Police worker jailed for £100k evidence store thefts – BBC News
‘A former police employee who stole £100,000 of items from an evidence store has been jailed for four years.’
BBC News, 28th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Meetings of local authorities in England must be face to face from 7 May, judges rule – Local Government Lawyer
‘Meetings held by local authorities in England under the Local Government Act 1972 must take place in person from 7 May when emergency regulations introduced in the early stages of the first lockdown expire, the Divisional Court has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th April 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Tomlinson-Blake in the Supreme Court – by Kate Ewing – UK Labour Law
‘The Supreme Court decision in Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and Shannon v Rampersad & Another (T/A Clifton House Residential Home) [2021] UKSC 8 (“Mencap”) can only be described as a bitter blow to low paid, hard-working care workers who have been at the forefront of the most essential work during the ongoing global pandemic. In emotional terms it is hard to comprehend how such workers can feel anything other than betrayed and devalued as a result. The decision is, in the context of the great efforts by these workers, quite simply crushing. In legal terms, the decision also generates real concerns about the fragmentation of a basic minimum labour standard – the wage floor. One difficulty is the legal framework that workers have to rely on in relation to minimum wage protection in the UK. Further concerns also relate to the approach taken by the Supreme Court to the concept of time to be considered working (“work time”) in relation to the National Minimum Wage (“NMW”).’
UK Labour Law, 28th April 2021
Source: uklabourlawblog.com
Dale Tyson: ‘Deplorable’ sex offender may have more victims – BBC News
‘A man who used a fake online profile to dupe children into sending him graphic images of themselves may have targeted “many more”, police have said.’
BBC News, 28th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man sentenced for blinding motorcyclist with egg in Wigston – BBC News
‘A man has been sentenced after blinding a motorcyclist in one eye by throwing an egg at him from a car.’
BBC News, 28th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court agrees to hear battle over termination of fixed term secure flexible tenancies – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court has granted Croydon Council permission to appeal in a dispute over the termination of fixed term secure flexible tenancies.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th April 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Boris Johnson flat inquiry: what sanctions can watchdog impose? – The Guardian
‘Boris Johnson is bracing for an investigation by the Electoral Commission into payments covering renovations to his Downing Street flat. What will the process will look like and what sanctions could the Conservative party face?’
The Guardian, 28th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
New Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The National Health Service Trust (Scrutiny of Deaths) (England) Order 2021
The Extradition Act 2003 (Codes of Practice and Transit Code of Practice) Order 2021
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 2) Order 2021
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Kyoto Protocol Registry) Regulations 2021
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
City of London Police v Geldart [2021] EWCA Civ 611 (28 April 2021)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
British Telecommunications Plc v Revenue And Customs [2021] EWHC 1095 (Ch) (28 April 2021)
Hellfire Entertainment Ltd v Acimar Ltd [2021] EWHC 1077 (Ch) (28 April 2021)
Matter of Arboretum Devon (RLH) Ltd, Re [2021] EWHC 1047 (Ch) (28 April 2021)
Carl v Edwards [2021] EWHC 1103 (Ch) (27 April 2021)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Kang & Anor v Pattar [2021] EWHC 1101 (TCC) (28 April 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org..uk
Nicholas Reed Langen: Confronting Climate Change in the Courts – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘Talk is cheap. Governments, particularly wealthy, western ones, have been quick to make promises on climate change. They swear blind that they understand the threat the world faces, and that they will implement a policy response commensurate with it. Few nations have adopted this rhetoric as determinedly as the UK, with the British government promising to transform the UK into a net-zero country by 2050, an oath enshrined in law through the passing of the Climate Change Act 2008 (Order 2019) by Parliament in the summer of 2019.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 27th April 2021
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Court of Appeal overturns order discharging mother as party in Court of Protection proceedings – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal from a decision by the Vice-President of the Court of Protection to discharge a mother as a party to proceedings concerning her highly vulnerable 19-year-old daughter (P).’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th April 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Grenfell: Government defeated on fire safety costs bill – BBC News
‘The government has been defeated for a fourth time on its Fire Safety Bill as the House of Lords voted to shield residents from fire safety work costs.’
BBC News, 27th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ep 142: Vaccine Hesitancy and the Court of Protection: Who Decides? – Law Pod UK
‘What happens, if someone lacks capacity under the Mental Capacity Act, and their family for whatever reason objects to the Covid vaccine? Amelia Walker discusses three recent cases with Rosalind English.’
Law Pod UK, 27th April 2021
Source: audioboom.com
Geoffrey Broome: Youth football coach jailed for abusing players – BBC News
‘A former youth football coach who abused players in his care had previously received a caution for spanking an 11-year-old boy, a court heard.’
BBC News, 27th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
I suffered faith-based conversion therapy – Boris Johnson’s religious loophole is deeply worrying – The Independent
‘By creating exemptions in legislation to ban conversion therapies, we leave thousands of young people vulnerable to abuse. I can no more cure my sexuality than I can scrub the brown from my skin.’
The Independent, 28th April 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teenager who threw six-year-old from Tate Modern was not considered a risk – The Guardian
‘An autistic teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern was not considered a risk to others at the time, despite previously assaulting police and a restaurant worker and hitting support staff with a brick, a report has found.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Dropping of stalkers’ register from bill an ‘insult to victims’ – The Guardian
‘Ministers have been accused of misleading and insulting victims after a push by a cross-party group of peers to create an automatic register of dangerous domestic abusers and stalkers was dropped.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
