‘Crackers’ £7.50 criminal damage claim against former Army captain – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 9th, 2013 in boundaries, criminal damage, Crown Prosecution Service, news by sally

A judge has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service as ‘crackers’ for taking a retired Army captain to court for £7.49 worth of alleged damage to a wooden fence.

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Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Home Office immigrant van campaign to be probed by ASA – BBC News

Posted August 9th, 2013 in advertising, complaints, immigration, news by sally

“A scheme which saw vans drive through London calling on illegal immigrants to leave is to be investigated by the advertising watchdog.”

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BBC News, 9th August 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted August 9th, 2013 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Turbill & Anor, R. v [2013] EWCA Crim 1422 (12 July 2013)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Southern Pacific Personal Loans Ltd, Re [2013] EWHC 2485 (Ch) (08 August 2013)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Foster & Anor v Action Aviation Ltd [2013] EWHC 2439 (Comm) (08 August 2013)

Source: www.bailii.org

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted August 9th, 2013 in legislation by sally

The Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

The Croxley Rail Link Order 2013

The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013

The Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2013

The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2013

The Companies (Receipt of Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2013

The Unregistered Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2013

The Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013

The School Staffing (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Order 2013

The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2013

The Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

The Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2013

The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Sir Cliff Richard’s victory: an extra 20 years of copyright protection for sound recordings is only weeks away – Technology Law Update

Posted August 9th, 2013 in artistic works, copyright, EC law, news by sally

“It’s been dubbed by the media as ‘Cliff Richard’s Law’, and now he and his fellow musicians are about to see the change to copyright duration in sound recordings that they pushed for finally coming into force.”

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Technology Law Update, 8th August 2013

Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk

David Cameron eyes Human Rights Act repeal – The Guardian

Posted August 9th, 2013 in human rights, legislation, news, repeals by sally

“Britain needs to look at scrapping the Human Rights Act, David Cameron has said.”

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The Guardian, 8th August 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Porn filters: 12 reasons why they won’t work (and 3 reasons why they might) – The Guardian

Posted August 9th, 2013 in consent, internet, news, pornography by sally

“David Cameron wants to block access to pornography unless people opt in, but is it possible to filter only the things you want?”

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The Guardian, 8th August 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Robert Colover investigation: the misunderstandings around sex offence trials – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted August 9th, 2013 in barristers, children, news, pornography, sentencing, sexual offences, trials, victims by sally

“Calamitous comments by barrister Robert Colover have made the headlines this week as he referred to the victim of sexual offending as “predatory” and “sexually experienced”. The defendant was appearing for sentence before His Honour Judge Peters QC sitting at Snaresbrook Crown Court for two counts of making (downloading) extreme pornography (not images of children) and one count of sexual activity with a child. He received a sentence of eight months imprisonment suspended for two years. He was 41-years-old and she was 13-years-old. The CPS, who instructed the barrister to prosecute this case from their list of accredited advocates, has issued a press release that the comments should not have been used and initiated an investigation.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 8th August 2013

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Investigate law firm after ‘untruthful’ asylum case, says top judge – Daily Telegraph

“One of the country’s most senior judges has asked a legal regulator to consider striking off a law firm over its last-minute bids to block the deportation of failed asylum seekers.”

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Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Employee data sought in connection with potential tribunal cases must generally be handed over, says ICO – OUT-LAW.com

Posted August 9th, 2013 in codes of practice, data protection, disclosure, employment tribunals, news by sally

“Businesses cannot refuse to hand over records containing employees’ personal information just because they suspect the information could be used against them in an employment tribunal, the UK’s data protection watchdog has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 9th August 2013

Source: www.out-law.com

High Court asks SRA to consider firm’s fitness to practise after contempt ruling – Legal Futures

“The incoming Lord Chief Justice has asked the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to consider a law firm’s continuing fitness to practise having found its senior partner in contempt of court.”

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Legal Futures, 9th August 2013

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Subject access – important new high court judgment – Panopticon

Posted August 9th, 2013 in data protection, liquidators, news by sally

“It is a strange feature of the DPA subject access regime that, despite having extremely far reaching legal effects, to date it only rarely been the subject of judicial analysis. This is in no small part because the costs of bringing disputes over the application of the legislation before the courts are generally prohibitive. As readers of this blog will know, there have been some fairly recent county court judgments which have considered the application of the regime (see in particular the posts on the judgments in Elliott and Abadir here and here). However, jurisprudence emanating from the High Court has been decidedly thin on the ground. Today however the High Court has handed down an important judgment on the application of the regime: In the Matter of the Southern Pacific Personal Loans Limited [2013] EWHC 2485 (Admin). Readers will want to note in particular that part of the judgment where the court considered the relevance of the applicant’s purpose or motive in making a subject access request (SAR) – as discussed below.”

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Panopticon, 8th August 2013

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Teach children about risks of Twitter at school, Attorney General says – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 9th, 2013 in attorney general, education, internet, legal education, news, publishing by sally

“Pupils should be taught about the risks of using Twitter in lessons at school, Dominic Grieve the Attorney General has said.”

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Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Man accused of infecting women with HIV virus dies in hospital aged 34 – The Independent

Posted August 9th, 2013 in grievous bodily harm, health, HIV, news, trials by sally

“A man accused of infecting two women with the HIV virus has died in hospital.”

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The Independent, 8th August 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Sheffield pub death review calls rejected – BBC News

Posted August 9th, 2013 in assault, evidence, homicide, inquests, news, prosecutions, racism, retrials by sally

“No charges will be brought over the death of a man attacked in Sheffield unless ‘new and compelling evidence’ emerges, prosecutors have said.”

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BBC News, 8th August 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police watchdog criticises Met officer over use of CS gas on protesters – The Guardian

Posted August 9th, 2013 in complaints, demonstrations, disciplinary procedures, news, police by sally

“The police watchdog has ruled that a Met officer who sprayed CS gas on peaceful tax protesters, causing several to collapse struggling for breath, should face a “misconduct meeting”.”

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The Guardian, 8th August 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Sandwich-eating driver cleared of dangerous driving death – BBC News

Posted August 9th, 2013 in careless driving, dangerous driving, homicide, news by sally

“A motorist who knocked down and killed a cyclist while he was eating at the wheel has been cleared of causing death by dangerous driving.”

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BBC News, 8th August 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Privacy International to challenge telecoms firms over GCHQ cooperation – The Guardian

“BT and Vodafone are among seven large telecoms firms which could be pulled into a legal challenge under human rights law for cooperating with GCHQ’s large-scale internet surveillance programs.”

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The Guardian, 8th August 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk