Day: 9 November 2018

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted November 9th, 2018 in legislation by tracey

The Communication of Investments (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

The Education Administration Rules 2018

The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 4) Order 2018

The Carcase Classification and Price Reporting (England) Regulations 2018

The Companies (Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted November 9th, 2018 in law reports by tracey

Supreme Court

Barnardo’s v Buckinghamshire & Ors [2018] UKSC 55 (7 November 2018)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

MM (Malawi) & Anor v the Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 2482 (09 November 2018)

London St Andrew’s College, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 2496 (08 November 2018)

Haven Insurance Company Ltd v EUI Ltd (t/a Elephant Insurance) [2018] EWCA Civ 2494 (08 November 2018)

Secretary of State for the Home Department v G (Algeria) [2018] EWCA Civ 2493 (08 November 2018)

PA (Iran), R (On the Application Of) v Upper Tribunal (Immigration And Asylum Chamber) [2018] EWCA Civ 2495 (08 November 2018)

JLT Specialty Ltd v Craven [2018] EWCA Civ 2487 (08 November 2018)

Kousar & Ors v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 2462 (07 November 2018)

S&T (UK) Ltd v Grove Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2448 (07 November 2018)

LI v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 2411 (07 November 2018)

Ministry of Justice & Anor v Merry [2018] EWCA Civ 2461 (07 November 2018)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Shirt & Anor v R [2018] EWCA Crim 2486 (08 November 2018)

Johnson v R [2018] EWCA Crim 2485 (08 November 2018)

T, R v [2018] EWCA Crim 2464 (07 November 2018)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Duarte v The Comarca De Lisboa (A Portuguese Judicial Authority) [2018] EWHC 2995 (Admin) (09 November 2018)

Warwickshire County Council v Halfords Autocentres Ltd [2018] EWHC 3007 (Admin) (09 November 2018)

K & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 2951 (Admin) (08 November 2018)

Da Silva & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2018] EWHC 3001 (Admin) (07 November 2018)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Barker v Confiànce Ltd & Ors [2018] EWHC 2965 (Ch) (08 November 2018)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Cargill International Trading Pte Ltd v Uttam Galva Steels Ltd [2018] EWHC 2977 (Comm) (09 November 2018)

GPP Big Field LLP & Anor v Solar EPC Solutions SL [2018] EWHC 2866 (Comm) (07 November 2018)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Price v MGN Ltd [2018] EWHC 3014 (QB) (08 November 2018)

Vasant (t/a MK Vasant & Associates) & Ors v NHS Commissioning Board [2018] EWHC 3002 (QB) (07 November 2018)

Source: www.bailii.org

Unauthorised works to listed building sees owner ordered to pay £80k – Local Government Lawyer

Posted November 9th, 2018 in injunctions, listed buildings, monuments, news, planning, prosecutions by tracey

‘Horsham District Council and Historic England have successfully prosecuted a landowner for unauthorised works to a listed building and scheduled monument.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2018

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Privilege ruling releases two documents and destroys one – Litigation Futures

Posted November 9th, 2018 in disclosure, documents, electronic mail, intellectual property, news, privilege by tracey

‘A party’s claim to legal advice privilege over two internal emails has been rejected by the High Court, which has also ordered a privileged document disclosed by mistake destroyed.’

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Litigation Futures, 8th November 2018

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

No basis for face-to-face justice, says digital court guru Susskind – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 9th, 2018 in civil justice, electronic filing, news, small claims by tracey

‘No basis exists in jurisprudence or legal philosophy for conducting justice face-to-face in physical premises, one of the architects of the online court told a conference yesterday.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 8th November 2018

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Security firm pays damages to anti-asbestos activists it spied on – The Guardian

Posted November 9th, 2018 in asbestos, confidentiality, damages, data protection, misuse of private information, news, security companies, spying by tracey

‘A private security firm has been forced to pay damages to five anti-asbestos campaigners after they discovered it had spied on them. The firm, K2 Intelligence, paid an infiltrator for four years to masquerade as a sympathetic documentary-maker to obtain confidential information about leading activists in the worldwide campaign to ban asbestos.’

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The Guardian, 8th November 2018

Source: www.theguardian.com

Prison officer jailed for smuggling £10,000 of drugs – BBC News

Posted November 9th, 2018 in drug offences, news, prison officers, sentencing by tracey

‘A prison officer who smuggled in £10,000 of drugs has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.’

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BBC News, 8th November 2018

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Tougher rules demanded for robotic surgery after ‘catalogue of errors’ leads to music teacher’s death – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 9th, 2018 in doctors, health & safety, inquests, news by tracey

‘A coroner has demanded tougher rules governing the use of robotic surgery after a heart patient died because an under-trained surgeon botched his operation while using a state-of-the-art system.’

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Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2018

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Builder who passed off wife’s murder as suicide jailed after pub confession – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 9th, 2018 in domestic violence, married persons, murder, news, sentencing by tracey

‘Police errors almost allowed a husband to get away with murdering his wife and staging a suicide until he admitted his crime to a woman in a pub.’

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Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2018

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Rapists and murderers among hundreds of foreign criminals missing from Home Office monitoring, records show – The Independent

Posted November 9th, 2018 in electronic monitoring, fugitive offenders, government departments, immigration, news by tracey

‘Rapists and killers are among hundreds of foreign criminals who have dropped off the Home Office’s radar. Immigration authorities also lost track of overseas nationals convicted of kidnap, weapons possession and robbery.’

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The Independent, 9th November 2018

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Shropshire baby deaths hospital trust in special measures – BBC News

Posted November 9th, 2018 in birth, children, hospitals, news, standards by tracey

‘A hospital trust being investigated over baby deaths and subject to repeated warnings over patient safety across two sites has been put into special measures.’

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BBC News, 8th November 2018

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Home Office cuts to modern slavery victims’ benefits are unlawful, High Court rules – The Independent

Posted November 9th, 2018 in asylum, benefits, government departments, news, trafficking in human beings by tracey

‘A government decision to slash financial support for modern slavery victims has been ruled unlawful by the High Court.’

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The Independent, 22nd November 2018

Source: www.independent.co.uk