“Children could get in trouble with the law simply for being ‘annoying’ under the Home Secretary’s new scheme to replace Asbos, senior police, crime commissioners and councils have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Rising petrol prices will continue to be a headache for cash-strapped motorists after the consumer watchdog concluded there is no evidence of unfair marketing or trading between oil companies and retailers.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“As the Skills Minister Matthew Hancock gives his backing for Apprentice Lawyers, Nick Skeet of Skills for Justice discusses the impact on the industry and what this could mean for legal aid.”
LegalVoice, 30th January 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“Key amendments to government plans to expand secret courts may have reassured many Liberal Democrats MPs but do not give enough ground to satisfy civil liberties groups.”
The Guardian, 29th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has reiterated the importance of accurate budgeting once wide-ranging reforms to civil court costs and procedures come into force from April.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th January 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The advertising watchdog has cleared Asda’s festive TV campaign featuring an exhausted mother doing all the work to make Christmas a success, despite more than 600 complaints it was offensive and sexist.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A married black cab driver was jailed for 12 years today for killing his mistress more than 17 years ago and disposing of her body so that it has never been found.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man from Brighton who wants records of his political activities removed from a police database has taken his case to the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 29th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Allegations that British troops in Iraq were guilty of killing civilians and ‘terrifying acts of brutality’ were made at the High Court today [29 January].”
The Independent, 29th January 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An injured soldier left suicidal after being falsely accused of benefit fraud has won an appeal against a decision to cut a £70-a-month carers’ allowance for his wife.”
The Guardian, 29th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has today [29 January] handed down an important judgment in R (T & others) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester & others [2013] EWCA Civ 25. The case concerned the blanket requirement in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, section 113B of the Police Act 1997 and articles 3 and 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 that criminal convictions and cautions must be disclosed in an enhanced criminal record check (‘ECRC’) in the context of particular types of employment (such as with children or vulnerable adults), even if those convictions or cautions would otherwise be deemed spent by the 1974 Act.”
Panopticon, 29th January 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“A mother of two has been given a multimillion-pound payout by a Birmingham hospital, after mistakes during an operation left her paralysed.”
BBC News, 29th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, is facing urgent pressure to overhaul the criminal records system after an appeal court ruled that the way it operated was unlawful and breached human rights.”
The Guardian, 29th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government has been ordered to pay damages to a convicted rapist because of delays to a review about whether he should be released.”
BBC News, 29th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Coull, R. v [2012] EWCA Crim 2893 (12 December 2012)
Friel, R. v [2012] EWCA Crim 2871 (11 December 2012)
Mba, R. v [2012] EWCA Crim 2773 (04 December 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Khalil v Barakat & Anor [2013] EWHC 85 (QB) (28 January 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Fitzwilliam v Richall Holdings Services Ltd [2013] EWHC 86 (Ch) (28 January 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Gregory v Welsh Ministers & Ors [2013] EWHC 63 (Admin) (25 January 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
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