“Most inquests in England and Wales will be completed within six months
under a new code of standards for coroners which has come into effect.”
BBC News, 25th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A coroner has suggested that the Ministry of Defence could face legal action over two soldiers who died while undergoing the gruelling SAS selection process.”
The Independent, 25th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A mother who went missing with four of her children during a care dispute with her Spanish ex-husband has been cleared of being in contempt of court for breaching a High Court order.”
BBC News, 24th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined £5.6m by British regulators after it was found to have incorrectly reported or altogether forgotten to disclose details of more than a third of the trades handled by its investment banking arm.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The latest legal challenge to the HS2 high-speed rail project has been rejected by the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 24th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani will be extradited to South Africa to face trial over his wife Anni’s death.”
BBC News, 24th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
CW (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 915 (23 July 2013)
V (Children), Re [2013] EWCA Civ 913 (23 July 2013)
Ardagh Group SA v Pillar Property Group Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 900 (23 July 2013)
Duffy v George [2013] EWCA Civ 908 (23 July 2013)
ITV Services Ltd v HM Revenue and Customs [2013] EWCA Civ 867 (23 July 2013)
Pendragon Plc & Ors v HM Revenue and Customs [2013] EWCA Civ 868 (23 July 2013)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Morgan, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 1307 (23 July 2013)
Oyebola, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 1052 (23 July 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Caldero Trading Ltd v Beppler & Jacobson Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 2191 (Ch) (23 July 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Nowak v The Nursing and Midwifery Council & Anor (Rev 1) [2013] EWHC 1932 (QB) (23 July 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A housing authority was not required to issue court proceedings before evicting the occupier of accommodation made available on a licence by a housing authority pursuant to its interim duty under sections 188(1) or 190(2)(a) of the Housing Act 1996.”
WLR Daily, 11th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Government Actuary’s Department performed an important proactive role, by producing and from time to time revising the actuarial tables, which was central to the administration and proper operation of the firefighters’ public sector pension scheme, and as such was ‘concerned with the … administration of … the scheme’, within the meaning of section 146(4)(b) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, as substituted.”
WLR Daily, 22nd July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A decision by a council’s licensing services manager to reject an application from a landlord for a ‘shadow’ licence was unlawful, a High Court judge has ruled.”
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd July 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
“Anish Anand, Amit Kumar, Sanjeev Mirajkar and Afsana Karim have today been sentenced at Croydon Crown Court for cheating the public revenue of more than £5m.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 22nd July 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Black and Morgan v. Wilkinson [2013] EWCA Civ 820. The Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal by a Christian bed and breakfast owner, upholding the decision that she unlawfully discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to provide them with a double bedroom. However, the Master of the Rolls (head of the civil justice system) Lord Dyson expressed doubt about whether the previous binding decision of the Court of Appeal in the very similar case of Hall and Preddy v. Bull and Bull [2012] EWCA Civ 83, was correct, and the Court granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Online providers may be aware that currently, a consumer who buys a CD or DVD has greater protection than one who purchases exactly the same content by downloading it from the internet. The UK Government has recognised a need to update the law and published a Draft Consumer Rights Bill on 12 June 2013, which gives protection to consumers of digital content. ‘Digital Content’ is defined broadly in the Bill and will include, for example, video and music downloads, e-books, apps and online games.”
Technology Law Update, 22nd July 2013
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
“The modern-day perils of using the internet while serving on a jury were all too evident today as two former jurors were brought before the High Court.”
The Independent, 23rd July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
” More than 100 companies and individuals are suspected of obtaining illicit information by hacking, blagging and theft and The Serious Organised Crime Agency has finally handed a list of names to MPs. However, the agency insisted that it remain secret to protect those involved.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Shrien Dewani will discover on Wednesday whether his latest bid to delay his extradition to South Africa to face trial over his wife’s death has succeeded.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV v Federal Republic of Germany: (Case C-515/11); [2013] WLR (D) 291
“Pursuant to the first sentence of the second subparagraph of article 2(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2003/4/EC of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information, the option given to member states by that provision of not regarding ‘bodies or institutions acting in a … legislative capacity’ as public authorities, required to allow access to the environmental information which they held, could not be applied to ministries when they prepared and adopted normative regulations which were of a lower rank than a law.”
WLR Daily 18th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Arnold v Britton & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 902 (22 July 2013)
Fairstar Heavy Transport NV v Adkins & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 886 (19 July 2013)
Trustees of the Coventry School Foundation v Whitehouse & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 885 (18 July 2013)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bestel & Ors v R [2013] EWCA Crim 1305 (19 July 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Extreme Oyster & Anor v Guildford Borough Council [2013] EWHC 2174 (Admin) (22 July 2013)
Webb v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2013] EWHC 2078 (Admin) (19 July 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Ghassemian v Tigris Industries Inc [2013] EWHC 2170 (Ch) (22 July 2013)
Masters v Barclays Bank Plc [2013] EWHC 2166 (Ch) (19 July 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Energy Venture Partners Ltd v Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd [2013] EWHC 2118 (Comm) (17 July 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Newbury v Sun Microsystems [2013] EWHC 2180 (QB) (22 July 2013)
AP (UK) Ltd v West Midland Fire & Civil Defence Authority [2013] EWHC 385 (QB) (22 July 2013)
Charles Stanley & Co Ltd v Adams [2013] EWHC 2137 (QB) (19 July 2013)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Corelogic Ltd v Bristol City Council [2013] EWHC 2088 (TCC) (18 July 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
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