Uber to appeal against English tests for drivers – BBC News
‘The introduction of an English language test for private hire drivers has been delayed after Uber won the right to appeal against the plans.’
BBC News, 28th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: June 2017
Ladbrokes could face inquiry after betting addicts’ details found in bin bag – The Guardian
‘Ladbrokes could face an investigation from the gambling regulator over an incident in which confidential information about betting addicts, including photos, names and addresses, was found in a bin bag on the street.’
The Guardian, 27th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
UK takes ‘final legislative step’ needed to ratify the Unified Patent Court reforms – OUT-LAW.com
‘A piece of legislation that UK law makers must pass so that the country can ratify a new Unified Patent Court (UPC) system in Europe has been laid before parliament.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th June 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Morally questionable trade marks: why the US and Europe see things differently – Technology Law Update
‘In a landmark ruling last week, the US Supreme Court held that the rule against disparaging trademarks in the Lanham Act is unconstitutional under the First Amendment right to free speech. The case concerned an application by a rock band to register “THE SLANTS” (widely used as a slang, derogatory term for people of Asian descent) as a US Federal trademark. The band, themselves Asian American, were making a point, reclaiming a word that had been used against them as an insult. They certainly gained themselves some publicity along the way.’
Technology Law Update, 27th June 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Hillsborough disaster: Charges decision due – BBC News
‘A decision on whether individuals and organisations will face criminal charges over the Hillsborough disaster will be announced later.’
BBC News, 28th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New measures on violence against women to be put in domestic abuse bill – The Guardian
‘New measures to protect women and girls from crimes committed overseas will be included in legislation on domestic abuse, the government has said.’
The Guardian, 28th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AH (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 796 (23 June 2017)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Blue v Ashley [2017] EWHC 1553 (Comm) (26 June 2017)
High Court (Family Division)
ND v SD & Ors [2017] EWHC 1507 (Fam) (21 June 2017)
GP (Wrongful Removal) [2017] EWHC 1480 (Fam) (20 June 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
Winning Advocacy in the Employment Tribunal – UK Police Law Blog
‘The David Hare screenplay for the recent film Denial contains the following advice to the client: “stay seated, button your lip, and win.” This article seeks to plot a path for advocates to winning in large scale discrimination claims in the employment tribunal, based on the writer’s long experience of the ET and, more recently, briefs to act for the respondents in two high stakes cases, AB -v- A Chief Constable[i] and Aubrey -v- The Chief Constable of Northumbria Police[ii]. The suggested lessons apply to all types of large-scale claim in the ET.’
UK Police Law Blog, 27th June 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
Rule committee opts for straightforward approach to hot-tubbing – Litigation Futures
‘Concurrent expert evidence – known as hot-tubbing – should only be carried out in the “classic” manner where experts are sworn and give evidence at the same time, the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) has decided.’
Litigation Futures, 27th June 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: Law Reform Now in 21st Century Britain – Brexit and Beyond – Courts and Tribunals Judicairy
‘I have taken as the first part of the title of this lecture words with which Lord Scarman would have been very familiar: Law Reform Now – the three words which formed the title of the Gerald Gardiner and Andrew Martin book which contained their blueprint for what would become the Law Commission. As Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC, in the course of tracing the origins and huge success of the Law Commission in his 2015 Scarman Lecture, recalled, it started with a proposition; one they took to be axiomatic: “. . . that much of our English law is out of date, and some of it shockingly so.” They were not wrong.’
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Drawing the Line: case management and allegations of judicial bias in the family courts – Family Law Week
‘Jennifer Youngs and Vondez Phipps, pupil barristers at 42 Bedford Row, summarise the circumstances in which judicial conduct at a case management hearing might form the basis of an application for recusal, and provide guidance to practitioners as to the manner in which such an application might be made.’
Family Law Week, 22nd June 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Man who fell asleep during gas mask sex game is jailed over tied-up partner’s death – Daily Telegraph
‘A man has been jailed for two years after he fell asleep during a drug-fuelled bondage sex game and left his tied-up partner to die with a gas mask around his face.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mothers ‘an unseen force’ in ‘honour’ abuse – BBC News
‘Mothers are the “unseen force” behind so-called honour-based abuse, inflicting violence on their daughters, a study has found. Research by Rachael Aplin, a criminologist from Leeds Beckett University, said this was often unrecognised by police.’
BBC News, 27th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lord Carey quits Church of England role after report found he ‘colluded’ with sex abuse bishop – Daily Telegraph
‘George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has resigned from his post in the Church of England over a report that said he was among senior figures who “colluded” with paedophile bishop Peter Ball.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
British Sikh couple take legal action after being advised not to adopt – The Guardian
‘A British Sikh couple are bringing a legal case, claiming they were advised by an adoption agency not to apply because of their “cultural heritage”.’
The Guardian, 27th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Jeremy Hunt and NHS ‘delayed telling patients’ about mislaid confidential documents after private firm blunder – The Independent
‘Jeremy Hunt has been accused of leaving Parliament and patients in the dark after hundreds of thousands of pieces of confidential medical correspondence was discovered “languishing in a warehouse”. At least 1,700 patients may have been harmed by the major blunder, according to a new report into the incident from the National Audit Office (NAO).’
The Independent, 27th June 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
- WZ (China) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 795 (23 June 2017)
- Halborg v EMW Law LLP [2017] EWCA Civ 793 (23 June 2017)
- The Secretary of State for the Home Department v MM (Zimbabwe) [2017] EWCA Civ 797 (22 June 2017)
High Court (Administrative Court)
- Alderson v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Ors [2017] EWHC 1415 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
- Lusinga v Nursing And Midwifery Council [2017] EWHC 1458 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
- Burford v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Anor [2017] EWHC 1493 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
- Powel v The Marine Management Organisation [2017] EWHC 1491 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
- Ats v Municipal Court of Dabas, Hungary [2017] EWHC 1497 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
- Dignity Funerals Ltd v Breckland District Council [2017] EWHC 1492 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
High Court (Chancery Division)
- Lusinga v Nursing And Midwifery Council [2017] EWHC 1458 (Admin) (23 June 2017)
- Minerva (Wandsworth) Ltd v Greenland Ram (London) Ltd [2017] EWHC 1457 (Ch) (23 June 2017)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
- Schweppe v Closier & Anor [2017] EWHC 1486 (TCC) (26 June 2017)
- Ais Pipework Limited v (Formerly Aig Engineering Services Limited) [2017] EWHC 1523 (TCC) (23 June 2017)
- Rollitt (t/a CD Consult) v Ballard [2017] EWHC 1500 (TCC) (23 June 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
