Montgomery (Appellant) v Lanarkshire Health Board (Respondent) – Supreme Court
Montgomery (Appellant) v Lanarkshire Health Board (Respondent) [2015] UKSC 11 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 11th March 2015
Day: 25 March 2015
Carlyle (Appellant) v Royal Bank of Scotland (Respondent) (Scotland) – Supreme Court
Carlyle (Appellant) v Royal Bank of Scotland (Respondent) (Scotland) [2015] UKSC 13 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 11th March 2015
Tael One Partners Limited (Appellant) v Morgan Stanley & Co International PLC (Respondent) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 11th March 2015
Wyatt (Appellant) v Vince (Respondent) – Supreme Court
Wyatt (Appellant) v Vince (Respondent) [2015] UKSC 14 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 11th March 2015
R (on the application of Catt) (AP) (Respondent) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and another (Appellants); R (on the application of T) (AP) (Respondent) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Appellant) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 4th March 2015
R (on the application of Jamar Brown (Jamaica) (Respondent) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 4th March 2015
Extension of Freedom of Information Act to Network Rail – Ministry of Justice
‘Passengers and the public can request information directly from the authority which runs Britain’s rail infrastructure for the very first time from Tuesday 24 March.’
Ministry of Justice, 23rd March 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
NIHL: Disease or Injury and Does it Really Matter? – Zenith PI Blog
‘A recent case heard by Mr Justice Phillips in the High Court has considered the increasingly popular argument that Noise Induced Hearing Loss is an injury rather than a disease.’
Zenith PI Blog, 24th March 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Life imprisonment possible for breach of new Computer Misuse Act rules from 3 May – OUT-LAW.com
‘People who cause “serious damage” to computer systems in the UK could be sentenced to life imprisonment under a change to the law set to come into force in May.’
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OUT-LAW.com, 24th March 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
A loophole in the slavery bill could allow companies to hide supply chain abuses – The Guardian
‘The modern slavery bill now in parliament must ensure big business respects human rights in providing its goods and services worldwide, not just in the UK.’
The Guardian, 24th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Council to bring judicial review action over DCLG direction on newspaper frequency – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Royal Borough of Greenwich is to bring judicial review proceedings after the Communities Secretary earlier this month served the authority with a direction requiring it to cut publication of its weekly newspaper.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th March 2015
Source: www.localgovernment.co.uk
Top Catholic school takes fight for admissions policy to court – The Guardian
‘The religious ethos of one of England’s oldest state-funded Catholic boys’ schools is at risk after an education watchdog attacked its admissions code, the high court has heard.’
The Guardian, 24th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Relief from sanctions for not turning up? – Nearly Legal
‘In Home Group v Matrejek [2015] EWHC 441 (QB), the High Court has applied Rule 3.9 of the Civil Procedure Rules and the guidance on applications for relief from sanctions in Denton v TH White Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 906 (our note here) to a possession claim based on nuisance and anti-social behaviour.’
Nearly Legal, 24th March 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Man jailed over ‘ferocious’ Brixton stabbing murder – BBC News
‘A man who killed his ex-wife and seriously injured two other women, including his ex-girlfriend, in a “ferocious stabbing spree”, has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 24th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jeremy Phillips talks to Law Vox – OUP Law Vox
‘George Miller introduces leading experts from a wide variety of disciplines to discuss significant aspects of their respective fields in a series of accessible and stimulating discourses.George Miller introduces leading experts from a wide variety of disciplines to discuss significant aspects of their respective fields in a series of accessible and stimulating discourses.
Jeremy Phillips – Intellectual Property Consultant, Olswang, London; Professorial Fellow at the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute. Editor of Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
An Honorary Research Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute and Professorial Fellow, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, Professor Phillips has held positions in several leading academic institutions. He is the founder editor of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice and is also blogmeister of the IPKat and other weblogs.
In this podcast Jeremy outlines the field of IP law and how it was seen at the start of his intellectual property law career. Jeremy discusses how intellectual property evolved and grew to encompass many different features. He talks about how intellectual property interacts with the commercial world, including copyright in books and patents in pharmaceuticals, and how intellectual property law works in tandem with human rights law, and he also describes how the practical application of intellectual property works, and how human behaviour influences this.’
OUP Law Vox, 22nd March 2015
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The Insurance Act 2015: practical changes for insurers to consider – OUT-LAW.com
‘The 2015 Insurance Act will, subject to an 18-month transition period, introduce what the UK government has described as “the biggest reform to insurance contract law in more than a century”.’
OUT-LAW.com, March 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Justice body needs ‘bolder approach’ say MPs – BBC News
‘A public body that reviews miscarriages of justice should be “bolder” and refer more cases to the Court of Appeal, a group of MPs has said.’
BBC News, 25th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
