Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 – legislation.gov.uk
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 published
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Month: May 2012
Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Act 2012 – legislation.gov.uk
Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Act 2012 published
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Act 2012 – legislation.gov.uk
Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Act 2012 published
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Appeal court backs law firm in ‘you’re fired’ retainer row – Law Society’s Gazette
“Solicitors are entitled to suspend work for clients who have not paid their bill in accordance with the contractual term of business agreed, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a key case on retainers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Pressing the case – Sir Stephen Sedley’s proposals for statutory media regulation – Legal Week
“The Leveson Inquiry has invited evidence and submissions from the public as well as from the core participants. Although not reported widely in the media, last October the recently retired Lord Justice of Appeal, Sir Stephen Sedley, made his own submission to the Leveson Inquiry. In this submission, Sir Stephen proposes his own model of statutory regulation of the media.”
Legal Week, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
Philippe and others v Cameron and others – WLR Daily
Philippe and others v Cameron and others [2012] EWHC 1040 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 130
“The purpose of section 2(2) of the Charitable Trusts (Validation) Act 1954 was to prevent the Act being applied where an imperfect trust provision had already been recognised to be invalid and the invalidity acted upon.”
WLR Daily, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Mian – WLR Daily
Regina v Mian [2012] EWCA Crim 792; [2012] WLR (D) 129
“In the context of a prosecutor’s appeal against a ‘terminating ruling’, the statutory requirement that either an adjournment had to be sought immediately, or the decision to appeal and the acquittal agreement had to be notified to the court immediately, meant that it should be done then and there.”
WLR Daily, 26th April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Berky) v Newport City Council – WLR Daily
Regina (Berky) v Newport City Council [2012] EWCA Civ 378; [2012] WLR (D) 128
“Section 31(6) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 did not give the High Court power to prevent a valid claim for judicial review based on European Union law and brought within the three-month time limit provided by CPR r 54.5(1).”
WLR Daily, 29th April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
DR v NCB – Nordisk Copyright Bureau – WLR Daily
DR v NCB – Nordisk Copyright Bureau (Case C-510/10); [2012] WLR (D) 127
“The exception in article 5(2)(d) of and Preamble 41 to Directive 2001/29 which permitted a broadcaster to use their own facilities or ‘those of a person acting on behalf of and under the responsibility of the broadcasting organisation’ to reproduce works by way of ephemeral recordings without the author’s consent, entitled a broadcaster to use a third party to reproduce the works either if that third party acted on their behalf or if they were under the responsibility of the broadcaster.”
WLR Daily, 26th April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Time, time, time, look what’s become of me – UK Human Rights Blog
“In law, time can be everything. Every lawyer will have experienced waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat at the realisation that a time limit has been missed. Courts often have the discretion to extend litigation time limits, such as under rule 3.1 of the Civil Procedure Rules, but simple mistakes by lawyers rarely generate sympathy from judges. Even scarier, judges sometimes do not even have the power to extend time at all, however unfair the circumstances. The idea is to encourage certainty and predictability in the legal system.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Man jailed for life for killing again two decades after first murder – The Guardian
“An investigation is under way into the monitoring of a convicted killer who murdered for a second time after being freed from prison.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Clarke asks top judges to probe disclosure sanctions – Law Society’s Gazette
“Justice secretary Kenneth Clarke has asked two senior judges to review sanctions for disclosure failures in criminal trials, to ‘mitigate the resource burden’ imposed by disclosure.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd May 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Extradition: where and why? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“The past few months have seen a great many column inches dedicated to the issue of extradition. The dismissal of the extradition challenges by Abu Hamza and others has led to many commentators heaping praise on the ECtHR for making the correct choice in granting the extradition of these men to the US. The attempt by the Home Secretary to deport Abu Qatada to Jordan continues to stimulate debate and raise erudite procedural issues.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Bills delayed ‘to make room for Lords reform’ – BBC News
“The government is putting promised legislation on hold to make room for House of Lords reform, MPs say.”
BBC News, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
JAC commissioner: ‘let solicitors become judges’ – Law Society’s Gazette
“The newly-appointed solicitor commissioner to the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) has expressed scepticism about targets and quotas for diversity as well as the ‘tipping point’ method of favouring under-represented groups.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd May 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
When does an expert report constitute “independent evidence” of torture? – UK Human Rights Blog
“Whether expert evidence relied upon by an asylum seeker amounted to ‘independent evidence’ of torture was the key issue before the Court of Appeal in this case . The issue arose in the context of AM’s claim against the Home Office for wrongful imprisonment contrary to the UK Border Agency’s Enforcement Instructions and Guidance. The Guidance, which contains the policy of the Agency on detentions (amongst other things), says that where there is ‘independent evidence’ that a person has been tortured, that person is suitable for detention only in ‘very exceptional circumstances’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Abu Qatada appeal hearing due next Wednesday – The Guardian
“European human rights judges will decide next Wednesday whether Abu Qatada’s appeal against his deportation from Britain should be allowed to go ahead.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hundreds still to face courts in London over riots – BBC News
“Hundreds of cases of people accused of being involved in last summer’s London riots are still being prepared for trial, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 3rd May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Are you the new pupil? One sugar, please love – The Guardian
“Sexism at the bar may be more subtle, but female pupils still get asked to book flights, babysit and told to ‘heel'”
The Guardian, 3rd May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
