‘Law and Political Science Professor Cary Coglianese from the University of Pennsylvania, and David Lehr, a research affiliate at the Penn Program on Regulation and a student at Yale Law School, join Rosalind English to speculate on how algorithms and artificial intelligence will impact on regulation and adjudication now and in the future.’
Law Pod UK, 27th July 2018
Source: audioboom.com
‘On 26 June 2018, after nearly a year of deliberation by Parliament, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “Act”) received royal assent. It is a statute of profound importance to the legal systems of the UK. This post seeks briefly to summarise the purpose and architecture of the Act and to outline ten key implications for UK law and lawyers.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 26th July 2018
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v MS (Pakistan) [2018] EWCA Civ 1776 (27 July 2018)
Deutsche Bank AG v Comune Di Savona [2018] EWCA Civ 1740 (27 July 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Locke, R (On the Application Of) v Revenue And Customs [2018] EWHC 1967 (Admin) (27 July 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Various Claimants v Scott Fowler Solicitors (a firm) & Ors [2018] EWHC 1891 (Ch) (27 July 2018)
Lehman Brothers International (Europe), Re [2018] EWHC 1980 (Ch) (27 July 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Sodzawiczny v Ruhan & Ors [2018] EWHC 1908 (Comm) (26 July 2018)
High Court (Family Division)
PS v BP [2018] EWHC 1987 (Fam) (27 July 2018)
A (Relinquished Baby: Risk of Domestic Abuse) [2018] EWHC 1981 (Fam) (27 July 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Bright v Bourn [2018] EWHC 1948 (QB) (27 July 2018)
Sube & Anor v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Anor [2018] EWHC 1961 (QB) (27 July 2018)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The received wisdom, supported by all leading texts on coroner’s law is that in order for a Coroner or jury to return a verdict of suicide in an inquest, the fact that the deceased deliberately took his own life must be established beyond a reasonable doubt, or in other words, to the criminal standard of proof.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th July 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Discussion of two recent cases of Eales v Havering London Borough Council unreported (decision of Sir Alistair Macduff in the QBD of 13th July 2018) and Paragon Asra Housing LTD (formerly known as Paragon Community Housing Ltd) v James Neville [2018] EWCA Civ 1712.’
Zenith PI Blog, 27th July 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The UK’s proposed post-Brexit customs arrangements with the EU have been rejected by Michel Barnier, the EU27’s chief Brexit negotiator.’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Judges will no longer need to be consulted when doctors and relatives of patients in a vegetative state agree that life-supporting treatment should be ended.’
The Guardian, 30th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Sir James Munby retires as President of the Family Division having had an undeniable impact on family justice reform. Stepping into the role at a time of unprecedented change, Sir James has not shied away from the difficulties of the role, often under the harsh spotlight of media attention.’
Family Law, 27th July 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Men fearing losing half their assets in divorce means there are growing numbers of cohabiting middle-aged couples, lawyers say.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The outgoing head of the family courts in England and Wales has raised concerns about access to family courts and said help for litigants who had to represent themselves due to cuts to legal aid was “woefully inadequate”.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘There is an old joke, in which a man is driving through the countryside, lost. He stops his car in a small village to ask a local for directions. The local responds by saying: ‘you want to get where? Oh, to get there, I wouldn’t start from here.’’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th July 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A hospital neglected a vulnerable woman who accidentally killed herself in a part of the building bosses had been warned could be used for hanging, an inquest has concluded.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A London borough has successfully defended a High Court challenge to the prioritisation under its housing allocation scheme of those people who have been resident in the borough for 10 years.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th July 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Hundreds of forgotten, secret and little-known memorials across England have been nominated for listed status by members of the public.’
BBC News, 30th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Employers do not owe their employees a duty of care in the way they defend claims that they are vicariously liable for actions of those employees, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘European human rights judges would rule Britain’s plan to waive death penalty assurances for two suspected members of the Isil ‘Beatles’ terror cell illegal, experts say, and could order the UK to seek US guarantees and even pay the men damages.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Five 15-year-old boys who “tortured” a teenager to death in an alleyway behind his home in a gang murder can be named for the first time after they were handed life sentences. Kai Fisher-Dixon, Shuayb Mahomud, Tremayne Gray, Omarion Stephens and Abdulqaliq Mohamed stabbed Jacob Abraham, also 15, eight times in the legs and once in the arm.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Supreme Court is due to rule on whether it should be easier to withdraw food and liquid to allow people in long-term vegetative states to die.’
BBC News, 30th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government is to double the funding for an early intervention scheme tackling violence among young people, as part of a “public health” approach to combatting knife crime and other offences.’
The Guardian, 30th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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