‘Tribunals are entitled to take into account information that was not available to a health and safety inspector at the time that a notice was issued when hearing an appeal against that notice, the Scottish appeal court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th May 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Two organisers of illegal commercial poker tournaments have been ordered to pay £32,000 in fines and costs following a prosecution brought by the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th May 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Morales v Enver (2016) QBD (Irwin J) 28/04/2016. Mr M had brought injunction for re-entry proceedings against a landlord and agents.’
Nearly Legal, 4th May 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
‘There has long been considerable public concern over the restraint techniques used in young offender institutions and secure training centres. In Willow v Information Commissioner & Ministry of Justice [2016] UKUT 157 (AAC), the Upper Tribunal had to consider the public interest balance as it applied to section 31(1)(f) FOIA, i.e. information prejudicial to the maintenance of security and good order in prisons or other institutions in which people are detained. The request had been for the physical restraint training manual, and the FTT had upheld the application of the exemption.’
Panopticon, 6th May 2016
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘New EU data protection laws will apply from 25 May 2018.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th May 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘In a speech about Brexit last week, the Home Secretary shared what she called her “hard-headed analysis”: membership of an unreformed EU makes us safer, but – beware the non-sequitur – we must withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, which does not.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th May 2016
Source: https://ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The government is investigating the extension of fixed recoverable costs across all civil litigation, including how to deal with differences between different types of litigation, civil justice minister Lord Faulks said yesterday.’
Litigation Futures, 5th may 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has slammed a prosecution by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in the strongest terms, saying it was “appalled and dismayed” that the regulator had asked it to “rubber stamp” a deal which saw charges of dishonesty dropped at the last minute after the solicitor involved admitted lesser allegations.’
Legal Futures, 6th May 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bondzie, R v [2016] EWCA Crim 552 (05 May 2016)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Shlosberg v Avonwick Holdings Ltd & Ors [2016] EWHC 1001 (Ch) (05 May 2016)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Ministry of Justice has given some insight into the reasons behind its decision to close a court that campaigners have bitterly fought to save.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th May 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The delayed blanket ban on legal highs in England and Wales is to come into force on 26 May, the Home Office has confirmed.’
The Guardian, 5th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A teenager who became pregnant after being placed into council care must give up her baby, a family court judge in Leeds has ruled.’
BBC News, 6th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The deputy head of a fee-paying Catholic school in London has been jailed for 33 months for possessing extreme images of child abuse.’
BBC News, 5th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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