from an anti-fracking camp have won 11th-hour permission to stay put while they go to the court of appeal. On Monday a judge at Manchester’s high court made an order for possession against the collective occupying land at Barton Moss in Salford, Greater Manchester. The order was to take effect from midday today. But eviction was stayed just before the noon deadline by the appeal court to give the protesters an opportunity to apply for permission to appeal.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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