Coventry v Lawrence: Nuisance and planning permission in the UK Supreme Court: from the Court of Appeal

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There are recognised causes of action beyond the contractual, (or asserting rights in property) which in the University sector it is easy to become preoccupied with. This week in the UK Supreme Court, on appeal from the Court of Appeal, is a case involving the tort of nuisance, tied up in a planning permission. Coventry v Lawrence involves nuisance created from motor sports, and the issue whether the grant of planning permission sanctions any nuisances flowing from the permitted activity.

As every student of the law knows, In Miller v Jackson [1977] QB 966 (nuisance created by the sport of Cricket) Lord Denning MR began his judgment in classic style: ‘In Summertime, village Cricket is the delight of everyone.’ Doubtless Miller v Jackson is a case of its time, but Lord Denning’s judgment is a good frame of mind to begin any query into the law of ‘nuisance’.

The Court of Appeal decision in Coventry v Lawrence is attached. The Supreme Court appeal hearings run today and tomorrow.

Miller v Jackson, and the Court of Appeal decision in Coventry v Lawrence are available from the links below:

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/1977/6.html

http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2012/26.html&query=coventry+and+v+and+lawrence&method=boolean

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West Midlands Production Fund

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This fund is not really research, but may be of interest to some of the film and TV production academics as it supports the production of feature films of all genres including documentaries and animation; and TV drama series, serials and one offs with a slot length longer than 30 minutes.

It is specifically focused on productions in the West midlands

 

Funding Body: Creative England

Scheme: West Midlands Production Fund

Overview: Fund which invests in the production of feature films and high-end TV drama from companies based in the West Midlands as well as from producers looking to establish a base and film in the region.

Budget: They are planning to support between four and five productions over the next 18 months, with investments of up to £500,000 per project.

Deadlines: Open call apply any time

Further Information: http://www.creativeengland.co.uk/index.php/portfolio/film/#production_funding

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The AXA Research Fund invites applications for its chairs programme

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http://researchfund.axa.com/chairs

The AXA Research Fund invites applications for its chairs programme. Grants enable institutions to attract one or more world-class researchers to undertake teaching alongside research work. The researcher may address the following topics:

•environmental risks, including natural hazards, human-driven environmental changes and risks linked to climate change;

•life risks, including ageing and long-term care, addictions and risky behaviours and biomedical risks;

•socio-economic risks, including geopolitical risks, macro-economic and systematic financial risks, individual and collective behaviours when facing uncertainties, and large corporate risks.

Applications are welcomed from research institutions in the European Union as well as from 40 other countries.

Chair positions may request up to €2.5 million, while funding for the successional chair programme is worth up to €1.8m.

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International Brokerage Event devoted to Cloud, Open/Big Data and Smart Mobility

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Enterprise Europe Network Midlands (UK) invites you to participate in an International Brokerage Event devoted to Cloud, Open/Big Data and Smart Mobility. 

This unique and first of its kind event will be taking place at Parkside Millennium Point, Birmingham on the 28thNovember 2013.

For more information on the EXPO programme and to register to the please visit: http://www.thebiponline.co.uk/bip/west-midlands-cloud-data-smart-mobility-expo-2013/

The brokerage event will offer you the opportunity to:

Promote your technology and expertise to a range of UK and International organisations

  • Gain access to the latest developments taking place in Europe and beyond
  • Develop partnerships leading to technological and commercial collaboration between a range of industrial and research organisations
  • Appreciate developments in the sector and understand how to improve the role of your company
  • Find partners for EU funding opportunities within this niche sector and under the Smart Mobility and Electric Vehicle theme

 Key Topics

 

  • Cloud
  • Cloud Security
  • Digital Media
  • Open Data
  • Big Data
  • Smart GIS
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Connected Car
  • Smart Cities
  • Vehicle Telematics
  • Sensor Technologies
  • RFID and Tracking
  • GPS
  • Mobile Apps
  • Mobile Data
  • Smart Mobility
  • Low Carbon Transportation
  • EU/EC Funded Project Opportunities
    

The Brokerage Event will be taking place alongside an EXPO which will consist of a 2 day programme at the same location with inspirational speakers, a multitude

of topics affecting businesses both large and small delivered in a world class setting.

 This is one EXPO not to be missed!

* Free Tickets and Entry to the EXPO via our special promotional code when you register to our Brokerage Event – For more information please read below or contact Jay Gohil jgohil@cad.coventry.ac.uk

 Key features of this EXPO include:

  • World Exclusive Launch of the West Midlands Open Data Portal
  • Global coverage via the Big Data Festival
  • Cloud –  The latest Cloud technology and developments, learn Google’s vision of the future and what is now possible via the Cloud (Google)
  • Open/Big Data – Why is it important and get an insight into how Data is changing the world of work and the latest developments of Birmingham’s very 1st Open Data Portal (Cisco)
  • Smart Mobility – Your car, city & region is becoming more open, connected & smarter, see how the smart city is driving innovation and a Smart Mobility revolution and what are the latest developments (JLR, MIRA and Rolls Royce)
  • H2020 – Latest news on H2020 and EU funding opportunities for SMEs under the themes of Electric Vehicles and Smart Mobility
  • Deloitte – Are you ready for Low Carbon legislation? Act now before its too late, Carbon Champion tells you how & when you need to take action
  • University Support and Funded Projects – Find out about the different support available to SMEs via University EU funded projects in the Midlands

Register to the Brokerage event at: www.b2match.eu/cdsm2013

 

Brokerage Registration Cost: Free of Charge plus Free Entry to EXPO

 

Hotel: Latour Hotel http://hotel-latour.co.uk (Special Discount Rate £90 per Room per Night) Please email the Hotel directly and mention the conference and discount rate in your request

 

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Horizon 2020 factsheets

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Horizon 2020 is the new European Commission funding programme for collaborative research, development and innovation activities from 2014 – 2020. We will be promoting these workprogrammes at our UKRO event on 11th December. In advance of then, the Horizon 2020 draft work programmes are coming out thick and fast providing an indication of the topics you can bid for.  The External Projects Team has condensed these into a series of factsheets, providing you with an overview of the main funding opportunities. Additional factsheets will be produced as more work programmes become available. If you would like further information on any of the topics presented, please contact externalprojects@staffs.ac.uk for access to the full draft work programme document.

Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Secure Societies Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Nanotechnologies Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Health and wellbeing Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Food and Security Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

ICT Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Inclusive Innovative Reflective Societies Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

Energy Challenge Briefing Sheet

Future & Emerging Technologies Briefing Sheet

Leadership in Enabling & Industrial Technologies – ICT Briefing Sheet

The Joint Research Centre Information Sheet

European Research Council Horizon 2020 Briefing Sheet

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MacRobert Award

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The premier award for UK innovation in engineering

The MacRobert Award recognises the successful development of innovative ideas in engineering. It seeks to demonstrate the importance of engineering and the role of engineers and scientists in contributing to national prosperity and international prestige.

The Award, first presented in 1969, honours the winning organisation with a gold medal, and each of the individual nominees with a bronze medal. There is, in addition, a cash prize of £50,000.

Originally founded by the MacRobert Trusts the Award is now presented by The Royal Academy of Engineering, a prize fund having been established with donations from the MacRobert Trusts, The Royal Academy of Engineering and British industry.

Closing date: Monday 20 January 2014

For further information see MacRobert Award Brochure (attached) MacRobert_Brochure and http://www.raeng.org.uk/prizes/macrobert/default.htm

Royal Academy of Engineering logo

 

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Volkswagen v Garcia: Academic publication and interaction with commercial interest

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Please find attached a link to an interesting short discussion of the Injunction case of Volkswagen v Garcia, heard in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court before Justice Birss (formerly the Patents County Court) in June 2013, from the Lexology legal feed; illustrating that there are limits to freedom of academic publication when balanced against legitimate commercial interests. Further discussion of the Volkswagen injunction, involving UK academics will follow in a later blog.

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=2d920b6d-6e18-42bd-b6db-6829e58fb71a&utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+General+section&utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2013-11-06&utm_term=

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Funding: Use ICT to improve the Learner Experience

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JISC are looking to fund projects that will use new technologies to improve the learning experience for students. Following a change to its funding, this is the first call JISC has launched in a long time. The University has had considerable success with JISC funding in the past, and their schemes suit the universities strongly student orientated approach.

Funding Body: JISC

Scheme: Innovation through technology funding call

Overview: Jisc is starting a new million pound funding programme to improve the learner experience and increase the capability and capacity of the workforce across further education and skills providers. Money will be awarded to projects which encourage, support and promote innovation within the sector.

They are looking to fund innovative projects to:

  • Integrate new technologies in learning and teaching, assessment and business activities
  • Overcome barriers to the adoption and use of technology in the sector
  • Develop new uses for technology or innovative adaption and rollout of technologies.

The sorts of things they are looking to fund include:

  • Creating resources, tools or products
  • Developing organisational and collaborative processes using digital technologies
  • Developing apps
  • Creating augmented reality resources
  • Improving or adapting current technologies and resources (some already available through Jorum)
  • Developing new uses for technologies

Budget: £5,000 to £100,000 depending upon the scale of the project and numbers of providers involved in the areas outlined above.

Deadlines: Deadline for submissions is Friday 6 December 2013 at 12:00 noon.

Further Information: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2013/10/innovation-through-technology?utm_medium=email&utm_source=JISC+Executive&utm_campaign=3034256_Funding+call&dm_t=0,0,0,0,0&dm_i=QHI,1T18W,9V9AP9,6GHJG,1

If anyone is interested in applying please talk to either the External Projects Team exteranlprojects@staffs.ac.uk or Dave Parks Associate Director- Learn, Tech & Is D.J.Parkes@staffs.ac.uk

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation: current calls for research

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation – current research funding calls

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has a number of current calls for their areas of social policy focus, which are:  poverty, place and an aging society; all these can be found here:

 http://www.jrf.org.uk/funding

Here are two examples of current calls:

A redistribution of societal risk: the impact on individuals, their networks and communities

This call is for an analysis of current and recent policy and evidence to assess the effects that recent changes in the redistribution of societal risk have had on people’s lives and relationships, particularly those that will have significant implications in our ageing society.

JRF are interested in assessing the cumulative impact of these shifts on individual lives, and the knock-on effects of them on others (e.g. family members) in the directly affected person’s network. They also want to look at the risks of redistributing responsibility for community resources – what are the effects on individuals, their personal networks and communities?

The budget for this project is up to £40,000 (including VAT and expenses).

http://www.jrf.org.uk/funding/calls-for-proposal/redistribution-societal-risk

Closing date 27th November

Evaluating the impact of digital inclusion and social media initiatives in east York

This call is for proposals for a formative evaluation of digital inclusion initiatives and the use of social media in supporting community development at Derwenthorpe and the surrounding communities of east York.

The budget for this project is up to £35,000 (including VAT if applicable) to include all work and any necessary expenses.

http://www.jrf.org.uk/funding/calls-for-proposal/evaluating-digital-inclusion-york

Closing date 27th November

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Global Entrepreneurship Week at Staffordshire University

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18th – 22nd November is Global Entrepreneurship Week, celebrated by over 130 countries and the world’s largest campaign to promote entrepreneurship.  Staffordshire University has some great events planned for staff and students working with some experienced entrepreneurs and our external business support partners. More details about the week can be found at this link: http://www.beinspiredatstaffs.co.uk/home/global-entrepreneurship-week/

Colleagues are particularly encouraged to promote the Enterprise All-nighter to their students, on 19th November.  This event is sponsored by NatWest Business Banking and offers great prizes, inspiring speakers and business experts to students participating in a business ideas challenge.

For further information on Global Entrepreneurship Week and any of the events, contact the Enterprise Office on 01785 353809 or beinspired@staffs.ac.uk.

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