Sex offender’s hard drive in police commissioner’s safe for 14 years – BBC News
‘Indecent images of children could not be used as evidence because they were in a police commissioner’s safe.’
BBC News, 12th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police drop investigation into pilot over Emiliano Sala plane crash – Daily Telegraph
‘No further action will be taken against a man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in relation to the plane crash that killed footballer Emiliano Sala, police have said.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th March 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Grime artist Solo 45 found guilty of raping four women – The Guardian
‘The grime artist Andy Anokye, who performs as Solo 45, has been found guilty of subjecting four women to a horrifying campaign of rape.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Fake Lord’s cricket card: James Lattimer fined £10k – BBC News
‘A fraudster faked a dead man’s membership card to use as a “passport to a prestigious world” and get the best seats at Lord’s cricket ground.’
BBC News, 11th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man’s ‘experiments’ with explosives were lawful, court rules – The Guardian
‘A man who manufactured high explosives at home and triggered blasts remotely has been cleared of the most serious charges by the supreme court after pleading that it was for his “personal experimentation” and “private education”.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations 2020
The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) Order 2020
The Value Added Tax (Drugs and Medicines) Order 2020
The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (Administration) Regulations 2020
The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) Regulations 2020
The Road Vehicles (Defeat Devices, Fuel Economy and Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
The Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 2) (England) Order 2020
The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Copeland, R. v [2020] UKSC 8 (11 March 2020)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Taylor v Rhino Overseas Inc. [2020] EWCA Civ 353 (10 March 2020)
Husson v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 329 (10 March 2020)
The Competition And Markets Authority v Flynn Pharma Ltd & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 339 (10 March 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Court (Chancery Division)
Bilta (UK) Ltd & Ors v Natwest Markets Plc & Anor [2020] EWHC 546 (Ch) (10 March 2020)
Various Claimants v MGN Ltd [2020] EWHC 553 (Ch) (10 March 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Damoco (Bermuda) Ltd & Ors v Atlanta Bidco Ltd [2020] EWHC 501 (Comm) (10 March 2020)
High Court (Patents Court)
Geofabrics Ltd v Fiberweb Geosynthetics Ltd [2020] EWHC 444 (Pat) (05 March 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
False imprisonment not synonymous with breach of right to liberty – UK Human Rights Blog
‘R (on the application of Jalloh (formerly Jollah)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 4.In a pithy parting shot to the Home Secretary, Lady Hale has given the unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court on the question of whether a person subject to a home curfew under immigration powers had been falsely imprisoned at common law and whether that concept should now be aligned with the concept of deprivation of liberty in article 5 of the ECHR. The Court decided the case against the defendant, as did every court below (the Blog covered the Court of Appeal’s decision here). The defendant had been required to pay the claimant £4,000.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 10th March 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Defendant sentenced after being caught on CCTV injuring himself to claim against housing association – Local Government Lawyer
‘A man has been sentenced after CCTV caught him purposely banging his knee five times on a paving stone in order to make a fake injury claim against a housing association.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Judges to have wider powers in contempt rules rewrite – Litigation Futures
‘Judges could be handed wider powers to take the initiative over contempt of court in draft rules proposed by the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC).’
Litigation Futures, 11th March 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Mirror’s in-house lawyers under phone-hacking scrutiny – Legal Futures
‘The High Court has rejected a bid to strike out the claim by various public figures that the legal department of MGN Group knew about phone hacking at the Daily Mirror.’
Legal Futures, 11th March 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Killer who murdered for Nike trainers convicted and jailed for life – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A killer who robbed a teenager of his new Nike trainers before stabbing another teenager who confronted him about it, has been convicted of murder and jailed for life.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th March 2020
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Worse than LASPO’: housing disputes proposal divides profession – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A radical proposal by an influential human rights thinktank to resolve housing disputes – a sector blighted by “advice deserts” – has divided housing lawyers.’
Law Society's Gazette, 10th March 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Post Office IT system that ruined lives ‘still faulty’, MPs told – BBC News
‘A faulty till system that led to sub-postmasters being wrongly accused of stealing money is still not working properly, MPs have been told.’
BBC News, 10th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK bed firm’s advert banned for associating migrants with coronavirus – The Guardian
‘A newspaper ad promoting British-made mattresses that warned of “nasty imports” alongside an image of a surgical mask has been banned by the advertising watchdog for associating immigrants with the spread of the coronavirus.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Kaden Reddick: Topshop queue barrier death was accident – BBC News
‘A 10-year-old boy who was killed by a falling queue barrier at a Topshop store died accidentally, a coroner has said.’
BBC News, 10th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Charities call for inquiry into deaths linked to benefits cuts – The Guardian
‘Some of the UK’s best known mental health charities and the Royal College of Psychiatrists have jointly called for an independent inquiry into the deaths of scores of vulnerable people who were reliant on welfare benefits.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
People cannot define themselves as gender neutral on passports, court rules – The Independent
‘A campaigner who wants passports to include a category for those who do not identify as male or female has lost a Court of Appeal challenge over gender neutral passports.’
The Independent, 10th March 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020
The Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order 2020
The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2020
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020
The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
