Gang guilty of Indian Lt-Gen Kuldeep Singh Brar attack – BBC News
“A Sikh gang has been convicted of slashing a retired Indian general’s throat in a revenge attack.”
BBC News, 31st July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lewisham hospital cuts plan ruled unlawful by judge – The Guardian
“The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has had his decision to reduce services at a major hospital declared unlawful and quashed by the high court.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Six police officers face misconduct proceedings after young woman left naked in cell – The Independent
“Six police officers should face misconduct proceedings after a clubber was strip-searched and left naked in a cell filmed by CCTV cameras, a watchdog said today.”
The Independent, 31st July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Peter Cruddas wins £180,000 damages in Sunday Times libel case – The Guardian
“The former Conservative party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas has won £180,000 damages in his high court libel action over a Sunday Times allegation about charging £250,000 to meet David Cameron.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Daniel Pelka murder: mother and stepfather face life sentences – The Guardian
“The mother and stepfather of a four-year-old boy who was battered to death after being subjected to a six-month regime of starvation and physical torture will be jailed for life on Friday after being found guilty of murdering the boy, whose body was so emaciated that one experienced health worker compared it to that of a concentration camp victim.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Mateta & Ors, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 1372 (30 July 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Sud v London Borough of Ealing [2013] EWCA Civ 949 (30 July 2013)
Riley v The Crown Prosecution Service [2013] EWCA Civ 951 (30 July 2013)
Flynn v Warrior Square Recoveries Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 917 (30 July 2013)
Vernon Knight Associates v Cornwall Council [2013] EWCA Civ 950 (30 July 2013)
Harvey v Dunbar Assets Plc [2013] EWCA Civ 952 (30 July 2013)
G (A Child) [2013] EWCA Civ 965 (30 July 2013)
P (A Child) [2013] EWCA Civ 963 (30 July 2013)
Allen & Ors v Hampshire Constabulary [2013] EWCA Civ 967 (30 July 2013)
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council v Others (Re B) [2013] EWCA Civ 964 (30 July 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Beech v Timney & Anor [2013] EWHC 2345 (QB) (29 July 2013)
Vava & Ors v Anglo American South Africa Ltd [2013] EWHC 2326 (QB) (30 July 2013)
Wembridge Claimants & Ors v Winter & Ors [2013] EWHC 2331 (QB) (30 July 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
Bedfordshire Police Constabulary v RU & Anor [2013] EWHC 2350 (Fam) (26 July 2013)
LA v ML & Ors [2013] EWHC 2063 (Fam) (12 July 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Webb v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2013] EWHC 2225 (Admin) (29 July 2013)
BF v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 2329 (Admin) (30 July 2013)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Hackney Empire Ltd v Aviva Insurance UK Ltd [2013] EWHC 2212 (TCC) (30 July 2013)
Gilman v UPS Ltd & Anor [2013] EWHC 2341 (TCC) (30 July 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Appeal court shies away from right to die issue – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Court of Appeal has today unanimously dismissed appeals by Jane Nicklinson and Paul Lamb challenging the legal ban on voluntary euthanasia.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Journey to the FCA, without leaving the office – Dyers Chambers
“Gurprit Mattu gives an overview of the newly formed FCA and the workings of the Enforcement and Financial Crime Division. During her time at the FSA/FCA she has been able to see the transition from the old to the new regulator at first hand.”
Full story (PDF)
Dyers Chambers, 11th July 2013
Source: www.dyerschambers.com
Disabled challenge to bedroom tax fails – UK Human Rights Blog
“The High Court has unanimously dismissed an application for a declaration that the so-called ‘bedroom tax’ discriminates unlawfully against disabled claimants.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Jackson” and committal for contempt in matrimonial cases by David Partington – Sovereign Chambers
“It might be that the sanction of committal for contempt for ignoring orders of the court in respect of providing proper financial information in divorce proceedings may be more likely than before – partly in view of the new climate intended to be fostered by the ‘Jackson’ reforms.”
Sovereign Chambers, 22nd July 2013
Source: www.sovereignchambers.co.uk
Wasted costs against local authority in private law proceedings by James Hargan – Sovereign Chambers
“In HB, PB, and OB –v- London Borough of Croydon [2013] EWHC 1956 (Fam) Cobb J had to consider whether or not to make an order that a Local Authority which had been directed to file a section 37 report, and whose failure to do so properly had led to wasted costs, should pay those wasted costs of aborted days of hearing. The power to make such a costs order was in the discretion of the court (Senior Courts Act 1981 s51(1)) and, by reference to FPR 2010 28.1, the court could make such order as it thought just. The Local Authority was sufficiently closed connected with the litigation, and its failings were so serious, as to justify making what the court was urged to regard as an exceptional order.”
Sovereign Chambers, 19th July 2013
Source: www.sovereignchambers.co.uk
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ‐ at one with atonement – Dyers Chambers
“With the Crime and Courts Act having received Royal Assent on 25 April 2013, Andrew Price looks at the genesis of Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) and what may lie in store for the future.”
Full story (PDF)
Dyers Chambers, 11th July 2013
Source: www.dyerschambers.com
Are Imams Employees Of Mosques? – No. 5 Chambers
“An Imam performs the duty of offering prayer for the congregation in mosques. Essentially mosques are a centre of community worship where Muslims perform ritual prayer and where historically they also gathered for political, social and cultural functions. The function of the mosque is summarised by the 13th Century jurist Ibn Taymiyah as a place of gathering where prayer was celebrated and where public affairs were conducted. Services connected to marriages or birth are not usually performed inside the mosque. The rites that are important and integral to the function of many churches such as confession, penitence and confirmation do not exist in mosques.”
No. 5 Chambers, 25th July 2013
Source: www.no5.com
Solicitors, giving independent advice, and exposure to claims for negligence incurred thereby – Sovereign Chambers
“The long running case of Padden v Bevan Ashford [2013] EWCA Civ 824 has reached its dénouement. It is a case not without its human interest, and legally it illustrates important points of practice and principle which arise when a solicitor is instructed to give independent advice on what may well be an improvident transaction, as well, perhaps, on the vagaries of some county court judges. It has involved two county court trials, including a retrial after one county court judge decided that the defendants had no case to answer, and that to ‘foist’ a duty to give ‘full’ advice on a solicitor who simply agreed to see someone who had come in off the street was ‘an absurdity’. To the concern of many solicitors, but quite correctly, both the subsequent judge upon a re-trial the Court of Appeal (twice) decided that the case was anything but absurd. In the end, the solicitors were liable.”
Sovereign Chambers, 30th July 2013
Source: www.sovereignchambers.co.uk
The Curious Case of Bank Mellat – Dyers Chambers
“On 19 June 2013, the Supreme Court gave judgment in the case of Bank Mellat v HM Treasury (No. 1) and (No. 2). Gavin Irwin reviews the latest developments in the deployment of sanctions against Iran and the tensions that can arise between international organisations, nation states and commercial entities.”
Full story (PDF)
Dyers Chambers, 11th July 2013
Source: www.dyerschambers.com
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 – Top Ten guide to the new act by Marisa Allman – Zenith Chambers
“This is an Act to make provision for same sex couples in England and Wales and about gender change for married persons and civil partners. It does not;
– Change the law relating to marriage for couples of the opposite sex
– Abolish civil partnership or repeal the Civil Partnership Act 2004
– Extend civil partnership to couples of the opposite sex”
Zenith Chambers, 24th July 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
Local authorities and fracking – Hardwicke Chambers
“To its supporters fracking is a revolutionary method of extracting gas and oil which will help drive down fuel prices in the UK, lower CO2 emissions and reduce the country’s dependence on foreign energy supplies. To its opponents it is a dangerous distraction from investment in renewable fuels, which can lead to the escape of carcinogenic chemicals into water supplies and which can cause minor earthquakes.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 24th July 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
LIBOR Update – who will be next? – Dyers Chambers
On 20th June 2013, Tom Hayes, a former trader with UBS, appeared before Westminster Magistrates Court charged with eight counts of fraud. He is the first individual to be prosecuted as a result of the SFO’s investigation into the LIBOR scandal. Peter Caldwell reviews the background to the investigation and examines the challenges that lie ahead for the Serious Fraud Office.
Full story (PDF)
Dyers Chambers, 11th July 2013
Source: www.dyerschambers.com
“All Money” Guarantees Mean What They Say – Littleton Chambers
“On 9 July I looked at a Court of Appeal decision which showed that it remained arguable that a change in the arrangements between a creditor and the principal debtor might so alter the subject matter of what was guaranteed as to discharge the guarantor. This week comes a timely reminder that the first and fundamental step is to construe the contract to see what obligations are covered by the guarantee.”
Littleton Chambers, 19th July 2013
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
