December 2012 – Page 4 – Current Awareness

New prosecution guidance on offensive speech online: sensible, but the law is still out of date – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted December 19th, 2012 in freedom of expression, harassment, internet, malicious communications, news, prosecutions by sally

“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has published interim guidance on when to prosecute people for grossly offensive and obscene messages they send on social media. The guidelines are now subject to a full public consultation. Earlier this year, I took part in a series of round table discussions with the DPP over how the guidelines would look.”

UK Human Rights Blog, 19th December 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Ken Clarke fails to rule out need for secret courts in MoD cases – The Guardian

Posted December 19th, 2012 in armed forces, bills, closed material, intelligence services, judiciary, negligence, news, private hearings by sally

“Secret court hearings could be used when the families of soldiers who die as a result of Ministry of Defence failures pursue compensation claims, the minister responsible for the justice and security bill has admitted.”

The Guardian, 18th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk

Posted December 19th, 2012 in parliamentary papers by sally

Third Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee Session 2012-13: The FCO’s Human Rights Work in 2011 Response of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Cm 8506 (PDF)

Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration, Cm 8518 (PDF)

Government response: Consultation on the future of the Independent Living Fund, Cm 8420 (PDF)

Government Response to the House of Commons Science & Technology Committee Report of Session 2012-13: Regulation of medical implants in the EU and UK, Cm 8496 (PDF)

Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk

What Barnet’s judicial review tells us about the future of outsourcing – The Guardian

Posted December 19th, 2012 in budgets, equality, judicial review, local government, news, public private partnerships by sally

“Legal process will provide a chance for the courts to consider to what extent councils should consult with constituents.”

The Guardian, 19th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted December 19th, 2012 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Donovan & Anor v R. [2012] EWCA Crim 2749 (18 December 2012)

Clift v R. [2012] EWCA Crim 2750 (18 December 2012)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Ace European Group & Ors v Standard Life Assurance Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1713 (18 December 2012)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

The Insight Group Ltd & Anor v Kingston Smith (a firm) [2012] EWHC 3644 (QB) (18 December 2012)

Bulic v Harwoods & Ors [2012] EWHC 3657 (QB) (18 December 2012)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Ansa Logistics Ltd v Towerbeg Ltd & Ors [2012] EWHC 3651 (Ch) (18 December 2012)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Moss & Son Ltd v Crown Prosecution Service (Rev 1) [2012] EWHC 3658 (Admin) (18 December 2012)

Ahmed, R (On the Application Of) v York Magistrates’ Court & Anor [2012] EWHC 3636 (Admin) (18 December 2012)

Mohammed, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for Defence [2012] EWHC 3454 (Admin) (18 December 2012)

Source: www.bailii.org

Hillsborough inquest verdicts set to be quashed – The Guardian

Posted December 19th, 2012 in evidence, health & safety, inquests, judicial review, news, police, sport by sally

“The high court is being asked to quash the original accidental death inquest verdicts returned after 96 Liverpool football fans died in the crush at Hillsborough 23 years ago.”

The Guardian, 19th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Calling time on Scandalising the Court – Law Commission

Posted December 19th, 2012 in consultations, contempt of court, freedom of expression, news, statute law revision by sally

“The Law Commission is recommending that the offence of scandalising the court should be abolished and not replaced.”

Law Commission, 19th December 2012

Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk

The Bill of Rights Commission report: a modest proposal – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted December 19th, 2012 in bills, human rights, news, reports by sally

“The Commission on a Bill of Rights has reported, just in time for its end-of-2012 deadline. The documents are here: News release ; Volume 1 ; Volume 2.”

UK Human Rights Blog, 18th December 2012

Source:www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

The Human Rights Act is too valuable to sacrifice to anti-European mischief – The Guardian

Posted December 19th, 2012 in bills, human rights, news, reports by sally

“Tory attempts to undermine the act threaten an expensive assault on the freedoms of the British public.”

The Guardian, 18th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Fee remissions in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) – Ministry of Justice

Posted December 19th, 2012 in asylum, consultations, immigration, legal aid, news by sally

“The consultation is aimed at anyone who has an interest in immigration, asylum and nationality matters or who would be affected by the removal of legal aid for most non-detention immigration appeals when the relevant provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 comes into force in April 2013.”

Ministry of Justice, 18th December 2012

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Barnet library squatters to be evicted, judge rules – The Guardian

Posted December 19th, 2012 in budgets, demonstrations, libraries, news, squatting by sally

“Squatters who have occupied a north London library for more than three months with the blessing of the local community are to be evicted, a judge has ruled. However, the court recognised their right to protest and the illegal tenants have been given a six-week stay of execution before they will be moved on.”

The Guardian, 18th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

DPP launches public consultation on prosecutions involving social media communications – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted December 19th, 2012 in freedom of expression, harassment, internet, malicious communications, news, prosecutions by sally

“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has today published interim guidelines setting out the approach prosecutors should take in cases involving communications sent via social media.”

Crown Prosecution Service, 19th December 2012

Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk

UK bill of rights: Grayling wrote off the report long ago – The Guardian

Posted December 19th, 2012 in bills, human rights, news, reports by sally

“Commissioners Lady Kennedy and Philippe Sands’ concerns are important, but are unlikely to impact the justice minister’s desire to withdraw from the European convention.”

The Guardian, 18th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police conduct undermining service’s reputation, says watchdog – The Guardian

Posted December 19th, 2012 in corruption, internet, media, news, police, professional conduct, reports by sally

“Police officers have been warned that the ‘very legitimacy’ of the service risks being undermined unless more is done to take issues of integrity more seriously, a watchdog says.”

The Guardian, 19th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

GP jailed for 11 years for sex assaults that stretched across two decades – The Independet

Posted December 19th, 2012 in doctors, news, professional conduct, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“Police have thanked the women who came forward to help convict a GP who has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting patients.”

The Independent, 18th December 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Baha Mousa army doctor found guilty of serious misconduct – The Guardian

Posted December 19th, 2012 in armed forces, doctors, Iraq, news, professional conduct, torture, tribunals by sally

“A former British army doctor has been found guilty of serious misconduct by medical watchdogs over the death of Iraqi detainee Baha Mousa and will now face possible sanctions against his working as a medic.”

The Guardian, 18th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Kwame Ofosu-Asare murder: Two teenagers detained – BBC News

Posted December 19th, 2012 in gangs, murder, news, sentencing, young persons by sally

“Two teenagers have been given life terms for the murder of a schoolboy.”

BBC News, 18th December 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Neon Roberts to have surgery against mother’s wishes after court ruling – The Guardian

Posted December 19th, 2012 in cancer, children, medical ethics, medical treatment, news by sally

“A high court judge has ordered that a seven-year-old boy at the centre of a legal dispute must have an urgent life-saving brain operation despite his mother’s refusal to give her consent.”

The Guardian, 18th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Leveson report: law on libel and the Press Complaints Commission – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted December 18th, 2012 in complaints, defamation, media, news, reports by sally

“It was perhaps timely, following so soon as it did in the wake of the Leveson Report, that an Australian radio station telephoned the private hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated for acute morning sickness, and pretended to be the Queen. Whilst it was amusing that the presenters, who themselves confessed that they thought their accents would give them away, actually managed to obtain any information, it also raises once again the ugly spectre of press control, and what information should be freely available to the press to broadcast to the world, and what should be left strictly in the private domain.”

Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th December 2012

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

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