Couple jailed after letting 40 teens film them having sex in public – Daily Telegraph
“A drunken couple have been jailed after ‘playing to an audience’ by allowing a crowd of up to 40 teenagers to film them having sex in public.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Paul Gascoigne launches libel action against Daily Star – The Guardian
“Paul Gascoigne has launched a six-figure legal claim against the Daily Star over a leaked mobile phone video allegedly stolen from his flat.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Apollo Engineering Ltd v James Scott Ltd (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 37 (13 June 2013)
O’Neill v Her Majesty’s Advocate No 2 (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 36 (13 June 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
H-L (A Child), Re [2013] EWCA Civ 655 (13 June 2013)
Virk & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 652 (12 June 2013)
Howard v Howard -Lawson [2013] EWCA Civ 654 (12 June 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Garner v Salford City Council & Anor [2013] EWHC 1573 (QB) (13 June 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
JW Spear & Sons Ltd & Ors v Zynga Inc [2013] EWHC 1640 (Ch) (13 June 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
LCG v RL [2013] EWHC 1383 (Fam) (23 May 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Com. v Al Refai & Ors [2013] EWHC 1630 (Comm) (12 June 2013)
High Court (Patents Court)
Destra Software Ltd v Comada (UK) LLP & Ors [2013] EWHC 1575 (Pat) (11 June 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Crawford Adjusters (Cayman) Ltd and others v Sagicor General Insurance (Cayman) Ltd – WLR Daily
“The tort of malicious prosecution extended to civil as well as criminal proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 13th June 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Crime in Context speech – Ministry of Justice
“Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP’s ‘Crime in Context’ speech. Originally given at Civitas. This is the text of the speech as drafted, which may differ slightly from the delivered version.”
Ministry of Justice, 13th June 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Care Proceedings: the Operation and Effect of Pre-Proceedings – What do lawyers need to know? – Family Law Week
“Professor Judith Masson, School of Law University of Bristol, and Dr Jonathan Dickens, Centre for Research on Children and Families, University of East Anglia, explain the lessons learned for future practice from research conducted into the use of the pre-proceedings process in care cases.”
Family Law Week, 13th June 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.com
English courts can stop parties bringing foreign legal proceedings in breach of arbitration agreements – OUT-LAW.com
“English courts have the power to prevent parties to an arbitration agreement from beginning legal proceedings in foreign courts in breach of that agreement, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
European Court of Justice grapples with secret evidence in UK immigration case – UK Human Rights Blog
“The European Court of Justice has, in recent days, handed down a judgment that hits several hot buttons: UK immigration law, EU human rights, secret evidence, and suspicions of terrorism. In ZZ the Court has had to rule on the use of secret evidence before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
High Court warns parties not to try their luck with stricter approach to compliance – Litigation Futures
“It would be ‘unfortunate’ if the stricter post-Jackson approach to compliance with orders should encourage parties to refuse reasonable requests for time extensions in the hope that the court might refuse any extension at all, the High Court has said.”
Litigation Futures, 14th June 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Judge asks why paedophile was let off with a ‘slap on the wrist’ by police – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has demanded an inquiry into an ‘inexplicable’ decision to let a paedophile off with a caution.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ministry of Justice plans to cut court services trigger strikes – The Guardian
“Court staff are being called out on strike on Monday amid growing opposition to the Ministry of Justice’s proposals to contract out services, cut legal aid and limit the use of judicial review.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Freedom of information and unpublished data from a randomised controlled trial on ME/CFS – UK Human Rights Blog
“Rosalind English has recently posted on incomplete academic work in the climate change field. This appeal is closely related, in that it concerns a university’s claim to hold on to data from a publicly-funded randomised controlled trial pending peer-reviewed publication.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Reforms to cut the Judicial Review period will come into force next month – OUT-LAW.com
“The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that new rules in relation to Judicial Review of planning decisions will come into force on 1 July.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Dale Cregan gets life sentence for worst police killing in a generation – The Guardian
“A man who lured two police officers into a gun and grenade attack with ‘premeditated savagery’ while on the run for murdering a father and son was told on Thursday that he would spend the rest of his life in jail. Dale Cregan, 30, described by Greater Manchester police’s chief constable, Sir Peter Fahy, as a “scourge on our society”, was given a whole-life sentence at Preston crown court by Mr Justice Holroyde QC at the end of a four-month trial that laid bare the brutality of Manchester’s underworld.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Enhanced criminal records certificates – teachers on trial – Panopticon
“The theory that there is no smoke without fire is one which often looms large where teachers are accused of sexual offences against pupils. Even in the face of a decision by the CPS that there is insufficient evidence to proceed with a prosecution or an acquittal following a criminal trial, a teacher who has been accused of sexual offences may find it hard to escape the tainting effects of the allegations. Of course, a critically important issue for the teacher in question is whether the allegations will ultimately find their way into any enhanced criminal record certificate (ECRC). This is an issue which has been considered by the High Court in two recent cases.”
Panopticon, 13th June 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Keeping knives off the streets – British justice style – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“Why don’t the courts have a specific power to order forfeiture of a knife from someone convicted of carrying it in public without good reason?”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th June 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Courts will not give up on girl abducted by mother, judge warns – The Guardian
“A doctor wanted after abducting her daughter and vanishing in the wake of a marriage breakup has been told by a judge ‘the courts will not give up’.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
