‘Local authorities need to be “proactive and vigilant” in taking measures to prevent girls being subjected to the “great evil” of female genital mutilation, the most senior family court judge in England and Wales has said.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Attorney General is to consider whether a suspended sentence handed to a religious studies teacher who had a sex with a pupil should be reviewed.’
BBC News, 14th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three men who contracted hepatitis C from contaminated imported blood have begun a legal case in the UK to challenge the compensation scheme.’
BBC News, 15th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Government’s attempt to legalise so-called “three parent” babies is open to challenge by judicial review because of serious flaws in the proposed legislation, a senior lawyer has warned.’
The Independent, 14th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman who repeatedly warned police about the paedophile activities of the disgraced rock star Ian Watkins, but was herself prosecuted after trying to entrap him, claimed children could have been saved from abuse if she had been believed.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Justice secretary backs down to avoid third Lords defeat over bill which would make it harder to challenge government decisions.’
The Guardian, 13th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Is a lack of legal representation in family cases increasing the likelihood of procedural errors going unnoticed? The judgment in Re P (A Child) suggests that there is a pressing need for change by the courts and judiciary.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 14th January 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Video-on-demand material is now subject to additional restrictions as of 1 December 2014. Material either rated or to be rated as R18 by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) must be placed behind access controls. In addition, material either refused or would be refused a classification by the BBFC is banned.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th January 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has rejected a challenge to the adoption of a planning document which seeks to direct the location of development in a district of south Essex.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th January 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A non-executive director who failed to declare a conflict of interest has lost her appeal against the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which had fined her £154,800 and banned her from holding a regulated financial services role.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th January 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointment of 93 new Queen’s Counsel.’
Ministry of Justice, 14th January 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘There was “no proper justification” for a claimant seeking to reopen an issue based on the circulation of a draft judgment, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 13th January 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Lawyers who make late requests for paper case management conferences (CMCs) without good reason “run the risk of sanctions”, the High Court has warned.’
Litigation Futures, 14th January 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A joint protocol, created and implemented by the Crown Prosecution Service and the Police has been launched today [Thursday 8 January 2015], setting out how to deal with all rape cases from the initial complaint to after the verdict in a trial.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 8th January 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
National Crime Agency v Robb; [2014] EWHC 4384 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 1
‘The court gave guidance on the hearing of applications brought by victims of fraud under section 182 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 as to the principles to be applied in following and tracing recoverable property obtained by the defendant through unlawful conduct.’
WLR Daily, 23rd December 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Where the Secretary of State for the Home Department had detained a person because she had innocently suspected that they should be returned to a third country under the principles in Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 (“the Dublin II Regulation”), but subsequent case law demonstrated that liability to Dublin II return did not arise, then that detention was unlawful.’
WLR Daily, 19th December 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The test for the grant of an interlocutory injunction to prevent payment under an irrevocable letter of credit on the grounds of fraud was whether it was seriously arguable that, on the material available, the only realistic inference was that (i) the beneficiary could not honestly have believed in the validity of its demands under the letter of credit, and (ii) the bank had been aware of such fraud.’
WLR Daily, 9th September 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2015
The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
The Landlord and Tenant (Notices) (Revocations) (England) Regulations 2015
The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
The Money Laundering (Amendment) Regulations 2015
The Criminal Justice (Specified Class B Drugs) Order 2015
The National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2014
The Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Specified Interest Rate) (Revocation) (England) Order 2015
The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015
The Keeping and Introduction of Fish (England and River Esk Catchment Area) Regulations 2015
The Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2015
The Local Government (Transparency) (Descriptions of Information) (England) Order 2015
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
S (A Child) (Habitual Residence and Child’s Objections)(Brazil) [2015] EWCA Civ 2 (13 January 2015)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Enterprise Holdings, Inc v Europcar Group UK Ltd & Anor [2015] EWHC 17 (Ch) (13 January 2015)
Hilton v D IV LLP & Ors [2015] EWHC 2 (Ch) (12 January 2015)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
AB v Chief Constable of X Constabulary [2015] EWHC 13 (QB) (08 January 2015)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘MI6 has been forced to reveal documents detailing how it may access legally privileged communications between solicitors and their clients, even if the lawyers are suing the government.’
The Guardian, 13th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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