‘The law criminalising female genital mutilation is to be strengthened so the ban can be enforced against foreign nationals deemed to be “habitually resident” in the UK.’
The Guardian, 4th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two women who admitted allowing a dog to maul a 79-year-old man to death in his garden have been jailed for a year.’
BBC News, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Advertising Standards Authority says poster can only be displayed in areas where it is unlikely to be seen by children.’
The Guardian, 4th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A British grandmother facing execution by firing squad in Indonesia for drug smuggling has no funds to mount a legal challenge against her sentence, the UK’s highest court has been told.’
The Guardian, 4th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Victims of “modern slavery” are to become eligible for compensation and reparations from their traffickers, in recognition of the exploitation and loss of dignity they have suffered, the home secretary, Theresa May, is to announce.’
The Guardian, 4th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘High Court rules British laws on uninsured drivers are ‘in plain breach’ of European Union directives.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man has been found guilty of the “pre-planned honour killing” of his wife, whose body has never been found.’
BBC News, 4th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The coroner at the inquest into the death of Mark Duggan, who was shot dead by police in 2011, has published a series of “concerns” about the case.’
BBC News, 4th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who posted an offensive message on Facebook after the killing of Leeds teacher Ann Maguire has been jailed.’
BBC News, 4th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A council has won an appeal to the First-Tier Tribunal over its refusal to meet a freedom of information request for the disclosure of legal advice given to a consultant conducting an investigation on the authority’s behalf.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Right Hon. The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales speech at the Society for Computers and Law Annual Lecture.’
Judiciary of England & Wales, 29th May 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014
The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2014
The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2014
The Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2014
The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2014
The European Communities (Designation) Order 2014
The Copyright (Public Administration) Regulations 2014
The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Disability) Regulations 2014
‘The statutory authority deriving from paragraph 2(1) and (3) of Schedule 3 to the Immigration Act 1971 for detention pending removal of a person against whom a deportation order had been made in pursuance of a recommendation by a court was not unlimited and did not continue when there was no longer any prospect of deportation within a reasonable time.’
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘CPR r 81.4(3), which gave the court power to order that a company director or officer be imprisoned for a company’s contempt, applied to a director who was outside the jurisdiction.’
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Hines v Lambeth London Borough Council: [2014] EWCA Civ 660; [2014] WLR (D) 238
‘A person whose right to remain in the United Kingdom had expired and who sought housing assistance under the Housing Act 1996 on the basis of a derivative right of residence as a primary carer of her son, a British citizen, would be entitled to accommodation only if her son would be effectively compelled to leave the United Kingdom if she left.’
WLR Daily, 20th May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Family Court Decisions (other Judges)
R (Mother) v Milton Keynes Council & Ors [2014] EWFC B66 (OJ) (3 June 2014)
The Public Guardian v JW [2014] EWFC B67 (OJ) (03 June 2014)
F v SCC [2014] EWFC B61 (OJ) (28 May 2014)
C and H (Minors) (care and placement orders) [2014] EWFC B60 (27 May 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Rutherford & Ors v Secretary of State for Work And Pensions [2014] EWHC 1613 (Admin) (30 May 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Delaney v Secretary of State for Transport [2014] EWHC 1785 (QB) (03 June 2014)
Coll v Floreat Merchant Banking Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 1741 (QB) (03 June 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Master of the rolls Lord Dyson is to hear three consecutive appeals over two days in an effort to clarify the post-Mitchell landscape on compliance with case management rules.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Social workers in Surrey took legal action after discovering that a woman allowed her paedophile ex-husband unsupervised access to their 13-year-old son.’
BBC News, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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