‘David Miranda, the partner of the former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, has launched a fresh appeal challenging the legality of his detention under counter-terrorism powers for nine hours at Heathrow airport in 2013.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘This guidance is for officials who may be considering creating new criminal offences or amending existing criminal offences.’
Ministry of Justice, 2nd December 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Speech by Rt Hon Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls at The Sultan Azlan Shah Lecture.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 2nd December 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘The High Court has sent a strong signal to law firms ‘sub-contracting’ disclosure work to third parties.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd December 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A claimant law firm has been given a major shot across the bows over its costs claim in a clinical negligence case after a High Court judge heavily reduced the sum its client sought as payment on account of costs, on the grounds of both proportionality and necessity.’
Litgiation Futures, 13th November 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Sarah Williams, Legal Team Leader, Social Care Team, at London Borough of Tower Hamlets, considers the high-profile cases recently heard in the Family Division of the High Court where children or families have been considered at risk of radicalisation and, in some cases, travelling to Syria or Iraq, together with the judicial responses to those cases.’
Family Law Week, 28th October 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A rape victim did not get compensation from her attacker because of the Government’s controversial new court charge, MPs have been told.’
The Independent, 27th October 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Police officers have stopped guarding the embassy in London where the Wikileaks founder took refuge, saying it is no longer “proportionate.” ‘
Daily Telegraph, 12th October 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Delvigne (Judgment), [2015] EUECJ C-650/13. In a judgment much anticipated on both sides of the Channel, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has held that French restrictions on the eligibility of prisoners to vote are lawful under EU law.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th October 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The UK’s ban on prisoners’ rights to vote looks set to continue after a ruling by the European Court of Justice on a case in France.’
BBC News, 6th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In the Matter of C (A Child) (Application by Dr X and Y) [2015] EWFC 79 involved, in the words of Munby J, an unusual and indeed unprecedented application. It pitted the right to defend one’s reputation against the privacy and confidentiality rights of others. In this case, the latter won.
Dr X had treated C and C’s mother; he had also been an expert witness in the family court care proceedings concerning C. C’s mother was unhappy about the treatment given by Dr X. She complained about him to the GMC, whose Fitness to Practise panel in due course found the allegations against Dr X to be unproven. C’s mother also criticised Dr X publicly in the media.’
Panopticon, 1st October 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘The outcry over the new financial penalties for anyone convicted of a crime presents Michael Gove with a crucial test of his willingness to jettison flawed policies inherited from Chris Grayling, his predecessor as Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor.’
The Independent, 11th September 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2015] EWHC 2484 (QB), a judgment of Green J handed down today, is an interesting – if somewhat fact-specific – contribution to the burgeoning body of case law on how subject access requests (SARs) made under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) should be approached, both by data controllers and by courts.’
Panopticon, 25th August 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘In CIP Properties (AITP) Limited v Galliford Try Infrastructure Limited Anors (No.3) [2015] EWHC 1345 (TCC) Coulson J reviewed the post-Jackson authorities governing amendments to statements of case. The judgment leaves little doubt that there is a new approach to applications to amend and that courts will be much more willing to consider questions of procedural prejudice when determining whether permission should be granted.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 10th June 2015
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘A speedway track operator must pay the legal expenses of the couple who successfully sued it for noise-related nuisance after the UK’s highest court ruled that the old fee recovery regime did not breach its right to a fair trial.’
OUT-LAW.com, 24th July 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The wife of a convicted terrorist, who was prosecuted after refusing to submit to a police interrogation, has lost her human rights case in the Supreme Court.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Unreasonableness, intransigence and the taking of every point must now be regarded as unacceptable in the post-Jackson world, a High Court judge has warned in setting out how to comply with the overriding objective to deal with cases at proportionate cost.’
Litigation Futures, 13th July 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The High Court was wrong to strike out a claim over unpaid fees brought by a firm of solicitors on the basis of alleged exaggeration and inaccurate sums, without hearing any witnesses, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 9th July 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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