Will the Family Drug and Alcohol Court survive? – The Guardian
“The court gets results – but funding cuts put it under threat.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Day: 15 December 2011
At last, Strasbourg heeds our supreme court – The Guardian
“Today’s al-Khawaja judgment shows the European Court of Human Rights is listening to UK judgesToday’s al-Khawaja judgment shows the European Court of Human Rights is listening to UK judges.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rio Ferdinand settles privacy dispute with Sunday Mirror – The Guardian
“Footballer Rio Ferdinand has ended his privacy battle with the Sunday Mirror over a ‘kiss and tell’ story published by the tabloid after reaching an eleventh-hour agreement.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Terror asset-freezing laws ‘intrusive and humiliating’ – The Guardian
“Asset-freezing powers that are exercised under counter-terrorism legislation are ‘an intrusive and humiliating experience’ for a number of British citizens, the government’s independent reviewer of anti-terror laws has warned in a report.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
European court backs British judges over hearsay evidence – The Guardian
“Hearsay evidence can be used as the sole means of securing a criminal conviction where no other evidence is available, the European court of human rights (ECHR) has ruled.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Private Whitehall emails ‘are covered by info laws’ – BBC News
“Ministers and Whitehall officials have been warned not to try to hide sensitive government information by using private emails and text messages.”
BBC News, 15th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Local Government (Discretionary Payments) (Injury Allowances) Regulations 2011
The Eels (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) (Amendment No. 7) Order 2011
The Finance Act 2011, Section 49(6) (Appointed Day) Order 2011
The Gas Transporter (Modification of Licence Conditions) Regulations 2011
The Incidental Flooding and Coastal Erosion (England) Order 2011
The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011
The Regulated Covered Bonds (Amendment) Regulations 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
RO, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 2910 (22 November 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Spaceright Europe Ltd v Baillavoine & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 1565 (14 December 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Norman v Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service [2011] EWHC 3305 (QB) (14 December 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Z & Anor v C & Anor [2011] EWHC 3181 (Fam) (02 December 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Alstom Power Ltd. v Somi Impianti S.R.L. [2011] EWHC 3157 (TCC) (21 November 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
DNAR orders can be medico-legally lethal – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“Do not attempt resuscitation orders (DNAR orders), have been much in the news. There is concern about them being slapped on patients’ notes without adequate, or any, consultation with the patient or, if the patient is incapacitate, with the relatives or carers.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 14th December 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Unmarried couples ‘should have equal inheritance rights’ – The Guardian
“Unmarried couples who have lived together for five years or more should be able to inherit from each other without writing a will, the Law Commission has recommended.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Kimberly-Clark fined over death of Christopher Massey – BBC News
“Tissue maker Kimberly-Clark has been fined £180,000 over the death of a worker at its plant in Cumbria.”
BBC News, 15th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Gnango – WLR Daily
Regina v Gnango [2011] UKSC; [2011] WLR (D) 365
“When two gunmen chose to indulge in a gunfight in a public place, each intending to kill or cause serious injury to the other, in circumstances where there was a foreseeable risk that an innocent bystander might be injured or killed, and one of the gunmen accidenatally shot and killed a passerby, both gunmen were guilty of murder.”
WLR Daily, 14th December 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Kayani; Regina v Solliman – WLR Daily
Regina v Kayani; Regina v Solliman [2011] EWCA Crim 2871; [2011] WLR (D) 364
“Where a child had been abducted by a parent it no longer necessarily followed that for policy reasons a charge of kidnapping had always to be deemed inappropriate.”
WLR Daily, 13th December 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v S; Regina v H – WLR Daily
Regina v S; Regina v H [2011] EWCA Crim 2872; [2011] WLR (D) 363
“Section 46 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 was not incompatible with articles 6 and 7 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms by reason of being too vague and uncertain.”
WLR Daily, 13th December 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Extending domestic violence protection – Home Office
“Young people under 18 could be included in the cross-government definition of domestic violence for the first time, under a consultation launched by the Home Secretary Theresa May today (14 December).”
Home Office, 14th December 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Live text based communication guidance – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, today (14 December) handed down guidance on using laptops and hand‐held devices to communicate directly from courts in England and Wales.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 14th December 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Stourbridge couple guilty of monkey cruelty – BBC News
“A couple who sold a ‘crippled’ pet monkey to a woman rather than taking it to a vet have been found guilty of causing it unnecessary suffering.”
BBC News, 14th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Raoul Moat accomplice loses bid to reduce jail sentence – The Guardian
“One of the two men who helped gunman Raoul Moat during his shotgun rampage, which left a man dead and a police officer blinded, has lost a bid to win a reduction in his sentence.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
