Teacher Russell Singleton jailed for spying on girls in bathroom – BBC News
“A teacher who filmed girls and women, using a hidden camera in the bathroom at his home, has been jailed.”
BBC News, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Domestic Violence – Breaking the Cycle, Prevention and Supporting Victims – Ministry of Justice
“Speech by Helen Grant MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Originally given at Capita Conference, London. This is a transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered.”
Ministry of Justice, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Rochdale care homes to sue council leader for suggesting children not safe after grooming scandal – Daily Telegraph
“Two private care home operators are attempting to sue the leader of the council at the centre of the Rochdale child grooming scandal for libel after he suggested vulnerable children would not be safe in the area.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cost budget revisions to fix mistakes unlikely to be allowed, says judge – OUT-LAW.com
“Parties to civil litigation must be able to properly justify the need to make any changes to an approved costs budget, a High Court judge has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Iraq Inquiry: Inject urgency to complete report, peers urge – BBC News
“Peers have called for a speedy conclusion to the Iraq Inquiry amid growing dissatisfaction with the length of time it is taking to report.”
BBC News, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teacher’s human rights breached by unproven allegations disclosure – Daily Telegraph
“The PE teacher has not worked for more than two years because the allegation remained on his record even though police investigated and took no action.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The spanner of “human dignity” in the wheels of modern medicine – UK Human Rights Blog
“The EU bans the patenting of human embryos for commercial purposes. This ban is implemented in national law via the 1977 Patents Act. But what precisely is a ‘human embryo’ for the purposes of the Biotech Directive? Or, put another way, must the process involving embryonic stem cells be capable of developing into a human being, before the ban can bite?”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.co.uk
Government will be mightily relieved at decision to uphold political ads ban – The Guardian
“The court’s decision turned on the judges’ assessment of what restrictions are necessary in a democratic society.”
The Guardian, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judicial review controls unveiled – BBC News
“Ministers are to unveil controls aimed at tackling judicial reviews in English courts that hold up building projects and delay immigration decisions.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government U-turn on defamation bill heralds libel reform victory – The Guardian
“A three-year campaign to reform Britain’s ‘chilling’ libel laws is days away from victory after the government did a U-turn on a key proposal which would prevent companies using defamation laws to silence their critics.”
The Guardian, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rape conviction rate at an all-time high – The Guardian
“Conviction rates for rape and domestic violence cases have risen to an all time high, the director of public prosecutions (DPP) has revealed, amid criticism that too few cases are being brought to court.”
The Guardian, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Briton Lindsay Sandiford challenges government refusal to fund appeal against Bali drug smuggling death sentence – The Independent
“Lawyers for British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford today launched an urgent new legal challenge over a UK Government refusal to fund her appeal against a death sentence imposed by an Indonesian court after she was found guilty of drug smuggling.”
The Independent, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teacher wins right to have dropped allegation removed from criminal record checks – The Independent
“A police force unlawfully infringed a physical education teacher’s human rights by refusing to remove detail of an 18-year-old woman’s harassment allegation from a ‘criminal record certificate’ available to potential employers, a High Court judge has ruled.”
The Independent, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The end of late chopping and changing – New Law Journal
“‘We will amend at trial’ was one of the most common phrases in legal parlance. No more. It is evident on several fronts that the days of belated change, even well before trial, are over. I would go so far as to say that a practitioner failing to act at the earliest possible opportunity is now looking at a potential negligence claim. The robust new attitude demonstrated by Lord Justice Jackson and his cohorts has been applied to pleadings, experts and joinder.”
New Law Journal, 18th April 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
F, R. v [2013] EWCA Crim 424 (14 March 2013)
Hursthouse, R. v [2013] EWCA Crim 517 (15 March 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Shop Direct Group & Ors v HM Revenue and Customs [2013] EWHC 942 (Ch) (19 April 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
L, R (on the application of) v Cumbria Constabulary [2013] EWHC 869 (Admin) (19 April 2013)
Ashton v The General Medical Council [2013] EWHC 943 (Admin) (19 April 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
(Granton Action) JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov & Ors [2013] EWHC 867 (Comm) (19 April 2013)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Roche Diagnostics Ltd v The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2013] EWHC 933 (TCC) (19 April 2013)
High Court (Patents Court)
Nestec SA & Ors v Dualit Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 923 (Pat) (22 April 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
A tricky path – New Law Journal
“The conveyancing profession has always had to walk a difficult line in carrying out its day-to-day activities in property transactions. Not only are conveyancers required to be expert in all aspects of property related law, but they have a duty of care to everyone in the transaction (or so it seems). It can easily be the case that, despite a firm’s intentions to act in their client’s best interests, under outcomes-focused regulation, they can still be held liable for issues that arise. This responsibility, coupled with increasing regulation and compliance requirements, downward pressure on fees and on-going problems with access to lender panels, makes the conveyancing landscape more than a little challenging.”
New Law Journal, 18th April 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Boardman v Governing Body of Clarence High School and another – WLR Daily
“It was axiomatic that the Employment Appeal Tribunal could only interfere with the decision of an employment tribunal if it identified an error of law. In relation to unfair dismissal the appeal tribunal had to address the issue of whether the employment tribunal had found that the employer had satisfied the reasonable responses test and any criticisms of the employment tribunal were to be directed at that issue.”
WLR Daily, 15th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
George v Ministry of Justice – WLR Daily
George v Ministry of Justice [2013] EWCA Civ 324; [2013] WLR (D) 144
“A provision in a collective agreement allowing for time off in lieu within a specified period where a prison officer was requested to work extra hours was not contractual.”
WLR Daily, 17th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
