“The Supreme Court has ended years of legal uncertainty by ruling on what constitutes a house in the contest of leasehold enfranchisement.”
The Lawyer, 11th October 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The law of patents is not always patently clear, but one point is obvious. The question of obviousness is not one that admits of endless elaboration. It is, in fact, obvious.
In a judgment handed down yesterday, MedImmune Ltd v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1234, the Court of Appeal, dismissing appeals from Arnold J [2011] EWHC 1669 (Pat) and [2012] EWHC 181 (Pat) made a number of observations on the matter.”
ICLR Blog, 11th October 2012
Source: www.theiclr.blogspot.co.uk
“A man from Greater Manchester who wore a T-shirt daubed with offensive comments about the killing of two police officers has been jailed.”
BBC News, 11th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Joint ventures between the public and private sectors are increasingly common. They are often a focus for vigorous political debate over issues such as the costs involved, the savings to the public purse, the profit to the private sector partner, and allegations of conflicts of interest. While those are political arguments on which Tribunals take no view, they do point to the significant public interests that are engaged when considering access to information. So said the Tribunal in David Orr v IC and Avon and Somerset Police Authority (EA/2012/0077), a recent decision notable for grappling with access to information about such a public/private joint venture.”
Panopticon, 11th October 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“Mr Justice Arnold has thrown out an appeal bid by a franchisee of sandwich chain Subway to challenge HM Revenue & Customs’ VAT policy on hot food.”
The Lawyer, 11th October 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Supreme Court
Varma, R. v [2012] UKSC 42 (10 October 2012)
Day & Anor v Hosebay Ltd [2012] UKSC 41 (10 October 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Simmons v Castle [2012] EWCA Civ 1288 (10 October 2012)
Tinkler & Anor v Elliott [2012] EWCA Civ 1289 (10 October 2012)
SB v A Local Authority & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 1269 (10 October 2012)
Medimmune Ltd v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1234 (10 October 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
John v Times Newspapers Ltd. [2012] EWHC 2751 (QB) (10 October 2012)
High Court (Family Division)
KH (A child), Re [2012] EWHC B18 (Fam) (05 October 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“As you may know, the original Court of Appeal decision in Simmons v Castle on the 10% uplift in general damages was revisited after representations by the ABI and APIL.”
NearlyLegal, 11th October 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“Businesses that ‘self-report’ illegal acts of bribery to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) could still face prosecution in cases where there is a ‘reasonable prospect of conviction’ and if it is ‘in the public interest’ to do so, the SFO has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The GCSE English fiasco that meant thousands of teenagers missed out on C grades this year faces a high court challenge, it was announced on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It has been reported that three healthcare assistants have been charged with wilful neglect and ill treatment of patients following an investigation into the alleged abuse of elderly patients at Whipps Cross Hospital in north London.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 10th October 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A member state in receipt of an application for asylum was obliged to grant the minimum conditions for reception of asylum seekers laid down in Directive 2003/9/EC even where it decided, under Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003, to call upon another member state, as the member state responsible for examining the application for asylum, to take charge of or take back that applicant. This obligation ceased when that same applicant was actually transferred by the requesting member state, and the financial burden of granting those minimum conditions was to be assumed by that requesting member state, which was subject to that obligation.”
WLR Daily, 27th September 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Gore v Stannard (trading as Wyvern Tyres) [2012] EWCA Civ 1248; [2012] WLR (D) 266
“Where a party brought a claim relying on the strict liability rule under Rylands v Fletcher (1868) LR 3 HL 330, the claim being founded on an outbreak of fire said to be caused by another party having brought a ‘thing’ on to his land which then ‘escaped’, close attention would have to be given to the precise ‘thing’ which was said to have ‘escaped’ when analysing whether the principles relied on in fact applied. It remained a moot point whether there was any room for the classic principles to be reformulated in fire cases.”
WLR Daily, 4th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In re G (Children: Religious upbringing) [2012] EWCA Civ 1233; [2012] WLR (D) 265
“In a case in which a marriage had irretrievably broken down, and the parents were unable to agree as to the precise religious nature of their children’s future education, care was required in looking to the welfare of the children and weighing up the relevant factors.”
WLR Daily, 4th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Thousands more people will benefit from flexible courts, Criminal Justice Minister Damian Green said today as he unveiled a list of dozens of new pilot areas.”
Ministry of Justice, 11th October 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Parts of the evidence against the terrorist suspect Abu Qatada are ‘a bit thin’, according to the judge considering his deportation to face trial in Jordan.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“What is happiness? If you thought this most philosophical inquiry was beyond the remit of the judicial system then you should read this case.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Courts have the power to make confiscation orders where an offender is absolutely or conditionally discharged.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Sentencing Council has launched a short animated film for victims and witnesses of crime explaining how sentencing works and the types of sentence offenders can get. As well as being available to view online, it will also be used by Victim Support’s Witness Service volunteers at courts when they are helping victims and witnesses.”
Sentencing Council, 10th October 2012
“Today (10 October), the Commissioner served – for the first time – a monetary penalty notice on a charity. The charity in question, Norwood Ravenswood Ltd, is a social care charity. One of its social workers had attempted to deliver to the home of prospective adopters certain background reports containing highly confidential sensitive personal data on four young children. Finding the couple out, and unable to fit the package through the letterbox, the social worker left the package in a concealed area at the side of the house. When the prospective adopters returned home, the package had disappeared. It was never recovered.”
Panopticon, 10th October 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
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