IPCC rejects Briton Ferry father and son’s Taser complaints – BBC News
“Complaints by a father and son hit by Taser stun guns have been rejected by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).”
BBC News, 12th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Doctors could face GMC action for ignoring poor care – Daily Telegraph
“Doctors could face disciplinary action if they ‘walk by’ and ignore poor patient care by other doctors or health professionals, under new General Medical Council guidelines coming into force today [12 March].”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Alanov v Sussex Police [2012] EWCA Civ 234 (01 March 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Souglides v Tweedie & Anor [2012] EWHC 561 (Ch) (12 March 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Steve McFadden wins damages over News of the World ‘assault’ story – The Guardian
“Steve McFadden, the actor who plays Phil Mitchell in EastEnders, has received an apology and undisclosed damages from the publisher of the now closed News of the World over an article in the paper that falsely suggested that he was guilty of violent conduct towards his former girlfriend.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Concern at move to make success fee recovery ban retrospective – Law Society’s Gazette
“Alarm has been raised at a move by the government that appears to give the Jackson reforms retrospective effect.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
£120,000 compensation after armed officers stopped wrong car – Daily Telegraph
“The Metropolitan Police is set to pay up to £120,000 after armed officers left four innocent friends traumatised after a bungled stop and search operation.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2012
The Plant Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012
The Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2012
The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2012
The Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Non-Domestic Rating (Deferred Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2012
The Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Relief) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2012
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (Wales) Order 2012
The Closure of Prisons (H.M. Prison Latchmere House) Order 2012
The Teachers’ Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Two articles on Local Government Law – 11 KBW
Local Government Law Update: 6th March (PDF)
Local Government Law Update: 8th March (PDF)
11 KBW, March 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
Right-to-die hearing for man with locked-in syndrome gets go-ahead – The Guardian
“A high court judge has ruled that the right-to-die case of a man who can only communicate by blinking and wants his ‘suffering to end’ should be allowed to proceed.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Public Sector Equality Duty: The future is unwritten – Cloisters
“With power and responsibility, thus spake Parliament, comes the obligation to take a proactive stance in the advancement of equality and elimination of discrimination. Accordingly a public authority can face legal challenges in the exercise of its functions not just for its acts but for its omissions. Enter the public sector equality duty.”
Full story (PDF)
Cloisters, March 2012
Source: www.cloisters.com
A working life: the divorce mediator – The Guardian
“With meditation now compulsory for couples who want a divorce, Neal Robinson’s practice has an ever-increasing workload.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BOA’s lifetime doping ban goes before court of arbitration for sport – The Guardian
“The British Olympic Association will appear before the court of arbitration for sport on Monday in an attempt to uphold its lifetime doping ban, insisting it has a ‘strong case’ despite most sports lawyers expecting it to lose.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
W (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
W (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 8; [2012] WLR (D) 69
“The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (‘SIAC’) could make an irrevocable non-disclosure order, without notice to the Secretary of State, where a witness, fearing reprisals, required an absolute and irreversible guarantee of confidentiality as a precondition to giving evidence relating to an appellant’s safety on return.”
WLR Daily, 7th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Miah and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
Miah and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 261; [2012] WLR (D) 68
“There was no ‘near-miss’ principle in relation to immigration policy such that there was no presumption that those falling just outside the policy should be treated as though they were within it or given special consideration for that reason.”
WLR Daily, 7th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Lamichhane v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
Lamichhane v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 260; [2012] WLR (D) 67
“The Secretary of State had discretionary power to serve a notice under section 120 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 although failure to serve did not render an immigration decision unlawful.”
WLR Daily, 7th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Gedeon Richter plc v Bayer Schering Pharma AG – WLR Daily
Gedeon Richter plc v Bayer Schering Pharma AG [2012] EWCA Civ 235; [2012] WLR (D) 66
“On an application for the revocation of a registered patent on the ground of obviousness it was sufficient for the judge hearing the case to take an objective view whether a skilled formulator would take the trouble to obtain copies of papers published by inventors or review their contents to ascertain whether the patent in question related to an invention which was novel. The judge was not obliged to consider what view a notional team that included a medicinal chemist, pharmacologists and biochemists would take as to the issue of obviousness or whether something would have been ‘obvious to try’.”
WLR Daily, 7th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
