“Businesses cannot refuse to hand over records containing employees’ personal information just because they suspect the information could be used against them in an employment tribunal, the UK’s data protection watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th August 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The incoming Lord Chief Justice has asked the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to consider a law firm’s continuing fitness to practise having found its senior partner in contempt of court.”
Legal Futures, 9th August 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“It is a strange feature of the DPA subject access regime that, despite having extremely far reaching legal effects, to date it only rarely been the subject of judicial analysis. This is in no small part because the costs of bringing disputes over the application of the legislation before the courts are generally prohibitive. As readers of this blog will know, there have been some fairly recent county court judgments which have considered the application of the regime (see in particular the posts on the judgments in Elliott and Abadir here and here). However, jurisprudence emanating from the High Court has been decidedly thin on the ground. Today however the High Court has handed down an important judgment on the application of the regime: In the Matter of the Southern Pacific Personal Loans Limited [2013] EWHC 2485 (Admin). Readers will want to note in particular that part of the judgment where the court considered the relevance of the applicant’s purpose or motive in making a subject access request (SAR) – as discussed below.”
Panopticon, 8th August 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“Pupils should be taught about the risks of using Twitter in lessons at school, Dominic Grieve the Attorney General has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man accused of infecting two women with the HIV virus has died in hospital.”
The Independent, 8th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“No charges will be brought over the death of a man attacked in Sheffield unless ‘new and compelling evidence’ emerges, prosecutors have said.”
BBC News, 8th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The police watchdog has ruled that a Met officer who sprayed CS gas on peaceful tax protesters, causing several to collapse struggling for breath, should face a “misconduct meeting”.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A motorist who knocked down and killed a cyclist while he was eating at the wheel has been cleared of causing death by dangerous driving.”
BBC News, 8th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“BT and Vodafone are among seven large telecoms firms which could be pulled into a legal challenge under human rights law for cooperating with GCHQ’s large-scale internet surveillance programs.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The New Labour government was accused of frenzied law making, creating a criminal offence for every day spent in office. The current government, responding to these concerns, has introduced a ‘gateway’ mechanism to halt the tide of criminalisation. New research suggests that the accusations levelled against the last government badly underestimated the reality: criminal offences were – and despite the gateway mechanism, are still – created at a far greater rate than one a day. But what does this actually mean, and what should we do about it?”
Date: Thursday 24th October 2013, 6.00-7.00pm
Location: UCL Faculty of Laws Events
Charge: Free
More details can be found here.
“This symposium forms part of the consultation exercise in the current Law Commission project examining the case for extending the existing hate crime offences under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and the Public Order Act 1986, so that all these offences would apply to race, religion, disability, transgender identity and sexual orientation.”
Date: Tuesday 17th September 2013, 1.30pm
Location: G O Jones Lecture Theatre, G O Jones Building, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road London E1 4NS
Charge: Invitation only, see website for details on the application process
More information can be found here.
“The Wolfson Institute of Preventative Medicine at Queen Mary, University of London is pleased to offer a one day conference on the expanding world of mental health and law. This conference includes presentations from leading experts in law and mental health, providing attendees with up to date information on global legal issues.”
Date: Wednesday 11th September 2013, 9:00am-5:00pm
Location: Room 2.40, Francis Bancroft Building, Mile End Campus, Queen Mary University of London
Charge: £120
More information can be found here.
“UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL) and MARQUES, the European Association of Trade Mark Owners, invite you to meet and questions some of the judges that are regularly deciding our trade mark disputes.
The chair The Rt Hon Professor Sir Robin Jacob will pose a set of pre-selected questions from the audience to:
– The Hon Mr Justice Birss
– Allan James (Senior Hearing Officer and Head of Trade Mark Tribunal, UK IPO)
– Bo Vesterdorf (Senior Consultant, Plesner; former Judge and President of European Court of First Instance).”
Date: Wednesday 16 October 2013, 6.00-7.30pm
Location: UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL)
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Cart v Cart [2013] EWCA Civ 1006 (07 August 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Saha v Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine [2013] EWHC 2438 (QB) (07 August 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
The International Tax Compliance (United States of America) Regulations 2013
The National Crime Agency (Remuneration Review Body) Regulations 2013
The Offender Management Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2013
The Export Control (Burma Sanctions) Order 2013
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Employment) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in July.”
Family Law Week, 7th August 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“The High Court has told the former chief whip Andrew Mitchell MP that the cost of his libel action against The Sun will be restricted to the cost of the court fees for the claim.”
The Lawyer, 7th August 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Secretary of State (SoS) was correct to conclude that the demolition of a Victorian Chapel to pave the way for a housing regeneration scheme was an independent project and therefore did not require an environmental impact assessment (EIA), a High Court judge has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th August 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Driving licences are being stripped from dozens of people after an interpreter who gave Chinese theory test candidates the answers.”
BBC News, 8th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“BPP has been awarded university status, following confirmation by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) that the private provider meets the criteria for the title.”
The Lawyer, 8th August 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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