Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill: reference by the Counsel General for Wales – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 9th February 2015
Month: February 2015
UK prisoner voting rights breached, European judges rule – BBC News
‘The rights of more than 1,000 UK prisoners were breached when they were prevented from voting in elections, European judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 10th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court finds inspector was entitled to reject council’s claim for section 106 administration fee – OUT-LAW.com
‘The High Court has dismissed a council’s challenge to a planning inspector’s decision not to allow it to impose a standardised fee for administering and monitoring planning obligations under a section 106 agreement.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th February 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
RAF man jailed for shooting comrade in ‘party trick’ gone wrong – Daily Telegraph
‘SAC Liam Gadsby had previously boasted to colleagues that he could pull the trigger on a loaded pistol without a bullet being fired.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Internet ASBOs for hate crimes: what are the challenges? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘In the struggle against internet trolls, cyber bullying and the general way in which the advent of the internet has caused problems for the criminal law, over the weekend the latest idea to combat the evils of the internet appeared: Internet ASBOs.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 9th February 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexhange.co.uk
High Court grants SRA power to destroy millions of documents held after interventions – Legal Futures
‘The High Court has backed an application by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to destroy millions of documents seized from firms it has intervened in and had to store since, at significant cost to the profession.’
Legal Futures, 10th February 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Imprisonment ‘turns young offenders into sex criminals’ – The Independent
‘Plans for Europe’s largest juvenile prison were criticised last night after a new report claimed that jailing children increased the chances of them becoming sex offenders in adulthood.’
Full story
The Independent, 10th February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Vet Oliver Lown jailed over bestiality images – BBC News
‘A former vet who was struck off after being filmed having sex with a horse and a dog has been jailed for possessing images of bestiality.’
BBC News, 9th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New guidance aimed at distinguishing digital advertising from editorial content – OUT-LAW.com
‘Businesses should ensure that ‘native advertising’ developed on their behalf has prominent “visible visual cues” that allow consumers to immediately identify it as marketing material, under new industry guidance.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th February 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Lord Justice Lewison and the Return of English – NearlyLegal
‘I recently found myself reading and writing about the Court of Appeal judgement in Edwards v Kurasamy (our report here). Doing so made me think about the recent spate of judgements given by Lewison LJ that have touched on the private rental sector. I am thinking here of Spencer v Taylor (which we analysed here), Charalambous v Ng, and now Edwards v Kumarasamy. (our report). All of these are cases that touch primarily on the Private Rented Sector and all of them feature leading judgements by Lewison LJ. These are not of course the only big PRS cases to come from the CoA recently so I am not suggesting that Lewison LJ is the only CoA judge dealing with the PRS (see McDonald v McDonald for example) but he does seem to be getting a healthy majority right now.’
NearlyLegal, 9th February 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Court of Appeal upholds exclusion from UK of anti Muslim speakers at English Defence League rally – Free Movement
‘The case of R (On the Application Of Geller & Anor) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 45 was an application to the Court of Appeal against a refusal by the Upper Tribunal to grant permission for judicial review by Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, the founders ‘Stop Islamization of America’, referred to by the Secretary of State as an anti-Muslim hate group. This contributor was previously unaware of Geller and Spencer’s work, but after 5 minutes on YouTube was in rare agreement with the Secretary of State. They had planned to visit the UK in the aftermath of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, to address a rally planned by the English Defence League in Greenwich on Saturday 29 June 2013, armed forces day.’
Full story
Free Movement, 10th February 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Theresa May to order probe into collapse of police corruption trial – Daily Telegraph
‘The Home Secretary has ordered a QC-led inquiry into the collapse of the UK’s biggest police corruption trial.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Husband given life sentence for ‘ferocious and chilling’ screwdriver attack against his wife – The Independent
‘A husband who tortured and killed his wife has been handed a life sentence, after he left her with at least 270 injuries following a “ferocious and chilling” attack.’
The Independent, 9th February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rule committee raises bar for parties wanting to transfer cases to London – Litigation Futures
‘Parties that want to transfer cases to London will need to provide a much fuller explanation as to why, the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (CPRC) has decided.’
Litigation Futures, 10th February 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Sheffield man jailed for life for killing wife – BBC News
‘An “evil” husband who murdered his wife before hiding her body in a cupboard has been jailed for at least 23 years.’
BBC News, 9th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Magna Carta 800 Years On – BBC Law in Action
‘This year, 2015, marks the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta, a legal document often seen as the cornerstone of British freedoms.’
BBC Law in Action, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Gratuitously rude’ judge reprimanded in CoA ruling – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A family judge was reprimanded by Court of Appeal judges twice in two days and told he should be “embarrassed” by the way he handled a case, it has emerged.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th February 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Significant’ changes to public procurement rules to be introduced in weeks – OUT-LAW.com
‘A raft of major changes to the regulation of procurement in the public sector in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is set to be introduced later this month.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th February 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Sun journalists retrial row after judge removed from case – The Guardian
‘A decision to remove a judge lined up for a retrial of four Sun journalists has led to a legal row at the Old Bailey involving some of the most senior judges in the country.’
The Guardian, 6th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Proposed changes to S.21 – NearlyLegal
‘As well as the clauses introducing the retaliatory eviction proposals, the Government’s proposed amendments to the Deregulation Bill would make some other changes to s.21. The effects would be:
No s.21 notice can be served within the first 4 months of the shorthold tenancy, thus ending the all too widespread practice of serving a s.21 at the time the tenancy agreement is signed (though I’d still say that was probably caught by the deposit rules). The proposals also make clear that possession proceedings cannot be begun before 6 months from the start of the tenancy (that disposes of an idea some bright spark landlords had, that it was OK to start proceedings before 6 months so long as the possession order was made after the 6 month date).’
NearlyLegal, 8th February 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
