Are Bills of Rights Necessary in Common Law Systems? – Justice Dyson Heydon AC
Are Bills of Rights Necessary in Common Law Systems?
Justice Dyson Heydon AC
Inner Temple Reader’s Lecture Series, 21st January 2013
Source: www.innertemple.org.uk
Day: 18 March 2013
Huntsman Brian Fraser jailed over unlicensed gun after he was cleared of shooting ex-lover – The Independent
“A huntsman who was cleared of shooting his former lover outside her country home has been jailed for eight months for possessing a firearm without a licence.”
The Independent, 18th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Labour MP given ‘substantial damages’ after Sun accessed text messages – The Guardian
“The Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh has accepted ‘very substantial damages’ from News International, with the Sun admitting that it accessed text messages from her mobile phone after it was stolen, the high court has heard.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jacob Rowbottom: Entrenching a Royal Charter – some initial thoughts – UK Constitutional Law Group
“After much political manoeuvring over the weekend, a deal has been struck on the Royal Charter to implement Leveson. A key point is that it will prevent the Charter being unilaterally changed by future governments.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 18th March 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
Landlord jailed over ‘sophisticated’ Gumtree lettings scam – Daily Telegraph
“A landlord who conned would-be tenants out of more than £6,000 by advertising on the Gumtree listings website in a ‘highly sophisticated scam’ has been jailed for two years.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Armed protection officer who bunked off work to meet lover sentenced to nine months in prison – The Independent
“An armed diplomatic security officer who abandoned his duties for extra-marital sex has been sentenced to nine months in prison.”
The Independent, 18th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Brumder v Motornet Service and Repairs Ltd and another – WLR Daily
Brumder v Motornet Service and Repairs Ltd and another [2013] EWCA Civ 195; [2013] WLR (D) 102
“In a personal injury claim, it did not lie in the mouth of a claimant who was a defendant company’s sole director and shareholder to assert that the company had not proved that it had done all it could to ensure compliance with safety regulations when it was only through the claimant that the company could act. In such a case the company would be entitled to raise a defence to that effect.”
WLR Daily, 14th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Daws Hill Neighbourhood Forum and others) v Wycombe District Council – WLR Daily
“Section 61G(5) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as inserted, required a local planning authority, in determining an application for a neighbourhood area, to consider whether the area proposed was appropriate, after considering the specific factual and policy matrix that existed in an individual case.”
WLR Daily, 13th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v F – WLR Daily
“The requirement to inform the Crown Court immediately of a prosecutor’s intention to appeal against a preliminary ruling arose when the ruling was formally given and not on earlier communication by e-mail of the conclusion which the trial judge had reached.”
WLR Daily, 14th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Facilitating the Return of Abducted Children – The judgment of the European Court of Human Rights – Family Law Week
“Esther Lieu, a Pupil at Coram Chambers, and Adam Weiss, Legal Director, The AIRE Centre, explain the ECtHR’s recent decision in Raw v France which considered, amongst other matters, the enforcement of court orders and the circumstances in which a parent could represent their children in Strasbourg proceedings.”
Family Law Week, 18th March 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.com
The Cost of Care……The position following the Tower Hamlets decision – Family Law Week
“Jacqui Thomas, barrister of 37 Park Square Chambers, Leeds, considers the implications of the recent Tower Hamlets judgment for the cost of kinship care.”
Family Law Week, 17th March 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Streamlined employment tribunal system will “weed out weak claims” says Government – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government has set out plans to ‘streamline’ the employment tribunal system, which will include a new power to ‘strike out’ claims with little chance of success before they proceed to a full hearing.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th March 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Activist ‘shocked’ at conviction for yelling at David Cameron – The Guardian
“A woman has described her shock after being found guilty of a public order offence for telling David Cameron he had ‘blood on his hands’.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Unbundling’ the new craze as lawyer-backed family mediation service launches – Legal Futures
“A lawyer-backed service that supports divorcing couples during mediation, charging fixed fees to halve the cost, is being billed as a possible lifeline for family legal aid lawyers after 1 April.”
Legal Futures, 18th March 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Article 8, Undue Influence and much, much more… – NearlyLegal
“The recent case of Birmingham CC v Beech contains a wealth of legal issues but sadly for the Defendant, none of them was decided in her favour. Mrs Beech’s parents had been joint tenants of a 3 bedroom property at 31 Tilshead Close, Birmingham since 1967. Mrs B’s father passed away in 1994 and her mother succeeded to the tenancy. Mrs B moved in to the property with her new partner in 2007 in order to provide care for her mother. Between 2008 and 2009, five offers of accommodation were made to Mrs B and these were refused for a variety of reasons. Mrs B’s request for her name to be added to the tenancy for Tilshead Close was also refused.”
NearlyLegal, 17th March 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Prisoners charge £200 to take speeding points – Daily Telegraph
“Prison inmates are offering to take points for motorists caught speeding as part of a thriving scam, the Daily Telegraph has learned.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme Court could use secret evidence in landmark case – Daily Telegraph
“The Supreme Court could use secret evidence in a ruling for the first time in a landmark case this week despite previously banning such material from civil courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Manipulation of NHS figures to become criminal offence – The Guardian
“Fiddling figures from NHS hospitals will become a criminal offence, Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, is to announce.”
the Guardian, 16th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
