Newhaven: Man in court charged with married couple’s murder – BBC News
‘A man has appeared at crown court charged with the murder of a married couple in East Sussex.’
BBC News, 14th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gambler who took his own life made up to 100 bets a day, coroner told – The Guardian
‘A gambler was making as many as 100 bets a day online and had previously accumulated £18,000 in debts before he took his own life, the first inquest of its kind has heard.’
The Guardian, 14th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Role of Lord Chancellor “at risk of being downgraded” – Legal Futures
‘The role of Lord Chancellor is “at risk of being downgraded” because the operation of the courts is now “only a very small part” of what the office-holder does, the Lord Chief Justice (LCJ) has warned.’
Legal Futures, 15th June 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
New Judgment: JTI POLSKA Sp. Z o.o. and others v Jakubowski and others [2023] UKSC 19 – UKSC Blog
‘The appellants are road hauliers based in Poland. The respondents are part of a group of companies that buy and sell tobacco products internationally. The respondents contracted the appellants to transport a consignment of cigarettes from Poland to England. The road carriage was undertaken subject to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road 1956 (the “CMR”), an international treaty which widely governs international transport by road and has the force of law in the UK under domestic legislation. Under a European excise duty suspension arrangement, excise duty on the cigarettes was suspended until such time as the consignment was released for commercial consumption, or was deemed to have been released for commercial consumption, as in the case of non-delivery or partial delivery due to theft.’
UKSC Blog, 14th June 2023
Source: ukscblog.com
Advances in synthetic embryos leave legislators needing to catch up – The Guardian
‘Synthetic embryos sit at a unique juxtaposition: scientifically fascinating, ethically challenging and, for the most part, entirely unregulated by current legislation. The latest work by Prof Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz’s team brings these issues into stark relief and show that developments in this field are happening so quickly that the science is rapidly outpacing the law.’
The Guardian, 14th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
SI 2023/649 – The Policing Protocol Order 2023
SI 2023/648 – The Health and Care Act 2022 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/643 – The Charities Act 2022 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/624 – The Service Police (Complaints etc.) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/621 – The Armed Forces Act 2021 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/640 – The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/631 – The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/627 – The Medical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2023
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
JTI POLSKA Sp. Z o.o. & Ors v Jakubowski & Ors [2023] UKSC 19 (14 June 2023)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Elo Trustees Ltd v Bonhams 1793 Ltd & Anor [2023] EWCA Civ 664 (14 June 2023)
Geo-Minerals GT Ltd & Anor v Downing & Ors [2023] EWCA Civ 648 (12 June 2023)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Areguy, R. v [2023] EWCA Crim 669 (14 June 2023)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Rivers v Surrey Constabulary & Ors [2023] EWHC 1417 (Admin) (12 June 2023)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Malik v Hussain [2023] EWHC 1433 (Ch) (14 June 2023)
Prescott Place Freeholder Ltd & Ors v Batin & Anor [2023] EWHC 1445 (Ch) (14 June 2023)
Djurberg v Thames Properties (Hampton) Ltd & Ors [2023] EWHC 1444 (Ch) (14 June 2023)
Houssein & Ors v London Credit Ltd & Ors [2023] EWHC 1428 (Ch) (12 June 2023)
Al-Rawi v Sidawi & Ors [2023] EWHC 1415 (Ch) (12 June 2023)
Hughes v Pritchard & Ors [2023] EWHC 1382 (Ch) (12 June 2023)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Lal v Reeder [2023] EWHC 1437 (KB) (14 June 2023)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Drax Energy Solutions Ltd v Wipro Ltd [2023] EWHC 1342 (TCC) (09 June 2023)
Source: www.bailii.org
Three-year ban for fan who mocked Hillsborough disaster – BBC News
‘A football fan has been banned from attending football matches for three years after being found guilty of mocking the Hillsborough disaster.’
BBC News, 13th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
A return to unmarked graves? – Law & Religion UK
‘The recent judgment Re Streatham Cemetery [2023] ECC Swk 3 concerns cemetery development. Opened more than one hundred years ago, there is now very little room in Streatham Cemetery for further burials. A Petition by the Bereavement Services Manager of Lambeth LBC[1] sought permission to re-use land within two areas of the cemetery through the operation of “lifting and deepening” of existing interments, thereby creating new burial space. The observations of Petchey Ch., (above and at [16]), indicate some of the issues to be addressed on the growing shortage of burial space.’
Law & Religion UK, 14th June 2023
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
Anglian Water ad banned by regulator over pollution record – The Guardian
‘An ad campaign by Anglian Water extolling how it cleans water by creating wildlife-friendly wetlands has been banned for not telling consumers about its history of releasing sewage into the environment.’
The Guardian, 13th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
NFTs: Blockchain technology and the legal framework – Law Pod UK
‘Robert Kellar KC in conversation with Victoria Waters, library learning advisor at the Bristol campus of the University of Law.’
Law Pod UK, 12th June 2023
Source: audioboom.com
Women to get gay-conviction pardons for first time – BBC News
‘Women convicted of offences related to being gay can apply to have their convictions removed, under an expansion of the government’s pardon scheme.’
BBC News, 13th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court to hear case on environmental impact assessments and downstream greenhouse gas emissions next week – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court will next week (21-22 June) hear a case brought against Surrey County Council over whether the local authority acted unlawfully by not requiring an impact assessment of a proposed oil well’s impact on downstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions before granting planning permission.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th June 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Rapist who targeted unconscious man in Warminster jailed – BBC News
‘A rapist who attacked a man on a night out has been jailed for six years.’
BBC News, 13th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Activists who blocked road to stop UK deportation flight to Jamaica acquitted – The Guardian
‘Three activists who lay on a road outside an immigration detention centre to prevent people being put on a Home Office deportation flight to Jamaica have been cleared by a jury of charges of causing a public nuisance.’
The Guardian, 13th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Slavery: room for reparations? – 3 Hare Court
‘In 2013, the Caribbean Community set up the CARICOM Reparations Commission to “prepare the case [for] reparatory justice for the Caribbean region’s indigenous and African descendant communities who are the victims of crimes against humanity in the form of genocide, slavery, slave trading and racial apartheid”. A decade on, the issue is rarely far from the headlines.’
3 Hare Court, 14th June 2023
Source: www.3harecourt.com
Unregulated legal services firms “want more regulation” – Legal Futures
‘Most unregulated legal services firms support “some aspects of regulation” for their areas but there is not a clear case for major reform, a report for the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has concluded.’
Legal Futures, 14th June 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
MoJ sets up online procedure rule committee for Civil, Family and Tribunal jurisdictions – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has launched a new committee to help guide judges, legal representatives and litigants through online court procedures.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th June 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
The four-day week: handling requests – Kingsley Napley
‘The jury is still out on whether the four-day week will remain the exception rather than the rule in future. In February, we learned that the majority of UK companies that took part in a six-month pilot in 2022 (offering employees a shorter working week on full pay for the same level of productivity) voted to continue with the trial, with 18 companies deciding to introduce the model permanently.’
Kingsley Napley, 13th June 2023
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
