“The High Court was wrong to state that a Barbados hotel had to comply with the latest safety standards on an ongoing basis in order for a tour operator to escape liability for injury to a holidaymaker, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A judicial review of the Government’s procedure in deciding which areas to exempt from recently introduced rights allowing offices to be transformed into homes without planning permission will be heard in the High Court on 4 December.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Marwaha and others v Singh and others: [2013] WLR (D) 429
“Where on the true construction of a trust, the trustees have a duty to exclude ineligible persons from membership and they breach that duty, the court is not prevented from intervening. The court has power to vary a scheme pursuant to the general supervisory power of the court in relation to charities.”
WLR Daily, 6th November 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
High Court (Commercial Court)
Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc (Rev 1) [2013] EWHC 3463 (Comm) (08 November 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Krause v Newsquest Media Group Ltd & Anor [2013] EWHC 3400 (QB) (11 November 2013)
J M Finn & Co Ltd v Holliday [2013] EWHC 3450 (QB) (08 November 2013)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Roe Brickwork Ltd v Wates Construction Ltd [2013] EWHC 3417 (TCC) (11 November 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Five police officers and two staff have been suspended from duty after a man died in police custody.”
BBC News, 11th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Opening up the Family courts: Transparency in the Family court and the Court of Protection – speech by the President of the Family Division and President of the Court of Protection on 11/11/2013.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th November 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A Royal Marine convicted of murdering a wounded Taliban captive should not be treated as a common criminal, a former commander of British troops in Afghanistan has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A mother who had post-natal depression when she killed her baby daughter in a ‘sudden explosion of violence’ is to be sentenced later.”
BBC News, 12th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A vengeful husband who set fire to a polo-playing love rival’s car who had started dating his wife has been jailed for more than three years.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A report into a GP who filmed intimate sexual examinations with a camera hidden in a watch has found a senior GP had concerns about his behaviour.”
BBC News, 12th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Graiseley Properties Ltd & Ors v Deutche Bank AG & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 1372 (08 November 2013)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Shirley, R v (Rev 1) [2013] EWCA Crim 1990 (08 November 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Krebs v NHS Commissioning Board [2013] EWHC 3474 (Admin) (11 November 2013)
Bhatnagar v The General Medical Council [2013] EWHC 3412 (Admin) (11 November 2013)
Brodziak v Circuit Court In Warsaw, Poland [2013] EWHC 3394 (Admin) (11 November 2013)
Evans v Wimbledon & Putney Commons Conservators & Ors [2013] EWHC 3411 (Admin) (08 November 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Former Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has called for an overhaul of the law concerning safeguarding children. In a previous post I considered the current legislation and whether it goes far enough. I concluded that there is a need for a more general duty to have due regard to the need to eliminate abuse of minors over and above the existing welfare duty in s11 of the Children Act 2004.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 8th November 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Last week, the Government published its Victims’ Code. Earlier in the year, I wrote in CL&J about the ‘rise and rise of the victim’s voice’ ((2012) 177 JPN 473). And so it comes to pass: a culmination (one hopes) of all the political rhetoric about ‘putting victims first’, and ‘being on the side of victims’.”
Criminal Law & Justice Weekly, 9th November 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Designation of the UK Green Investment
Bank) Order 2013
The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order
2013
The Environmental Noise, Site Waste Management Plans and Spreadable Fats etc.
(Revocations and Amendments) Regulations 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“A man has been sentenced to 20 weeks in jail after he tried to kill his neighbours’ cat.”
The Independent, 11th November 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The trial of an NHS doctor accused of kidnapping a British photographer in Syria has collapsed after the prosecution was unable to hear evidence from two alleged victims.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A High Court judge has asked prosecutors to consider forgery and contempt charges after claiming staff at an immigration removal centre falsified a document.”
BBC News, 11th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Tougher penalties for extremely violent rapes are to be introduced later this year, the new chairman of the Sentencing Council, Lord Justice Treacy, has revealed.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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