‘New law needed’ after collapse of care home neglect case – BBC News
“The collapse of Britain’s biggest investigation into elderly care home neglect has prompted calls for a reform of the law.”
BBC News, 4th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woolworths collective redundancy verdict renders “establishment” concept irrelevant, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
“Employers seeking to make redundancies at multiple business locations could be forced to consult employees on their plans following a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Broken arms and strip-searches revealed in damning boys’ jail report – The Independent
“Two children at a privately-run Young Offenders Institution had their arms broken by staff last year during routine strip searches, a report by the Prison Inspectorate has revealed.”
The Independent, 4th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Sleepwalking’ drink driver avoids jail after crashing car at 100mph – Daily Telegraph
“A drink driver who crashed his car at 100mph has avoided jail after telling a court he was sleepwalking.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court lifts anonymity order in David McGreavy case – UK Human Rights Blog
“Reporting restrictions on proceedings concerning a life prisoner should be discharged since the public interest in allowing media organisations to publish reports outweighed the prisoner’s human rights.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Rebecca Leighton: Poison probe nurse to sue police – BBC News
“A nurse who spent six weeks in prison accused of poisoning patients at Stockport’s Stepping Hill Hospital is to sue Greater Manchester Police (GMP).”
BBC News, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police force pays £8,000 compensation to staff member who tripped over pile of paper – Daily Telegraph
“A police force paid out £8,000 in compensation to a member of staff who was hurt tripping over a pile of paper in a corridor, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Law Society defies scholars with Mendham Collection auction – The Guardian
“The Law Society, facing straitened times following successive cuts in legal aid, is auctioning a collection of rare Reformation-era bibles and religious tracts in defiance of protests from scholars.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge’s wig ‘pulled off’ in court assault – The Guardian
“A judge has been assaulted in court by a member of the public during a hearing, police said.
The Guardian, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
Government consults on new tax rules for UK workers employed through offshore intermediaries – OUT-LAW.com
“New rules aimed at ensuring that businesses which employ UK-based workers through offshore structures pay the correct employment taxes have been published for consultation by the Government.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Abdulrahim v Council of the European Union and another – WLR Daily
Abdulrahim v Council of the European Union and another (Case C-239/12P); [2013] WLR (D) 208
“Despite the removal of his name from a ‘terrorist watch list’, established by Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, to which his name had been added by Council Regulation (EC) 1330/2008, the applicant retained an interest in having the courts of the European Union recognise that he should never have been included on the list since the removal of his name did not dispose of his constitutional claims.”
WLR Daily, 28th May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Cosmichome Ltd v Southampton City Council – WLR Daily
Cosmichome Ltd v Southampton City Council [2013] EWHC 1378 (Ch); [2013] WLR (D) 207
“Section 9(2) of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 had no application to a right of pre-emption, so long as it had not matured into an option.”
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Interflora Inc and another v Marks and Spencer plc and another – WLR Daily
“There was no rule in European trade mark law that the use of a sign in context was deemed to convey a single meaning in law even if it was in fact understood by different people in different ways.”
WLR Daily, 21st May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Hunt v Conwy County Borough Council – WLR Daily
Hunt v Conwy County Borough Council [2013] EWHC 1154 (Ch); [2013] WLR (D) 205
“It was open to the court to entertain an application under section 320(2)(c) to vest a dwelling in its occupants notwithstanding that the applicant occupied only part of the disclaimed property as his dwelling house and it was open to the court, on such an application, to make an order relating to only a part of the disclaimed property.”
WLR Daily, 8th May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Gray and another) v Crown Court at Aylesbury – WLR Daily
Regina (Gray and another) v Crown Court at Aylesbury [2013] EWHC 500 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 204
“The court ought not to record a separate conviction under section 9 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 where a person had been found guilty of an offence under section 4 and the neglect proved under section 9 was no wider than the conduct which caused the unnecessary suffering for which there was guilt under section 4.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Local authorities to end ‘unnecessary’ health and safety checks in shops and offices – OUT-LAW.com
“Tens of thousands of lower risk businesses will no longer be subject to regular health and safety inspections by local authorities.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court backs solicitors in mortgage fraud case – Legal Futures
“The defence protecting honest solicitors duped by mortgage fraudsters that was erected by the Court of Appeal last year has been reinforced by the High Court.”
Legal Futures, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Competition law – Law Society’s Gazette
“The coalition government was just six months old when it announced a ‘bonfire’ of 192 quangos, among them the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading. Fast forward to 2013 and, albeit without much ministerial fanfare, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has a CEO-designate, Alex Chisholm. He is preparing to lead a merged organisation set to be formally established on 1 October; the authority will assume full functions and powers in April 2014.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
