Day: 13 April 2016

Legal aid costs tax-payer less than a cup of coffee a week, reckons Bar Council – Legal Voice

Posted April 13th, 2016 in barristers, budgets, legal aid, news, taxation by sally

‘British justice costs the tax-payer less than €2 per week or ‘the price of one cup of coffee’, claimed the chairman of the Bar Council giving evidence to Labour’s legal aid commission. Chantal-Aimée Doerries took issue with the government’s oft-repeated assertion that the UK’s expenditure on legal aid per capita was ‘more generous than any other EU nation or comparable common law jurisdiction’. ‘Every justice system has different cost drivers and looking simply at legal aid in isolation we would suggest is unhelpful,’ she told the commission. ‘

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Legal Voice, 12th April 2016

Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk

How legal history shapes the present – OUP Blog

Posted April 13th, 2016 in legal history, news by sally

‘The field of “legal history” studies the relationship that “law” and legal institutions have to the society that surrounds them. “Law” means everything from local regulations and rules promulgated by administrative agencies, to statutes and court decisions. Legal history is interested in how “law” and legal institutions operate and how they change over time in reaction to changing economic, social, and political conditions. It looks at people who are “governed” by law, as well as how those people try to influence law and legal actors. Thus, the field covers such diverse topics as the Roman law of wills, the social and economic conditions that brought down feudalism, the legal ideas motivating the American Revolution, the way that slave patrols kept the slave system in place, the legal regulation of business in the early 20th century, right up through the Black Power movement’s critique of the US criminal justice system.’

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OUP Blog, 12th April 2016

Source: http://blog.oup.com

Council wins judicial review over advice given to Greggs under Primary Authority – Local Government Lawyer

Posted April 13th, 2016 in interpretation, judicial review, news by sally

‘A High Court judge has upheld Hull City Council’s judicial review claim over advice given by Newcastle City Council to Greggs under the ‘Primary Authority’ scheme.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 12th April 2016

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Vicarious liability for rogue employee’s data leak – Panopticon

Posted April 13th, 2016 in armed forces, bullying, confidentiality, data protection, disclosure, employment, media, news, privacy, vicarious liability by sally

‘Suppose confidential, private and sensitive information is sold, leaked or otherwise wrongly disclosed by a rogue employee: is the employer vicariously liable? This question is a troubling one for many an employer and data controller. A new judgment on a claim for misuse of private information sheds some light on this question – and will not be comforting for employers and data controllers. The case is Axon v Ministry of Defence [2016] EWHC 787 (QB).’

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Panopticon, 12th April 2016

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Woman jailed after sexually assaulting taxi driver – The Independent

Posted April 13th, 2016 in assault, criminal damage, news, prostitution, sentencing, sexual offences, taxis by sally

‘A woman has been jailed after she sexually assaulted a male taxi driver in an attempt to avoid paying £26.50 for the journey.’

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The Independent, 12th April 2016

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Do you know the difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance? Take our quiz – The Independent

Posted April 13th, 2016 in news, tax avoidance, tax evasion, taxation by sally

‘Most of us have little choice about how we pay our tax. It simply comes out of our pay packets.

We don’t have a choice to evade or avoid tax even if we wanted to. Or do we?’
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The Independent, 13th April 2016

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Police and prosecutors ‘losing sensitive evidence’ – BBC News

Posted April 13th, 2016 in criminal justice, Crown Prosecution Service, data protection, electronic filing, evidence, fines, news, ombudsmen, police by sally

‘Sensitive details held by police and prosecutors in England are being lost because evidence is still being shared on computer discs, watchdogs say.’

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BBC News, 13th April 2016

Source: www.bbc.co.uk