“Public sector bodies cannot guarantee the confidentiality of bid information in the aftermath of an Information Rights Tribunal ruling, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th November 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“In March 1970, some 16 years before the Crown Prosecution Service was formed and when Sir Norman Skelhorn was the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), a file of evidence was submitted to the then DPP’s Office.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 27th November 2012
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
“A student facing trial and possible imprisonment in the United States has struck a deal to avoid extradition, the High Court has been told.”
BBC News, 28th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“If through no fault of his own a person gets mixed up in the tortious acts of others so as to facilitate their wrong-doing he may incur no personal liability but he comes under a duty to assist the person who has been wronged by giving him full information and disclosing the identity of the wrongdoers. Justice requires that he should co-operate in righting the wrong if he unwittingly facilitated its perpetration. This is the principle recognized by the House of Lords in Norwich Pharmacal Co v Customs and Excise Commissioners [1974] AC 133.”
Panopticon, 28th November 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“A 73-year old man who has a criminal record for being in a gay relationship in the 1950s has applied to have his conviction struck out.”
BBC News, 28th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lord Justice Laws’ Inaugural Lecture at Northumbria University, 1 November 2012.
This is a fascinating and provocative lecture raising important questions about the extent to which the culture of human rights has become the currency of our moral dealings with each other and the State.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th November 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A party that referred the court to a term of an offer made by it pursuant to CPR Pt 36 waived its without prejudice privilege and could not prevent the remaining terms of the offer from being referred to the court.”
WLR Daily, 23rd November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A derivative claim brought by limited partners in a partnership, in the partnership’s name, against the partnership’s manager was permitted where there were special circumstances to justify such a claim.”
WLR Daily, 16th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Jaddi [2012] WLR (D) 347
“Where the questions of whether an asylum seeker had come to the United Kingdom directly from a country where his life had been threatened after staying in Italy for a few days and whether he had made a claim for asylum as soon as reasonably practicable in the United Kingdom had not been fully investigated by immigration control after false identity documents were presented, the defence under section 31 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 should have been made available to him and the facts were for the jury to decide.”
WLR Daily, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Judge for Yourself (PDF)
Speech by The Lord Chief Justice
Judge for Yourself event, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“In a consultation opening today the Law Commission is asking whether the existing law on contempt of court continues to work effectively in light of the challenges posed by new media and the way these are used by the mainstream press and, increasingly, by citizen journalists.”
Law Commission, 28th November 2012
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
“Jurors who conduct online research on cases they are trying may need to be prosecuted under a new criminal offence, the Law Commission proposes in a consultation.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Changes to the rules governing company acquisitions, introduced last year to protect shareholders in the event of a hostile takeover, have “operated satisfactorily” according to a report by the Takeover Panel.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th November 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A former high-ranking Iranian diplomat has won a High Court battle in his attempt to avoid extradition to the US.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The justice minister will be quizzed by the justice committee today about why he ignored the Ministry of Justice’s own research findings when drawing up the sentences for the new community orders.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Remember the Commission on a Bill of Rights? You know, the one set up by the Government in the early days of the Coalition to sort out the Human Rights Act? No, not the Leveson Inquiry; that’s about the media (you may have heard that it is reporting tomorrow). CBOR is the one with the eight lawyers, four selected by each of the Coalition partners, a bit like a legal Brady Bunch.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th November 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The widely criticised Legal Education and Training Review is in its final stages. Opinion is divided on whether it will achieve its objectives.”
The Lawyer, 26th November 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“David Cameron is facing a public backlash if he fails to act to rein in the press when Lord Justice Leveson reports on Thursday, according to a poll which finds that 79% are in favour of an independent press regulator established by law.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Murderer Jeremy Bamber and two other killers will have their appeal against spending the rest of their lives in prison heard in the European Court of Human Rights later.”
BBC News, 28th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It is easy to argue that social media render the contempt laws unworkable. The challenge is to make current restrictions work.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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