Home Secretary speech to APPC and NPCC Partnership Summit – Home Office
‘Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s speech on police reform.’
Home Office, 16th November 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Month: November 2016
CPS confiscates £4.2m from mortgage fraudster – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A convicted mortgage fraudster has been stripped of more than £4 million in criminal assets after prosecutors forced him to sell off his property empire or face further time in prison.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th November 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Members of £2 million cold call gang jailed – Crown Prosecution Service
‘Two members of a gang who defrauded more than £2 million from members of the public in a large-scale cold-calling fraud have been jailed, bringing the total number of people sent to prison to eight.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 21st November 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Serving prisoner to spend longer in prison after sexually assaulting another inmate – Attorney General’s Office
‘Court of Appeal has increased the sentence of serving prisoner following Attorney General referral.’
Attorney General’s Office, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Police Federation (Amendment) Regulations 2016
The Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) (Amendment) Order 2016
The Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016
The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016
The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 2016
The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016
The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2016
The Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2016
The European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
The Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Order 2016
The Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance Regulations 2016
The Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2016
The Finance Act 2016, Sections 184 to 188 and Schedule 25 (Commencement) Regulations 2016
The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2016
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Hesham Ali (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKSC 60 (16 November 2016)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Avonwick Holdings Ltd & Anor v Shlosberg [2016] EWCA Civ 1138 (18 November 2016)
Excalibur Ventures LLC v Texas Keystone Inc & Ors [2016] EWCA Civ 1144 (18 November 2016)
Birmingham City Council v Wilson [2016] EWCA Civ 1137 (17 November 2016)
Quilter v Hodson Developments Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 1125 (17 November 2016)
W (A Child), Re [2016] EWCA Civ 1140 (17 November 2016)
Hashi vThe Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 1136 (17 November 2016)
Finmeccanica Global Services Spa v HM Revenue and Customs [2016] EWCA Civ 1105 (17 November 2016)
Qader & Ors v Esure Services Ltd & Ors [2016] EWCA Civ 1109 (16 November 2016)
T-B-N (Children), Re [2016] EWCA Civ 1098 (15 November 2016)
Wells v Devani [2016] EWCA Civ 1106 (15 November 2016)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Garland, R v [2016] EWCA Crim 1743 (21 November 2016)
Burke, R v [2016] EWCA Crim 1744 (21 November 2016)
Sellu v The Crown [2016] EWCA Crim 1716 (15 November 2016)
Huggins & Ors, R v [2016] EWCA Crim 1715 (15 November 2016)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Seprey-Hozo v Law Court of Miercurea Ciuc, Romania [2016] EWHC 2902 (Admin) (17 November 2016)
Iteshi v Bar Standards Board [2016] EWHC 2943 (Admin) (17 November 2016)
Sulaiman v Tribunal De Grande Instance, Paris [2016] EWHC 2868 (Admin) (15 November 2016)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Gunewardena v Conran Holdings Ltd [2016] EWHC 2983 (Ch) (22 November 2016)
UPL Europe Ltd & Anor v Agchemaccess Chemicals Ltd & Ors [2016] EWHC 2889 (Ch) (17 November 2016)
Interactive Technology Corporation Ltd v Ferster & Ors [2016] EWHC 2896 (Ch) (15 November 2016)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Amey LG Ltd v Cumbria County Council [2016] EWHC 2946 (TCC) (18 November 2016)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Srivatsa v Secretary of State for Health & Anor [2016] EWHC 2916 (QB) (18 November 2016)
Barclays Bank Plc v TBS & V Ltd [2016] EWHC 2948 (QB) (18 November 2016)
Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council [2016] EWHC 2864 (QB) (15 November 2016)
Source: www.bailii.org
“If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?”: The Harassment of Cafcass and Local Authority Workers in Family Law Proceedings – Family Law Week
‘Bianca Jackson, barrister of Coram Chambers, sets out the civil remedies available to persons subjected to harassment.’
Family Law Week, 15th November 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Alleged people smuggler to be extradited to Greece – BBC News
‘A man accused of being part of an illegal people smuggling ring will be extradited to Greece from the UK, a judge has ruled.’
BBC News, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother’s £270 fly-tipping fine for putting rubbish out on wrong day outside neighbours’ homes – Daily Telegraph
‘A woman who left her household rubbish on the opposite side of the road in an attempt to avoid waiting two weeks for it to be collected has been hit with a £270 fine for fly-tipping.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Child sex abuse victims boycott inquiry meeting in anger over order to sign up to code of conduct – Daily Telegraph
‘Victims have begun a boycott of the Government’s child sex abuse inquiry after being ordered to sign up to a code of conduct if they want to attend meetings.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
ASA bans Heinz Beanz’s Can Song advert for safety concerns – The Guardian
‘A Heinz TV advert teaching viewers how to use cans of its baked beans to drum out a song has been banned for being dangerous for children to copy.’
The Guardian, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bishop George Bell case: Lord Carlile to lead review – BBC News
‘An independent review into how the Church of England handled the case of a bishop accused of being a child abuser is to be led by Lord Carlile.’
BBC News, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Spalding teenage couple’s murder sentences referred to Attorney General as ‘unduly lenient’ – Daily Telegraph
‘The 20-year minimum terms handed to a teenage couple – believed to be Britain’s youngest double-murderers – for the brutal “executions” of a mother and her daughter have been referred to the Attorney General for being “unduly lenient”.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Top judge urges tougher community service as alternative to prison – The Guardian
‘Fewer criminals should be jailed and tougher community punishments developed as an alternative to imprisonment, the lord chief justice has urged.’
The Guardian, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Silent solution’ for emergency calls should be reviewed after murder victim’s 999 call did not reach police – Daily Telegraph
‘The so-called “silent solution” protocol for calls to the emergency services should be reviewed following the murder of a primary school worker who wrongly believed officers would be dispatched if she called 999 but said nothing, the police watchdog has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court: part 36 offer extinguished earlier common law offer – Litigation Futures
‘A part 36 offer acts as a counter-offer that extinguishes an earlier offer based on common law principles, the High Court has ruled in a decision that one of the solicitors involved said “could influence settlement techniques and tactics in many commercial disputes in future”.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
David Baddiel show breached rules with jokes on Queen’s sex life – The Guardian
‘Jokes about the Queen’s sex life on David Baddiel’s Radio 4 show and Fox News host Sean Hannity’s coverage of the US election have been found in breach of UK broadcasting rules.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Litigants to pay £15k costs after ignoring letters from other side – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The High Court has ordered litigants who ignored correspondence from the other side to pay for the resulting costs. Chief Master Marsh, sitting in the Chancery Division, said it was ‘unacceptable’ for defendants in a patent case to simply ignore letters and proceed without proper engagement.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th November 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
