“A tax loophole which allows firms to dodge around £100 million a year in National Insurance will be closed in the Budget, it was announced.”
The Independent, 16th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The inquest into the death in prison of a man convicted of stealing a gingerbread man during the riots in 2011 opens in London on Monday. James Best, 37, had a history of mental illness and physical problems, which his foster family say were not addressed by the prison.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A nurse who helped treat twins who died from a huge overdose of morphine at the scandal-hit Stafford hospital has been allowed to keep working.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gary Dobson, who was given life sentence for murder last year, has abandoned battle against conviction, officials say.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who suffered a brain injury after tripping in a pothole has won an
estimated an estimated £1 million in damages.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A father who was jailed after abducting his daughter and taking her to Pakistan
for three years has appeared in court to make a bid for access to the child.”
BBC News, 15th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government’s HS2 high-speed rail scheme suffered a setback today when the
High Court ruled that the consultation process for compensating those affected
by the multibillion-pound project ‘was so unfair as to be unlawful’.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former senior teacher at a Suffolk private school has been jailed for
possessing more than 40,000 indecent images of children.”
BBC News, 15th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A blogger who sued a council chief executive for libel says she is ‘absolutely devastated’ after losing the case and being told to pay him £25,000 damages when he counter-sued.”
BBC News, 15th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Belfairs Management Ltd v Sutherland & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 185 (15 March 2013)
Clarence High School & Anor v Boardman [2013] EWCA Civ 198 (15 March 2013)
McGetrick, R (on the application of) v Parole Board & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 182 (14 March 2013)
BP Oil International Ltd v Target Shipping Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 196 (14 March 2013)
Brumder v Motornet Service and Repairs Ltd & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 195 (14 March 2013)
Vehicle Control Services Ltd v HM Revenue & Customs [2013] EWCA Civ 186 (13 March 2013)
L (A Child), Re [2013] EWCA Civ 179 (13 March 2013)
Relicpride Building Company Ltd v Cordara & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 158 (13 March 2013)
Disclosure and Barring Service v Harvey [2013] EWCA Civ 180 (13 March 2013)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Plunkett & Anor, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 261 (13 March 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
M & Anor, Re Application for Judicial Review [2013] EWHC 579 (Admin) (15 March 2013)
M & C Energy Group Ltd v St Cuthbert’s Mill [2013] EWHC 571 (Admin) (14 March 2013)
Crown Prosecution Service v Lawrence [2013] EWHC 501 (Admin) (13 March 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Winton v Rosenthal & Anor [2013] EWHC 502 (Ch) (14 March 2013)
First Subsea Ltd v Balltec Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 584 (Ch) (13 March 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Barclay Pharmaceuticals Ltd & Ors v Waypharm LP & Ors [2013] EWHC 503 (Comm) (14 March 2013)
Deutsche Bank (Suisse) SA v Khan & Ors [2013] EWHC 482 (Comm) (13 March 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
LA (A Child), Re [2013] EWHC 578 (Fam) (15 March 2013)
Evans v Evans [2013] EWHC 506 (Fam) (13 March 2013)
High Court (Patents Court)
Hospira UK Ltd & Anor v Novartis AG [2013] EWHC 516 (Pat) (15 March 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Thompson v James & Anor [2013] EWHC 585 (QB) (15 March 2013)
Birmingham City Council v Beech & Anor [2013] EWHC 518 (QB) (15 March 2013)
Thompson v James & Anor [2013] EWHC 515 (QB) (15 March 2013)
WXY v Gewanter & Ors [2013] EWHC 589 (QB) (14 March 2013)
Billingham v John Barnsley & Sons Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 520 (QB) (13 March 2013)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Lack of writing did not necessarily mean that the circumstances of a case were not such as to give rise to a ‘Quistclose’ trust. Stipulation of an exclusive purpose for the loan was not the only circumstance of which the immediate recipient was cognisant and which negated an intention on the part of the payer, to pass away beneficial ownership so as to give rise to a resulting trust in favour of the payer.”
WLR Daily, 25th February 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Plunkett (Daniel): Regina v Plunkett (James): [2013] EWCA Crim 261; [2013] WLR (D) 98
“Covert recordings of conversations between defendants which had taken place whilst they were in the rear of a police van were not to be categorised as intrusive surveillance, under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, because a police van, used solely for police purposes, was not a private vehicle.”
WLR Daily, 13th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Christou and another v Haringey London Borough Council: [2013] EWCA Civ 178; [2013] WLR (D) 97
“The doctrine of res judicata did not apply to disciplinary procedures operated by an employer, nor did the related doctrine of abuse of process apply as such, but an employment tribunal considering a claim for unfair dismissal following a second disciplinary process would have to decide whether it had been fair to institute that second process.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The East Hertfordshire and Stevenage (Boundary Change) Order 2013
The Gateshead and Northumberland (Boundary Change) Order 2013
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (PRA-regulated Activities) Order 2013
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Threshold Conditions) Order 2013
The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (General Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2013
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2013
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Services Compensation Scheme) Order 2013
The Finance Act 2012, Schedule 14 (Appointed Day) Order 2013
The Brechfa Forest West Wind Farm Order 2013
The Plant Health (Export Certification) (England) (Amendment) Order 2013
The National Health Service Trusts (Originating Capital) Order 2013
The Apprenticeships (the Apprenticeship Offer) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2013
The Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Order 2013
The Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Capital Gains Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Trafficking People for Exploitation Regulations 2013
The Diocese of Lincoln (Educational Endowments) (Rippingale Church of England School) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body forty-second report 2013 Cm 8571 (PDF)
Prison Service Pay Review Body twelfth report on England and Wales 2013
Cm 8574 (PDF)
NHS Pay Review Body twenty-seventh report 2013 Cm 8555 (PDF)
Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration forty-first report 2013
Cm 8577 (PDF)
Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk
“Today, Thursday 14 March 2013, a written ministerial statement has been laid in Parliament outlining a number of changes to the Immigration Rules.”
UK Border Agency, 14th March 2013
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Family Mediation Council’s Professional Practice Consultants Conference 2013, speech by Lord McNally, 14th March 2013.”
Ministry of Justice, 14th March 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Speech by James Brokenshire on cyber crime on Thursday 14 March 2013.”
Home Office, 14th March 2013
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Five men have today been sentenced at Warrington Crown Court for setting up a laboratory used to produce a synthetic substance called BMK. This is the first time that this method of BMK manufacture has been detected in the UK or continental Europe. BMK is not a controlled drug but is used to make amphetamine.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th March 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP considers some options for reform of prosecution policy. Originally given at Queen Mary University of London School of Law, 13th March 2013.”
Attorney-General’s Office, 13th March 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
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