“Environment Agency takes nuclear firm to court after waste went to landfill instead of Drigg site.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP speaks of the challenge to jury trial posed by the internet. Originally given at University of Kent.”
Attorney General’s Office, 6th February 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
“2.1m violent incidents were recorded in 2011/12 by the Crime Survey for England and Wales. See what the latest figures say.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Enhanced redundancy payments made to workers over the age of 35 were not discriminatory because they reflected the extra problems older workers face when losing their jobs, a tribunal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Police forces who use discreet car surveillance camera systems will have to put up warning signs on major routes into their areas as a result of moves to regulate the use of CCTV cameras.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New figures published on Thursday offer a chilling insight into the violence and abuse that goes on behind closed doors. According to the data, two million people in England and Wales suffered sexual assault, violence, threats or abuse at the hands of a partner or family member last year.”
BBC News, 7th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who killed her mother was freed under a secret fast-track process and went on to murder a stranger in the street.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“While financial law mushrooms, legal aid cuts are threatening basic access to the system and the future of high street solicitors.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Rupert Murdoch’s hopes of drawing a line under the financially toxic phone-hacking scandal will be derailed in the High Court on Friday when details of more hacking victims are announced.”
The Independent, 7th February 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Food Standards Agency has ordered companies to test their processed beef products after analysis of lasagne made by Findus found up to 100% of the meat came from horses.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Intelligence and Security Committee: Access to communications data by the intelligence and security Agencies, Cm 8514 (PDF)
Treasury Minutes, Cm 8539 (PDF)
Banking reform: a new structure for stability and growth, Cm 8545 (PDF)
Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk
“Website operators can be held responsible for database rights infringement by their users if that infringement was ‘inevitable’ as a result of actions of the site operators, the Court of Appeal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Two more hospitals were dragged into the NHS care scandal today as it emerged that 18 families were taking legal action on the grounds that their loved ones had suffered neglect and negligence.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police involved in the arrest of ‘Lostprophets’ vocalist Ian Watkins, in relation to an alleged plot to rape a baby, are under investigation over whether or not they acted quickly enough.”
The Independent, 7th February 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“After the euphoria engendered by the Court of Appeal judgments in Rubin v Eurofinance SA and New Cap Reinsurance v Grant, the longawaited judgment of the Supreme Court which was handed down on 23 October 2012, has left the insolvency profession scratching its collective head. Lexa Hilliard QC takes a closer look at the judgment and explains why its reasoning is not entirely convincing.”
Full story (PDF)
11 Stone Buildings, January 2013
Source: www.11sb.com
“The UK Bankruptcy Courts have become the destination of choice for foreign debtors leading to ‘bankruptcy tourism’ and forum shopping. Why is this the case and is it ever safe to travel? Marcia Shekerdemian sets the scene, examines this phenomenon and puts a few cases under the insolvency microscope.”
Full story (PDF)
11 Stone Buildings, February 2013
Source: www.11sb.com
“Following the decision to restrain publication of semi-nude photos of Kate Winslet’s husband (Mr Rocknroll), Chloe Strong, barrister at 5RB Chambers, discusses the case and what it means for privacy disputes.”
Full story (PDF)
5RB, 24th January 2013
Source: www.5rb.com
“Andrzej Bojarski, Kate Tompkins and Cameron Crowe, barristers at 36 Bedford Row, combine their expertise in unravelling complex financial arrangements on divorce and prosecuting serious crimes to consider whether the criminal courts might offer opportunities for a spouse in an exceptional case when all conventional options in the family courts have been exhausted.”
Family Law Week, 6th February 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Reoffending by children and young people who commit sexual offences can be prevented, but opportunities to intervene early were often missed by professionals, according to independent inspectors. Today they published the report of a joint inspection on children and young people who sexually offend.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th February 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related link: Examining Multi-Agency Responses to Children and Young People who sexually offend (PDF)
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