Eldon Lecture on workforce diversity – Legal Services Board
Eldon Lecture on workforce diversity (PDF)
Lecture by LSB Chairman David Edmonds
Legal Services Board, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Month: March 2012
Fresh series of defeats for proposals to cut access to legal aid for children – The Guardian
“The government has suffered a fresh series of defeats in the House of Lords over proposals to cut access to legal aid for children and in medical negligence cases.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Protecting Consumers from Scams and Rip-offs – Law Commission
“Consumers exploited by misleading and aggressive traders will have a clear and easy route to redress under reforms being proposed by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.”
Law Commission, 28th March 2012
Source: lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
Mexican football fans jailed for burglary spree after running out of money – The Guardian
“A group of Mexican tourists burgled houses from Lancaster to Glasgow after they ran out of money during a holiday to Britain, a court heard on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Punishment and reform – Ministry of Justice
“Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has today launched radical proposals to strengthen community sentences and modernise the Probation Service.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th March 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Planning laws signal end of road for out-of-town shopping centres – The Guardian
“Planning minister Greg Clarke has said there should be a presumption against the building of more out-of-town shopping centres, and insisted the green belt would continue to be protected, as he announced the biggest shakeup of the planning system for more than half a century.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
A robust restatement of the principles of nuisance – UK Human Rights Blog
“The reverse suffered by the claimants in the noisy motor racing case case before the Court of Appeal last month was something of a body blow to common lawyers and environmentalists. So this latest development in nuisance litigation should be welcome news.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Coroner rules father used ‘justified’ force to kill burglar – Daily Telegraph
“A father who killed a burglar with a meat cleaver after being subjected to harrowing attack used ‘proportionate and justified’ defensive force, a coroner has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Criminal Cases Review Commission must be reformed, say campaigners – The Guardian
“Innocent people wrongly convicted of serious crimes are being routinely failed by the body set up to investigate miscarriages of justice, according to lawyers and campaigners. They will call this week for urgent reform of the Criminal Cases Review Commission – set up in the wake of high profile miscarriages of justice including the Birmingham Six and Guildford Four – on the 15th anniversary of the formation of the independent review body.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Miscarriages of justice? Cases that campaigners want CCRC to reconsider
Ban on filming in British courts to be lifted – The Independent
“Television cameras are to be allowed into courts for the first time to film the sentencing of serious criminals.”
The Independent, 28th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judiciary needs to be more diverse, peers say – The Guardian
“Setting targets to appoint more judges from among women and members of the ethnic minorities should be considered if the judiciary does not make itself more diverse within the next five years, peers recommend.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
White and male: diversity and the judiciary – The Guardian
“Are judges all white and male? Nearly – see exactly how the judiciary has changed.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Paedophile David Bryant jailed for 16 years – BBC News
“A man who carried out sex attacks on four young girls in the 1980s and 1990s has been jailed for 16 years.”
BBC News, 27th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Private firms set to take over core probation services – The Guardian
“After all the furore over the proposed radical extension of the role of the private sector in policing, what should we make of G4S and Serco advertising to recruit probation officers?”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
CPS prosecution errors causing distress – The Independent
“Victims and witnesses are suffering as prosecutors make mistakes in more than one in 15 cases and bosses fail to spot the errors, inspectors said today.”
The Independent, 27th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
No-fault divorces ‘should be standard’ – The Guardian
“‘No fault’ divorces should become the standard means for couples to separate rather than proving that one side is responsible for the breakdown, according to the most senior family law judge in England and Wales.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
FiTs uncertainty remains for solar industry as Government refused leave to appeal – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government has been denied the opportunity to appeal to the Supreme Court in over its ‘legally flawed’ decision to reduce subsidies to businesses and homes which use solar panels to generate renewable energy.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Royal Mail can set higher stamp prices – Daily Telegraph
“Royal Mail is to get the power to increase the price of first class stamps while the cost of second class stamps will also rise to 55p to ‘safeguard’ universal postal service, Ofcom, the regulator, announced.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Fabrice Muamba: Racist Twitter user jailed for 56 days – BBC News
“A student who admitted posting racially offensive comments on Twitter about footballer Fabrice Muamba has been jailed for 56 days.”
BBC News, 27th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
McGee, R v [2012] EWCA Crim 613 (09 March 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
ZH v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2012] EWHC 604 (QB) (14 March 2012)
Cairns v Modi [2012] EWHC 756 (QB) (26 March 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Golden Eye (International) Ltd & Anor v Telefonica UK Ltd [2012] EWHC 723 (Ch) (26 March 2012)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Phaestos Ltd & Anor v Ho (Costs) [2012] EWHC 763 (TCC) (22 March 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
PT Thiess Contractors Indonesia v PT Kaltim Prima Coal [2012] EWHC 690 (Comm) (26 March 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
