Media law trends in 2013: what’s on the horizon – The Guardian
“From libel reform to ambush marketing, our experts highlight the key media law trends in 2013.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Isle of Wight £90m cocaine yacht trial: Piotr Pachnia guilty – BBC News
“A man has been found guilty of possessing £90m of cocaine found hidden on a yacht off the Isle of Wight.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Publication of Jackson regulations is ‘starting point’ of 1 April reforms, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
“The publication of three draft statutory instruments (SIs) that will implement part of the ‘Jackson’ reforms to civil court costs and procedures shows that the Government remains intent on a 1 April start date, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th January 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Zakrzewski v The Regional Court in Lodz, Poland [2013] UKSC 2 (23 January 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Omnipharm Ltd v Merial [2013] EWCA Civ 2 (23 January 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Eckerle & Ors v Wickeder Westfalenstahl GmbH & Anor [2013] EWHC 68 (Ch) (23 January 2013)
Gorbunova v Berezovsky (aka Platon Elenin) & Ors [2013] EWHC 76 (Ch) (18 January 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
S (findings of fact), Re [2013] EWHC 15 (Fam) (14 January 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Police officers sue forces over forced retirement – BBC News
“Five police forces are to be taken to an employment tribunal accused of age discrimination.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Property laws for cohabiting couples ‘unfair’, judge says – Daily Telegraph
“Property laws for cohabiting couples are ‘unfair’ on women who are often left with nothing after separating from their partners, an appeal court judge said on Wednesday.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sony fined £250,000 over PlayStation hack – The Guardian
“Sony Computer Entertainment has been fined a record £250,000 by the data protection watchdog after the personal details of millions of gamers – including passwords and credit card numbers – were leaked online.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Inspector finds UK Border Agency backlog dating back 10 years – The Guardian
“A ‘completely unacceptable’ UK Border Agency backlog of more than 16,000 applications from migrants for permission to stay in Britain, some of them dating back almost a decade, has been uncovered by the chief inspector of borders and immigration.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland v Lloyds Banking Group plc – WLR Daily
Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland v Lloyds Banking Group plc [2013] UKSC 3; [2013] WLR (D) 19
“In construing a contractual provision, where there had been an unforeseeable and fundamental change in the legal context since the execution of the contract, the proper approach was to adopt a meaning which best gave effect to the parties’ original intentions and purposes. Where, therefore, a deed executed in 1997 provided for payment to be made by a banking group to a charitable foundation by reference to the group’s pre-tax profit or loss shown in the audited accounts, and a change in accounting practice subsequently required the group consolidated income statement to include, as a profit, a sum representing an unrealised gain on acquisition, the inclusion of such a sum was to be ignored for the purposes of calculating the amount payable to the foundation under the deed.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Zakrzewski v District Court in Torun, Poland – WLR Daily
Zakrzewski v District Court in Torun, Poland [2013] UKSC 2; [2013] WLR (D) 18
“Where the information set out by the requesting state in an European arrest warrant had correctly specified ‘the sentence . . . imposed’ on the convicted person whose extradition it sought, as required by section 2(6)(e) of the Extradition Act 2003, but the courts in that state had subsequently aggregated the sentences so that he was to serve a different, albeit lesser, sentence than that stated in the information, the warrant remained valid and the person could be extradited.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
European Commission v Tomkins plc – WLR Daily
European Commission v Tomkins plc (Case C-286/11P); [2013] WLR (D) 17
“Where the liability of a parent company was derived exclusively from that of its subsidiary and where the parent and its subsidiary had brought parallel applications having the ‘same object’, the Court was entitled, without infringing the ne ultra petita principle—that European Union courts could not rule on aspects concerning addressees other than those covered by the applicant’s application—to take account of the outcome of the action brought by the subsidiary and to annul the action brought by the parent on that basis, despite the fact that the scope of the applications and arguments presented in each application were different.”
WLR Daily, 22nd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Premises ‘reasonably required’ – NearlyLegal
“A rare Rent Act 1977 possession case, with possession sought as ‘reasonably required’ under Case 9 Of Schedule 15 of the 1977 Act via section 98(1).”
NearlyLegal, 24th January 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
People who take illegal drugs ‘shouldn’t be treated as criminals’ – Daily Telegraph
“England’s most senior doctor has questioned the government’s policy of criminalising all people who take illegal drugs and said they should be treated primarily as if they have a ‘health problem’.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Drugs advisory group decides against banning qat in UK – The Guardian
“A clash between the home secretary, Theresa May, and her expert drugs advisory group is looming after it decided against banning qat, a mild herbal stimulant, traditionally used in Britain’s Somali, Yemeni and Ethiopian communities.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R (on the application of Prudential plc and another) (Appellants) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax and another (Respondents) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 23rd January 2013
Zakrzewski (Respondent) v The Regional Court in Lodz, Poland (Appellant) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 23rd January 2013
Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland (Respondent) v. Lloyds Banking Group Plc (Appellant) (Scotland) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 23rd January 2013
Motorcyclist on cannabis with 45 traffic convictions who killed pedestrian given 18 months – Daily Telegraph
“A widow whose husband was killed as he walked home from his local pub is to campaign for a change in the law after a banned driver dubbed ‘an absolute menace on the roads’ was jailed for only 18 months today for causing his death.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
