October 2013 – Page 23 – Current Awareness

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High Court gives green light to QASA judicial review – Legal Futures

Posted October 8th, 2013 in barristers, judicial review, Legal Services Board, news, protective costs orders, quality assurance by sally

“Criminal barristers were yesterday given permission to pursue their judicial review against the Legal Services Board over the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA).”

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Legal Futures, 8th October 2013

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Jeremy Forrest trial: No action to be taken against woman over perverting the course of justice claim – The Independent

Posted October 8th, 2013 in child abduction, defence, evidence, news, perverting the course of justice, prosecutions by sally

“No further action will be taken against a woman who was suspected of trying to pervert the course of justice in connection with the case of jailed teacher Jeremy Forrest.”

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The Independent, 7th October 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

A generational duty – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted October 8th, 2013 in consultations, Law Commission, news by sally

“‘Each generation has its duty to keep the law in conformity with the needs of the time.’ So said Lord Denning, speaking in support of the Law Commissions Bill during its second reading in the House of Lords in 1965. Since its subsequent establishment under the Law Commissions Act 1965, the Law Commission has sought to do exactly that.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 7th October 2013

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Newspapers’ plans for post-Leveson press regulation rejected – The Guardian

Posted October 8th, 2013 in charters, constitutional reform, media, news, Privy Council, victims by sally

“Plans on how to regulate the press industry have been delayed until later this month after a difficult meeting of the key players rejected the regulatory plans proposed by the industry but also could not agree whether to back the royal charter passed by parliament.”

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The Guardian, 7th October 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

New Zealand businessman Mark Lundy set for retrial after 12 years in jail as he wins appeal in UK court over murder conviction

Posted October 8th, 2013 in evidence, murder, news, Privy Council, retrials by sally

“A businessman sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of his wife and daughter in New Zealand had his conviction quashed by a British court today following the emergence of new evidence.”

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The Independent, 7th October 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Q&A: National Crime Agency – BBC News

Posted October 8th, 2013 in computer crime, drug trafficking, fraud, national crime agency, news, trafficking in human beings by sally

“The UK has launched a new National Crime Agency. What is it and what does it do?”

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BBC News, 6th October 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Anti-drones protesters who broke into RAF base are praised by judge – The Guardian

Posted October 8th, 2013 in appeals, complaints, costs, criminal damage, news by sally

“Six protesters who broke into RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, home of Britain’s first unmanned drones base, were described by a judge at their trial on Monday as ‘dutiful people’. He said it was only with a ‘heavy heart’ that he found them guilty of criminal damage to the base.”

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The Guardian, 7th October 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Paedophile who received suspended jail term after prosecution branded 13-year-old victim ‘predatory’ to have sentence reviewed – The Independent

Posted October 8th, 2013 in appeals, complaints, indecent photographs of children, judiciary, news, pornography, sentencing, sexual offences, suspended sentences by sally

“A paedophile who received a suspended jail term after the prosecution branded his 13-year-old victim ‘predatory’ is having his sentence reviewed.”

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The Independent, 8th October 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Commuters could be in line for savings following court case – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 8th, 2013 in consumer protection, costs, news, railways by sally

“A commuter’s court victory could see hundreds of passengers demanding cheaper season tickets as train operators move to plug a ‘loophole’ which he exploited.”

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Daily Telegraph, 8th October 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Sex-selective abortion allegations unprovable, says top prosecutor – The Guardian

Posted October 8th, 2013 in abortion, doctors, gender, news, prosecutions by sally

“It would be impossible to prove that two doctors authorised abortions solely on the basis of the baby’s gender, the director of public prosecutions has said in an explanation of why charges were not brought against them.”

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The Guardian, 7th October 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Statement from Director of Public Prosecutions on abortion related cases – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted October 7th, 2013 in abortion, codes of practice, Crown Prosecution Service, doctors, gender, medical ethics, news, professional conduct, prosecutions, public interest by sally

“In early 2012, the Daily Telegraph carried out an undercover investigation at various abortion clinics in England. As a result, a police investigation was conducted and, in due course, the police asked the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for advice about possible criminal charges. This note relates to the decision to take no further action in relation to two doctors: Dr S and Dr R.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 7th October 2013

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Pinckney v KDG Mediatech AG – WLR Daily

Posted October 7th, 2013 in conflict of laws, copyright, internet, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Pinckney v KDG Mediatech AG (Case C-170/12); [2013] WLR (D) 367

“In the event of alleged infringement of copyrights protected by the member state of the court seised, the latter had jurisdiction to hear an action to establish liability brought by the author of a work against a company established in another member state and which had, in the latter state, reproduced that work on a material support which was subsequently sold by companies established in a third member state through an Internet site also accessible with the jurisdiction of the court seised. That court had jurisdiction only to determine the damage caused in the member state within which it was situated.”

WLR Daily, 3rd October 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Proceedings brought by Schneider – WLR Daily

Posted October 7th, 2013 in conflict of laws, EC law, guardianship, jurisdiction, law reports, sale of land by sally

Proceedings brought by Schneider (Case C-386/12); [2013] WLR (D) 366

“Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, and, in particular article 22(1) thereof in relation to jurisdiction in proceedings concerning rights in rem in immoveable property, did not apply to non-contentious proceedings by which a national of a member state who had been declared to be lacking full capacity and placed under guardianship in that member state had applied to a court in another member state for authorisation to sell his share of a property situated in that other member state.”

WLR Daily, 3rd October 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Polyelectrolyte Producers Group GEIE (PPG) and another v European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Kingdom of Netherlands and another, intervening – WLR Daily

Posted October 7th, 2013 in appeals, EC law, internet, interpretation, law reports, publishing, time limits by sally

Polyelectrolyte Producers Group GEIE (PPG) and another v European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Kingdom of Netherlands and another, intervening (Case C-626/11P); [2013] WLR (D) 365

“Where the period of time allowed for commencing proceedings against a measure adopted by an European Union institution ran from the publication of that measure, the provisions of rule 102(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court whereby that period was to be calculated from the end of the 14th day after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, applied to any published measure irrespective of the means of publication.”

WLR Daily, 26th September 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

French Republic v Commission of the European Union – WLR Daily

Posted October 7th, 2013 in appeals, contracts, EC law, law reports, news, public procurement, state aids, taxation by sally

French Republic v Commission of the European Union (Case C-115/12P); [2013] WLR (D) 364

“The calculation of whether a member state had ‘subsided directly’ by more than 50% a works contract awarded by an entity other than themselves within the meaning of article 2(1) of Council Directive 93/37/EEC which triggered the public procurement procedures under that Directive, included sums arising from tax reductions to the members of commercial partnerships, who were natural persons, investing in a works contract.”

WLR Daily, 26th September 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

The Dow Chemical Co v Commission of the European Union – WLR Daily

Posted October 7th, 2013 in appeals, competition, EC law, joint ventures, law reports, subsidiary companies by sally

The Dow Chemical Co v Commission of the European Union (Case C-179/12P); [2013] WLR (D) 363

“For the purposes of establishing liability for participation in an infringement of article 101FEU of the FEU Treaty, where two parent companies each had a 50% shareholding in a joint venture company which had committed an infringement, and only in so far as the commission had demonstrated that both parent companies did in fact exercise decisive influence over the joint venture, those three entities could be considered to form a single economic unit and therefore form a single undertaking for the purposes of article 101FEU.”

WLR Daily, 26th September 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Changes to Public Access rules come into effect – Bar Standards Board

Posted October 7th, 2013 in barristers, codes of practice, legal aid, legal education, licensing, news by sally

“Changes to Public Access rules come into effect today, as the Bar Standards Board (BSB) announces the appointment of the Bar Council and HJT to deliver new Public Access training schemes. The BSB also expects to be approving other providers shortly.”

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Bar Standards Board, 4th October 2013

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

Finance and Divorce Update – Family Law Week

Posted October 7th, 2013 in appeals, children, divorce, families, financial dispute resolution, financial provision, jurisdiction, news by sally

“Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in September.”

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Family Law Week, 3rd October 2013

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk