Iraq damages cases: Supreme Court rules families can sue – BBC News
“The families of soldiers killed in Iraq can pursue damages against the government under the Human Rights Act, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 19th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisons
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Lodge, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 987 (18 June 2013)
ZN, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 989 (18 June 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Cronin v The Greyhound Board of Great Britain Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 668 (18 June 2013)
Emptage v Financial Services Compensation Scheme Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 729 (18 June 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
B v B [2013] EWHC 1232 (Fam) (21 May 2013)
A (A Child) (Vulnerable Witness), Re [2013] EWHC 1694 (Fam) (17 June 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
White Digital Media Ltd v Weaver & Anor [2013] EWHC 1681 (QB) (18 June 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Barden v Commodities Research Unit & Ors [2013] EWHC 1633 (Ch) (18 June 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Mengesha v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2013] EWHC 1695 (Admin) (18 June 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Prest v Prest and others – WLR Daily
Prest v Prest and others [2013] UKSC 34; [2013] WLR (D) 237
“If a person was under an existing legal obligation or liability, or subject to an existing legal restriction, which he deliberately evaded or the enforcement he deliberately frustrated by interposing a company under his control, the court could ‘pierce the corporate veil’ but only for the purpose of depriving the company or its controller of the advantage which they would otherwise have obtained by the company’s separate legal personality.”
WLR Daily, 12th June 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Independent approval for undercover policing – Home Office
“Damian Green announces proposals for new legislation for undercover policing operations.”
Home Office, 18th June 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Short Cuts – London Review of Books
“A fundamental shift in the relationship between the government and the governed is taking place: by restricting access to the law, the state is handing itself an alarming immunity from legal scrutiny. There are several aspects to this: the partial or total withdrawal of state financial support for people who lack the means to pay for legal advice and representation; and for those who can pay, a restriction on which kinds of decision by public bodies can be challenged. In the area in which I work, criminal law, defendants who receive legal aid will lose the right to choose who represents them in court. Meanwhile, the misleadingly named Justice and Security Act, passed earlier this year, enables the government to conceal evidence from litigants by using national security as a trump card. All this is accompanied by an unbending hostility to human rights law, tainted by its association with Europe, even though this legislation at least offers the weak the possibility of redress for abuses by public authorities.”
London Review of Books, 6th June 2013
Source: www.lrb.co.uk
The Neuberger Experiment – BBC Law in Action
“There are 12 judges in the Supreme Court and only one, Lady Hale, is a woman. Last March on Law in Action, Lord Neuberger – the president of the court – told us it was unfair that there are so few women in the senior judiciary. But, he wondered, do women judge differently from men?
Lord Neuberger wasn’t sure – and he set us a little challenge, one we have called the ‘Neuberger Experiment’. With the help of law students at Durham University, we attempt to discover whether male and female judges really do judge differently. Then we put our findings to Lady Hale.”
BBC Law in Action, 18th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
EVENT: IBC Annual Conference – ‘Keep Calm and Carry on Clerking’
“On Saturday 22 June the Institute of Barristers’ Clerks (IBC) will be holding their annual
conference titled ‘Keep Calm and Carry on Clerking’ at Kings Place, London.”
Date: Saturday 22nd June 2013
Location: Kings Place, London
Charge: See website for registration fee categories.
More information can be found here.
Lessons from eBay, cases without hearings and a divided profession: Neuberger assesses the law – Litigation Futures
“The court system ‘may well have something to learn from online dispute resolution on eBay and elsewhere’, the president of the Supreme Court has suggested.”
Litigation Futures, 19th June 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Mother sues lawyer for £15m over ‘millions lost’ in divorce – Daily Telegraph
“A mother is suing her former solicitor for £15 million, claiming that his poor advice cost her millions of pounds in a divorce settlement.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
FSA win highlights role of judicial review as remedy of last resort, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
“The former finance director of Bradford & Bingley has failed in his attempt to have the courts overturn a £100,000 fine issued by the financial services regulator.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Legal aid cuts will drive out the best lawyers, supreme court president warns – The Guardian
“Reforms may not produce significant savings as it would result in more unrepresented litigants and longer hearings, says Lord Neuberger.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gloucestershire man sentenced for zoo owl thefts – BBC News
“The former owner of a bird-of-prey centre has been given a suspended prison sentence for stealing rare owls.”
BBC News, 18th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rapist army captain convicted of three more attacks – Daily Telegraph
“A former army captain, who was serving an eight year sentence for raping three women, has been jailed for life after being convicted of three further rapes.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jail reckless bankers, standards commission urges – BBC News
“Senior bankers guilty of reckless misconduct should be jailed, a long-awaited report on banking commissioned by the government has recommended.”
BBC News, 19th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government considers banning face-down restraint on mental health patients – Daily Telegraph
“Ministers are considering banning the use of face-down restraint on mental health patients in England after it emerged that several trusts are employing the procedure two or three times a day.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Call for resuscitation clarity after ‘disturbing’ death – BBC News
“Five organisations have received coroner’s letters highlighting the ‘disturbing’ death of a woman after paramedics were called to a care home.”
BBC News, 19th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal profession must do more to improve ethnic diversity, says Supreme Court president – The Independent
“The UK’s top judge has acknowledged that the senior judiciary is monolithic and there are not enough members of ethnic minorities represented.”
The Independent, 18th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Undercover policing faces tighter regulation after Mark Kennedy scandal – The Guardian
“Ministers have announced proposals to tighten up the regulation of undercover police following a succession of scandals over the infiltration of protest groups.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Iraq damages cases: Supreme Court judges to rule – BBC News
“Supreme Court judges will rule later on whether relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq can sue the government for damages under the Human Rights Act.”
BBC News, 19th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
