‘It would have been a “major setback” to the civil court costs reforms to overturn a High Court judgment preventing former Conservative chief whip Andrew Mitchell from claiming anything more than court fees in his legal action against The Sun, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Harini Iyengar considers the Court of Appeal’s (“CA”) latest analysis of the Economic Technical or Organisational Reason Exception (“ETO”) under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (“TUPE”) and the tension between the employment regime and the insolvency regime.’
Employment Law Blog, 27th November 2013
Source: www.employment11kbw.com
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2013
The Veterinary Surgeons’ Qualifications (Recognition) (Switzerland and Croatia) Regulations 2013
The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2013
The Age-Related Payments Regulations 2013
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Commencement No. 4 and Saving Provision) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
IPCom GmbH & Co KG v HTC Europe Co Ltd and others: [2013] EWCA Civ ; [2013] WLR (D) 456
‘The Court of Appeal gave guidance concerning the circumstances in which an English court should grant a stay of patent proceedings pending the outcome of parallel proceedings in the European Patent Office.’
WLR Daily, 21st November 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Preddy v Bull and another; Hall v Same: [2013] UKSC 73; [2013] WLR (D) 454
‘The refusal of hoteliers, who believed that sex outside marriage was sinful, to provide a same sex couple who were in a civil partnership with a double-bedded room because they were not married constituted unlawful discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. The limitation on the hoteliers’ right to manifest their religion was justified as a proportionate means of achieving the legitimate aim of protecting the rights and freedoms of others.’
WLR Daily, 27th November 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Resolution Chemicals Ltd v H Lundbec A/S: [2013] EWCA Civ 1515; [2013] WLR (D) 453
‘The fair-minded and informed observer, having considered the facts, would not conclude that there was a real possibility that the judge would be subconsciously biased in his assessment of the evidence of an expert witness in a patent action where the witness had been the judge’s research supervisor at university.’
WLR Daily, 25th November 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Article 3(2(a) of the Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC did not give the right to the dependent relatives of an EU citizen in a member state to freely move and reside in another member state if the dependency on the EU citizen or membership of his or her household arose only after they had arrived in the member state.’
WLR Daily, 25th November 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Supreme Court
Zoumbas v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC 74 (27 November 2013)
Bull & Anor v Hall & Anor [2013] UKSC 73 (27 November 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Newcastle International Airport Ltd v Eversheds LLP [2013] EWCA Civ 1514 (28 November 2013)
Mitchell MP v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1537 (27 November 2013)
Isis Investments Ltd v Oscatello Investments Ltd & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 1493 (27 November 2013)
Farrer (p/a Farrer Huxley Associates) & Anor v Wiles [2013] EWCA Civ 1511 (27 November 2013)
PK Congo v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 1500 (27 November 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
McKay v Secretary of State for Justice [2013] EWHC 3728 (Admin) (27 November 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Galaxy Energy International Ltd v Murco Petroleum Ltd [2013] EWHC 3720 (Comm) (27 November 2013)
High Court (Patents Court)
Teva Pharma BV & Anor v Amgen, Inc & Anor [2013] EWHC 3711 (Pat) (27 November 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
John Ruskin College v Harley [2013] EWHC 3714 (QB) (26 November 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘In the first of NLJ / LSLA’s litigation trends surveys, James Baxter charts how firms and practitioners are navigating Jackson LJ’s revolutionary road-map of change.’
New Law Journal, 30th October 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘Workers who expose wrongdoing should be protected by a statutory whistleblowing code, according to a report by a retired senior judge.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th November 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A new challenge was filed yesterday to the badger cull extension presently under way in the South West of England.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th November 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A security guard who tweeted images purporting to be of Jon Venables as an adult has avoided jail after a court heard he was close to James Bulger’s family.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government has successfully won a court order blocking the release of secret information in relation to the death of the former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko. Alexander Litvinenko fell ill after a meeting with former KGB contacts in London in 2006. It is the latest legal twist in what is becoming an ever-more complicated legal fight between his widow, the proposed coroner and ministers over what should or should not be made public about the nature of his death.’
BBC News, 27th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Chinese businessman who massacred a family of four by stabbing them to death in a “cold-blooded” revenge attack after losing a court battle with them has been found guilty of murder.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Child sex abuse cases like Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins will slip through the net due to a lack of resources, a child protection expert has warned. Jim Gamble, ex-head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre (Ceop), wants more money invested in regional child protection teams to catch online abusers.’
BBC News, 27th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘UK courts should stop deferring to the European court of human rights on every issue and develop their own rulings, according to Lord Justice Laws, the longest serving court of appeal judge.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A professional conman was found guilty on Wednesday of murdering a lonely millionairess who worked as an escort so he could steal her money to feed his gambling habit. Rakesh Bhayani, 41, was convicted by an Old Bailey jury of killing Carole Waugh, 49, at her home and hiding her body in the boot of a car in a rented lock-up garage.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Compensation will be paid to 19 families of vulnerable people who were abused at the Winterbourne View private hospital, near Bristol.’
BBC News, 27th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Wales has become the first part of the UK to force food outlets to prominently display food hygiene ratings. The new law, which came into force on Thursday, builds on a voluntary scheme, known as “scores on the doors”.’
BBC News, 28th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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