‘The Government’s policy of treating rough sleeping by EEA nationals as an abuse of EU treaty rights, rendering the individuals liable to removal if proportionate to do so, is unlawful, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th December 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has dismissed two challenges to the issue by the UK’s HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of notices requiring the payment of disputed tax upfront. The Court dismissed the taxpayers’ appeals against two High Court decisions rejecting judicial review challenges to the issue of accelerated payment notices (APNs) and partner payment notices (PPNs).’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th December 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Crown Prosecution Service has found that a notorious slur against Liverpool supporters after the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, that some people trapped in the crush outside the Leppings Lane turnstiles had seriously burned a police horse, was false.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Legal regulation is “more than ripe for total overhaul”, a former chair of the Bar Standards Board has told the House of Lords.’
Legal Futures, 15th December 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A metal theft crackdown is failing to protect heritage buildings from thefts by organised gangs, the Church’s official insurer has warned.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The rise in the number of litigants-in-person in the family courts since the 2013 legal aid reforms has topped a poll of the causes of discontent among family law practitioners for the fifth year running.’
Legal Futures, 15th December 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The number of sexual assault victims recorded by the Met Police has gone up by more than 7,000 in the last four years, new figures show.’
BBC News, 18th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Online retailers should ban the sale of miniature mobile phones designed to be smuggled into prisons, the justice secretary has said.’
BBC News, 17th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A student wrongly tried for rape after police failed to hand over vital evidence that exonerated him has vowed to sue the police and the CPS as he called for a change to the system.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘He was one of the last two men hanged in Britain. A habitual liar convicted of murdering a man who had been his friend, and perhaps his lover. But according to a leading criminal lawyer, who has viewed documents uncovered by the BBC, he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.’
BBC News, 18th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Reported cases of child sexual abuse rose by almost a third last year, according to NSPCC figures which the charity described as “deeply worrying” but said showed a greater public willingness to report the problem.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Kason Kek-Gardner Ltd v Process Components Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 2132 (14 December 2017)
Zuma’s Choice Pet Products Ltd & Anor v Azumi Ltd & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 2133 (14 December 2017)
Patel v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 2028 (13 December 2017)
Wood v Days Healthcare UK Ltd & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 2097 (13 December 2017)
ING Intermediate Holdings Ltd v HM Revenue and Customs [2017] EWCA Civ 2111 (13 December 2017)
Rowe & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Revenue And Customs [2017] EWCA Civ 2105 (12 December 2017)
Richards v Worcestershire County Council & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 1998 (12 December 2017)
Ong & Ors v Ping [2017] EWCA Civ 2069 (12 December 2017)
Stewart v Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 2091 (12 December 2017)
Barker v Baxendale Walker Solicitors (a firm) & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 2056 (08 December 2017)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
G, R (On the Application Of) v S And S [2017] EWCA Crim 2119 (14 December 2017)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Sawicki v Regional Court In Bielsko-Biala (Poland) [2017] EWHC 3285 (Admin) (14 December 2017)
General Medical Council (GMC) v Raychaudhuri [2017] EWHC 3216 (Admin) (11 December 2017)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Abanka DD v Abanca Corporacion Bancaria SA [2017] EWHC 3242 (Ch) (14 December 2017)
Nortel Networks UK Limited & Ors, Re [2017] EWHC 3299 (Ch) (14 December 2017)
Ball (PV Solar Solutions Ltd) v Hughes & Anor [2017] EWHC 3228 (Ch) (13 December 2017)
Gilpin & Ors v Legg [2017] EWHC 3220 (Ch) (13 December 2017)
Couper v Irwin Mitchell LLP & Ors [2017] EWHC 3231 (Ch) (13 December 2017)
M2 Property Invest Ltd, Re [2017] EWHC 3218 (Ch) (08 December 2017)
Patel v Patel & Ors [2017] EWHC 3229 (Ch) (07 December 2017)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Zccm Investments Holdings Plc v Konkola Copper Mines Plc [2017] EWHC 3288 (Comm) (14 December 2017)
Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc [2017] EWHC 3265 (Comm) (13 December 2017)
Super-Max Offshore Holdings v Malhotra & Anor [2017] EWHC 3246 (Comm) (13 December 2017)
High Court (Family Division)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Lynch, Re review of the tariff [2017] EWHC 3180 (QB) (14 December 2017)
Alseran & Ors v Ministry of Defence [2017] EWHC 3289 (QB) (14 December 2017)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Systems Pipework Ltd v Rotary Building Services Ltd [2017] EWHC 3235 (TCC) (12 December 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The law must be changed to stop families ignoring the burial wishes of the dead, the Law Commission has said. Currently someone’s wishes have no legal standing even if expressed in a will and family members can overrule them after death if they decide to do something different.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th Decemeber2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Four Iraqi citizens have won damages from the Ministry of Defence for ill-treatment and unlawful detention during the Iraq War.’
BBC News, 14th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice has rejected calls for a ban on rape complainants’ sexual history being revealed in court, saying cross-examination should continue to be allowed in exceptional circumstances.’
The Guardian, 14th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Church of England has apologised to the relatives of a bishop for the way it investigated child abuse claims made against him decades after his death.’
BBC News, 15th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Scotland Yard is carrying out an “urgent assessment” after a rape prosecution collapsed due to the late disclosure of evidence that undermined the case.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Home Office policy of removing EU citizens found sleeping rough on UK streets is unlawful and must stop, the High Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 14th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Selection of the President of Welsh Tribunals Regulations 2017
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 5) Order 2017
The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order 2017
The Scotland Act 1998 (Designation of Receipts) (Amendment) Order 2017
The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2017
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2017
The Road Vehicles (Payment of Duty by Credit Card) (Prescribed Fee) Regulations 2017
The Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972) Order 2017
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Reform is a now a feature of the family justice system – Geraldine Morris asks whether the underlying issues are being addressed?’
Family Law, 14th December 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
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