‘A prisoner suffering from poor health has lost his attempt to enforce the smoking ban in English and Welsh jails after the supreme court ruled that crown premises are effectively exempt from the enforcement of health regulations.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Financial services firms that wish to set up “permissionless” blockchain networks will not automatically be engaged in outsourcing and be in breach of Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules, the regulator has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th December 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Being a sex worker does not disqualify you from having a private life, a judge has said, as he granted an injunction to an escort who has been harassed online.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme Court
Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated v Brownlie [2017] UKSC 80 (19 December 2017)
Black, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] UKSC 81 (19 December 2017)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
R (W2 and IA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 2146 (19 December 2017)
Lewis v Warner [2017] EWCA Civ 2182 (19 December 2017)
Cook v Swansea City Council [2017] EWCA Civ 2142 (19 December 2017)
W Portsmouth and Company Ltd v Lowin [2017] EWCA Civ 2172 (19 December 2017)
Saab Seaeye Ltd v Atlas Elektronik GmbH & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 2175 (19 December 2017)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Rejmanski, R v [2017] EWCA Crim 2061 (19 December 2017)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Begg v HMT [2017] EWHC 3329 (Admin) (19 December 2017)
General Medical Council v Lamming [2017] EWHC 3309 (Admin) (18 December 2017)
High Court (Chancery Division)
China Town Development Company Ltd v Liverpool City Council [2017] EWHC 3347 (Ch) (19 December 2017)
High Court (Commercial Court)
One Fish Company Ltd v Iceland Foods Ltd [2017] EWHC 3366 (Comm) (19 December 2017)
High Court (Family Division)
F v H & Anor [2017] EWHC 3358 (Fam) (19 December 2017)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A hospital has prevented parents from sending their brain damaged toddler to the same Vatican doctors who offered to help Charlie Gard, a court has heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘British homes and businesses will have a legal right to high-speed broadband by 2020, the government has announced, dismissing calls from the network provider BT that it should be a voluntary rather than legal obligation on providers.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘People who shine lasers at air, ground or sea vehicles could be jailed for up to five years or face unlimited fines as part of Department for Transport measures to boost safety.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A paedophile who travelled to the Philippines to film himself abusing a two-year-old girl has been jailed.’
BBC News, 19th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The ex-boyfriend of reality TV-star Ferne McCann has been jailed for 20 years after carrying out a brutal acid attack in a packed nightclub.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The UK government wants to modify its ban on using mobile phones behind the wheel to allow drivers to use automatic parking devices.’
BBC News, 19th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three judges from black and Asian backgrounds are suing the Ministry of Justice for race discrimination and victimisation, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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