Are future criminal barristers out of touch with reality? – The Guardian
“The criminal bar may be facing its darkest moment but applications for bar school continue to rise.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Month: March 2013
Jack Straw – Dilemmas of a Foreign Secretary – UCL Constitution Unit
“Jack Straw served continuously on the Labour front-bench for 30 years- from November 1980 until October 2010.
He was a senior member of the Labour Cabinet for the whole period of the 1997-2000 Labour Government. He served successively as Home Secretary (1997-2001), Foreign Secretary (2001-2006), Leader of the Commons (2006-7), and then Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary (2007-2010).”
UCL Constitution Unit, 7th March 2013
Source: www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit
Hayes (FC) (Respondent) v Willoughby (Appellant) – Supreme Court
Hayes (FC) (Respondent) v Willoughby (Appellant) [2013] UKSC 17 | UKSC 2012/0010 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 20th March 2013
Call for research into effects on children of giving evidence in abuse cases – The Guardian
“Research should be carried out into the long-term affects on those who give evidence about sexual abuse when they are a child, the lord chief justice, Lord Judge, has urged.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Landfill Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Value Added Tax (Consideration for Fuel Provided for Private Use) Order 2013
The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 2013
The Charities (Incorporated Church Building Society) (England and Wales) Order 2013
The Financial Services Act 2012 (Misleading Statements and Impressions) Order 2013
The Bank of England Act 1998 (Macro-prudential Measures) Order 2013
The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013
The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2013
The Transfer of Functions (Chequers and Dorneywood Estates) Order 2013
The Regional Strategy for the East Midlands (Revocation) Order 2013
The Uncertificated Securities (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Capital Gains Tax (Annual Exempt Amount) Order 2013
The Offshore Funds (Tax) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Trouble for personal injury law firms means trouble for claimants – The Guardian
“While there is little public sympathy for solicitors the truth is that people will soon find it harder to claim compensation.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Supreme Court on harassment: purpose and rationality – UK Human Rights Blog
“Harassment is both a civil wrong and a crime. It is a statutory defence to both that the conduct #was pursued for the purpose of preventing or detecting crime’ s.1(3) Protection of Harassment Act 1997. This decision grappled with the problem of the apparently honest but irrational harasser. Was he guilty or did this defence help him? In answering this, the Supreme Court looked at some basic concepts running through great swathes of the law, ‘purpose’, ‘subjective’, ‘objective’, ‘reasonableness’ and, critically, ‘rationality’ – so the case is one not simply for harassment lawyers to look at.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th March 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Hayes v Willoughby [2013] UKSC 17 (20 March 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Day v Harris & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 191 (20 March 2013)
Shami v Shami [2013] EWCA Civ 227 (20 March 2013)
El-Dinnaoui v Westminster City Council [2013] EWCA Civ 231 (20 March 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
NNN v Ryan & Ors [2013] EWHC 637 (QB) (20 March 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Challinor & 20 Ors v Juliet Bellis & Co & Anor [2013] EWHC 620 (Ch) (19 March 2013)
Centrehigh Ltd v Kare Amen & Ors [2013] EWHC 625 (Ch) (08 March 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Thames Water Utilities Ltd v Bromley Magistrates’ Court [2013] EWHC 472 (Admin) (20 March 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Public inquiries should avoid mock trial image, says study – The Guardian
“Public inquiries should avoid the atmosphere of a ‘mock trial’ in order to improve dialogue among participants, according to a study.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Two men found responsible for Omagh bombing after landmark civil action – The Independent
“Two men connected to the republican movement in Northern Ireland have been ruled responsible for the Omagh bombing after a landmark civil action.”
The Independent, 20th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Disability hate crime victims being let down, official report says – The Guardian
“Victims of disability hate crime are being let down by the criminal justice system and attacks are not being properly recorded, according to a report by three official inspectorates.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Doctors put lower value on lives of the disabled, study finds – Daily Telegraph
“NHS doctors are more likely to allow patients to die if they suffer from a mental disability, a damning Government-backed report suggests.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Dickinson & Ors v Tesco Plc & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 226 (19 March 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Apex Global Management Ltd v Fi Call Ltd& Ors [2013] EWHC 587 (Ch) (19 March 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (Nouazli) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“The immigration detention of a third country national family member of an European Union national pending removal following a conviction from the host member state, pursuant to regulation 24(1) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, fell within the scope of EU law so as to afford the detained third country national protective rights under EU law. Regulation 24(1) was compatible with EU law, and detention thereunder pending a decision to deport not prohibited, provided the conditions in article 27(1) and (2) of the Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC were satisfied.”
WLR Daily, 15th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
What will happen to human rights after the next election? – UK Human Rights Blog
“Human rights will be a politically live issue at the next election. Leading on the issue will by the Conservative Party, urged on by elements in the media such as the Daily Mail with a commercial interest in resistance to any law on privacy deriving from human rights. So, the Working Men’s College has done well to identify this topic for exploration. This evening is a celebration of the college’s stated aim to ‘engage positively with the past, while finding new ways to pursue its founders’ aims into the 21st century.’ ”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th March 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Privacy, Protests and Policing – Panopticon
“In Catt v ACPO and others; T v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and another [2013] EWCA Civ 192, the Court of Appeal considered two appeals regarding the powers of the police to collect and retain personal information about members of the public. Both cases turned on the application of Article 8 of the Convention; in both, the Court held that there had been an interference with the Article 8(1) right to respect for private life, and that the interference was not justified under Article 8(2).”
Panopticon, 20th March 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Police community support officer guilty of sex charges – The Guardian
“A police community support officer was jailed for seven years on Tuesday for repeatedly targeting vulnerable women for sex while on duty.”
The Guardian, 19th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
