Day: 15 June 2011
Prison drug smugglers warned by Lord Judge – BBC News
“Anyone caught smuggling drugs into prison should face longer ‘deterrent’ sentences, the country’s most senior judge has said.”
BBC News, 15th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) Order 2011
The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 2) Order 2011
The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 3) Order 2011
The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 4) Order 2011
The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 5) Order 2011
The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2011
The South East Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee Order 2011
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration Data Schemes) Regulations 2011
The Immigration (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Sunderland Council apologises after rape by boy, 11 – BBC News
“A council has apologised for mistakes which led to an 11-year-old raping another boy.”
BBC News, 15th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Safeguards needed for random stop-and-search powers, committee says – The Guardian
“Peers and MPs have warned the home secretary, Theresa May, that extra safeguards for new random counter-terror stop-and-search powers are needed in order to prevent further human rights breaches.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Revenge killers jailed for Kent murder of Ted Shaxted – BBC News
“Three men have been jailed for life after being convicted of murder in a revenge attack at a property in Kent.”
BBC News, 15th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ban male circumcision? No, scientific evidence of harm is not strong enough – The Guardian
“Supporters of a ban are making a flawed equivalency: male circumcision is not the same practice as female genital mutilation.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Southport firm fined after man lost finger in saw – BBC News
“A shopfitting firm on Merseyside has been fined after one of its workers had his finger severed by a rotating saw.”
BBC News, 15th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Magistrates resign as courts close – Law Society’s Gazette
“Resignations from the magistracy have increased by 18% since the announcement of court closures, according to government figures.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Implications’ of affair tweet case – The Independent
“A plumber standing trial after he tweeted and blogged claims about his wife’s alleged affair said his case had ‘big legal implications’.”
The Independent, 15th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judge warns ‘short prison sentences lead to reoffending’ – Daily Telegraph
“A judge yesterday attacked short jail sentences designed to ease prison overcrowding warning that they create a ‘revolving door’ of reoffenders.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Treasury to scrap money-laundering penalties – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Treasury is to abolish more than 24 criminal penalties that can currently be imposed on law firms and other businesses for failing to comply with money-laundering regulations.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Duncan Smith to warn of threat from human trafficking – BBC News
“Iain Duncan Smith is to warn about the threat posed by human trafficking as the think tank he founded launches a review of efforts to combat slavery.”
BBC News, 15th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
D (A Child) [2011] EWCA Civ 684 (14 June 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
In re E (Children)(Abduction: Custody Rights) – WLR Daily
In re E (Children)(Abduction: Custody Rights) [2011] UKSC 27; [2011] WLR (D) 191
“The application of article 13b of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980) required that the best interests of the child concerned was a primary consideration for the court requested to return an abducted child and, consequently, there was no conflict between the Hague Convention and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and no obvious conflict with the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 10th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Tougher checks for sex offenders – Home Office
“Proposals to introduce tougher checks on known sex offenders have been published today (14 June).”
Home Office, 14th June 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Tory MP Zac Goldsmith defends super-injunction – BBC News
“Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has insisted he was right to take out a super-injunction after private e-mails were hacked and passed to newspapers.”
BBC News, 14th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child victims failed by justice system, says Barnardo’s – BBC News
“A children’s charity says child victims of sexual exploitation have been ‘failed by the system’ because convictions are so hard to achieve.”
BBC News, 15th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bahrain to sue Independent newspaper over articles – The Guardian
“Bahrain is to sue the Independent newspaper, accusing it of ‘orchestrating a defamatory and premeditated media campaign’ against the Gulf state and neighbouring Saudi Arabia. It singled out for criticism the newspaper’s award-winning Middle East correspondent, Robert Fisk.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
