“Children’s Minister Sarah Teather has published draft clauses for forthcoming legislation to strengthen the role of the Office of the Children’s Commissioner. It follows an independent review of the role, which reported in December 2010.”
Family Law Week, 11th July 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“The court would not exercise its discretion under section 4(1)(b) of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 to make a disqualification order against a liquidator who had been guilty of any fraud in relation to the company or of any breach of his duty as such liquidator unless serious misconduct had been established. Where a liquidator applied pursuant to section 16(2) of the Act for a disqualification order under section 4 it was not a prerequisite that the liquidator should have a financial interest in the order being made.”
WLR Daily, 10th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Bereavement Benefit for the 21st Century, Cm 8371 (PDF)
Draft Care and Support Bill, Cm 8386 (PDF)
Caring for our future: reforming care and support, Cm 8378 (PDF)
Reforming the law for adult care and support, Cm 8379 (PDF)
Government response to the House of Commons Health Committee Report on Social Care, Cm 8380 (PDF)
Caring for our future: progress report on funding reform, Cm 8381 (PDF)
Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk
“Last year, the troubled Commission on a Bill of Rights consulted the public on whether the UK needed a new human rights instrument. Many, including me, commented that the consultation document was a little sparse on detail. In any event, the consultation closed in November 2011.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th July 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The master of the rolls, expected to succeed Lord Phillips as UK’s most senior judge, hides a razor-sharp intellect behind an easy-going manner.”
The Guardian, 12th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court
G Hamilton (Tullochgribban Mains) Ltd v The Highland Council & Anor[2012] UKSC 31 (11 July 2012)
ANS & Anor v ML [2012] UKSC 30 (11 July 2012)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
BA, R v [2012] EWCA Crim 1529 (11 July 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Keay & Anor v Morris Homes (West Midlands) Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 900 (11 July 2012)
Holmes & Anor v Evans & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 941 (11 July 2012)
BA & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 944 (11 July 2012)
SS (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 945 (11 July 2012)
Schofield v HM Revenue and Customs [2012] EWCA Civ 927 (11 July 2012)
Waite v Paccar Financial Plc [2012] EWCA civ 901 (10 July 2012)
High Court (Family Division)
W v H [2012] EWHC 1103 (Fam) (02 May 2012)
C, Re [2012] EWHC 907 (Fam) (22 March 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Eventech Ltd v The Parking Adjudicator & Anor [2012] EWHC 1903 (Admin) (11 July 2012)
Waghorn v Care Quality Commission [2012] EWHC 1816 (Admin) (11 July 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Patents Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The high court will rule on Thursday on whether farmers and landowners can legally cull thousands of badgers to tackle tuberculosis in cattle.”
The Guardian, 12th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2012
The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order 2012
The Income Tax (Exemption of Minor Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology or Numbering) Order 2012
The Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2012
The Payment Services Regulations 2012
The INSPIRE (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2012
The Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012
The Iran (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“A Parliamentary committee is seeking views on Government plans to expand existing laws on communications surveillance.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Last week Kier Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), announced that cases of rape linked to murder should be prosecuted rather than being left on file.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 11th July 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Every Briton could have a guaranteed entitlement to welfare benefits in a ‘far-reaching’ expansion of human rights proposed by the body that was intended by David Cameron to rein in the law.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Addison Lee taxi company is to take its battle to use London’s bus lanes to a higher court after it lost a judicial review of a ban on the tactic. The taxi firm, headed by millionaire Conservative party donor John Griffin, was hoping to overturn an April ruling in the high court that prevented its drivers from using bus lanes restricted to London buses and licensed black taxis.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Four members of Traveller family convicted of controlling, exploiting, verbally abusing and beating men for financial gain.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Residents of a tower block in east London where surface-to-air missiles are being stationed for the Olympics have dropped their legal case.”
BBC News, 11th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman with a history of mental health problems has been found guilty of murdering a 13-year-old girl in a park in a random and motiveless attack. Hannah Bonser, 26, stabbed Casey Kearney in an unprovoked attack in Elmfield Park, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in February this year. She will be sentenced on Wednesday afternoon. Despite her mental health problems, a jury at Sheffield crown court rejected Bonser’s claim that she was guilty only of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Wood & Anor v Mistry [2012] EWHC 1899 (Ch) (10 July 2012)
BXL Services, Re [2012] EWHC 1877 (Ch) (10 July 2012)
JSC BTA Bank v Solodchenko & Ors [2012] EWHC 1891 (Ch) (10 July 2012)
Stevens v Hamed [2012] EWHC 1871 (Ch) (6 July 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Decisions
Platform Funding Ltd v Anderson & Associates Ltd [2012] EWHC 1853 (QB) (10 July 2012)
Hannon v Hillingdon Homes Ltd [2012] EWHC 1437 (QB) (09 July 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Protection of Wrecks (Designation) (England) Order 2012
The International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007) (Rules of Court) Regulations 2012
The Video Recordings (Labelling) Regulations 2012
The Digital Economy Act 2010 (Appointed Day No.3) Order 2012
The Easton and Otley College (Government) Regulations 2012
The Digital Economy Act 2010 (Transitional Provision) Regulations 2012
The School Staffing (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“A & S v. Lancashire County Council [2012] EWHC 1689. The poor quality of provision for children in care was much in the headlines last week. A highly critical report by the Deputy Children’s Commissioner, which found children in many privately run care homes were at high risk of suffering violent or sexual abuse, was followed by the Government’s announcement of plans to speed up the adoption process and allow families who wish to adopt children to foster them first.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 10th July 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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