High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Dowdall v William Kenyon & Sons Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 2822 (QB) (12 August 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Adams, In the matter of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 [2014] EWHC 2639 (Admin) (11 August 2014)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Service Confidence Procedure (“SCP”), which was the statutory misconduct regime for police officers, was amenable to judicial review, but in circumstances where reasons for it were subject to a decision that they could not be disclosed due to public interest immunity, then the threshold for judicial interference was very high.’
WLR Daily, 7th August 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Hamill) v Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court [2014] EWHC 2799 (Admin); [2014] WLR (D) 377
‘The statutory power to make a determination pursuant to section 91C of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, on an application under section 91B of that Act, could be delegated by the “chief officer of police” to a subordinate police officer of the rank of superintendent or higher.’
WLR Daily, 8th August 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘There was before the court a substantive hearing in respect of financial claims arising from divorce proceedings between a husband and wife (Cooper-Hohn v Hohn). The issue of reporting of the proceedings arose and the necessary application was made on behalf of the media.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th August 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Dominic Grieve warns that a veto on European Court of Human Rights rulings would be a ‘disaster’ and would would place Britain in ‘great difficulty in terms of our international standing on human rights’.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th August 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The DCLG has released the “Social landlords reduction of service charges: mandatory and discretionary directions 2014“, in force as of today, 12 August 2014.’
NearlyLegal, 12th August 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The president of the Supreme Court indicates he “skims” case files before an appeal, unlike other judges who “read everything”.’
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Daily Telegraph, 12th August 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Failings in the prison service are leaving “vulnerable and isolated” young people at risk from suicide and self-harm, the Prison Ombudsman has concluded.’
The Independent, 12th August 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The employee had been allegedly trafficked from Nigeria to the UK by the employer to work illegally as an au pair (Hounga v Allen and another). The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, set aside an award of compensation granted in the employee’s favour for unlawful discrimination in relation to her dismissal by the employer, having held that the illegality of the contract of employment had formed a material part of the employee’s complaint and that to uphold it would be to condone the illegality. The employee appealed. The Supreme Court, allowing the appeal, held that it would be a breach of the UK’s international obligations under the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings for its law to cause the employee’s complaint to be defeated by the defence of illegality. The case was remitted to the tribunal in respect of a complaint in relation to pre-dismissal harassment.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th August 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexhange.co.uk
‘A man who plotted to have his pregnant lover beaten up in order to get rid of their unborn child has been jailed.’
BBC News, 12th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has ruled that making a defendant who rejected a part 36 offer pay an additional 10% of the sum awarded for costs would introduce a “penal element” and be unjust.’
Litigation Futures, 13th August 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Hayley Southwell, 27, given a suspended sentence after her victim refuses to co-operate with police.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th August 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to four years for raping a 10-year-old girl in Shrewsbury town centre.’
BBC News, 12th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Britain’s blanket ban denying all prisoners the vote is a breach of human rights, European judges have ruled – but those jailed will not receive any costs or compensation.’
The Independent, 12th August 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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