Criminal with 500 offences avoids jail sentence – Daily Telegraph
‘Career criminal has committed 506 offences but has avoided prison for each of his latest crimes.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Month: July 2015
Alice Gross’s family want inquiry into what UK authorities knew of her killer – The Guardian
‘The family of murdered schoolgirl Alice Gross will ask for an inquiry into whether British authorities ever knew her killer was a convicted murderer before he attacked her.
Full story
The Guardian, 6th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Faith leaders demand that detention period for immigrants is limited to maximum of 28 days – The Independent
‘Leading members of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian communities are joining forces to demand that the Government end its controversial policy of indefinite detention for immigrants, and limit detention to a maximum of 28 days. Britain is the only country in Europe not to have a time limit on how long immigrants can be held.’
Full story
The Independent, 5th July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Couple face court after taking children out of school to see sick grandfather – The Guardian
‘A couple who took their children out of school without permission to visit their sick grandfather in India are being taken to court this week as part of the government’s continuing crackdown on term-time absence.’
Full story
The Guardian, 5th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Salt in the wound. How precise words in patent claims can be misleading – Technology Law Update
‘Patents are powerful tools, but they only bite on the materials or methods described in their claims. Or do they? Two recent appeal decisions show that the monopoly owned by a patent-holder can spill out over the edges of the claims, making life uncertain for those trying to steer a way around them.’
Technology Law Update, 3rd July 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Repeat knife offenders face new minimum prison term – Ministry of Justice
‘Minimum prison sentences for offenders who repeatedly carry knives will come into effect from 17 July 2015.’
Ministry of Justice, 3rd July 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Council secures lifelong reporting restrictions order in favour of 17-year-old – Local Government Lawyer
‘Birmingham City Council has secured a lifelong reporting restrictions order (RRO) in favour of a 17-year-old woman, AB, who was sexually exploited by ten respondents to the proceedings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd July 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Judge quashes cut in community care provision for man with learning difficulties – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has quashed a council’s decision to reduce the community care provision for a 23-year-old man with learning and communication difficulties.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd July 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
High Court abandons cost budgeting for clinical negligence claims to clear backlog – Litigation Futures
‘Costs budgeting will not be applied to High Court clinical negligence cases listed for costs hearings between October 2015 and January 2016 in an attempt to clear the backlog, it has emerged.’
Litigation Futures, 2nd July 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
A New Sentencing Code for England and Wales – Law Commission
‘Today we are publishing the first consultation in our project to create a New Sentencing Code for England and Wales.’
Law Commission, 1st July 2015
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
Codifying public nuisance and outraging public decency – Law Commission
‘In our latest report, we recommend reforms to the common law offences of public nuisance and outraging public decency.’
Law Commission, 24th June 2015
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
Of Megabytes and Men: the private use exception under the judicial lens and lessons for state aid claims – Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers
‘On 19 June 2015, the High Court allowed a claim for judicial review against the decision to introduce a narrow “private copying” exception to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the “CDPA 1988”). The decision is of interest to EU and competition lawyers for two reasons: (1) its examination of the standard of review in public law cases with an EU law dimension and also (2) its analysis of the state aid issues which were raised.’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 2nd July 2015
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
The Lord Janner U-turn: what is the public interest in a trial of the act? – Crimeline
‘Yesterday’s U-turn concerning the decision to prosecute Lord Janner for alleged child sex offences has thrown a spotlight onto a procedure in English criminal law called the “trial of the act”. What is this procedure and what purpose does it serve? And why has its application to Lord Janner’s case proved controversial?’
Crimeline, 30th June 2015
Source: www.crimeline.info
Speech by Lord Justice Beatson: Closer Engagement with Parliament – Speech by Lord Justice Jack Beatson
‘Speech by Lord Justice Beatson: Closer Engagement with Parliament.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 2nd July 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Redditch man sees sentence doubled to 20 years’ imprisonment for multiple rapes – Attorney General’s Office
‘Appeal Court increases the 10 year rape sentence of John Dennis to 20 years after ruling the original sentence unduly lenient.’
Attorney General’s Office, 1st July 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Surrogacy Law Update (June 2015) – Family Law Week
‘Andrew Powell, barrister, 4 Paper Buildings, examines recent developments in surrogacy law.’
Family Law week, 26th June 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Divorce lawyer seduced wife of millionaire during £500k court battle’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Regulators asked to investigate conduct of a solicitor from a prestitgious law firm who took romantic trips with his client as they fought her millionaire husband in divorce court.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Primary school teacher struck off for praising Isil murder of Alan Henning – Daily Telegraph
‘A primary school teacher has been banned from the classroom for life after praising Isil for beheading aid worker Alan Henning in string of offensive social media posts.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
100 asylum seekers to be released as detention system is suspended – The Guardian
‘800 cases to be reviewed after immigration minister suspends “detained fast-track” system following court ruling that appeals part of system was ‘structurally unfair.’
The Guardian, 2nd July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
