‘Former ministers, MPs and lawyers have signed a letter to The Telegraph demanding reform of the controversial pre-charge bail measure. Here’s what you need to know.’
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Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Libyan Rendition, Human Rights Week 2014 and the Naked Rambler – Human Rights Roundup.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st December 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A judge has sharply criticised social workers for giving “visibly biased” evidence when a local authority applied for a final care order in relation to a three-year-old boy with a view to placing him for adoption.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th November 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A sixth man held over the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence will not be prosecuted due to insufficient evidence.’
The Guardian, 24th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The High Court has ruled that although information obtained unlawfully by the police is admissible in regulatory proceedings (even if not in criminal proceedings), it “carries little weight” in the assessment of competing interests required by Article 8(2).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd November 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Operation Kalmia 2 was an investigation to determine whether any offences had been committed in connection with Staffordshire Police’s handling of disclosure of unused material in a prosecution (relating to the death of Kevin Nunes), which resulted in the convictions for murder in the subsequent criminal proceedings being quashed by the Court of Appeal. Following an investigation led by Chief Constable of Derbyshire Mick Creedon and managed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was asked to consider allegations in relation to two matters relating to the handling of the murder trial.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th November 2014
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is to investigate the conduct of 10 South Yorkshire police officers in relation to their handling of reported child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.’
The Guardian, 18th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In Laughton v Shalaby [2014] EWCA Civ 1450, the claimant appealed a decision that the defendant surgeon had not acted negligently in the course of carrying out a hip operation.’
Zenith PI Blog, 17th November 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘“Extraneous factors”, including an assault on a bus driver, are not relevant in deciding whether a surgeon had acted negligently while carrying out a hip operation, appeal judges have ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 14th November 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Singularis Holdings Ltd v PricewaterhouseCoopers: [2014] UKPC 36; [2014] WLR (D) 476
‘There was a power at common law to assist a foreign court of insolvency jurisdiction by ordering the production of information in oral or documentary form which was necessary for the administration of a foreign winding up. However, that power was not exercisable where an equivalent order could not have been made by the court in which the foreign liquidation was proceeding.’
WLR Daily, 20th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v P (J); Regina v Lubemba: [2014] WLR (D) 472
‘The court gave guidance as to what measures a trial judge might legitimately take to protect a vulnerable witness without impacting adversely on the right of a defendant to a fair trial.’
WLR Daily, 9th October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A judge hearing extradition proceedings in the magistrates’ court had no power under the Extradition Act 2003 to hear evidence in a closed court and to make an order prohibiting the disclosure to the government of the requesting state of evidence adduced by individuals whose extradition was being sought. Extradition proceedings were not in a special category which would justify a departure from the principle of open justice.’
WLR Daily, 5th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the independent panel inquiry into child abuse, which has been established to consider whether institutions in England and Wales have taken seriously their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse.’
Home Office, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘An inquiry into the Home Office’s handling of child sex abuse claims in the 1980s has failed to uncover any of the missing documents that prompted the probe, BBC Newsnight has been told.’
BBC News, 7th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A UK court has ruled that pay TV broadcaster BSkyB must make its Sky Sports 1 and 2 channels available on rival BT’s YouView service.’
BBC News, 5th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘There is no evidence that tough enforcement of the drug laws on personal possession leads to lower levels of drug use, according to the government’s first evidence-based study.’
The Guardian, 30th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The attorney general has revealed that the government is considering changing the evidential basis for prosecuting white collar crime.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th October 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Avonwick Holdings Ltd v Webinvest Ltd and another: [2014] EWHC 3322 (Ch); [2014] WLR (D) 424
‘Communications made at a time when there was no dispute could not, with retrospective effect, be made subject to the without prejudice privilege by subsequently rasing a dispute.
WLR Daily, 10th October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Following the death of Andrew Pimlott in Plymouth in April 2013, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has determined that there is insufficient evidence to prosecute a police constable for gross negligence manslaughter or misconduct in public office.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 16th October 2014
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Home Office has been ordered to release secret legal advice justifying its decision to prevent intercept evidence being used in criminal trials. The ruling by an information tribunal could shine a light on the way intelligence agencies gather and store material as well as on their relationship with law enforcement organisations. The appeal for the advice to be disclosed was made by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law which submitted a Freedom of Information request to uncover the reasoning behind a 2009 report, entitled “Intercept as Evidence”.’
The Guardian, 16th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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