‘Drug-spiking incidents reported to the police have increased five-fold in five years, yet the proportion leading to a criminal charge is falling, freedom of information (FoI) requests show.’
The Guardian, 23rd October 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
SI 2023/1094 – The Courts and Tribunals (Fee Remissions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023
SI 2023/1104 – The British Nationality (British Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/1099 – The Misuse of Drugs (England and Wales and Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/1102 – The Armed Forces Act 2021 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2023
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Supreme Court
Dalton, Re Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2023] UKSC 36 (18 October 2023)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Revenue And Customs v LG Park HT1 Ltd & Ors [2023] EWCA Civ 1193 (17 October 2023)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Pierini & Anor, R. v [2023] EWCA Crim 1189 (17 October 2023)
Austin v R. [2023] EWCA Crim 1192 (16 October 2023)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Mercy Global Consult Ltd v Adegbuyi-Jackson & Ors [2023] EWHC 2567 (Ch) (16 October 2023)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Kalo v Sal [2023] EWHC 2606 (Comm) (19 October 2023)
High Court (Family Division)
B v C (No. 2) (1996 Hague Convention Art 22) [2023] EWHC 2524 (Fam) (19 October 2023)
Derbyshire County Council v The Mother & Ors [2023] EWHC 2552 (Fam) (13 October 2023)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Limbu & Ors v Dyson Technology Ltd & Ors [2023] EWHC 2592 (KB) (19 October 2023)
Ijaz v Manan [2023] EWHC 2574 (KB) (17 October 2023)
The Scout Association v Kemp [2023] EWHC 2575 (KB) (17 October 2023)
Clark v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police [2023] EWHC 2565 (KB) (16 October 2023)
Lott & Ors v PSA Automobiles SA & Ors [2023] EWHC 2568 (KB) (16 October 2023)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Municipio De Mariana & Ors v BHP Group (UK) Ltd & Anor [2023] EWHC 2607 (TCC) (19 October 2023)
J & B Hopkins Ltd v A & V Building Solution Ltd [2023] EWHC 2576 (TCC) (17 October 2023)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A fundamental shake-up of the justice system that takes dangerous offenders off the streets for longer while rehabilitating lower risk offenders has been outlined today by Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk.’
Ministry of Justice, 16th October 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Lauren Gardner and Eleanor Suthern round up the latest rulings of interest to Court of Protection practitioners.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th October 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Ella Pudney discusses a recent Court of Protection case on the determination of capacity for the refusal of food in prison.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th October 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Newham is understood to have become the first local authority in Britain to successfully prosecute a building owner for failing to remove flammable cladding.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th October 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Law Commission aims to simplify and strengthen the law, allowing children with disabilities to access the support they need. The review will ensure the law is fair, modern and accessible, works for parents, care givers and local authorities.’
Law Commission, 17th October 2023
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘Possession of nitrous oxide, also known as “laughing gas”, will be illegal from 8 November 2023.’
Home Office, 18th October 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Figures released as part the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme annual statistics for 2022 show there were 23 child sex offence sentence increases. This was followed by 10 sentences increased for rape offences and 7 for cases involving grievous bodily harm.’
Attorney General's Office, 17th October 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A van driver who smoked crack cocaine before crashing into a nine-year-old boy and killing him has been jailed.’
BBC News, 19th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Members of the armed forces will be permitted to give evidence to MPs about the standard of their living quarters in a partial government climbdown.’
BBC News, 16th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The inquiry into how Lucy Letby was able to murder seven babies will look into the direct experiences of parents, the conduct of other staff at the Countess of Chester hospital and the wider effectiveness of NHS governance, the Department of Health has said. Announcing the formal terms of reference for the inquiry, the government listed 30 questions to be considered within the three broad categories, including whether there were proper whistleblowing procedures and whether the NHS trust was “sufficiently candid” with parents.’
The Guardian, 19th October 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Rishi Sunak will push ahead with long-delayed plans to ban gay and trans conversion practices after Conservative whips warned MPs could rebel if they failed to do so.’
The Guardian, 19th October 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judge has granted a judicial review into the way the Environment Agency (EA) in England enforces agricultural pollution laws.’
BBC News, 20th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This briefing paper considers reuse of graves as a means of addressing the problem of the shortage of available space for burial.’
House of Commons Library, 16th October 2023
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘In a judgment handed down by Mr Justice Kerr this week in a case in which I represented the Appellant, the EAT found that in a “series of transactions” case under Regulation 3(6) TUPE, the transfer did not necessarily take place at the end of the series, and that the tribunal should not focus merely on transactions which occurred within the UK.’
3PB, 1st September 2023
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘You can never have too many tracks, said no one ever. Apart from Sir Rupert Jackson who recommended that the small, fast and multi-track should be (and is from the 1st of October 2023), augmented to include a new intermediate track.’
Becket Chambers, 29th September 2023
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘In McCulloch and others (Appellants) v Forth Valley Health Board (Respondent) (Scotland) [2023] UKSC 26, the Supreme Court considered which legal test should be applied to the assessment of whether an alternative treatment was reasonable and should be discussed with a patient.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 22nd September 2023
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
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