Deputy head jailed for indecent images of children – BBC News
‘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
Month: May 2016
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (Commencement) Regulations 2016
The Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provision) Order 2016
The Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 (Commencement) Order 2016
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Trading Fund (Amendment) Order 2016
The Magistrates’ Courts (Psychoactive Substances Act 2016) (Transfer of Proceedings) Rules 2016
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
IFX Investment Company Ltd & Ors v Revenue And Customs [2016] EWCA Civ 436 (04 May 2016)
Goldtrail Travel Ltd v Aydin & Ors [2016] EWCA Civ 439 (04 May 2016)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
AB v ROYAL Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 1024 (QB) (04 May 2016)
Hosseini v Central Manchester University & Anor [2016] EWHC 974 (QB) (04 May 2016)
Source: www.bailii.org
NHS trust fined £185k over inadvertent release of confidential data on staff – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust after it posted the private details of 6,574 members of staff on its website.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th May 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
APIL 2016: no retreat on personal injury reform, says justice minister – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Justice minister Lord Faulks today indicated that there will be no retreat on far-reaching and controversial plans to reform the personal injury sector.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th May 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation: a lacuna in the law – Family Law Week
‘Matthew Warmoth, pupil barrister at Fourteen, finds that the court can do little to protect children from CSE when the exploiter is not a party to proceedings and there has been no police caution or conviction for a sexual or violent offence.’
Family Law Week, 4th May 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Gang jailed over pensioner phone scam – BBC News
‘Eight men from London have been jailed for a phone scam that defrauded UK pensioners out of more than £1m.’
BBC News, 4th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Thousands of court cases adjourned due to failures in interpreting services – The Guardian
‘More than 2,600 court cases have been adjourned over the past five years because of failures in the interpreting service, according to figures released by the Ministry of Justice.’
The Guardian, 4th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bill forcing people to prove nationality slammed as discriminatory – The Guardian
‘Government measures making people prove their nationality or face prosecution risk damaging community relations and are discriminatory, critics have warned.’
The Guardian, 4th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former chief constable calls for public inquiry into Orgreave clashes and beyond – The Guardian
‘A public inquiry should examine the way Margaret Thatcher’s government used the police to occupy communities during the 1980s miners’ strike, a former chief constable has said. Sir Peter Fahy said the police attitudes that caused public outrage last week, following the Hillsborough inquest verdicts, were fostered by events such as the government using officers to crush one of Britain’s bitterest industrial disputes.’
The Guardian, 4th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge overturns ‘absurd’ NHS decision not to treat narcoleptic 17-year-old – Daily Telegraph
‘NHS England has been ordered by the High Court to treat a teenager with a severe neurological condition.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
George Bell: The battle for a bishop’s reputation – BBC News
‘George Bell was one of the most influential Anglican bishops of the last century. But, almost 60 years after his death, he was accused of having been a child abuser. Now campaigners are battling to defend his reputation.’
BBC News, 5th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kandyce Downer: Foster mother guilty of murdering toddler in her care jailed for life – The Independent
‘A foster mother who battered an 18-month-old baby to death just months after becoming her guardian has been jailed for life.’
The Independent, 4th May 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Tough talk on crime has led to a crisis in Britain’s prisons – The Guardian
‘The rapid rise in suicides and assaults behind bars was inevitable, given the UK imported an experiment that had failed – disastrously – in America.’
The Guardian, 5th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teach that judge a lesson – Technology Law Update
‘Patent litigation in the English courts can be a bit of a see-saw, with experts from either side weighing in with their own perspective on technical matters. The judge must then make a choice between their views and come up with what he or she feels is the right answer.’
Technology Law Update, 4th May 2016
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Rotherham abuse survivors press for stricter taxi safety measures – The Guardian
‘All taxis drivers in Rotherham will be required to have CCTV cameras installed in their cars from July, in an attempt to prevent child sexual exploitation. Drivers will also have to activate an audio recording device whenever they transport an unaccompanied child or vulnerable adult , under a series of measures introduced by the council to rebuild trust in the taxi industry.’
The Guardian, 3rd May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Undercover police denied automatic anonymity at inquiry – BBC News
‘Undercover police officers facing claims of wrongdoing will not automatically get anonymity at a forthcoming major public inquiry.’
BBC News, 3rd May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother who tried to move family to Syria ordered to give up children – The Guardian
‘The high court has ruled that the three children of a Leicester woman who tried to take them to Isis-controlled territory must live with their grandmother.’
The Guardian, 3rd May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Serious case review to probe whether toddler battered to death by foster mother could have been saved – Daily Telegraph
‘Social services are facing questions after a “barbaric” woman beat an 18-month-old girl in her care to death, inflicting 200 injuries on her and trying to blame her eldest son for the child’s death.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd May 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
