‘Michael Adebolajo, who was found guilty of the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby, has lodged an application to appeal against his conviction, the Judicial Office has confirmed.’
BBC News, 30th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A pub landlord has to pay £65,000 in legal costs for breaching the Premier League’s copyright by showing football matches using a foreign satellite card authorised only for private use.’
BBC News, 30th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Caroline Criado- Perez mounted a wonderful and successful campaign to have a woman appear on a Bank of England note. She succeeded and Jane Austen will feature on the next £10 note – hopefully more will follow. Whilst campaigning, however, Ms Craido-Perez was subject to the most appalling online abuse on Twitter.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 30th January 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A Muslim woman who wore a full-face veil in court during her trial has admitted witness intimidation.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal is to consider the standard of proof to be applied in unqualified ‘follow the settlement’ clauses in deciding whether a claim falls within the risks covered by the reinsurance policy following a recent High Court judgment.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th January 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A man who was once described by his former girlfriend as having a “Jekyll and Hyde” character has been convicted of her murder.’
BBC News, 30th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Official concern over a “culture of disbelief” in rape cases has been raised as new figures show that some police forces are writing off up to a third of all allegations reported to them.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former soldier found hanged gave no indication he was intending to harm himself, an inquest has heard.’
BBC News, 30th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A clause in an agency agreement which dealt with an agent’s entitlement to compensation or an indemnity on termination of the agreement was neither consistent with nor permitted by regulation 17(2) of the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993.’
WLR Daily, 22nd January 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Powell (Carl) [2014] WLR (D) 34
‘The statutory regimes concerning joinder of counts in an indictment and cross-admissibility of evidence were separate and the settled criteria concerning joinder had not been superseded in consequence of the changes in relation to evidence of bad character made by the Criminal Justice Act 2003.’
WLR Daily, 29th January 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Castle v Crown Prosecution Service [2014] WLR (D) 33
‘A traffic order permitting the imposition of variable speed limits, which had been signed by an employee of the Highways Agency acting as the alter ego of the Secretary of State, was not ultra vires section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.’
WLR Daily, 24th January 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Where the decision of a public body was shown to be unlawful, the court should be reluctant to refuse relief on the ground that, acting lawfully, the decision-maker would have reached the same decision, particularly if the power had been exercised not for its statutory purpose but for an ulterior motive. In such a case the court should grant appropriate relief.’
WLR Daily, 27th January 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Non-Statutory Executive Powers in Five Regimes: Assessing Global Constitutionalism in Structural-Institutional Contexts.’
Date: 30th January 2014, 6.00-7.30pm
Location: Room 1.2, School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London (Lincoln’s Inn Fields Campus), 67-69 Lincoln’s Inn Fields London WC2A 3JB
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
Supreme Court
Brownlee for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2014] UKSC 4 (29 January 2014)
IA v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Scotland) [2014] UKSC 6 (29 January 2014)
Mackle, R. v (Northern Ireland) [2014] UKSC 5 (29 January 2014)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AP Racing Ltd v Alcon Components Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 40 (28 January 2014)
Skrzynski & Anor v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2014] EWCA Civ 9 (29 January 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Thorne & Ors v House of Commons Commission [2014] EWHC 93 (QB) (29 January 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Credit Lucky Ltd & Anor v National Crime Agency [2014] EWHC 83 (Ch) (29 January 2014)
High Court (Family Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Isaghehi v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2014] EWHC 127 (Admin) (29 January 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
Is Fairchild a Leading case of the Common Law? (PDF)
Per Laleng, Inner Temple Academic Fellow, University of Kent
The Inner Temple, 20th January 2014
Source: www.innertemple.org.uk
Supreme Court, 29th January 2014
Supreme Court, 29th January 2014
‘The Court of Appeal has increased the sentence for Suhail Ahmed from 18 months’ imprisonment to 30 for voyeurism and sexual assault.’
Attorney General’s Office, 29th January 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
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