‘Following a commitment given in the Queen’s Speech in May 2022, a draft Mental Health Bill has been brought forward this week (27 June 2022). Alex Ruck Keene sets out the main elements and highlights some key points.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st July 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A rethought costs system that puts digitisation, vulnerable court users and a properly functioning civil justice system at its heart is the goal of a Civil Justice Council (CJC) working party, which yesterday began consulting on four key areas for possible reform.’
Legal Futures, 1st July 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales has been asked by the Government to review the law on contempt of court and consider reform to improve its effectiveness, consistency, and coherence.’
Law Commission, 28th June 2022
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘The CPS today vows to use football banning orders to those convicted of online hate crime connected to the game and prevent them from attending matches.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 29th June 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Home Office risks undermining the immigration watchdog’s legitimacy by failing to implement its recommendations, an official has said.’
The Independent, 30th June 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office is being taken to court by a government-sponsored Brexit watchdog over the “unlawful” treatment of 2.5 million EU citizens in the UK. The High Court has confirmed that the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (IMA), designed to protect the rights of EU nationals in the UK, has been granted permission to proceed with a judicial review claim against the department.’
The Independent, 30th June 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The UK’s data watchdog is to scale back fines for public bodies after admitting that users of services often bear the brunt of the financial punishment. The Information Commissioner’s Office will continue to issue fines for the most serious cases of data breaches in the public sector, but otherwise it will lean on other powers within its remit such as warnings, reprimands and enforcement notices.’
The Guardian, 30th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police forces in England and Wales are responding to reports of their own officers committing domestic abuse in a way that is “significantly harming the public interest”, with just 9% of such allegations leading to criminal charges, a joint watchdog investigation has found.’
The Guardian, 30th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A mother, stepfather and a teenager have been given life sentences for murdering five-year-old Logan Mwangi and dumping his body in a river.’
BBC News, 30th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Dominic Raab has expressed doubts about including the right to an abortion in the forthcoming bill of rights, saying the matter was already “settled in UK law”.’
The Guardian, 29th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘If enacted in its present form the Bill of Rights Bill would compromise judicial independence, dilute ECHR rights protection, and undermine the principle of parliamentary democracy that it purports to protect. The Bill seeks to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) in full and replace it with legislation which, according to a Government press release, will “ensure courts cannot interpret laws in ways that were never intended by Parliament”. It also seeks to inject a “healthy dose of common sense” into courts’ protection of Convention rights.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 27th June 2022
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘Environment secretary George Eustice wants to tear up a key piece of European law that environmentalists say protects cherished habitats in the UK.’
The Guardian, 30th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
SI 2022/705 – The Remote Observation and Recording (Courts and Tribunals) Regulations 2022
SI 2022/703 – The Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Licence Conditions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2022
SI 2022/713 – The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Commencement No. 26) Order 2022
SI 2022/712 – The Construction Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022
SI 2022/716 – The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2022
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
MDW Holdings Ltd v Norvill & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 883 (28 June 2022)
Alcon Research LLC & Anor v Pharmathen SA & Anor [2022] EWCA Civ 845 (28 June 2022)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bhabra v Suri & Anor [2022] EWHC 1652 (Ch) (28 June 2022)
Boast v Ballardi & Ors [2022] EWHC 1533 (Ch) (28 June 2022)
Brierley v Otuo & Ors [2022] EWHC 1530 (Ch) (28 June 2022)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Lex Foundation v Citibank NA & Anor [2022] EWHC 1649 (Comm) (28 June 2022)
Banca Intesa Sanpaolo SPA & Anor v Comune Di Venezia [2022] EWHC 1656 (Comm) (28 June 2022)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Ruta v Department for Work And Pensions [2022] EWHC 1535 (QB) (27 June 2022)
Mussarat v Worldview Media Network Ltd [2022] EWHC 1604 (QB) (27 June 2022)
Goldsmith v Bissett-Powell [2022] EWHC 1591 (QB) (27 June 2022)
High Court (Patents Court)
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd v Sandoz AG & Ors [2022] EWHC 1603 (Pat) (20 June 2022)
Advanced Bionics AG v Med-El Elektromedizinische Gerate GMBH [2022] EWHC 1345 (Pat) (01 June 2022)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘In R (Gorani) v HM Assistant Coroner for Inner West London [2022] EWHC1593 (QB), a Divisional Court comprising Macur LJ and Garnham J rejected on all grounds a wide-ranging challenge to the conduct of in inquest into a suicide. Of particular interest were the Court’s observations on the effect of a finding that the investigative duty under article 2, ECHR was engaged, and their clarification that a coroner does not need to hear submissions before refusing to make a ‘preventing future deaths’ report. That said, it is a broad and interesting judgment and deserves reading in full by those with an interest in coronial law.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th June 2022
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The delayed public inquiry into the UK’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has been launched after Boris Johnson accepted calls to widen the terms of reference to consider its unequal impact on minority-ethnic people, on children and on mental health.’
The Guardian, 28th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal has confirmed a judgment of the High Court that affected parties do not have a right to bring private law actions against water companies over unauthorised discharges of sewage.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th June 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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