RSPCA prosecution powers ‘to be examined by MPs’ – BBC News
‘A group of MPs is planning to launch a formal inquiry into the powers of the RSPCA and other animal charities, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 22 September 2015
EVENT: Bar Standards Board – Is regulation killing pro bono?
‘On 2 November our Director General Dr Vanessa Davies is speaking at a Law Society event titled ‘Is regulation killing pro bono?’
The event marks the official opening of National Pro Bono Week 2015 with a panel discussion about regulation and pro bono, chaired by the Attorney General’s pro bono envoy, Mike Napier CBE, QC.
Speakers
Attorney General (invited – TBC)
Dr Vanessa Davies, Director General, Bar Standards Board
Paul Philip, Chief Executive, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Sir Michael Pitt, Chair, Legal Services Board’
Date: 2nd November 2015, 8.30am-11.00am
Location: The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
Climate Change & the Rule of Law – Supreme Court
‘Some of the world’s leading judges, lawyers and legal academics met in London last week (17-19 September) for a special three-day symposium on climate change and adjudication, hosted by the Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London, with the support of The UK Supreme Court, HM Government, the Journal of Environmental Law, the Asian Development Bank and the United Nations Environment Programme.’
Full story
Supreme Court, 21st September 2015
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
Slide fetish man banned from children’s playgrounds – Daily Telegraph
‘Christopher Johnson, 46, admits simulating a sexual act with a slide in Coventry and is handed a three-year community order.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
M25 road rage killer Kenneth Noye will not be freed from jail – BBC News
‘Road rage killer Kenneth Noye has been told he will not be released from jail on licence, the Parole Board has said.’
BBC News, 21st September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cookham Wood: chief prisons inspector finds ‘systemic problems’ – The Guardian
‘A high level of violence inside Cookham Wood youth jail, including 61 assaults and 92 fights within just six months, reflects systemic problems in young offenders institutions across England, prison inspectors have warned.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mark Blake spared jail after leaking stories to newspaper – BBC News
‘An ex-official who leaked stories about an immigration centre has been spared jail to care for his two children.’
BBC News, 21st September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Women jailed for stealing friend’s rare teddy bears worth £37k and selling them on eBay – Daily Telegraph
‘Rachel Reynolds and Claire Cunningham take around 100 of the Steiff toys and sell them for fraction of value on internet auction site.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge bemoans lack of success fee competition in PI – Litigation Futures
‘The fact that competition over success fees has not developed, as Lord Justice Jackson hoped it would, is down to both consumer ignorance and solicitors’ reluctance to do it, according to the judge who last month cast doubt on the widespread personal injury charging model.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
The Pregabalin Trial: Generics (UK) Ltd v Warner-Lambert Company LLC – NIPC Law
‘According to drugs.com, pregabalin is an anti-epileptic drug which works by slowing down impulses in the brain that cause seizures. A European patent for the drug was granted to Warner-Lambert Co, LLC (“Warner-Lambert”)(now a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc.) under EP number 0 641 330. That patent expired on 17 May 2013 but was extended by a supplementary protection certificate (“SPC”) until 17 May 2018. That SPC was allowed to lapse on 14 Oct 2013 and Warner-Lambert’s data exclusivity in respect of the data used to obtain the marketing authorisation for prehabalin expired on 8 July 2014. Since then anybody has been free to make, import or sell pregabalin for treating epilepsy and generalized anxiety disorder in the United Kingdom and several companies including some of the parties to these proceedings have done just that.’
NIPC Law, 18th September 2015
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
Judge withdraws from BA case after airline loses his luggage – The Guardian
‘A judiciary watchdog is investigating a high court judge who complained about his luggage going astray on a flight booked with British Airways while he was overseeing a case involving the airline.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK regulator Ofcom backs BBC in Russian TV case – BBC News
‘The BBC has won a case against Russian TV channel RT, which claimed the corporation faked a report on Syria.’
Full story
BBC News, 21st September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New Freedom of Information review will shut down access, campaigners warn – Daily Telegraph
‘Over 140 organisations have written to the Prime Minister expressing ‘serious concern’ at his review of the Freedom of Information rules.’
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
SDT throws out allegations of forgery against fee-earner – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has thrown out charges brought by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) against a non-qualified fee-earner, deciding he had no case to answer and that the regulator should pay costs as a reminder to keep cases under review as they progress.’
Legal Futures, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
What happens when you ask to see CCTV footage? – The Guardian
‘In Britain and other EU countries, people have the right to see footage of themselves recorded on CCTV cameras. Yet when one university researcher set out to test this, many operators were less than forthcoming.’
Full story
The Guardian, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
No rush for more women at the top of the legal profession, says senior judge – Daily Telegraph
‘Lord Sumption claims rushing to achieve equality could damage the judiciary.’
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
No human rights in EEA appeals says Upper Tribunal – Free Movement
‘The Upper Tribunal has issued the much awaited case addressing whether human rights grounds can be argued in an EU rights of residence appeal.’
Free Movement, 21st September 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Judge who fell asleep in rape trial guilty of ‘serious misconduct’ but keeps job – Daily Telegraph
‘Barristers confronted Recorder Cattan with their suspicion that he had fallen asleep while an under-age victim was being cross-examined.’
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High court to decide if bridge is a sport – The Guardian
‘A high court judge has been asked to decide whether bridge is a sport after it was refused recognition by Sport England.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
