Month: July 2011

Police forces come together to create new regional surveillance units – The Guardian

Posted July 27th, 2011 in crime prevention, investigatory powers, news, police by tracey

“Britain’s police forces are forming regional surveillance units with the power to carry out covert and intrusive investigations. Detectives believe the groups will make it easier for the authorities to bug computers, break into properties and interfere with wireless internet networks as part of countersurveillance operations, according to documents seen by the Guardian.”

Full story

The Guardian, 25th July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

MoJ concession on immigration domestic violence cases – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 27th, 2011 in bills, budgets, domestic violence, immigration, legal aid, news by tracey

“Lawyers have welcomed the justice minister’s concession to put some immigration domestic violence cases back within the scope of legal aid.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 27th July 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Felbrigg Hall branch death: National Trust not to blame – BBC News

Posted July 27th, 2011 in causing death of children or vulnerable adults, duty of care, health & safety, news, trees by tracey

“The National Trust was not to blame for the death of an 11-year-old schoolboy fatally crushed by a branch in woods in Norfolk, the High Court has decided.”

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BBC News, 27th July 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

George Lucas loses Stormtrooper battle at Supreme Court – BBC News

Posted July 27th, 2011 in artistic works, copyright, news by tracey

“A prop designer who made the original Stormtrooper helmets for Star Wars has won his battle with director George Lucas over his right to sell replicas.”

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BBC News, 27th July 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Telegraph Media Group ordered to pay damages over Lynn Barber book review – The Guardian

Posted July 27th, 2011 in damages, malicious falsehood, media, news by tracey

“Telegraph Media Group, the publisher of the Daily Telegraph, has been ordered to pay £65,000 in damages after losing a high court case for libel and malicious falsehood over a Lynn Barber book review.”

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The Guardian, 26th July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted July 27th, 2011 in law reports by tracey

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

AR, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 857 (26 July 2011)

Thomas & Ors v Bridgend County Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 862 (26 July 2011)

Rust Consulting Ltd v PB Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 899 (26 July 2011)

Destiny 1 Ltd v Lloyds TSB Bank Plc [2011] EWCA Civ 831 (26 July 2011)

MH (Algeria), R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 901 (26 July 2011)

DRL Ltd v Wincanton Group Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 839 (26 July 2011)

Bahta & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 895 (26 July 2011)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Cooper, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 1872 (26 July 2011)

Kapotra v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 1843 (26 July 2011)

Haque v R [2011] EWCA Crim 1871 (26 July 2011)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Cheshire East Borough Council Cheshire West & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs & Anor [2011] EWHC 1975 (Admin) (26 July 2011)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Rayford Homes Ltd v Bank of Scotland Plc & Anor [2011] EWHC 1948 (Ch) (23 July 2011)

High Court Queen’s Bench Division)

Sheikh v Beaumont [2011] EWHC 1946 (QB) (26 July 2011)

Thornton v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2011] EWHC 1884 (QB) (26 July 2011)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Arqiva Ltd & Ors v Everything Everywhere Ltd & Ors [2011] EWHC 2016 (TCC) (26 July 2011)

Source: www.bailii.org

Regina (Huitson) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily

Posted July 27th, 2011 in double taxation, human rights, income tax, law reports, retrospectivity, tax avoidance by tracey

Regina (Huitson) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2011] EWCA Civ 893 ;  [2011] WLR (D)  248

“Section 58 of the Finance Act 2008 which amended fiscal legislation regarding double taxation relief with retrospective effect, thereby removing tax relief from tax avoidance schemes to United Kingdom residents, was neither disproportionate nor incompatible with article 1 of the First Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.”

WLR Daily, 25th July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted July 27th, 2011 in legislation by tracey

The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2011

The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) Regulations 2011

Surce: www.legislation.gov.uk

CPS Panels Scheme – The Bar Council

Posted July 27th, 2011 in barristers, Crown Prosecution Service, press releases by tracey

“The Crown Prosecution Service has asked the Bar Council to remind barristers who are filling in CPS Panel application forms, to adhere to the word limits specified on the forms.”

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The Bar Council, 26th July 2011

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Dewi Evans given life for Pontyberem murder of wife – BBC News

Posted July 27th, 2011 in domestic violence, murder, news by tracey

“A former miner who stabbed his wife during a row over a cup of tea has been jailed for a minimum of 11 years.”

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BBC News, 26th July 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Southern’s Gatwick Express claim ‘misleading’ – BBC News

Posted July 27th, 2011 in advertising, news, ombudsmen, transport by tracey

“A train company has been ordered to remove a ‘misleading’ claim about its services between Gatwick and London from its website.”

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BBC News, 27th July 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Twin baby swap parents found guilty of child cruelty – The Guardian

Posted July 27th, 2011 in causing death of children or vulnerable adults, child cruelty, families, news by tracey

“A couple who repeatedly deceived health professionals by swapping their twin babies to cover up unexplained injuries that led to one daughter’s death have been convicted of child cruelty.”

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The Guardian, 26th July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

L’Oréal’s Julia Roberts and Christy Turlington ad campaigns banned – The Guardian

Posted July 27th, 2011 in advertising, complaints, news, ombudsmen, photography by tracey

“L’Oréal has been forced to pull ad campaigns featuring Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts and supermodel Christy Turlington, after the advertising watchdog upheld complaints by Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson that the images were overly airbrushed.”

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The Guardian, 27th July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

ISPs still ‘mislead’ on broadband – BBC News

Posted July 27th, 2011 in advertising, codes of practice, internet, news, ombudsmen by tracey

“Broadband speeds in the UK now average 6.8Mbps (megabits per second) but there is still a huge gap between advertised and actual speeds, according to Ofcom.”

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BBC News, 27th July 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

British Gas fined £2.5m over complaint handling – BBC News

Posted July 27th, 2011 in complaints, consumer protection, energy, fines, news, ombudsmen by tracey

“British Gas has been fined £2.5m by the regulator Ofgem for the way in which it deals with customer complaints.”

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BBC News, 27th July 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Immigration: ban on husband who cannot speak English is a breach of human rights, court told – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 27th, 2011 in families, human rights, immigration, news, race discrimination by tracey

“A new immigration rule requiring people to be able to speak English to move to the UK to be with their spouse is a breach of human rights, a court heard yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Hillsborough documents on Margaret Thatcher to be released – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 27th, 2011 in documents, families, freedom of information, news, police, public interest, sport by tracey

“The Information Commissioner ruled that they were in the public interest, amid claims by some victims’ families that the former Conservative prime minister tried to protect the police’s reputation.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Library cuts challenge blocked – The Independent

Posted July 27th, 2011 in budgets, judicial review, libraries, local government, news by tracey

“Campaigners against library cuts have had their High Court challenge blocked. A judge ruled they had delayed too long in seeking judicial review of Isle of Wight proposals to stop funding five libraries on the island.”

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The Independent, 26th July 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk

Posted July 26th, 2011 in parliamentary papers by tracey

 Whole of government accounts, unaudited summary report for the year ended 31 March 2010, Cm 8127 (PDF)

 Open public services: white paper, Cm 8145 (PDF)

 Post-legislative assessment of the Health Act 2006, Cm 8115 (PDF)

Public expenditure statistical analyses 2011, Cm 8104 (PDF)

Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk/

Tracie Andrews ‘unrepentant’ as she is freed from jail – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 26th, 2011 in murder, news, rehabilitation by tracey

“Tracie Andrews, who killed her fiancé in one of Britain’s most notorious murders, will walk free from prison this week as unrepentant as the day she was jailed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk