‘Parties opposing applications for relief from sanctions should not assume that they are going to get a “free costs ride” in opposing them, a High Court judge has warned.’
Litigation Futures, 27th March 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Magistrates will be given new powers as part of the Government’s reforms of rehabilitation.’
Ministry of Justice, 25th March 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
The Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2014
The Non-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The HGV Road User Levy (Exemption of Specified Roads) Order 2014
The Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Order 2014
The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Use of Armed Forces’ Chapels) Regulations 2014
The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Parochial Fees and Scheduled Matters Amending Order 2014
The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Bhatia Best Ltd v Lord Chancellor: [2014] EWHC 746 (QB); [2014] WLR (D) 142
‘In an appeal under section 204 of the Housing Act 1996 the county court was not “required by an enactment to make a decision applying the principles that are applied by the court on an application for judicial review” for the purposes of paragraph 19(10) of Schedule 1, Part 1 to the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 with the result that the claimant was not entitled to receive civil legal aid funding for such an appeal.’
WLR Daily, 17th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Supreme Court
Durkin v DSG Retail Ltd & Anor [2014] UKSC 21 (26 March 2014)
Kennedy v The Charity Commission [2014] UKSC 20 (26 March 2014)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
N v N [2014] EWCA Civ 314 (26 March 2014)
D (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 315 (26 March 2014)
Farah v London Borough of Hillingdon [2014] EWCA Civ 359 (26 March 2014)
Zurich Insurance Plc v Umerji [2014] EWCA Civ 357 (25 March 2014)
G (Children), Re [2014] EWCA Civ 336 (25 March 2014)
Shebelle Enterprises Ltd v The Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 305 (25 March 2014)
Mehjoo v Harben Barker (a firm) & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 358 (25 March 2014)
Saville v Central Capital Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 337 (24 March 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Kaziu & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 832 (Admin) (26 March 2014)
Loughlin v Singh & Ors [2014] EWHC 912 (Admin) (26 March 2014)
Moseka v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2014] EWHC 846 (Admin) (26 March 2014)
Nursing and Midwifery Council v Kidd & Anor [2014] EWHC 847 (Admin) (26 March 2014)
London Borough of Islington & Ors v The Mayor of London [2014] EWHC 751 (Admin) (25 March 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Brooke & Ors v Purton & Ors [2014] EWHC 547 (Ch) (26 March 2014)
First Subsea Ltd v Balltec Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 866 (Ch) (25 March 2014)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Sax v Tchernoy [2014] EWHC 795 (Comm) (26 March 2014)
Newland Shipping & Forwarding Ltd v Toba Trading FZC [2014] EWHC 864 (Comm) (26 March 2014)
Lakatamia Shipping Co Ltd v Su [2014] EWHC 796 (Comm) (20 March 2014)
High Court (Family Division)
MD v CT (Rev 1) [2014] EWHC 871 (Fam) (25 March 2014)
High Court (Patents Court)
Starsight Telecast Inc & Anor v Virgin Media Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 828 (Pat) (26 March 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Johnston v League Publications Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 874 (QB) (26 March 2014)
White v Express Newspapers [2014] EWHC 814 (QB) (25 March 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A High Court judge has adjourned a judicial review hearing of Lambeth Council’s decision that an application to register land at the Southbank Centre’s skateboard undercroft as a village green was not valid to ask the UK government to appear at the hearing.’
OUT-LAW.com, 25th March 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A recent High Court decision shows that courts in England will not usually interfere with litigation taking place in other countries that are signatories to the Brussels Regulation, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th March 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Kennedy v. Charity Commission et al, Supreme Court, 26 March 2014. In judgments running to 90 pages, the Supreme Court dismissed this appeal by Mr Kennedy, a Times journalist, for access to documents generated by the Charity Commission under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 concerning three inquiries between 2003 and 2005 into the Mariam Appeal. This appeal was George Galloway’s response to the sanctions imposed on Iraq following the first Gulf War, and little Mariam was a leukaemia sufferer. Mr Kennedy’s suspicion, amongst others, was that charitable funds had been used by Galloway for political campaigning.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th March 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘This week, a challenge to the legal aid reforms by the Howard League for Penal Reform is rejected, while campaigners seeking an inquiry into the action of British soldiers in Malaya in 1948 face similar disappointment. Meanwhile, some of the most senior judges in the UK give their views on the role of the judiciary today.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd March 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘In the recent cases of CD v ST and Z v A Government Department and the Board of Management of a Community School, the ECJ clarified the EU position regarding the protections and benefits that should be afforded to mothers having children through surrogacy arrangements.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 26th March 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The dust is now beginning to settle, slightly, after the earthquake that was the decision of the Supreme Court in the conjoined appeals of Cheshire West and P and Q, which extends the criteria for determining whether living arrangements made for mentally incapacitated individuals amount to a deprivation of liberty.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 25th March 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A police officer has been asked to apologise to a blind man whom he shot with a Taser when he mistook his white stick for a samurai sword.’
The Guardian, 26th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Britain’s compensation culture is a “national phenomenon,” a High Court judge said as he refused to grant damages to two women to “stem the tide” of fake insurance claims.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘There were “shortcomings” in the care given to a teenager who died in a psychiatric unit after allegedly being pressured by a male celebrity into sexual activity, an inquest jury has concluded.’
The Guardian, 26th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man placed on a credit blacklist after a row over payments for a laptop computer said today he had “mixed feelings” despite winning a court battle that lasted 16 years.’
The Independent, 26th March 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A 7ft 2ins-tall (2.2m) criminal has been released from custody after a judge accepted prison beds and uniforms were too small for him.’
The Guardian, 26th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The home secretary is to take personal charge of the way police respond to domestic abuse in England and Wales after a damning report exposed “alarming and unacceptable” weaknesses.’
The Guardian, 27th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The government must enshrine in law its commitment to consult the House of Commons before using its war-making powers, MPs have reiterated.’
BBC News, 27th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The energy regulator has asked the competition watchdog to investigate Britain’s energy companies in an effort to restore trust in the industry after public uproar over rising fuel bills.’
The Guardian, 27th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Joshua Viney, pupil at 1 Hare Court, considers the implications of the Court of Appeal judgment in Tan v Choy and the ongoing debate concerning the fifth indent of Article 3 of Brussels IIR.’
Family Law Week, 26th March 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
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