‘A recent EAT ruling JP Morgan v Ktorza continues a line of decisions which limit the role of employee expectations in the determination of unfair dismissals claims further curtailing the extent to which employees can rely on public law notions or human rights principles to challenge their dismissals.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th June 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy v. Information Commissioner and Henney [2017] EWCA Civ 844. As many will know, there are two different systems of freedom of information, the first and better known, the Freedom for Information Act 2000, and the second, the Environmental Information Regulations 2009. From the perspective of the inquirer (Mr Henney, here), the EIRs are the more favourable, and it was the differences between the systems which gave rise to this long-running dispute to do with energy Smart Meters.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th June 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The courts have given another judgment, Ahmed v Crown Prosecution Service [2017] EWHC 1272 (Admin), which helps the police in considering what actions fall within the execution of their duty. In short, where a police officer genuinely and reasonably believes that they are authorised by a court order to arrest a person for breach of an injunction and that the person is in breach of it, they will be acting in the course of their duty if they arrest that person. Even where there is no valid injunction. Sort of.’
UK Police Law Blog, 1st July 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘The High Court recently heard a challenge to government guidance on the investment strategy for the local government pension scheme that sought to prevent boycotts, divestment and sanctions against foreign nations and UK defence industries. David Hart QC analyses the outcome.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th June 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man who sold controlled chemicals from a back garden laboratory has today (June 30) been sent to prison.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 30th June 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Guidance has been issued to prosecutors not to bring charges for unlawful subletting at Grenfell Tower so that victims can be identified.’
Attorney General's Office, 2nd July 2017
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Is access to justice an essential public service, akin to state schooling and lifelong healthcare free at the point of delivery? The Law Society believes it is – or at least should be – and pushes the point hard in a damning new report on the social consequences of swingeing funding and scope cuts to civil legal aid. Barriers erected by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders act (LASPO) in 2013 have denied justice to some of the most vulnerable people in society, Chancery Lane argues in Access Denied? LASPO four years on.’
Law Society's Gazette, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘No-one will be prosecuted for illegally subletting a Grenfell Tower flat, the government says, as work continues to identify all those killed in the fire.’
BBC News, 2nd July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The law on drones should be reviewed, the Solicitor General has said, after the runway at Gatwick Airport was closed over safety fears. Flights were disrupted for parts of Sunday evening after a drone flew too close to the West Sussex airport.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Airlines are refusing to pay passengers compensation for flight delays and cancellations, new analysis by the consumer watchdog Which? has revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The home secretary has been accused of sitting on a report from a critical inquiry into deaths in police custody.’
The Guardian, 2nd July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A “rogue” Special Air Service (SAS) unit is suspected of executing unarmed civilians in Afghanistan and fabricating reports to cover up potential war crimes, according to reports.’
The Independent, 2nd July 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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