‘The new independent medical panels to assess whiplash injuries are on course for implementation this year after the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) began putting together a working group to take them forward.’
Litigation Futures, 16th January 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill is currently making its way through Parliament. The private members’ bill will prohibit the use of affirmative and positive action in recruitment and appointment processes.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 16th January 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Google has lost its high court bid to block a breach of privacy legal action launched against it in the UK by a group of British internet users.’
The Guardian, 16th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Plans to build the first “secure college” for young criminals in England and Wales have been confirmed by ministers.’
BBC News, 17th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Many more judgments from some of the UK’s most secret hearings will be published in future, the judge in charge of the family court and the court of protection has ordered.’
The Guardian, 16th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A violent gang “general” who police believe poses a serious threat to the public is back on the streets after attempts to have him deported ended in failure.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th January 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A cancer patient has been jailed for life for killing his wife and daughter after suffering an adverse psychiatric reaction to his chemotherapy drugs.’
BBC News, 16th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager has been found guilty of the murder of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed on a south-east London bus.’
BBC News, 15th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Claimants seeking to stop the closure of day centres in Shropshire have this week been given permission to take their case to the Court of Appeal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th January 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Companies can now start “looking in earnest” at how to make changes to the regime governing protections for employees transferring to a new employer after the publication of final regulations clarified some outstanding questions about the new regime, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th January 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A former lord chief justice called on politicians to back the recommendations of the Low Commission which last week made the case for an extra £100m to ensure “a basic level of provision” of advice in its final report.’
Legal Voice, 15th January 2014
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
The Statutory Sick Pay (Maintenance of Records) (Revocation) Regulations 2014
The Machine Games Duty (Types of Machine) Order 2014
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitory Provision) Order 2014
The Categories of Gaming Machine (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Regina v Robinson-Pierre [2013] EWCA Crim 2396; [2013] WLR (D) 517
‘An offence of allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place, contrary to section 3(1) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, was a strict liability offence but nevertheless required proof by the prosecution of an act or omission on the part of the defendant (with or without fault) that to some (more than minimal) degree caused or permitted that prohibited state of affairs to come about.’
WLR Daily, 20th December 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Supreme Court
LC (Children), Re [2014] UKSC 1 (15 January 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Eugen Seitz AG v KHS Corpoplast GmbH & Anor [2014] EWHC 14 (Ch) (15 January 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Bijlani v Unum Ltd [2014] EWHC 27 (QB) (15 January 2014)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Pickard Finlason Partnership Ltd v Lock & Anor [2014] EWHC 25 (TCC) (15 January 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that a working group will next month begin the process of creating medical panels to assess whiplash injury claims.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th January 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for refusing to give police the password to a memory stick that they could not crack. Syed Hussain, 22, from Luton, was convicted of failing to provide police with the password to the stick seized in a counter-terrorism operation.’
BBC News, 15th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men and three teenage boys have been found guilty of a series of rapes and sexual assaults on young girls.
Zdeno Mirga, 18, Hassan Abdulla, 33, and three boys were convicted at the Old Bailey. The Crown Prosecution Service said it was one of the “worst cases” of child sex abuse it had seen.’
BBC News, 15th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lord Rennard has been cleared of sexually harassing Liberal Democrat party workers despite an independent review finding “broadly credible” evidence he “violated” the personal space of women.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th Janaury 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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