Baby’s organs ‘were kept for 15 years’, says mum – BBC News
‘The mother of a baby who died from cot death in 1998 has said his organs were kept for 15 years without her consent.’
BBC News, 21st January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Law students should be prepared for fierce competition after graduating – The Guardian
‘When it comes to securing a training contract, it’s often not what you know but who you know that matters.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Crime stats: The truth is out there – BBC News
‘Last week, the UK Statistics Authority, the watchdog that oversees the publication of official data, said it could no longer approve crime figures based on information recorded by the police in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 21st January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gambling regulator explores options for warning consumers about unlicensed betting sites – OUT-LAW
‘The Gambling Commission has held talks with a number of internet service providers (ISPs) in an effort to find ways to combat unlicensed online betting in Great Britain.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st January 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Birmingham riots: Conviction and sentence appeals dismissed – BBC News
‘Seven men who were detained after shots were fired at police during riots have had appeals against their sentences and convictions dismissed.’
BBC News, 21st January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Theresa May’s stop-and-search plan delayed by government wrangling – The Guardian
‘Plans by Theresa May to reform controversial police “stop and search” powers are being held up by wrangling between the Home Office and Downing Street, government sources have confirmed.
The Guardian, 22nd January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Clear decision’ could have helped drowned Lowestoft children – BBC News
‘More could have been done to help three children who were found drowned after their mother fell to her death from a car park, a report has found.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Salford man jailed for life for ‘remorseless’ murder of mother-of-two – Daily Telegraph
‘Michael Cope jailed for life after evading police for a month on the run over murder of Linzi Ashton, who suffered 108 separate injuries in an hour-long attack at her home.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court interpreting firm Capita fined thousands – BBC News
‘A private company which provides court interpreters in England and Wales has lost thousands of pounds in penalties for its poor performance.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for life for rape gets two-year reduction in minimum term – The Guardian
‘A man jailed for life last year after being convicted of raping a woman in her bedroom in 1997 has won a two-year reduction in his minimum term.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
CoA blocks CIA drones challenge – The Lawyer
‘The Court of Appeal (CoA) has thrown out a claim challenging the legality of British involvement in US drone strikes because any judgment would be a condemnation of US foreign policy.’
The Lawyer, 21st January 2014
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Drax protesters’ convictions quashed – BBC News
‘Twenty-nine people sentenced after a power station protest where an undercover police officer was working have had their convictions quashed.’
BBC News, 21st January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Force India and Damages for Misuse of Confidential information – Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers
‘In the world of Formula 1 (“F1”), millions of pounds can be won or lost over the matter of a few seconds. Mega-rich companies compete to create faster cars, carefully guarding any information that might shave a few moments off a model’s time. The aerodynamism of a F1 model is crucial to this time performance, and it transpires, also useful for generating questions on the misuse of confidential information.’
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 21st January 2014
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 2014
The Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) (Amendment) Order 2014
The Billing Authorities (Anticipation of Precepts) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Rodriguez [2014] EWCA Civ 2 (20 January 2014)
Thevarajah v Riordan & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 15 (16 January 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Vidal -Hall & Ors v Google Inc [2014] EWHC 13 (QB) (16 January 2014)
Sardar v NHS Commissioning Board [2014] EWHC 38 (QB) (16 January 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Dinsdale Moorland Services Ltd v Evans & Ors [2014] EWHC 2 (Ch) (16 January 2014)
Enasarco v Lehman Brothers Finance SA & Anor [2014] EWHC 34 (Ch) (16 January 2014)
High Court (Family Division)
Practice Guidance (Transparency in the Family Courts) [2014] EWHC B3 (Fam) (16 January 2014)
H v W [2013] EWHC 4105 (Fam) (20 December 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
John Mander Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd v Revenue and Customs Comrs – WLR Daily
‘Where the revenue gave notice of its withdrawal of approval of a pension scheme under section 591B(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, the date for the purposes of section 591C(1) when the charge to tax arose in respect of that scheme was the date when approval of the scheme was withdrawn and not the date from which approval ceased to continue.’
WLR Daily, 19th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In re LC (Children)(Reunite International Child Abduction Centre intervening) – WLR Daily
‘In determining whether an adolescent child had achieved a sufficient degree of integration into a social and family environment in a country in which she was living, so as to be habitually resident there, a relevant factor was her state of mind during that residence.’
WLR Daily, 15th January 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Rise in financial services whistleblowing could result in more prosecutions, expert says – OUT-LAW.com
‘An 88% rise in the number of workers in the financial services sector ‘blowing the whistle’ on white collar crime could lead to an increase in prosecutions in 2014, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th January 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Right to die: the issues before the Supreme Court – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Tony Nicklinson lost his legal battle in 2012 for a judicial ruling that, were his wife to administer life-ending drugs to him at his express request, she would not be liable to prosecution for murder.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 20th January 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
