“Private landlords will be required to check the immigration status of new tenants under government proposals being launched in a consultation today.”
Home Office,3rd July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
“The Upper Tribunal has handed down two decisions on Iraq and section 27 FOIA, which raise some interesting procedural points – FCO v Information Commissioner and Plowden GIA/2474/2012 and Cabinet Office and Information Commissioner v Muttitt GIA/0957/2012.”
Panopticon, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“A landowner’s right to recover possession of his property does not infringe the human rights of squatters, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The UK Supreme Court has ruled that companies found to have infringed patents can rely on the subsequent amendment of patent claims to exonerate them from liability for damages.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Prosecutors are considering launching the first case against an undercover police officer deployed to infiltrate political campaigns. The Crown Prosecution Service is examining allegations of wrongdoing by Jim Boyling, a former member of a covert Metropolitan police unit which planted undercover officers in political groups for four decades.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An official inquiry is expected to criticise the Metropolitan police over the shooting dead of a man by an elite firearms officer.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“One of James Bulger’s killers, Jon Venables, should be released from prison, the parole board has said. Venables was previously paroled, but sent back to jail for accessing child pornography.”
BBC News, 4th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A senior lawyer has taken out a gagging order typically reserved for philandering footballers to cover up details of his affair with a younger woman.”
The Independent, 4th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman who falsely accused a taxi driver of a knifepoint sex attack has been
jailed after he exposed her lies using an app on his mobile phone.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“Lawyers for Derrick Kinsasi successfully argued that sending him back to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) would breach his ‘right to family life’ under Labour’s Human Rights Act, even though he is unmarried and has no children.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“The Ministry of Justice will publish a second ‘short’ consultation on its ‘finalised’ legal aid proposals in September before ‘pressing on’, the justice secretary announced this morning.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.lawgazete.co.uk
“Coroners in England and Wales will have to meet a new code of standards to make inquests more efficient.”
BBC News, 4th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lord Judge uses lord mayor’s dinner to advise against taking judicial independence for granted.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Sunday Times has won a long-running libel trial brought by an East End businessman it accused of running a vast criminal empire in London.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A spy who was accused by his ex-girlfriend – also an MI5 agent – of assaulting and harassing her has been cleared at Southwark Crown Court.”
BBC News, 4th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Small law firms reliant upon legal aid will be forced to amalgamate under plans being examined by the Ministry of Justice to save £220m a year.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Zodiac Seats UK Ltd [2013] UKSC 46 (3 July 2013)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Harvey, R. v (Rev 1) [2013] EWCA Crim 1104 (03 July 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Smart v The Forensic Science Service Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 783 (02 July 2013)
S (A Child) & Ors v Nottingham City Council & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 771 (02 July 2013)
Force India Formula One Team Ltd v Aerolab Srl & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 780 (03 July 2013)
Frost v Wake Smith and Tofields Solicitors [2013] EWCA Civ 772 (19 June 2013)
McKillen v (Misland (Cyprus) Investments Ltd & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 781 (03 July 2013)
Malik v Fassenfelt & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 798 (03 July 2013)
Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria [2013] EWCA Civ 785 (02 July 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Say v Howard Gurpinar LLP [2013] EWHC 1386 (QB) (08 March 2013)
Travel and Holidays v Hajj Charter [2013] EWHC 1212 (QB) (28 February 2013)
Lord Chancellor v Woodhall [2013] EWHC 764 (QB) (20 February 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Rrapaj & Ors v Director of Legal Aid Casework & Anor [2013] EWHC 1837 (Admin) (02 July 2013)
Agyeikum, R (on the application of) v SSHD [2013] EWHC 1828 (Admin) (02 July 2013)
Stern, R (on the application of) v Horsham District Council [2013] EWHC 1460 (Admin) (01 May 2013)
Richards v Government of Ghana [2013] EWHC 1254 (Admin) (16 April 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
HJ (A Child) [2013] EWHC 1867 (Fam) (02 July 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov & 16 Ors [2013] EWHC 1869 (Comm) (02 July 2013)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
FG Skerritt Ltd v Caledonian Building Systems Ltd [2013] EWHC 1898 (TCC) (03 July 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
“As a lawyer acting for whistleblowers, I have been struck by the common message emerging from the public inquiries into scandals across very different sectors.”
The Independent, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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