Month: April 2021
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 2021
The Marriage (Keeping of Records in Churches and Chapels) Regulations 2021
The Bank for International Settlements (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021
The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2021
The Nursing and Midwifery (European Qualifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
The G7 Presidency (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021
The Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Overseas Territories) Order 2021
Source: www.legisaltion.gvo.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
TD (Albania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 619 (29 April 2021)
High Court (Administrative Court)
ST & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1085 (Admin) (29 April 2021)
Bacau District Court Romania v Iancu [2021] EWHC 1107 (Admin) (29 April 2021)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Koza Ltd & Anor v Koza Altin Isletmeleri As [2021] EWHC 1098 (Ch) (29 April 2021)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Olympic Council of Asia v Novans Jets LLP [2021] EWHC 1063 (Comm) (30 April 2021)
Hicks v 89 Holland Park (Management) Ltd [2021] EWHC 930 (Comm) (29 April 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Jamieson v Wurttembergische Versicherung Ag & Anor [2021] EWHC 1111 (QB) (30 April 2021)
PAL (A Child) v Davison & Ors [2021] EWHC 1108 (QB) (29 April 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
Longer jail terms and stricter monitoring as new terror laws gain Royal Assent – Ministry of Justice
‘The biggest shake-up of terrorist sentencing and monitoring in decades has been granted Royal Assent today (29 April 2021) – giving the courts, police and security services greater powers to protect the public.’
Ministry of Justice, 29th April 2021
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
High Court judge hands down ruling on lawful scope of statutory consultation response – Local Government Lawyer
‘Norfolk County Council wrongly took account of the economic benefits of a development proposal when in its capacity as highways authority it decided not to object to its impact on a local main road.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th April 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
High Court judge says system of city council for accommodating homeless people is unlawful – Local Government Lawyer
‘Birmingham City Council’s system for allocating accommodation to homeless people has been declared unlawful by the High Court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th April 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
The 64-page guide for litigants in person bringing ‘simple’ whiplash claims – Legal Futures
‘A 64-page users’ guide aimed at litigants in person who have to navigate the “straightforward” Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal for whiplash claims was published yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 30th April 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Landmark Domestic Abuse Bill receives Royal Assent – Home Office
‘The Bill provides protection to millions of people who experience domestic abuse and strengthens measures to tackle perpetrators.’
Home Office, 29th April 2021
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Resources and Section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 – Family Law Week
‘Joseph Rainer and Thomas Haggie, barristers of Queen Elizabeth Building, consider third-party assets and their bearing on the court’s assessment of resources in financial remedy cases.’
Family Law Week, 28th April 2021
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Disabled people can be taken to prostitutes by care workers, judge rules – Daily Telegraph
‘Council care workers can help disabled people meet prostitutes without breaking the law, a judge has confirmed in a landmark ruling. A judge in the Court of Protection – a specialist court which considers issues relating to people who are deemed to lack capacity to make certain decisions – ruled that carers who facilitate adults with learning disabilities to visit sex workers will not be committing a criminal offence.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2021
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A hugely retrograde step’: Cross-party MPs attack Home Office plans to lock up more trafficking survivors – The Independent
‘Cross-party MPs have attacked Home Office plans that will see more trafficking survivors locked up in immigration detention and threatened with removal, warning that it is a “hugely retrograde step”.’
The Independent, 29th April 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Boy wins case against Home Office policy of no recourse to public funds – The Guardian
‘A five-year-old boy has won a case against the Home Office as high court judges declared the government’s “no recourse to public funds” (NRPF) policy unlawful for the second time in a year because it drives some families into destitution and breaches the duty to safeguard child welfare. Thousands of children living in poverty are likely to benefit from the ruling.’
The Guardian, 29th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Windrush scandal victim Richard Black to return to UK after 38-year exile – The Independent
‘A Windrush man who has been stranded in Trinidad and Tobago for almost 40 years after his UK citizenship was withdrawn is set to return to Britain.’
The Independent, 29th April 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Grenfell survivors condemn ‘grave injustice’ as leaseholders left facing huge bills to remove cladding – The Independent
‘Survivors and bereaved relatives from the Grenfell Tower fire disaster say they are furious after parliament voted for measures that will leave householders facing huge bills for removing dangerous cladding from homes.’
The Independent, 29th April 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Sham’: 200 groups criticise UK government consultation on refugee policy – The Guardian
‘Almost 200 organisations have branded a government consultation on fundamental changes to refugee policy “a sham”. A total of 192 refugee, human rights, legal and faith groups have signed a public statement condemning the six-week consultation on the government’s New Plan for Immigration as “vague, unworkable, cruel and potentially unlawful”.’
The Guardian, 30th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Pippa Knight: Judge rules doctors can withdraw care – BBC News
‘A High Court judge has given doctors permission to end the life of a brain-damaged six-year-old girl at the centre of a long-running treatment fight.’
BBC News, 30th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Anti-protest curbs in UK policing bill ‘violate international rights standards’ – The Guardian
‘Anti-protest curbs contained in the new policing bill are disproportionate, hand subjective powers to officers and the home secretary, and violate international human rights standards, MPs and peers have been told.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Landlords challenge fairness of restructuring plan in landmark case – OUT-LAW.com
‘The scope for landlords to successfully challenge restructuring plans launched by financially distressed tenants who seek to compromise lease liabilities could be severely impinged if the High Court in London approves a restructuring plan in the face of opposition from landlords.’
OUTLAW.com, 28th April 2021
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Police worker jailed for £100k evidence store thefts – BBC News
‘A former police employee who stole £100,000 of items from an evidence store has been jailed for four years.’
BBC News, 28th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
