A judge should have permitted a new ground of appeal to be raised alleging that there had been a procedural irregularity in entering a default judgment without requiring the claimants to prove their case. However, that ground of appeal lacked merit and the appeal was dismissed. The appellant appealed against the refusal of his application … Continue reading LIGHTING & LAMPS UK LTD & ANOR v CLARKE (2016)
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S REFERENCE (NO.145 OF 2015) sub nom R v H (2016)
A total sentence of four years' imprisonment following convictions for multiple offences of indecent assault by a father on his daughter was increased to eight years where the judge had failed to find that the victim had suffered severe psychological harm, despite clear evidence. The Solicitor General referred to the court as unduly lenient a … Continue reading ATTORNEY GENERAL’S REFERENCE (NO.145 OF 2015) sub nom R v H (2016)
SIDO JOHN v CENTRAL MANCHESTER & MANCHESTER CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (2016)
A claimant who established that delays in treatment materially contributed to a brain injury suffered by him during a fall was awarded damages from the NHS trust for the whole of his injury and loss. The court examined the "material contribution" test of causation and explained why it was more appropriate in the circumstances than … Continue reading SIDO JOHN v CENTRAL MANCHESTER & MANCHESTER CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (2016)
(1) WOJCIECH WISNIEWSKI (2) TOMASZ SAPOR (3) KAROLINA WIRYNSKA v (1) REGIONAL COURT OF WROCLAW, POLAND (2) REGIONAL COURT OF POZNAN, POLAND (3) DISTRICT COURT IN TORUN, POLAND (2016)
[2016] EWHC 386 (Admin) The court considered issues concerning the availability of the bar to extradition in the Extradition Act 2003 s.14 based on the passage of time in cases where the requested person had left the requesting state while subject to a suspended sentence which was subsequently activated. In three conjoined appeals against extradition orders, the … Continue reading (1) WOJCIECH WISNIEWSKI (2) TOMASZ SAPOR (3) KAROLINA WIRYNSKA v (1) REGIONAL COURT OF WROCLAW, POLAND (2) REGIONAL COURT OF POZNAN, POLAND (3) DISTRICT COURT IN TORUN, POLAND (2016)
WORMALD (BY HIS MOTHER & LITIGATION FRIEND DAWN WORMALD) v AHMED (2016)
A judge had been entitled to find that a taxi driver was responsible for a collision with a pedestrian since he should have been monitoring the road ahead and, if he had done so, he would have seen the pedestrian in time to avoid the accident. A taxi driver appealed against a decision that he … Continue reading WORMALD (BY HIS MOTHER & LITIGATION FRIEND DAWN WORMALD) v AHMED (2016)
JL AND AO (BABIES RELINQUISHED FOR ADOPTION) sub nom A LONDON BOROUGH COUNCIL v JL (BY HIS CHILDREN’S GUARDIAN) : A WESTERN CIRCUIT LOCAL AUTHORITY v (1) A MOTHER (2) A FATHER (3) AO (BY HER CHILDREN’S GUARDIAN) (2016)
Hi everyone! It's been a minute, but we are back with more Monday Case Summaries! All courtesy of LawTel and powered by WordPress - enjoy! The court considered jurisdictional issues and procedural duties and obligations arising in cases involving babies born in the UK to foreign nationals and relinquished at birth for adoption. It particularly … Continue reading JL AND AO (BABIES RELINQUISHED FOR ADOPTION) sub nom A LONDON BOROUGH COUNCIL v JL (BY HIS CHILDREN’S GUARDIAN) : A WESTERN CIRCUIT LOCAL AUTHORITY v (1) A MOTHER (2) A FATHER (3) AO (BY HER CHILDREN’S GUARDIAN) (2016)
R (Catt) and R (T) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2015] UKSC 9
Happy February! This week we have the last of our Human Rights case summaries from the UK Human Rights Blog. If you are not following them by now, please do check them out here Case Name: R (Catt) and R (T) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2015] UKSC 9 What's the case about? Mr … Continue reading R (Catt) and R (T) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2015] UKSC 9
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11
Case name: Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 What is the case about? This was the case in which the Supreme Court reacted to the “changing paradigm of the doctor-patient relationship”. Montgomery was not only one of the seminal cases in the law of clinical negligence in thirty years, it also recognised the importance of patient … Continue reading Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11
Liberty & Ors v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Ors [2015] UKIPTrib 13 77-H
Case Name: Liberty & Ors v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Ors What is this case about? This case involved the Edward Snowden leaks and revelations surrounding the US National Security Agency’s communications interception programme. Liberty and other NGOs cited breaches of Articles 8 and 10 ECHR as a result of … Continue reading Liberty & Ors v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Ors [2015] UKIPTrib 13 77-H
Google Inc v Vidal-Hall and others [2015] EWCA Civ 311
Case Name: Google Inc v Vidal-Hall and others [2015] EWCA Civ 311 What the case is all about? Can internet users obtain damages where their browsing activity is tracked without their consent and the information passed to third parties? In this case, the Court of Appeal decided that EU law gave them precisely that remedy. Google … Continue reading Google Inc v Vidal-Hall and others [2015] EWCA Civ 311
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