Paul Fenner jailed for raping 13-year-old girl in Wigan – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for eight years for raping a 13-year-old girl on her way to school in Greater Manchester.”
BBC News, 9th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal backs tenant forced to move out for years of repairs – Local Government Lawyer
“A woman who moved out from her flat while a local authority carried out repairs still held her tenancy eight years later, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
Local Government Lawyer, 12th August 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Surveillance camera code of practice comes into force – BBC News
“A code of practice on the use of surveillance cameras by bodies such as local authorities and police forces has come into effect in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 12th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Brooke Magnanti sued by former lover over Belle de Jour blog – The Guardian
“Former RAF officer Owen Morris wants damages for defamation and breach of privacy, claiming sex work was fabricated.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Exclusive: The violent men cleared by police – The Independent
“Police failed to arrest thousands of domestic abuse suspects who went on to commit violent crimes, including murder, rape and assault, an Independent on Sunday investigation reveals.”
The Independent, 11th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Thousands fail to appear in court in Wales in 2012 – BBC News
“Thousands of defendants failed to appear at courts in Wales last year, causing ‘significant and costly’ problems, BBC Wales has learnt.”
BBC News, 12th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Crackers’ £7.50 criminal damage claim against former Army captain – Daily Telegraph
A judge has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service as ‘crackers’ for taking a retired Army captain to court for £7.49 worth of alleged damage to a wooden fence.
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Home Office immigrant van campaign to be probed by ASA – BBC News
“A scheme which saw vans drive through London calling on illegal immigrants to leave is to be investigated by the advertising watchdog.”
BBC News, 9th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Turbill & Anor, R. v [2013] EWCA Crim 1422 (12 July 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Southern Pacific Personal Loans Ltd, Re [2013] EWHC 2485 (Ch) (08 August 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Foster & Anor v Action Aviation Ltd [2013] EWHC 2439 (Comm) (08 August 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Croxley Rail Link Order 2013
The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013
The Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2013
The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Companies (Receipt of Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2013
The Unregistered Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013
The School Staffing (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Order 2013
The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2013
The Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2013
The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Sir Cliff Richard’s victory: an extra 20 years of copyright protection for sound recordings is only weeks away – Technology Law Update
“It’s been dubbed by the media as ‘Cliff Richard’s Law’, and now he and his fellow musicians are about to see the change to copyright duration in sound recordings that they pushed for finally coming into force.”
Technology Law Update, 8th August 2013
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
David Cameron eyes Human Rights Act repeal – The Guardian
“Britain needs to look at scrapping the Human Rights Act, David Cameron has said.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Investigate law firm after ‘untruthful’ asylum case, says top judge – Daily Telegraph
“One of the country’s most senior judges has asked a legal regulator to consider striking off a law firm over its last-minute bids to block the deportation of failed asylum seekers.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Employee data sought in connection with potential tribunal cases must generally be handed over, says ICO – OUT-LAW.com
“Businesses cannot refuse to hand over records containing employees’ personal information just because they suspect the information could be used against them in an employment tribunal, the UK’s data protection watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th August 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court asks SRA to consider firm’s fitness to practise after contempt ruling – Legal Futures
“The incoming Lord Chief Justice has asked the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to consider a law firm’s continuing fitness to practise having found its senior partner in contempt of court.”
Legal Futures, 9th August 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Subject access – important new high court judgment – Panopticon
“It is a strange feature of the DPA subject access regime that, despite having extremely far reaching legal effects, to date it only rarely been the subject of judicial analysis. This is in no small part because the costs of bringing disputes over the application of the legislation before the courts are generally prohibitive. As readers of this blog will know, there have been some fairly recent county court judgments which have considered the application of the regime (see in particular the posts on the judgments in Elliott and Abadir here and here). However, jurisprudence emanating from the High Court has been decidedly thin on the ground. Today however the High Court has handed down an important judgment on the application of the regime: In the Matter of the Southern Pacific Personal Loans Limited [2013] EWHC 2485 (Admin). Readers will want to note in particular that part of the judgment where the court considered the relevance of the applicant’s purpose or motive in making a subject access request (SAR) – as discussed below.”
Panopticon, 8th August 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Teach children about risks of Twitter at school, Attorney General says – Daily Telegraph
“Pupils should be taught about the risks of using Twitter in lessons at school, Dominic Grieve the Attorney General has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
