Legislation titles – what’s in a name? – The Guardian
“The protection of freedoms bill shows it is not always easy to ensure a bill’s ‘short title’ accurately summarises its contents.”
The Guardian, 24th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Day: 24 March 2011
‘Night Stalker’ guilty of rape terror – The Independent
“Night Stalker Delroy Grant was convicted today of being one of the most prolific and depraved sex attackers in British history.”
The Independent, 24th March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Woman pays £1 for MRSA legal claim against hospital – BBC News
“A woman seeking compensation from a Norfolk hospital after taking over an MRSA sufferer’s damages claim could set a legal precedent, a court has heard.”
BBC News, 24th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Phone hacking: Met and DPP clash over legal advice on stolen voicemails – The Guardian
“The phone-hacking scandal has spilled over into an extraordinary public clash between the Metropolitan police and the director of public prosecutions, with each side implying the other has misled parliament.”
The Guardian, 24th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Mutual Societies (Electronic Communications) Order 2011
The Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (Commencement No.1) Order 2011
The Transfer of Functions (Big Lottery Fund) Order 2011
The Friendly Societies (Proxy Voting) Regulations 2011
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2011
The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2011
The Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (Overseas Territories) Order 2011
The Transfer of Functions (Report on the Civil Estate) Order 2011
The Transfer of Functions (Media and Telecommunications etc.) Order 2011
The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2011
National Insurance Contributions Act 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
L & R v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 649 (23 March 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Bayfine UK v HM Revenue and Customs [2011] EWCA Civ 304 (23 March 2011)
Baturina v Times Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 308 (23 March 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
National Westminster Bank Plc v Binney [2011] EWHC 694 (QB) (23 March 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
The Hedgehog Golf Company Ltd v Hauser [2011] EWHC 689 (Ch) (23 March 2011)
Digrado v D’Angelo [2011] EWHC 635 (Ch) (18 March 2011)
B v S [2011] EWHC 691 (Comm) (23 March 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
N v F [2011] EWHC 586 (Fam) (11 March 2011)
Baby X, Re [2011] EWHC 590 (Fam) (15 March 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Simon Carves Ltd v Ensus UK Ltd [2011] EWHC 657 (TCC) (23 March 2011)
High Court (Patents Court)
Atrium Medical Corporation & Anor v DSB Invest Holding SA [2011] EWHC 429 (Pat) (24 February 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Legal opinions – Joshua Rozenberg reflects on 25 years covering the law – Legal Week
“As mainstream media shies away from legal coverage, Joshua Rozenberg talks to Alex Aldridge about the 25 years under his belt that have made him the UK’s best-known legal commentator.”
Legal Week, 24th March 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
Corporate law firms widen the recruitment net – The Guardian
“News that top firms are to recruit students from less traditional universities has not been welcomed by all.”
The Guardian, 24th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Change in Inheritance Tax laws encourages charitable giving – Daily Telegraph
“Inheritance tax laws will be changed to encourage people to donate at least part of their estates to charity as part of the Coalition’s ‘Big Society’ initiative.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cornwall man jailed for shooting sister’s donkey dead – BBC News
“A man from Cornwall has been jailed for shooting his sister’s donkey dead after an argument.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Targets for judicial diversity ‘wrong approach’ – Law Society’s Gazette
“Setting targets for increasing the number of female judges would be the ‘wrong approach’ to boosting diversity, the minister responsible for legislation and law reform told the House of Lords last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
The changing face of justice – The Guardian
“The visual vocabulary of courts – rooted in Babylonian, Egyptian, Classical, and Renaissance iconography – provides a transnational symbol of government, and courts have become obligatory facets of good governance. Consider the image of two women: one with scales, sword and blindfold; the other, Prudence, regarding herself in a mirror. Justice was once regularly shown with Prudence as well as Fortitude and Temperance, the four cardinal virtues. We know this imagery of justice because we have been taught it. Rulers regularly link themselves to the virtue Justice as they seek legitimacy for the laws that they make and enforce.”
The Guardian, 24th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Representing justice
Wife loses bid for bigger payout from estranged husband – Daily Telegraph
“The estranged wife of a former banker who argued that £4.8 million was not enough to live on yesterday lost a High Court bid for a larger slice of his wealth.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cow manure fetish man is jailed by Cornwall court – BBC News
“A man with a fetish for cow manure has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Shot Pc David Rathband sues force over Raoul Moat attack – The Independent
“Shot Pc David Rathband said today he was suing his own force because he was left ‘a sitting duck’ when gunman Raoul Moat declared war on police.”
The Independent, 23rd March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Master of the rolls to judges: keep your judgments simple – The Guardian
“Judges should avoid making judgments that are ‘readable by few, comprehendible by fewer still’, said Lord Neuberger in a speech on open justice last week. With a nod to Gilbert and Sullivan’s accessible opera he offered Lord Atkin’s decision in Donoghue v Stevenson as ‘a very model of a modern major judgment’. The case, decided by the House of Lords in 1932, features a decomposed snail in a bottle of ginger beer and is known to every lawyer in the land: it sets out, in clear terms, the scope of the law of negligence.”
The Guardian, 23rd March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
