Four men jailed for murder of 17-year-old boy – The Guardian

Posted December 21st, 2012 in murder, news, sentencing by tracey

“Four men have been jailed for life for killing a 17-year-old boy who was chased out of a birthday party by attackers carrying champagne and brandy bottles.”

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The Guardian, 20th December 2012

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Nagging wife given an ASBO after keeping neighbours awake for three years – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 21st, 2012 in ASBOs, news, noise by tracey

“A nagging wife has been given an ASBO after keeping neighbours awake for three
years with her constant quibbling.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Neon Roberts’s mother refused time to seek alternative tumour treatments – The Guardian

Posted December 21st, 2012 in cancer, children, complementary medicine, medical treatment, news by tracey

“A mother involved in a legal battle to prevent her seven-year-old son from having radiotherapy to treat a brain tumour has been refused more time to seek alternative treatments.”

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The Guardian, 20th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Chagos Islanders forced into exile left ‘dumbstruck’ by court ruling – The Guardian

Posted December 21st, 2012 in Chagos Islands, human rights, news, refugees by tracey

“Exiled Chagos Islanders living in Britain and Mauritius have said they are ‘dumbstruck’ by a European court ruling that it has no jurisdiction to examine their forced expulsion by the British government in the 1960s”

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The Guardian, 20th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

MoD pays out £14m compensation to Iraqis over torture claims – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 21st, 2012 in armed forces, compensation, Iraq, torture by tracey

“The Ministry of Defence last night confirmed it had paid out £14m in
compensation to more than 200 Iraqis who claimed that British forces detainedthem illegally and tortured them.”

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Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Man spared jail after punching son’s headmistress – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 21st, 2012 in assault, community service, news, racism, school children by tracey

“A father who punched a primary school headmistress when she suspended his son
for swearing and racially abusing another pupil was spared jail yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2012

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Gordon Dyche trial: Sentence upheld for Llyn Clywedog crash that killed family – BBC News

Posted December 21st, 2012 in appeals, careless driving, homicide, news, sentencing by tracey

“A motorist jailed for causing the deaths of a family by careless driving at a
lake in Powys has been told his four-year sentence was fair.”

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BBC News, 20th December 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Law relaxed on digital copying – BBC News

Posted December 21st, 2012 in copyright, internet, news by tracey

“Making digital copies of music, films and other copyrighted material for
personal use is to be made legal for the first time under government plans.”

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BBC News, 20th December 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Government to pay legal fees for families of Hillsborough victims – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 20th, 2012 in health & safety, inquests, legal aid, news, sport, victims by tracey

“The Government will fund legal representation for the families of the 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster at the new inquest ordered into their deaths.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2012

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Roy Sly murder: ‘Sadistic torture’ killers jailed – BBC News

Posted December 20th, 2012 in alcohol abuse, drug abuse, murder, news, sentencing by tracey

“Two people have been jailed for the ‘sadistic torture’ murder of a friend who
invited them for a meal in Essex.”

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BBC News, 20th December 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Kinloch v HM Advocate – WLR Daily

Kinloch v HM Advocate: [2012] UKSC 62; [2012] WLR (D) 385

“Since unauthorised police surveillance of a person engaged in criminal activity in public places did not infringe that person’s right to respect for his private life under article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Lord Advocate, in adducing evidence obtained by means of such unauthorised surveillance at the trial of that person, had not acted incompatibly with his right to a fair trial under article 6(1) of the Convention, and had accordingly acted within his powers under section 57(2) of the Scotland Act 1998, as amended. However, the question whether the police had acted incompatibly with a Convention right was not a devolution issue within paragraph 1(d) of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 and therefore could not be determined under the Supreme Court’s devolution jurisdiction.”

WLR Daily, 19th December 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Space Airconditiong plc v Guy and another – WLR Daily

Posted December 20th, 2012 in appeals, judges, law reports, mistake by tracey

Space Airconditiong plc v Guy and another: [2012] EWCA Civ 1664; [2012] WLR (D) 384

“Where a judge had been informed by counsel that he had reached his decision by an obvious mistake of fact in his handed down judgment and had admitted it to be so, then, unless there was a very good reason not to do so, the judge had a duty to correct his judgment to put the record right.”

WLR Daily, 14th December 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Mastafa v Her Majesty’s Treasury – WLR Daily

Posted December 20th, 2012 in appeals, human rights, law reports, terrorism, trials by tracey

Mastafa v Her Majesty’s Treasury: [2012] EWHC 3578 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 383

“An appeal brought under section 26 of the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc Act 2010 involved the determination of the appellant’s ‘civil rights’ for the purposes of article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.”

WLR Daily, 13th December 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Pensions Ombudsman v EMC Europe Ltd and others – WLR Daily

Pensions Ombudsman v EMC Europe Ltd and others: [2012] EWHC 3508 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 382

“The Pensions Ombudsman had no jurisdiction to entertain a complaint by a scheme member to set aside a compromise agreement where successful determination of the complaint would adversely affect the rights of the parent company in circumstances where it was a necessary party to any claim to set aside the agreement but was not subject to the ombudsman’s jurisdiction.”

WLR Daily, 14th December 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Freetown Ltd v Assethold Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted December 20th, 2012 in appeals, doctors, law reports, party walls, service, time limits by tracey

Freetown Ltd v Assethold Ltd: [2012] EWCA Civ 1657;   [2012] WLR (D)  379

“Service of a party wall award pursuant to section 15(1) of the Party Wall etc Act 1996 was effective from the date the award was received or deemed to have been received by a party.”

WLR Daily, 14th December 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – gov.uk

Posted December 20th, 2012 in legislation by tracey

The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2012

The Building (Repeal of Provisions of Local Acts) Regulations 2012

The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) (No. 2) Order 2012

The Payments in Euro (Credit Transfers and Direct Debits) Regulations 2012

The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2012

The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012

The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (England and Wales) Order 2012

The Legislative Reform (Civil Partnership) Order 2012

The District Electoral Areas Commissioner (Northern Ireland) Order 2012

The Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 2012

The Health Service Commissioner for England (Special Health Authorities) Order 2012

The Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2012

The Guinea-Bissau (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012

The Côte d’Ivoire (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012

The Somalia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012

The Al-Qaida (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2012

The Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) (Amendment) Order 2012

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk

Posted December 20th, 2012 in parliamentary papers by tracey

Government plan for mesothelioma claims process draws heavy fire from claimant lawyers – Litigation Futures

Posted December 20th, 2012 in cancer, compensation, consultations, delay, fees, news by tracey

“Lawyers acting on the new system for dealing with mesothelioma claims will be paid on fixed-fee basis, the government announced yesterday.”

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Litigation Futures, 19th December 2012

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Scientology does not qualify for chapel registration, rules High Court – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted December 20th, 2012 in marriage, news, registrars by tracey

“R on the application of Louisa Hodkin v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2012] EWHC 3635 (Admin). Ouseley J has dismissed a challenge by the applicant against the Registrar General’s decision not to register a chapel of the Church of Scientology as ‘a place of meeting for religious worship’ which in turn means it is not a registered building for the solemnisation of marriages.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 20th December 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Request for information – NearlyLegal

Posted December 20th, 2012 in appeals, housing, human rights, local government, news, succession by tracey

“There is a rather odd case note on Lawtel on a High Court appeal of a dismissed defence to possession following an apparently failed succession…
Evans v Brent London Borough Council QB (Ramsey J) 18/12/2012 [note of extempore judgment on Lawtel].”

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NearlyLegal, 19th December 2012

Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/