Thousands fail to appear in court in Wales in 2012 – BBC News
“Thousands of defendants failed to appear at courts in Wales last year, causing ‘significant and costly’ problems, BBC Wales has learnt.”
BBC News, 12th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Crackers’ £7.50 criminal damage claim against former Army captain – Daily Telegraph
A judge has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service as ‘crackers’ for taking a retired Army captain to court for £7.49 worth of alleged damage to a wooden fence.
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Home Office immigrant van campaign to be probed by ASA – BBC News
“A scheme which saw vans drive through London calling on illegal immigrants to leave is to be investigated by the advertising watchdog.”
BBC News, 9th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Turbill & Anor, R. v [2013] EWCA Crim 1422 (12 July 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Southern Pacific Personal Loans Ltd, Re [2013] EWHC 2485 (Ch) (08 August 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Foster & Anor v Action Aviation Ltd [2013] EWHC 2439 (Comm) (08 August 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Croxley Rail Link Order 2013
The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013
The Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2013
The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Companies (Receipt of Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2013
The Unregistered Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013
The School Staffing (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Order 2013
The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2013
The Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2013
The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Sir Cliff Richard’s victory: an extra 20 years of copyright protection for sound recordings is only weeks away – Technology Law Update
“It’s been dubbed by the media as ‘Cliff Richard’s Law’, and now he and his fellow musicians are about to see the change to copyright duration in sound recordings that they pushed for finally coming into force.”
Technology Law Update, 8th August 2013
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
David Cameron eyes Human Rights Act repeal – The Guardian
“Britain needs to look at scrapping the Human Rights Act, David Cameron has said.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Investigate law firm after ‘untruthful’ asylum case, says top judge – Daily Telegraph
“One of the country’s most senior judges has asked a legal regulator to consider striking off a law firm over its last-minute bids to block the deportation of failed asylum seekers.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Employee data sought in connection with potential tribunal cases must generally be handed over, says ICO – OUT-LAW.com
“Businesses cannot refuse to hand over records containing employees’ personal information just because they suspect the information could be used against them in an employment tribunal, the UK’s data protection watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th August 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court asks SRA to consider firm’s fitness to practise after contempt ruling – Legal Futures
“The incoming Lord Chief Justice has asked the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to consider a law firm’s continuing fitness to practise having found its senior partner in contempt of court.”
Legal Futures, 9th August 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Subject access – important new high court judgment – Panopticon
“It is a strange feature of the DPA subject access regime that, despite having extremely far reaching legal effects, to date it only rarely been the subject of judicial analysis. This is in no small part because the costs of bringing disputes over the application of the legislation before the courts are generally prohibitive. As readers of this blog will know, there have been some fairly recent county court judgments which have considered the application of the regime (see in particular the posts on the judgments in Elliott and Abadir here and here). However, jurisprudence emanating from the High Court has been decidedly thin on the ground. Today however the High Court has handed down an important judgment on the application of the regime: In the Matter of the Southern Pacific Personal Loans Limited [2013] EWHC 2485 (Admin). Readers will want to note in particular that part of the judgment where the court considered the relevance of the applicant’s purpose or motive in making a subject access request (SAR) – as discussed below.”
Panopticon, 8th August 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Teach children about risks of Twitter at school, Attorney General says – Daily Telegraph
“Pupils should be taught about the risks of using Twitter in lessons at school, Dominic Grieve the Attorney General has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man accused of infecting women with HIV virus dies in hospital aged 34 – The Independent
“A man accused of infecting two women with the HIV virus has died in hospital.”
The Independent, 8th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sheffield pub death review calls rejected – BBC News
“No charges will be brought over the death of a man attacked in Sheffield unless ‘new and compelling evidence’ emerges, prosecutors have said.”
BBC News, 8th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police watchdog criticises Met officer over use of CS gas on protesters – The Guardian
“The police watchdog has ruled that a Met officer who sprayed CS gas on peaceful tax protesters, causing several to collapse struggling for breath, should face a “misconduct meeting”.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sandwich-eating driver cleared of dangerous driving death – BBC News
“A motorist who knocked down and killed a cyclist while he was eating at the wheel has been cleared of causing death by dangerous driving.”
BBC News, 8th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Privacy International to challenge telecoms firms over GCHQ cooperation – The Guardian
“BT and Vodafone are among seven large telecoms firms which could be pulled into a legal challenge under human rights law for cooperating with GCHQ’s large-scale internet surveillance programs.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
