‘Fighting to prove we’re British’ – BBC News
‘Remi, Sharon and Leonardo are all struggling to secure their lives in the UK after learning they’re not legally British.’
BBC News, 21st July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government admits breaking privacy law with NHS test and trace – The Guardian
‘The UK government broke the law in rolling out its test-and-trace programme without a full assessment of the privacy implications, the Department of Health and Social Care has admitted after a legal challenge.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Could This Emergency Law Prevent Thousands Becoming Homeless? – Each Other
‘Housing campaigners are urging the government to introduce emergency legislation to protect tens of thousands of private renters at risk of being made homeless.’
Each Other, 20th July 2020
Source: eachother.org.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 12) Regulations 2020
The Enterprise Act 2002 (Turnover Test) (Amendment) Order 2020
The Direct Payments Ceilings Regulations 2020
The Criminal Procedure Rules 2020
The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2020
The Public Service Vehicles (Open Data) (England) Regulations 2020
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Defamation Trumps Data Protection? Steele Yourselves! – Panopticon
‘It is a common trope of media lawyers that defamation claims have been on the wane since the Defamation Act 2013, and that data protection law might be the way to fill the gap. (We at Panopticon scorn such arriviste tendencies.) And in Warby J, there is a willing champion of alignment of legal principles between defamation and data protection. He particularly emphasised the read-across in the context of complaints of inaccurate data processing in NT1 v Google LLC [2018] EWHC 799 (QB) (see here) and he has done so again in his very interesting judgment in Aven v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd [2020] EWHC 1812 (QB).’
Panopticon, 20th July 2020
Source: panopticonblog.com
Legal aid minister under fire from practitioners – Legal Futures
‘Criminal lawyers took their fight for government support direct to the legal aid minister yesterday, haranguing him mercilessly during an online meeting and complaining that barristers were operating on “petrol fumes” due to the absence of jury trials.’
Legal Futures, 21st July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Payne & Ors v Revenue And Customs [2020] EWCA Civ 889 (20 July 2020)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Newby v R. [2020] EWCA Crim 937 (20 July 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Wawrzyniak v District Court In Legnica, Poland [2020] EWHC 1955 (Admin) (20 July 2020)
Robinson, Review of the tariff in the case of [2020] EWHC 1935 (Admin) (20 July 2020)
Prince, Review of the tariff in the case of [2020] EWHC 1936 (Admin) (20 July 2020)
Sarkar v The General Medical Council (GMC) [2020] EWHC 1896 (Admin) (20 July 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Phones 4u Ltd v EE Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC 1943 (Ch) (20 July 2020)
Paragon Offshore Plc, Re [2020] EWHC 1925 (Ch) (20 July 2020)
Paragon Offshore Plc, Re (Costs) [2020] EWHC 1945 (Ch) (20 July 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Elite Property Holdings Ltd & Ors v BDO LLP [2020] EWHC 1937 (Comm) (20 July 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Surrey Heath Borough Council v Robb & Ors [2020] EWHC 1952 (QB) (20 July 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
Uber drivers’ fight for workers’ rights reaches supreme court – The Guardian
‘A five-year battle over the status and rights of Uber drivers reaches the supreme court in a case that lawyers believe has the potential to transform the gig economy in Britain.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Women’s fears as rape prosecutions stay at 10-year low – The Guardian
‘The number of rape cases being charged by prosecutors remains among its lowest for a decade, according to figures due to be released this week that will dismay campaigners.’
The Guardian, 19th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Law firm’s head of BD jailed over indecent images – Legal Futures
‘The former head of business development at a leading defendant law firm has been jailed for four years after a police raid discovered 6,000 indecent images of children on his computer and other devices.’
Legal Futures, 21st July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Cardiff man given ‘life sentence by back door’ for phone theft – BBC News
‘A woman who says her son was effectively given “a life sentence” for stealing a mobile phone is calling on the UK government to change the rules.’
BBC News, 20th July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Location of ‘Nightingale courts’ to tackle case backlog in England and Wales revealed – The Guardian
‘The locations of 10 emergency “Nightingale courts” created by the Ministry of Justice for socially distanced trials to tackle the massive backlog in cases in England and Wales have been announced.’
The Guardian, 19th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Young CICA solicitor was not unfairly dismissed – Legal Futures
‘A young solicitor at the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), who left only six months after completing her traineeship because her fixed-term contract (FTC) had expired, was not unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 20th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Parents of student who killed herself launch legal action against University of Bristol – The Guardian
‘The parents of a student with severe social anxiety who took her own life on the day she was scheduled to face “the ordeal” of an important oral test have launched legal proceedings against her university, claiming she was the victim of negligence and disability discrimination.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Knife crime in England and Wales at record high, figures show – BBC News
‘The number of knife crimes In England and Wales has risen to a new record high, says the Office for National Statistics.’
BBC News, 17th July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
FCA begins case over insurers’ refusal to pay firms’ Covid-19 claims – The Guardian
‘The City regulator will on Monday begin a test case on behalf of thousands of businesses that claim they should have been paid by insurers to cover closures during the coronavirus pandemic.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Duty of care owed by UK ship agent to Bangladeshi worker? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘On 30 March 2018, whilst working on the demolition of an oil tanker on the beach at Chittagong, Bangladesh, Mr Mollah fell to his death.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th July 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Call for impartial websites on quality of lawyers’ services – Legal Futures
‘Independent websites providing impartial information on the quality of legal services providers are needed to guide people looking for a lawyer, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has argued.’
Legal Futures, 20th July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Uber drivers to launch legal bid to uncover app’s algorithm – The Guardian
‘Minicab drivers will launch a legal bid to uncover secret computer algorithms used by Uber to manage their work in a test case that could increase transparency for millions of gig economy workers across Europe.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
