‘This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, the main piece of legislation through which illicit drugs are controlled across the UK.’
House of Commons Library, 16th June 2021
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘For a few months, a radical change to employment law practice appeared to be in prospect.’
Littleton Chambers, 16th June 2021
Source: littletonchambers.com
‘Over the past months, there has been an alignment of stars between two major court rulings that have the potential to reshape the working lives of on-demand workers and the business model of platforms.’
UK Labour Law, 16th June 2021
Source: uklabourlawblog.com
‘A deaf campaigner is taking legal action against the government, after complaining that it failed to provide in-person British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters at No 10 Covid briefings.’
BBC News, 16th May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Those involved in soft tissue injury cases proceeding under the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents (“the RTA Protocol”) may be familiar with paragraph 7.8B of the Protocol.’
No. 5 Chambers, 11th June 2021
Source: www.no5.com
‘R (on the application of M) v Chief Constable of Sussex [2021] EWCA Civ 42 is an important decision from the Court of Appeal regarding an information sharing agreement (“ISA”) between a police force and a local business crime reduction partnership (“BCRP”). The ISA was held not to breach the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA”) and the sharing of information that revealed a vulnerability to child sexual exploitation (“CSE”) was held not to be in breach of data protection rights. The case indicates the approach that the courts may take when asked to scrutinise information sharing agreements and policy documents where the police seek to share data with other organisations for the purpose of reducing crime and disorder.’
UK Police Law Blog, 15th June 2021
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘Harry Dyson discusses what appears to be the first judgment at Circuit Judge level in relation to what monies can be retained or claimed by wedding venues when the contract has been frustrated by Covid-19 regulations. Harry has been exposed to this issue whilst working as a paralegal prior to commencing pupillage. He gained experience in dealing with both these claims and issues surrounding venues’ business interruption insurance.’
Park Square Barristers, 15th June 2021
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘In GMP v Aston we receive a helpful reminder of the approach to be applied in cases where there are multiple protected disclosures spanning a significant period and allegations of multiple detriments involving multiple perpetrators and multiple victims. The case also involves an alleged detriment consisting of evidence given in other tribunal proceedings which was subject to judicial proceedings immunity (JPI) and deals with the issue of whether evidence which is covered by JPI can amount to a detriment. Finally, where the issue of JPI had not been raised before the first instance Tribunal, the Appeal Tribunal considered whether it had to deal with this newly argued point (i.e. whether it was mandatory) or whether it had a discretion to consider the newly argued point (i.e. whether it was discretionary). The considerations when deciding whether or not to exercise the discretion are also set out.’
3PB, 10th June 2021
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
Establishing an individual’s employment rights can feel like a minefield, with varying degrees of obligations on the employer depending on the employment status. Earlier this year the Supreme Court upheld earlier decisions in the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal that Uber drivers are “workers” of Uber for the purposes of employment rights, and not, as Uber argued, self-employed contractors each operating their own minicab business.
Mills & Reeve, 14th June 2021
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
‘The High Court is this week (15-16 June) hearing a second judicial review challenge in respect of the voting provisions for blind and partially sighted people.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th June 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A black police chief dismissed from the Metropolitan police has won her job back after a tribunal said her sacking was unfair.’
The Guardian, 16th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court (Chancery Division)
Sangha v Estate of Diljit Kaur Sangha & Ors [2021] EWHC 1599 (Ch) (16 June 2021)
High Court (Patents Court)
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation & Anor v Archos SA & Ors [2021] EWHC 1639 (Pat) (16 June 2021)
Autostore Technology AS v Ocado Group Plc & Ors [2021] EWHC 1614 (Pat) (11 June 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
King v Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWHC 1576 (QB) (16 June 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Two former Royal Marines have been jailed for smuggling cocaine into the UK in boxes of Lego, after one of them was accidentally given to a child for his birthday.’
The Guardian, 15th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Important court and tribunal judgments will be available via The National Archives for the first time, increasing transparency and securing free access for all.’
Ministry of Justice, 16th June 2021
Source: www.gov.uk
‘UK police forces have received more than 800 allegations of domestic abuse against officers and staff over the last five years, BBC research has revealed.’
BBC News, 15th June 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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