Olympus to be prosecuted by UK fraud agency – BBC News
“Japanese camera and medical equipment maker Olympus and its UK subsidiary Gyrus Group will be prosecuted by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office.”
BBC News, 4th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Olaseni Lewis death: Family of 23-year-old who died after being restrained by 11 police officers win legal battle to reopen inquiry – The Independent
“The family of a man who never regained consciousness after being restrained by police has won a legal battle to reopen an inquiry to examine the role of 11 officers in his death.”
The Independent, 3rd September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police accused as domestic violence cases fall, but allegations by victims increase – The Independent
“The police are referring fewer allegations of domestic violence to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) even though the number of allegations by victims is increasing.”
The Independent, 3rd September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Over-50s make up third of inmates at prison for sex offenders – The Guardian
“An English prison that specialises in holding and treating sex offenders has so many prisoners over the age of 50 that it has 26 teams competing in its bowls club, jail inspectors have revealed.”
The Guardian, 4th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ministry of Sound sues Spotify for copyright infringement – The Guardian
“Dance music brand Ministry of Sound is suing Spotify for copyright infringement, claiming the streaming music company has refused to delete users’ playlists that copy its compilation albums.”
The Guardian, 4th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Richard III and Judicial Review – Sovereign Chambers
“There is a row about the bones of the late King Richard III. Or to be precise, where those bones should be reinterred. As is widely known, they were discovered, remarkably intact, buried beneath what is was now a car park for the Social Services Department for Leicester Council. It had previously been part of the graveyard of a Gray Friars Church, I believe, and Richard’s naked body was flung in to a grave after he had died defending his crown at the Battle of Bosworth on 22nd August 1485. All the evidence, including the skeleton itself with its curvature of the spine (scoliosis, not a hunchback, by the way – a Tudor slur, possibly one of many), the manner and cause of death (see below) and now DNA tests via the line of Richard’s relatives which still survive, prove beyond reasonable doubt that the body is that of the King.”
Sovereign Chambers, 28th August 2013
Source: www.sovereignchambers.co.uk
Luis Suarez: When ‘Good Faith’ Bites – Littleton Chambers
“Will he stay or will he go? It appears that the future of Luis Suarez at Liverpool hinges on the operation of a release clause in his contract. According to various media sources, it provides that: if, subsequent to a failure to qualify for the Champions League, Liverpool receive a bid to buy Suarez in excess of £40m then the decision as to whether or not to accept the offer must be made in ‘good faith’.”
Littleton Chambers, 22nd August 2013
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
Costs of Third Party Interveners in Regulatory Proceedings – Littleton Chambers
“The issue of the costs of third party interveners in judicial review proceedings was dealt with recently in the case of R (Peel Investments) v Health and Safety Executive [2013] EWHC 1012 (Admin), [2013] Env. L.R. D6. Peel involved a novel application of established principles on costs that will be of interest to all those advising commercial bodies in regulated industries in respect of intervening in judicial review proceedings.”
Littleton Chambers, 22nd August 2013
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
Fighting economic crime in the modern world – Attorney General’s Office
“Solicitor General makes the opening speech of the 31st Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime Originally given at Cambridge.”
Attorney General’s Office, 2nd September 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
EVENT: Inner Temple Lecture Series – Master Mahoney -The Relationship between the Strasboug Court and the National Courts.
“Judge at the European Court of Human Rights and Master of the Bench at Inner Temple, Judge Paul Mahoney will be presenting the fourth of five lectures as part of the Inner Temple’s Lecture Series on Human Rights and our Relationship with the Strasbourg Court.
Having held numerous positions within the Strasbourg Court, including (but not exclusive to) Principle Administrator, Registrar, and the UK’s Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, Master Mahoney will be considering the relationship between the Strasbourg and National Courts.”
Date: Monday 7th October 2013, 6.30pm
Location: The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.
Charge: Varied – please visit the Inner Temple Website for further information and details of how to book. Booking available from August 2013.
More information can be found here.
EVENT: Inner Temple Lecture Series – Master Reed – The Common Law and the ECHR
“Justice of the Supreme Court and Master of the Bench at Inner Temple, The Rt Hon Lord Robert Reed, will be presenting the final lecture of the Inner Temple’s 2013 Lecture Series on Human Rights and our Relationship with the Strasbourg Court.
Having sat as a principle judge in the Commercial Court, at the Inner House of the Court of Session, on occasion as the UK’s Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, and hailed as the authority on human rights law in Scotland, Master Reed will be considering Common Law and the Strasbourg Court.”
Date: Monday 11th October 2013, 6.30pm
Location: The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.
Charge: Varied – please visit the Inner Temple Website for further information and details of how to book. Booking available from August 2013.
More information can be found here.
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2013
The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2013
The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 3) (England) Order 2013
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (England) (No. 2) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Carr v Penman [2013] EWHC 2679 (QB) (02 September 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Eclairs Group Ltd & Anor v JKX Oil & Gas Plc & Ors [2013] EWHC 2631 (Ch) (30 August 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
United States of America (USA) v Shlesinger [2013] EWHC 2671 (Admin) (02 September 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Commercial Court waiting times increase – Litigation Futures
“There are lengthening delays in the Commercial Court, with the Lord Chief Justice speaking of the ‘powerful’ pressures on the civil justice system.”
Litigation Futures, 3rd September 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Soca wields new powers to freeze global assets of super-rich foreigners – The Independent
“The embattled Serious Organised Crime Agency heads into fresh controversy on Tuesday as it emerges it has won sweeping new powers allowing it to freeze assets of super-rich foreigners suspected of fraud.”
The Independent,
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Mother jailed after knocking down cyclist as she fiddled with sat nav – Daily Telegraph
“A mother-of-two who knocked down and killed a cyclist because she was distracted by her sat nav has been jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Unpaid intern who sued Sony awarded £4,600
“An intern at Sony has reached a £4,600 settlement with the company after suing for unpaid wages.”
The Independent, 2nd September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Beghal v Director of Public Prosecutions – WLR Daily
Beghal v Director of Public Prosecutions [2013] EWHC 2573 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 341
“The provisions in Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 conferring powers to stop, question, and detain a person at a port or border for up to nine hours for the purpose of determining whether he appeared to be a person concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism were not incompatible with article 5, 6 or 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; or with the right to freedom of movement under articles 20 and 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.”
WLR Daily, 28th August 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
