Police in firing line over growing use of Tasers – The Guardian
“Human rights groups call for restriction on weapons as change in law leads to mass rollout of stun guns.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police: A&E ‘better’ than cells for mentally unwell – BBC News
“The Association of Chief Police Officers says dealing with mentally ill people takes up a fifth of police time. Police can detain people where no crime has been committed but they suspect the person is mentally unwell. The temporary police power is called a section 136.”
BBC News, 9th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prisoners who have sex in jail face separation, commission finds – The Guardian
“Prisoners who have consensual sex while inside jail face being separated and possibly disciplined, prison governors have told the first review of sex behind bars in England and Wales.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Domestic violence: May orders review of police response – BBC News
“A review is to be carried out into the way police in England and Wales deal with cases of domestic violence, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.”
BBC News, 6th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Goodman & Ors v Elwood [2013] EWCA Civ 1103 (04 September 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Family Division)
J (A Child), Re [2013] EWHC 2694 (Fam) (05 September 2013)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Khan v Harrow Council & Anor [2013] EWHC 2687 (TCC) (03 September 2013)
Liberty Mercian Ltd v Cuddy Civil Engineering Ltd [2013] EWHC 2688 (TCC) (03 September 2013)
Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Laing O’Rourke Wales and West Ltd [2013] EWHC 2665 (TCC) (29 August 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Elwood v Goodman and others – WLR Daily
Elwood v Goodman and others: [2013] EWCA Civ 1103; [2013] WLR (D) 342
“The burden in equity of a positive covenant did not require to be registered in order to bind successors in title of the original covenantor.”
WLR Daily, 4th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2013
The Judicial Appointments Regulations 2013
The Judicial Appointments Commission Regulations 2013
The Gas (Extent of Domestic Supply Licences) (Revocations) Order 2013
The Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2013
The Supreme Court (Judicial Appointments) Regulations 2013
The Port Security (Ports of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal) Designation Order 2013
The Care Quality Commission (Membership) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Information as to Provision of Education (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2013
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Bucklebury, Berkshire) Regulations 2013
The Broadcasting and Communications (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (Amendment of Schedule 3) Order 2013
The National Health Service (Licensing and Pricing) Regulations 2013
The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2013
The Packaging (Essential Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk
Government response to consultation on future regulatory regime for the private security industry – Home Office
“Written ministerial statement: government response to consultation on future regulatory regime for the private security industry.”
Home Office, 5th September 2013
CPS statement on abortion related case – Crown Prosecution Service
“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC said: ‘This was a very difficult and finely balanced decision. It was based on the individual facts of the case; it is not a policy decision. But in light of concerns raised today, I have decided that it would be sensible to put into the public domain the case specific reasons for not prosecuting in much greater detail. Clearly this will involve careful consideration of how much information can be put into the public domain by way of explanation, but my intention is for a fuller statement to made by the CPS in due course. In the mean time, I understand that the Health Secretary has written to the Attorney General asking for clarification and I am happy to assist him in any way.’ ”
Crown Prosecution Service, 5th September 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
More bribery prosecutions imminent as SFO confirms eight cases under investigation – OUT-LAW.com
“The head of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has responded to critics of the UK’s new anti-corruption legislation, confirming that the department has eight cases under investigation.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th September 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
UK judge defends ‘demonised’ Strasbourg court – Law Society’s Gazette
“Sir Nicolas Bratza, until last year president of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, said that although the court has been ‘demonised in the popular press and elsewhere as the elephant in the room, a kangaroo court and a Mickey Mouse tribunal’, the work of UK courts in applying the ECHR has been ‘exemplary.’ ”
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th September 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Cancer fund father Kevin Wright jailed for theft and fraud – BBC News
“A man who stole from children’s cancer charities, including one to help his son, has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 5th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge rejects ban on naming and shaming social workers – Daily Telegraph
“The most senior family judge in England and Wales has rejected a legal bid to ban the naming and shaming of social workers in a controversial case which saw a baby taken from his parents against their will.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Former rider for Queen’s horse trainer jailed for jealous attack – The Guardian
“A horse rider who worked for the Queen’s trainer has been jailed for four years after attacking an ex-jockey in a jealous rage, leaving him looking like ‘the victim of a road traffic accident.’ ”
The Guardian, 5th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Red Caps’ families take legal action for public inquiry – BBC News
“The families of four Royal Military Police NCOs killed by an Iraqi mob are to bring a Human Rights Act claim to try to force a public inquiry.”
BBC News, 5th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
NSA and GCHQ unlock privacy and security on the internet – The Guardian
“US and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of the online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of people to protect the privacy of their personal data, online transactions and emails, according to top-secret documents revealed by former contractor Edward Snowden.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Nurses and midwives set to face three-yearly checks – BBC News
“Nurses and midwives in the UK look set to face three-yearly checks from the end of 2015 under proposals being put forward.”
BBC News, 6th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
