Why breaking up is getting even harder to do – BBC News
“Dozens of centres designed to help couples split up amicably are in danger of closure.”
BBC News, 19th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Probation officers vote to strike in protest at privatisation – The Guardian
“Probation officers have voted by an overwhelming majority to go on strike in protest at government plans to privatise the service.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Towcester property swindle couple jailed – BBC News
“A married couple from Northamptonshire who posed as wealthy high fliers have been jailed for a multi-million pound property swindle.”
BBC News, 18th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police face legal challenge over secret files on protesters – The Guardian
“Police chiefs face a legal challenge over their policy of keeping secret files on thousands of political activists.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hospitals told to investigate all patient complaints in spite of possible lawsuits – The Guardian
“Hospitals will be banned from refusing to investigate complaints from patients harmed by poor care who may also sue for damages, after campaigners condemned the practice as an illegal and unfair denial of patients’ rights.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Christian woman to sue for right not to work on Sundays – The Independent
“A devout Christian woman is set to fight for her right not to work on Sunday this week when her case is heard at the Court of Appeal.”
The Independent, 20th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK’s top prosecutor defends journalists who break law in public interest – The Guardian
“Britain’s most senior prosecutor has launched a robust defence of journalists who break the law pursuing investigations that have a genuine public interest. Legal guidelines had been drafted, he said, to protect reporters.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mother who admitted stealing 905 designer handbags is sentenced to jail – The Independent
“A woman who admitted stealing 905 designer handbags over the course of three years has been jailed for 18 months.”
The Independent, 18th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jade Anderson dogs death: Court hears of ‘horrific’ scene – BBC News
“The moment a policeman found a girl who had been mauled to death by four dogs was the most distressing sight of his life, a court has heard.
At Wigan Magistrates Court, 45-year-old Concannon was given a 16-week suspended jail term after admitting causing suffering to the four animals.”
BBC News, 18th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Orchid View inquest: Home riddled by ‘institutional abuse’ – BBC News
“A care home where 19 residents died was riddled with ‘institutionalised abuse’, a coroner has said.”
BBC News, 18th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lord Neuberger on “Justice in an age of austerity” – CrimeLine
“Justice – Tom Sargant memorial lecture 2013, 15th October 2013.”
CrimeLine, 15th October 2013
Source: www.crimeline.info
Back to basics: why a public authority can’t be an HRA victim – UK Human Rights Blog
“David Mead looks at a case in which the Olympic Delivery Agency got an injunction against protesters: Olympic Delivery Authority v Persons Unknown. The ODA was a public authority, and the protesters were advancing defences under Articles 10 (freedom of expression) and 11 (freedom of association). Arnold J dismissed the defences on the basis that these rights needed to be balanced against the ODA’s rights to property under A1P1.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Adam Perry and Farrah Ahmed: Constitutional Conventions and Legitimate Expectations – UK Constitutional Law Group
“Courts and commentators have sometimes said the administrative law doctrine of legitimate expectations is incoherent. They say that the various ways of acquiring a legitimate expectation do not hang together; nothing unifies them. For example, Lord Brown in Paponette v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago agreed with a commentator’s description of the doctrine of legitimate expectations as a mere ‘patchwork’ and ‘little more than a mechanism to dispense palm-tree justice’. Both Richard Clayton and Mark Elliott have in the past favoured the ‘disaggregation’ of the doctrine.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 18th October 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org/blog
High Court decision is a reminder of the dangers of a lengthy holding over period followingon lease expiry, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
“A recent High Court decision should act as a reminder to both landlords and
tenants that the frequent practice of the tenant continuing in occupation of
commercial premises (holding over) after the expiry of some leases can lead to
unexpected consequences, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th October 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
UK Supreme Court judgment: R (Chester) v Justice Secretary, McGeoch v Lord President – Head of Legal
“It’s no surprise that the Supreme Court has today unanimously dismissed appeals by two prisoners who wanted various remedies under the Human Rights Act and EU law for being denied the vote in Parliamentary, local, Scottish Parliament and European elections. These cases were always weak.”
Head of Legal, 16th October 2013
Source: www.headoflegal.com
Ministeriet for Forskning, Innovation og Videregaende Uddannelser v Manova A/S – WLR Daily
“The principle of equal treatment did not preclude a contracting authority from asking a candidate, after the deadline for applying to take part in the contracts award procedures pursuant to Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18/EC, to provide documents describing that candidate’s situation which could be objectively shown to pre-date that deadline.”
WLR Daily, 10th October 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Performing Right Society Ltd v B4U Network (Europe) Ltd – WLR Daily
Performing Right Society Ltd v B4U Network (Europe) Ltd: [2013] EWCA Civ 1236; [2013] WLR (D) 385
“Where a composition fell within the terms of an agreement assigning copyright to the Performing Right Society the effect of section 2(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 was to vest copyright in the society as soon as the work was created, notwithstanding an agreement with those commissioning the work which purported to assign to them all rights in future works.”
WLR Daily, 16th October 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Caterpillar (NI) Ltd v John Holt & Company (Liverpool) Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1232 (17 October 2013)
Robbins v London Borough of Bexley [2013] EWHC 1233 (Civ) (17 October 2013)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Speed, R. v [2013] EWCA Crim 1650 (07 October 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Trail Riders Fellowship & Ors v Powys County Council [2013] EWHC 3144 (Admin) (17 October 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Shearer & Ors v Spring Capital Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 3148 (Ch) (17 October 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
M-T v T [2013] EWHC 2061 (Fam) (15 October 2013)
AK and MK (Fact Finding : Physical Injuries), Re [2013] EWHC 3158 (Fam) (15 October 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
