Lamb Building has an immediate vacancy for a Third Six pupil, working predominantly in crime. Past experience in criminal work is expected.
For further details please email admin@lambbuilding.co.uk or for an informal chat call 020 7797 7788 and speak to a member of the Pupillage Committee.
‘A 66-year-old man has been jailed for life for raping a three-year-old boy he was babysitting.’
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BBC News, 18th July 2014
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‘A former police constable has been jailed for 18 months for offering to sell a salacious story about a “womanising and bullying” colleague to the Sun newspaper.’
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The Guardian, 17th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A new inquest has been ordered into the death of soldier Pte Cheryl James at Deepcut barracks in Surrey.’
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BBC News, 18th July 2014
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‘Britain’s big four high street banks could be forced to break themselves up after the competition watchdog signalled its intention to launch a sweeping investigation into the £10bn-a-year sector.’
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The Guardian, 18th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Report from the Law Commissions of England and Wales and of Scotland making recommendations for reform to modernise business insurance law. The majority of these recommendations are included in the Government’s Insurance Bill.’
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Law Commission, 17th July 2014
Source: www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission
‘Legislation to ensure UK law enforcement and intelligence agencies continue to have access to the vital evidence and information they need to investigate criminal activity, prevent terrorism and protect the public has today (Thursday 17 July) received Royal Assent.’
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Home Office, 17th July 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Ahmad v Secretary of State for the Home Department (AIRE Centre intervening); [2014] EWCA Civ 988; [2014] WLR (D) 318
‘The conditions in article 7(1) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC, as implemented by the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, were to be strictly interpreted on the basis that the right to a permanent residence card was a privilege which was not conferred unless there was strict and literal compliance with the conditions therein. They were not to be interpreted under European Union law in a dynamic way such that it was enough if they were substantially or functionally fulfilled.’
WLR Daily, 16th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
YS v Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel; Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel v M and another; (Joined Cases C-141/12 and C-372/12) ECLI:EU:C:2014:2081; [2014] WLR (D) 324
‘Article 2(a) of Parliament and Council Directive 95/46/EC meant that data relating to an applicant for a residence permit contained in an administrative document amounted to “personal data”. Article 12(a) of Directive 95/46 and article 8(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union meant that an applicant for a residence permit had a right of access to all personal data concerning him which were processed by the national administrative authorities within the meaning of article 2(b). For that right to be complied with, it was sufficient that the applicant was in possession of a full summary of those data in an intelligible form, which allowed the applicant to become aware of those data and to check that they were accurate and processed in compliance with that Directive, so that he could, where relevant, exercise the rights conferred on him by that Directive. Article 41(2)(b) of the Charter meant that the applicant for a residence permit could not rely on that provision against the national authorities.’
WLR Daily, 17th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Sandiford) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; [2014] UKSC 44; [2014] WLR (D) 315
‘The policy of the Foreign Secretary to refuse to provide funding for legal representation to United Kingdom nationals who were facing the death penalty abroad was lawful.’
WLR Daily, 16th july 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Afzaal) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; [2014] EWHC 2215 (Admin); [2014] WLR (D) 313
‘Immigration rules, made pursuant to section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971, specified the conditions to be attached in the case of a student clearance visa and no further administrative action to impose a condition was required. The description of the relevant entry clearance as a tier 4 general student clearance followed by the reference number of the sponsor body, and its repetition in conjunction with the other obligatory conditions, was sufficient endorsement of the condition for the purposes of the Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) Order 2000.’
WLR Daily, 9th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A solicitor involved in a boiler-room scam to push financial products to clients has been suspended from practice for 18 months.’
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Law Society’s Gazette, 17th July 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The proposed legislation seeks to ‘end the liability of lay rectors for the repair of chancels’ – in other words abolishing the demands for landowners to fund repairs to their parish church.’
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Law Society’s Gazette, 17th July 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Sally Gore, barrister, of Fenners Chambers considers recent case law and other developments of particular significance to local authorities.’
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Family Law week, 17th July 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Rodney Noon, solicitor, provides a detailed review of the law and practice of – and the court’s attitude to – without notice applications in family proceedings.’
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Family Law Week, 17th July 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The post-Troubles scheme devised to reassure Irish republican “on-the-runs” (OTRs) that they were no longer wanted by the police was lawful and did not give terrorist suspects an amnesty, an independent review has concluded.’
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The Guardian, 17th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A teacher who put his arm around a pupil’s neck while holding a knife and jokingly threatened to kill him for giving a wrong answer has been banned from the classroom for two years.’
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The Guardian, 17th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Electoral Commission is refusing to apologise after a watchdog ruled it had failed to properly investigate a Lib Dem donor later convicted of fraud.’
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BBC news, 17th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk