UK visa rule challenge rejected by High Court – BBC News
“UK family immigration rules are not discriminatory and do not infringe human
rights, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 5th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 5 July 2013
Monty Python loses Spamalot royalties battle – Daily Telegraph
“The stars of Monty Python face paying out an estimated £200,000 to a former colleague after a judge ruled he should receive a share of the royalties for the musical comedy Spamalot.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Azelle Rodney death: ‘No justification’ for police shooting – BBC News
“Police had no lawful justification for shooting dead a 24-year-old man in north London eight years ago, an inquiry has found.”
BBC news, 5th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
JSC BTA Bank v Ereshchenko [2013] EWCA Civ 1961 (04 July 2013)
Menelaou v Bank of Cyprus UK Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 814 (04 July 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Polomski v Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2013] EWHC 1893 (Admin) (04 July 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Menelaou v Bank of Cyprus UK Ltd – WLR Daily
Menelaou v Bank of Cyprus UK Ltd: [2013] EWCA Civ 1960; [2013] WLR (D) 266
“A bank which had released its charges over property in exchange for a new charge over property purchased from the proceeds of sale of the other property was entitled by subrogation to an unpaid vendor’s lien on the new property.”
WLR Daily, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Zodiac Seats UK Ltd (formerly Contour Aerospace Ltd) – WLR Daily
“Where judgment was given in an English court that a patent, whether English or European, was valid and infringed, and the patent was subsequently retrospectively revoked or amended, whether in England or at the European Patent Office, the defendant was entitled to rely on the fact of the revocation or amendment on an inquiry as to damages in respect of the unamended patent.”
WLR Daily, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Dumfries and Galloway Council v North (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily
“The hypothesis of the second limb of the ‘in the same employment’ test in section 1(6) of the Equal Pay Act 1970 was that the chosen male comparators were to be transferred to do their present jobs in the location where the women claimants worked, while there was no requirement of any real possibility that such a transfer would occur. The question to be answered was whether in the event of such a transfer, however unlikely, the comparators would remain employed on the same or broadly similar terms and conditions to those applicable in their current place of work.”
WLR Daily, 26th June 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The National Health Service (Direct Payments) Regulations 2013
The Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972) Order 2013
The European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice and Services of Lawyers) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Elections (Fresh Signatures for Absent Voters) Regulations 2013
The Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2013
The Land Registration (Proper Office) Order 2013
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2013
The Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013
The Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses Regulations 2013
The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP – Judges Dinner 2013 – Ministry of Justice
“Speech given by Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP. Originally given at Judges Dinner 2013.This is the text of the speech as drafted, which may differ slightly from the delivered version.”
Ministry of Justice, 4th July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
The Judicial Working Group on Litigants in Person – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The Judicial Working Group on Litigants in Person – Report, July 2013.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 5th July 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Lord Mayor’s Dinner for Her Majesty’s Judges, 2013 – Speech by The Lord Chief Justice
“The Lord Mayor’s Banquet to Her Majesty’s Judges, speech by Lord Judge, 3 July 2013.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 5th July 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Consultation launched into migrant access of health services – Home Office
“A consultation into short term migrant’s access and contribution to the NHS has been launched as part of the Immigration Bill.”
Home Office, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Proposals for landlord checks to tackle illegal migrants renting – Home Office
“Private landlords will be required to check the immigration status of new tenants under government proposals being launched in a consultation today.”
Home Office,3rd July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Two Upper Tribunal decisions – Panopticon
“The Upper Tribunal has handed down two decisions on Iraq and section 27 FOIA, which raise some interesting procedural points – FCO v Information Commissioner and Plowden GIA/2474/2012 and Cabinet Office and Information Commissioner v Muttitt GIA/0957/2012.”
Panopticon, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Human Rights legislation is not a “licence to squat”, expert says – OUT-LAW.com
“A landowner’s right to recover possession of his property does not infringe the human rights of squatters, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Damages for infringement should be calculated on basis of amended not original patents, rules Supreme Court – OUT-LAW.com
“The UK Supreme Court has ruled that companies found to have infringed patents can rely on the subsequent amendment of patent claims to exonerate them from liability for damages.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
CPS may bring first case against Metropolitan police spy – The Guardian
“Prosecutors are considering launching the first case against an undercover police officer deployed to infiltrate political campaigns. The Crown Prosecution Service is examining allegations of wrongdoing by Jim Boyling, a former member of a covert Metropolitan police unit which planted undercover officers in political groups for four decades.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Azelle Rodney inquiry to give final ruling – The Guardian
“An official inquiry is expected to criticise the Metropolitan police over the shooting dead of a man by an elite firearms officer.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
James Bulger killer Jon Venables to be freed – BBC News
“One of James Bulger’s killers, Jon Venables, should be released from prison, the parole board has said. Venables was previously paroled, but sent back to jail for accessing child pornography.”
BBC News, 4th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Senior lawyer takes out injunction to cover up affair – The Independent
“A senior lawyer has taken out a gagging order typically reserved for philandering footballers to cover up details of his affair with a younger woman.”
The Independent, 4th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
