“A millionaire’s daughter was jailed for two years yesterday after she acted as the driver for a group of armed looters who pillaged shops and robbed people at knifepoint during last summer’s riots.”
The Independent, 26th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Neglect by immigration detention centre staff contributed to the death of a Pakistani asylum seeker after he suffered a heart attack, an inquest jury has found.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Employers are entitled to offer pay increases on the condition that all or part of that increase does not count towards an employee’s future pension entitlement, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Fruit pickers, shellfish gatherers and farm labourers could be at greater risk of exploitation under plans to reduce regulation of gangmasters, unions say.”
BBC News, 25th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Champerty used to be a crime. Now it is known as third-party litigation funding and has developed into an investment industry backed by up to £500m of investor cash looking for lucrative courtroom opportunities.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two of the government’s flagship academy schools are facing legal challenges for refusing to admit children with statements of special needs.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
” A former soldier who carried out a string of sex attacks has been jailed indefinitely.”
The Independent, 25th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two of Baby Peter’s social workers have lost their appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that they were fairly sacked.”
BBC News, 25th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf has called for the length and cost of public inquiries to be limited.”
The Lawyer, 25th May 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Three things in particular tend to surprise new visitors to the three-year-old Supreme Court. The first is that there are no secret tunnels to Parliament, which comes as a great disappointment to many school groups. The second is that the Justices sit on the same level as the rest of the court, rather than on a raised platform. And the third is that the best rooms in the house are reserved for the lawyers’ meeting spaces. The latter two point to a very conscious effort by the Law Lords to ensure that the building reflected the new institution’s overall approach, enshrined in the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, of being ‘accessible, fair and efficient’.”
Legal Week, 24th May 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Greene King Plc v Quisine Restaurants Ltd & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 698 (24 May 2012)
Hinchcliffe & Anor v Smith & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 696 (24 May 2012)
Ingosstrakh -Investments v BNP Paribas SA [2012] EWCA Civ 644 (24 May 2012)
Cavenagh v William Evans Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 697 (24 May 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Maloney v Filtons Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 1395 (Ch) (24 May 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Trimingham v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2012] EWHC 1296 (QB) (24 May 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Claims for recovery of unlawfully exacted tax under the principle in Woolwich Equitable Building Society v Inland Revenue Comrs [1993] AC 70 (‘the Woolwich principle’) were not limited to those cases where there had been an actual demand by the revenue for payment, but applied generally in all cases where there had been a payment in response to an apparent statutory requirement to pay tax, which was not lawfully due.”
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Attorney General’s Reference (Nos 11 and 12 of 2012): [2012] EWCA Crim 1119; [2012] WLR (D) 160
“When sentencing for rape of a person under 13, under section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the judge in assessing seriousness had to analyse the circumstances of the offence and consider the deterrent element in sentencing for sexual offences committed against young children, taking into account the fact that exploitative behaviour might be as serious as submission obtained by force, the ages of the offender and victim, and the starting point for such consideration was on page 25 of the Sentencing Guidelines Council guideline Sexual Offences Act 2003 (2007).”
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Local Government Act 2000 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2012
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Service of Prosecution Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2012
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 28 and Saving Provisions) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Albanian car wash owner Defrim Paci, has been ordered to handover £60,000 of his criminal earnings after he was found guilty of employing illegal immigrants in the UK and laundering money.”
UK Border Agency. 24th May 2012
Source: www.ukba/homeoffice.gov.uk
“The Government is proud of its human rights’ record, Justice Minister Lord McNally today told a United Nations’ review of the UK’s human rights record over the last four years.”
Ministry of Justice, 24th May 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Last Tuesday saw the latest episode in the prisoner voting legal saga with the European Court of Human Rights’ Grand Chamber’s judgment reversing the Chamber judgment which found Italy’s automatic ban on voting for prisoners serving over 3 years in prison (and a lifetime ban with the possibility of future relief for those sentenced to more than 5 years) in breach of Article 3 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A draft Bill designed to reform certain aspects of employment law and encourage ‘strong, sustainable’ economic growth contains a provision which would allow the Government to radically reduce compensation awards for unfair dismissal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
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