Advertising watchdog rules fake autism ‘cure’ adverts must stop – BBC News

‘Advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered 150 homeopaths operating in the UK to stop claiming they can cure autism.’

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BBC News, 22nd March 2019

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Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted March 22nd, 2019 in legislation by tracey

The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019

The Floods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

The Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2019

The Public Procurement (Electronic Invoices etc.) Regulations 2019

The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019

The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted March 22nd, 2019 in legislation by tracey

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Godson v London Borough of Enfield [2019] EWCA Civ 486 (22 March 2019)

Lloyds Banking Group Plc & Ors v Revenue And Customs & Anor [2019] EWCA Civ 485 (21 March 2019)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Gwynt-Y-Môr Offshore Wind Farm Ltd, R (on the application of) v The Gas and Electricity Transmission PLC & Ors [2019] EWHC 654 (Admin) (21 March 2019)

Orion Corporation v The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care & Anor [2019] EWHC 689 (Admin) (21 March 2019)

Lis & Anor v Regional Court in Warsaw, Poland & Anor (No 2) [2019] EWHC 674 (Admin) (21 March 2019)

Source: www.bailii.org

High Court suspends Home Office deportations policy – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted March 22nd, 2019 in deportation, immigration, injunctions, ministers' powers and duties, news by tracey

‘R (Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] CO/543/2019. The High Court delivered the latest in a series of blows to the Government’s “hostile environment” immigration policy on Thursday. Walker J granted Medical Justice an interim injunction which will prevent the Home Office from removing or deporting people from the country without notice.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 21st March 2019

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Coronial Causation – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted March 22nd, 2019 in causation, inquests, news by tracey

‘The Divisional Court in R (Chidlow) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool [2019] EWHC 581 has given a concise and authoritative judgment reiterating and summarising the current common law concerning causation in inquests. Given the ever increasing importance of inquests and their conclusions as preliminaries to civil litigation, as well the growing number of inquests being held into historical deaths, the judgment will doubtless be frequently cited over the coming months and years.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 18th March 2019

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Doctor “should have been jailed for contempt” like solicitor was – Litigation Futures

Posted March 22nd, 2019 in contempt of court, doctors, news, sentencing, solicitors, suspended sentences by tracey

‘A doctor who received a suspended sentence after running a “factory” producing 32 medical reports in a day should have been jailed like the solicitor he worked with, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’

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Litigation Futures, 21st March 2019

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Claimant solicitors secure £150k interim costs for unfinished dispute – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 22nd, 2019 in civil procedure rules, costs, delay, negligence, news, personal injuries, solicitors by tracey

‘The county court has granted solicitors an interim costs order in a long-running case where the level of damages was still three years from being finalised.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 21st March 2019

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

High court victory for group seeking to build ‘black Canary Wharf’ – The Guardian

Posted March 22nd, 2019 in covenants, minorities, news, planning, sale of land by tracey

‘One of the UK’s largest black communities is celebrating a victory in the high court over a contested piece of land it wants to transform into a “black Canary Wharf”.’

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The Guardian, 21st March 2019

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Gang trio guilty of botched hit that left mother and son shot – The Guardian

‘Three men are facing long jail sentences over a botched gangland hit in which a seven-year-old boy and his mother were shot on their doorstep.’

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The Guardian, 21st March 2019

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‘Dr Evil’: Wolverhampton tattooist jailed for tongue-splitting – BBC News

Posted March 22nd, 2019 in grievous bodily harm, human tissue, news, sentencing by tracey

‘A body modification artist known as Dr Evil has been jailed for carrying out ear and nipple removals and splitting a customer’s tongue.’

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BBC News, 21st March 2019

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Doctors’ body now ‘neutral’ on changing law on assisted dying – The Guardian

Posted March 22nd, 2019 in assisted suicide, doctors, news by tracey

‘The Royal College of Physicians has dropped its opposition to changing the law on assisted dying and taken a neutral stance on the issue.’

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The Guardian, 21st March 2019

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Colette McCulloch inquest: Autistic woman’s death ‘avoidable tragedy’ – BBC News

Posted March 22nd, 2019 in alcohol abuse, autism, care homes, inquests, news, road traffic by tracey

‘The death of an autistic woman hit by a lorry on the A1 was an “avoidable tragedy”, an inquest has heard.’

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BBC News, 21st March 2019

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