Report calls for primary school exclusions to be banned by 2026 – The Independent
‘Exclusions from primary school should be banned by 2026, a new report has said.’
The Independent, 29th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Woman sentenced to 20 years in prison over death of asthmatic son – The Guardian
‘A heroin addict convicted of fatally neglecting her seven-year-old son, who died alone in a garden from an asthma attack, has been jailed for 20 years.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Three Lancashire men jailed over male escort blackmail plot – BBC News
‘Three men who tried to extort up to £40,000 from victims in a “callous” blackmail plot have been jailed.’
BBC News, 28th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
SI 2022/470 – The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Automated Vehicles) Order 2022
SI 2022/467 – The Emissions Performance Standard (Amendment) Regulations 2022
SI 2022/474 – The International Tax Compliance (Amendment) Regulations 2022
SI 2022/465 – The Taxation of Securitisation Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2022
SI 2022/491 – The Export Control (Amendment) Order 2022
SI 2022/486 – The Genetically Modified Food and Feed (Authorisations) (England) Regulations 2022
SI 2022/484 – The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022
SI 2022/481 – The Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Coughlan, R (on the application of) v Minister for the Cabinet Office [2022] UKSC 11 (27 April 2022)
Revenue and Customs v Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Trustees Ltd [2022] UKSC 10 (27 April 2022)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Bailey v Cherry Hill Skip Hire Ltd & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 531 (27 April 2022)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Patel v Minerva Services Delaware, Inc [2022] EWHC 970 (Ch) (28 April 2022)
Fattal v Fattal [2022] EHWC 950 (Ch) (22 April 2022)
Pagden & Anor v Soho Square Capital LLP & Ors [2022] EWHC 944 (Ch) (21 April 2022)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Unicredit Bank AG v Euronav NV [2022] EWHC 957 (Comm) (28 April 2022)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Bexheat Ltd v Essex Services Group Ltd [2022] EWHC 936 (TCC) (19 April 2022)
Source: www.bailii.org
Unequal Protection for LGBT+ Victims of Domestic Abuse – Oxford Human Rights Hub
‘Almost a decade ago, on 16 July 2012, Mr C was killed by his boyfriend, Mr Y. Pursuant to the Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004, local authorities conducted a review into the circumstances of C’s death. According to the Review, Mr C had been assaulted over a period of months and probably years. He had seen multiple health professionals in the last years of his life, none of whom had picked up on the signs of abuse or asked about it.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 27th April 2022
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
New Judgment: Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Trustees Ltd [2022] UKSC 10 – UKSC Blog
‘The Respondent is the corporate trustee of a tax-exempt United Kingdom pension fund. It held a large portfolio of UK and overseas shares. To generate revenue, it engaged in a practice known as stock lending. This involves a shareholder (the lender) transferring ownership of shares to another party (the borrower) on terms that the borrower will (i) return equivalent shares to the lender at the end of the lending period and (ii) pay an amount to the lender equivalent to the dividends paid on the shares during that period. These payments are known as a “manufactured dividend” (“MD”) if the shares are held in a UK company. If the shares are in a non-UK company, they are known as a “manufactured overseas dividend” (“MOD”).’
UKSC Blog, 27th April 202
Source: ukscblog.com
MPs call for no-fault compensation in clinical negligence – Legal Futures
‘A no-fault compensation scheme for medical negligence should be introduced in England, replacing the “grossly expensive” existing system based on individual blame, MPs have said.’
Legal Futures, 28th April 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Number of children in custody in England and Wales set to double by 2024 – The Guardian
‘The number of children in custody in England and Wales is expected to double by 2024, according to a report by Whitehall’s public spending watchdog, which also highlights that black and minority ethnic children are increasingly over-represented in the youth justice system.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Thrown to the wolves’: Covid care home ruling is bitter victory for relatives – The Guardian
‘This time of year brings bad memories for families of care home residents who died in Covid’s first wave when the virus swept, mostly unchecked, through nursing homes.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Met Police officer who arranged to meet ’13-year-old girl’ for sex jailed for five years – Daily Telegraph
‘A Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism officer has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for arranging to a meet a 13-year-old girl for sex when he was “on duty working from home”.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mike Gordon: The Prime Minister, the Parties, and the Ministerial Code – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘The current Prime Minister’s long running battle with the Seven Principles of Public Life continues to gather pace. Boris Johnson’s actions relating to the pandemic “partygate” scandal have arguably violated each of the principles established by the Nolan Committee in 1995: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. The Prime Minister’s full house of ethical violations concerning his attendance and subsequent denials of social gatherings held in Downing Street, contrary to lockdown restrictions, have also yielded Fixed Penalty Notices from the police for him, his Chancellor, his wife, and other government officials, with the prospect of more to follow. Yet the Prime Minister remains committed to staying in post, and has refused to resign.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 27th April 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
New Judgment: R (on the application of Coughlan) v Minister for the Cabinet Office [2022] UKSC 11 – UKSC Blog
‘This appeal concerns a challenge brought by the Appellant to orders made by the Respondent in respect of Braintree District Council and nine other local authorities (“the Pilot Orders”). These Pilot Orders authorised schemes to temporarily change the rules set out in secondary legislation governing local elections. These schemes, which were implemented in ten local authority areas in respect of the local government elections in May 2019, each introduced a new requirement for some form of voter identification for those local elections.’
UKSC Blog, 27th April 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
Terrorism offenders ‘enjoy high status’ in prison, QC’s official report says – The Guardian
‘Some terrorists in prison enjoy status and celebrity among their fellow inmates amid a culture of fear and violence in jails in England and Wales that is being exacerbated by staffing cuts, an official review has concluded.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Re H [2022]EWFC 10: Guidance in Learning Disability Cases – Transparency Project
‘The Good Practice Guidance for working with parents with a learning disability was first published in 2007 by the Department of Health / Department for Education and Skills. Fifteen years and two revisions later, awareness of it remains patchy. In Re H [2022] EWFC 10 (19 January 2022), where the mother’s learning disability was a central feature of the case, the children’s social worker admitted that she was unfamiliar with the Guidance.’
Transparency Project, 26th April 2022
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
Case Preview: Stanford International Bank Ltd (In Liquidation) v HSBC Bank Plc – UKSC Blog
‘On 19 January 2022, the Supreme Court heard the appeal in Stanford International Bank Ltd (In Liquidation) v HSBC Bank Plc. The appeal turns on whether a company in liquidation can be considered to have suffered loss where, while it is still trading, its bank pays money out of the company’s accounts to discharge debts owed by the company. It is likely that this case will further set out the limits of the Quincecare duty, following a spate of recent high-profile cases in this area.’
UKSC Blog, 26th April 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
Insulate Britain members disrupt trial by gluing hands to court furniture – The Guardian
‘Three members of Insulate Britain have disrupted a magistrates court trial, gluing their hands to court furniture and paying tribute to the environmental activist who died after setting himself on fire outside the US supreme court.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Helen Anderson: Boyfriend jailed for mother-of-four’s murder – BBC News
‘A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a mother-of-four whose body was found in undergrowth by a roadside.’
BBC News, 26th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
