Supreme Court
Iceland Foods Ltd v Berry (Valuation Officer) [2018] UKSC 15 (7 March 2018)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Wingate & Anor v The Solicitors Regulation Authority [2018] EWCA Civ 366 (07 March 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Family Division)
AG and AB (Children) [2018] EWHC 381 (Fam) (28 February 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) and Marine Strategy (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Fulfilment Businesses Regulations 2018
The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2018
The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2018
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘The Upper Tribunal’s most recent judgment – IC v Malnick and ACOBA (GIA/447/2017) – is a rare thing these days: a binding decision that makes a meaningful and general (rather than fact-specific) contribution to FOIA jurisprudence. In particular, it tells us (1) how to assess the reasonableness of a qualified person’s opinion for section 36 FOIA purposes, and (2) whether the FTT can remit a case to the ICO for a fresh decision if it allows an appeal.’
Panopticon, 5th March 2018
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘Unless you have been hiding under a rock (or have been on holiday somewhere), you can’t have failed to notice that Coulson J has handed down his last substantive TCC judgment. So much has already been written about Grove v S&T and what it means for the construction industry that there’s barely been room for anything else on my Twitter and LinkedIn feeds. There really is nowhere to hide from all the commentary.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 6th March 2018
‘Two discrete procedural points arise out of Yip J’s decision in Saunders v Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 343 (QB). They restate principles which are of considerable practical significance for those preparing and litigating civil claims.’
Zenith PI, 6th March 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The decision of the Court of Appeal in the cases of Aktas v Adepta [2010] EWCA Civ 1170 sets a demanding test for Defendants seeking to strike out “second” Claim Forms where service of a “first” Claim Form has failed.’
Zenith PI, 5th March 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Climate Justice and the Global Pact, Judicial Colloquium on Climate Change and the Law in Lahore, Pakistan.’
Supreme Court, 26th February 2018
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
‘The Sentencing Council has published its assessment of the impact of its Allocation Guideline, under its statutory duty to monitor the operation and effect of its sentencing guidelines and to draw conclusions from this information.’
Sentencing Council, 6th March 2018
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
‘Three-quarters (74%) of male lawyers believe there has been progress on gender equality in the legal profession over the past five years but less than half (48%) of their female colleagues agree, a global survey has found.’
Legal Futures, 8th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In the first of a regular Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) column for Family Law Claire Davis, Director of SFE, considers the issue of care homes charging fees after death.’
Family Law, 5th March 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Professor Andrews has asked me to give a lecture on civil justice reform today – just 48 hours before I retire. This is, therefore, an appropriate moment to stand back and review my work in this area over the last decade.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 5th March 2018
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service is working with six police forces to reexamine their hate crime cases to see if the correct decisions were taken following a significant drop in referrals, the director of public prosecutions has revealed.’
Law Society's Gazette, 7th March 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Dishonesty and lack of integrity cannot be treated as synonymous for the purposes of assessing a solicitor’s conduct, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th March 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The head of the schools watchdog, Ofsted, has called for greater oversight of children who are being educated outside mainstream schools, describing the system in England as “unusually permissive”.’
The Guardian, 8th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A second lorry driver involved in a crash on the M1 that killed eight people has been cleared of causing death by dangerous driving. David Wagstaff had previously admitted eight counts of the lesser charge of causing death by careless driving. Wagstaff, 54, was on a hands-free call when his lorry forced a minibus under a stationary lorry in lane one.
The driver of the other lorry involved, Ryszard Masierak, 31, was convicted on Tuesday of dangerous driving charges.’
BBC News, 7th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The police’s decision to launch a surveillance operation against a woman whose brother had been unlawfully killed in a police station was likely to have been influenced partly by racial discrimination, a leaked report by a watchdog concluded.’
The Guardian, 7th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Next is facing a demand for up to £30m in back pay from thousands of mainly female shop-floor staff in the first major equal pay claim against a fashion retailer. More than 300 workers have registered to participate in a claim that was filed at the conciliation service Acas on Wednesday. They say they are paid £7.50 an hour or an average £2 an hour less than mainly male warehouse workers who they view as doing work of equal value. The warehouse staff also have access to more lucrative bonuses.’
The Guardian, 8th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Domestic abusers could be banned from drinking alcohol and electronically tagged under a Government crackdown. New civil orders will expand the potential restrictions courts and police can impose on criminals who torment partners, spouses and other family members.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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