Man jailed for shooting marble at cat – The Guardian
“A man who left a cat needing surgery to remove its eye after shooting it with a catapult has been jailed.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Urgent appeals in warrant suspension cases – NearlyLegal
“We’ve all been there. Perhaps more frequently, litigants in person have been there (although hopefully not the same LiP over and over again). A warrant for possession is due to be executed the next day. It may even be the same day. The occupier has applied to a District Judge to suspend the warrant. The District Judge has, rightly or wrongly, dismissed that application. The occupier, understandably (even more so if the DJ fell into the ‘wrongly’ category), wants to appeal that decision.”
NearlyLegal, 1st August 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.org.uk
Coroner advised by ombudsman over transgender teacher comments – Daily Telegraph
“A coroner who wrote to the Culture Secretary to express his disgust at the press following the death of a transgender teacher has been criticised by the Office for Judicial Complaints.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Undercover spy allegations cast campaigner verdict in doubt – The Guardian
“An official body has called into question the criminal conviction of a political campaigner after allegations that an undercover spy gave false evidence under oath during his prosecution.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
No trade unions for clergy if the Archbishop says no, rules European Court – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Orthodox Archbishop of Craiova in Romania, that is, not the Archbishop of Canterbury. The European Court of Human Rights recently handed down an interesting ruling on Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) that could also have more far-reaching consequences for the application of Article 9 (freedom of religion).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st August 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Coroner blames professor for teenager’s drug death at party – Daily Telegraph
“A coroner has blamed a lecturer and his wife for the ‘tragic and preventable death’ of a 15-year-old girl who took an ecstasy overdose at their home during an unsupervised party.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Missed Chances: Victoria Climbie, Baby P, now Daniel Pelka – how could it happen again? – The Independent
“On his last day of school, Daniel Pelka was desperate for food. While other children made shapes with play jelly, he tried to eat it. He plucked a half-eaten pear from a bin and then grubbed around in a sandpit for dried beans that he tried to eat. Two days later, the four-year-old was dead.”
The Independent, 1st August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rania Alayed: Police watchdog probes missing woman case – BBC News
“Greater Manchester Police’s dealings with a missing mother-of-three are being investigated by The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).”
BBC News, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Met ‘set to admit liability’ for unlawful killing of Ian Tomlinson – The Independent
“Scotland Yard is drawing closer to agreeing compensation with the family of Ian Tomlinson, who died after being pushed to the ground during the G20 protests by a riot officer.”
The Independent, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Wife of paralysed former stuntrider Eddie Kidd jailed for domestic abuse – The Guardian
“The estranged wife of the paralysed former motorbike stuntrider Eddie Kidd has been jailed for five months after she admitted assaulting him.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Bennett v Southwell [2013] EWHC 2382 (QB) (01 August 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Jones & Anor v First Greater Western Ltd [2013] EWHC 1485 (Ch) (25 April 2013)
Fenty & Ors v Arcadia Group Brands Ltd (t/a Topshop) & Anor [2013] EWHC 2310 (Ch) (31 July 2013)
Hemsley & Anor v Graham & Ors [2013] EWHC 2232 (Ch) (31 July 2013)
Sharab v HRH Al-Saud [2013] EWHC 2324 (Ch) (31 July 2013)
Bestrustees Plc v Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd [2013] EWHC 2407 (Ch) (31 July 2013)
Pickenham Romford Ltd v Deville [2013] EWHC 2330 (Ch) (31 July 2013)
Carman v Bucci [2013] EWHC 2371 (Ch) (31 July 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
DN (A Child), Re [2013] EWHC 2401 (Fam) (12 July 2013)
C (A Child), Re [2013] EWHC 2408 (Fam) (19 July 2013)
E (A Child), Re [2013] EWHC 2400 (Fam) (30 July 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Amlin Corporate Member Ltd & Ors v Oriental Assurance Corp [2013] EWHC 2380 (Comm) (31 July 2013)
Alpstream AG & Ors v PK Airfinance Sarl & Anor [2013] EWHC 2370 (Comm) (31 July 2013)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Hughes, R. v [2013] UKSC 56 (31 July 2013)
Torfaen County Borough Council v Douglas Willis Ltd [2013] UKSC 59 (31 July 2013)
McGraddie v McGraddie & Anor (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 58 (31 July 2013)
Teal Assurance Company Ltd v WR Berkley Insurance (Europe) Ltd [2013] UKSC 57 (31 July 2013)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
O’Leary v R [2013] EWCA Crim 1371 (31 July 2013)
Ahmed v R [2013] EWCA Crim 1393 (31 July 2013)
Banfield & Anor, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 1394 (31 July 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Park Cakes Ltd v Shumba & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 974 (31 July 2013)
MacKay & Anor v Ashwood Enterprises Ltd & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 959 (31 July 2013)
Kebede & Anor, R (on the application of) v Newcastle City Council [2013] EWCA Civ 960 (31 July 2013)
PM v MB & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 969 (31 July 2013)
Price & Anor v Nunn [2013] EWCA Civ 1002 (31 July 2013)
Jetivia SA & Anor v Bilta (UK) Ltd & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 968 (31 July 2013)
The Serious Organised Crime Agency v Azam [2013] EWCA Civ 970 (31 July 2013)
Fox v British Airways Plc [2013] EWCA Civ 972 (31 July 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Tamiz v Guardian News & Media Ltd [2013] EWHC 2339 (QB) (31 July 2013)
Parkin & Ors v Alba Proteins Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 2036 (QB) (31 July 2013)
Navaratnam v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 2383 (QB) (31 July 2013)
Cruddas v Calvert & Ors [2013] EWHC 2298 (QB) (31 July 2013)
Mama Group Ltd & Anor v Sinclair & Anor [2013] EWHC 2374 (QB) (30 July 2013)
Nicholas v Ministry of Defence [2013] EWHC 2351 (QB) (31 July 2013)
Bennett v Southwell [2013] EWHC 2382 (QB) (01 August 2013)
Cooper v Bright Horizons Family Solutions Ltd [2013] EWHC 2349 (QB) (31 July 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina v Hughes – WLR Daily
Regina v Hughes [2013] UKSC 56; [2013] WLR (D) 324
“When a defendant who was uninsured, unlicensed or disqualified was driving his vehicle on a road and it was involved in a collision which resulted in the death of another person, the defendant could not be found guilty of the offence under section 3ZB of the Road Traffic Act 1988, as inserted, of causing the death by driving while committing such offences unless the prosecution proved that there had been some act or omission in the defendant’s driving which amounted to fault his part and which had contributed to the death. If the defendant’s driving had been faultless he could not be found guilty of the offence merely because his vehicle was on the road and was involved in a fatal accident when he was driving without insurance or a driving licence.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
McGraddie v McGraddie and another – WLR Daily
McGraddie v McGraddie and another [2013] UKSC 58; [2013] WLR (D) 323
“An appellate court should not interfere with the trial judge’s conclusions on primary facts unless it was satisfied that he was plainly wrong.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Kebede and another) v Newcastle City Council – WLR Daily
Regina (Kebede and another) v Newcastle City Council [2013] EWCA Civ 960; [2013] WLR (D) 322
“A local authority had a duty to a former relevant child going on to higher education to make a grant to meet expenses connected with his education, including the major expense of tuition fees.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Torfaen County Borough Council v Douglas Willis Ltd – WLR Daily
Torfaen County Borough Council v Douglas Willis Ltd [2013] UKSC 59; [2013] WLR (D) 321
“For the purposes of a prosecution under regulation 44(1)(d) of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/1499) it was sufficient for the prosecutor to prove that a defendant had food in its possession for the purposes of sale which was the subject of a label showing a “use by” date which had passed.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Sud v Ealing London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Sud v Ealing London Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 949; [2013] WLR (D) 320
“Although an award of costs against a paying party in the employment tribunal was an exceptional event, the tribunal should focus principally on the criteria established in rule 40 of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004. Where the tribunal concluded that the party’s conduct of the proceedings had been unreasonable it was necessary for the court to identify the particular unreasonable conduct, along with its effect. That was not a process that entailed a detailed or minute assessment, but instead the court should adopt a broad brush approach, against the background of the totality of the relevant circumstances.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Bedfordshire Police Constabulary v RU and another – WLR Daily
Bedfordshire Police Constabulary v RU and another [2013] EWHC 2350 (Fam); [2013] WLR (D) 319
“There was no power whereby a police force could apply for a person to be committed to prison for contempt of court for breach of a forced marriage protection order where the police themselves were not the applicants who had obtained the order. The relevant departments of state should give urgent consideration to improving the effectiveness of forced marriage protection orders and the means of enforcement.”
WLR Daily, 26th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Chapman – WLR Daily
Regina v Chapman [2013] EWCA Crim 1370; [2013] WLR (D) 318
“Once an appeal had been constituted by filing a notice of appeal in time or by obtaining an extension of time from the court, the order of the court below was subject to review and not final and the court could not justify refusing to allow the defendant to take advantage of a change in the law which occurred between the filing of the notice of appeal and the hearing itself.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Lloyd v Lewisham London Borough Council and another – WLR Daily
Lloyd v Lewisham London Borough Council and another [2013] EWCA Civ 923; [2013] WLR (D) 317
“Paragraph 14(1)(e) of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 and paragraph 15(1)(e) of Schedule 4 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006, both of which set out the items of income to be disregarded when calculating a claimant’s income and capital for the purposes of determining entitlement to the relevant benefit, only excluded sums paid under agreements which were made after the injury occurred, not an income loss award paid exclusively for loss of income pursuant to a pre-injury agreement.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
