Merrill Academy teacher Leigh White banned for life – BBC News
‘A teacher who kissed and cuddled a pupil has been banned from the profession for life.’
BBC News, 14th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 14 May 2014
Judges criticise impact of legal aid cuts – The Guardian
‘There has been a large increase in unrepresented claimants, outbreaks of courtroom violence, extra litigation and increased costs, according to senior judges who have criticised the impact of legal aid cuts in the family courts.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
S (Children, W & T), Re [2014] EWCA Civ 638 (14 May 2014)
JKX Oil & Gas Plc & Ors v Eclairs Group Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 640 (13 May 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
R (on the application of Fitzroy George) (Respondent) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 14th May 2014
What can we learn from drug courts? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Why were drug courts set up?
The introduction of drug courts in the UK has followed a slightly different trajectory to other jurisdictions, where drug courts filled an important gap in the range of community-based sanctions available to the courts to deal with drug-related crime.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th May 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Letting agents ‘will have to publish their fees in full’ – BBC News
‘The government has said letting agents in England face a new obligation to display full details of their fees both on their websites and in their offices.’
BBC News, 14th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Andrew Le Sueur: Imagining judges in a written UK Constitution – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘The tide of interest (among those who care about these things) in the idea of a written, codified constitution for the United Kingdom rises and falls. At the moment the tide is quite high, but certainly not high enough to flow into the estuaries of government policy making.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 14th May 2014
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
Legal complaint filed against GCHQ ‘hacking’ – BBC News
‘Privacy campaigners are seeking to stop GCHQ using “unlawful hacking” to help its surveillance efforts.’
Full story
BBC News, 13th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man convicted of grooming teenage girls online escapes jail – The Independent
‘A man who groomed girls as young as 12 on social networking sites and watched them strip on Skype has escaped a jail sentence. MPs and charities branded the sentence “appalling”. The case has been referred to Attorney General Dominic Grieve.’
The Independent, 14th May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Google ruling, Pfizer boss grilled and World Cup ‘Rio-bocops’ – BBC News
‘There are mixed reactions in the press to a ruling by European judges over what has been dubbed the “right to be forgotten” on the internet.’
BBC News, 14th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
ICC to examine claims that British troops carried out war crimes in Iraq – The Guardian
‘Allegations that British troops were responsible for a series of war crimes after the invasion of Iraq are to be examined by the international criminal court (ICC) at The Hague, the specialist tribunal has announced.’
The Guardian, 13th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
