‘Video-on-demand material is now subject to additional restrictions as of 1 December 2014. Material either rated or to be rated as R18 by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) must be placed behind access controls. In addition, material either refused or would be refused a classification by the BBFC is banned.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th January 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The Home Office regulations, which come into force today [12 January], will ensure police officers are held to account for their actions.’
Home Office, 12th January 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Homeowners who use a domestic surveillance camera system on their properties but fail to take their neighbours’ privacy into account could face tougher rules in future, a Home Office watchdog has said.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Akin) v Stratford Magistrates’ Court [2014] WLR (D) 518
‘The approach to procedural irregularity in R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex p Jeyeanthan [2000] 1 WLR 345 was applicable to the Licensing Act 2003 and the Licensing Act 2003 (Premises Licences and Club Premises Certificates) Regulations 2005 made thereunder.’
WLR Daily, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘So far, commentators have focused on the interplay between clinical negligence law and the Duty of Candour. But the latest requirements also have important repercussions for those in regulated professions such as doctors and nurses and their employment relationships. In this article, we look at steps which employers should now consider in light of the new Duty of Candour.’
Cloisters, 1st December 2014
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘An advert for the weight loss programme LighterLife featuring former Coronation Street and Loose Women star Denise Welch has been banned after the actor lost weight more quickly than regulations deem to be safe.’
The Guardian, 3rd December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘If you’ve seen an advert in the last few years warning you to submit your tax return on time, telling you not to drink and drive, or asking you to consider joining the armed forces, chances are that the company responsible was Group M UK Limited. That company has been at the heart of an important recent case concerning the test for lifting suspensions of contracts in public procurement challenges.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 21st November 2014
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘County Councils in England, District Councils in England for an area without a County Council, London Borough Councils and County or County Borough Councils in Wales are “commons registration authorities”. The commons registration authority in relation to any land is the authority in whose area the land is situated. Where any land falls within the area of two or more commons registration authorities, the authorities may by agreement provide for one of them to be the commons registration authority in relation to the whole of the land.’
Local Government Law, 17th November 2014
Regina (Cushnie) v Secretary of State for Health [2014] EWHC 3626 (Admin); [2014] WLR (D) 484
‘Regulation 11(c) of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2011 contravened the provisions of section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 by reason of a lack of regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.’
WLR Daily, 5th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that a TV medical negligence advert for Merseyside personal injury specialists Michael W Halsall Solicitors was “likely to cause undue distress to pregnant viewers”.’
Legal Futures, 12th November 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Whilst the caselaw suggests that a defence of ‘reasonable practicability’ in an employers liability claim will often be difficult for a Defendant to make out, a recent High Court decision is a reminder that such a defence can succeed in appropriate circumstances.’
Zenith PI Blog, 6th November 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
McDonald v National Grid Electricity Transmission plc [2014] UKSC 53; [2014] WLR (D) 439
‘The Asbestos Industry Regulations 1931, made under section 79 of the Factory and Workshop Act 1901, were capable of applying where a person who, in the course of employment with a different employer, attended the defendant’s premises, and as a visitor viewed workers carrying on a process of mixing asbestos dust with water to form a paste for lagging work which exposed him to asbestos dust, even though the main business of the premises was not the processing of asbestos or the making of asbestos products.’
WLR Daily, 22nd October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has extended protection for victims of asbestos-related diseases, by ruling that the Asbestos Industry Regulations 1931 applied to all workers in factories where asbestos was being processed.’
Litigation Futures, 23rd October 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Supreme Court, 22nd October 2014
Commercial Litigation: The Post-Jackson World (PDF)
Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
Law Society Conference, 21st October 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
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