Mohammed Rafiq, 80, guilty of acid revenge attack on teenage ex – BBC News

Posted December 12th, 2014 in assault, conspiracy, grievous bodily harm, news by sally

‘An 80-year-old man has been convicted of masterminding an acid revenge attack on his teenage ex-lover.’

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BBC News, 12th December 2014

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Regina (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd and another) v Secretary of State for Transport and another – WLR Daily

Regina (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd and another) v Secretary of State for Transport and another [2014] EWCA Civ 1578; [2014] WLR (D) 526

‘The “safeguarding directions” issued by the Secretary of State for Transport, exercising statutory powers, for phase 1 of the proposed high speed rail network (“HS2”) linking London to Manchester did not fall within the scope of plans and programmes which set the framework for future development consent of projects within the meaning of articles 2(a) and 3(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2001/42/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment.’

WLR Daily, 9th December 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Salford Estates (No 2) Ltd v Altomart Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted December 12th, 2014 in arbitration, debts, insolvency, law reports, stay of proceedings, winding up by sally

Salford Estates (No 2) Ltd v Altomart Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 157; [2014] WLR (D) 527

‘The stay provisions in section 9(1) of the Arbitration Act 1996 did not apply to a winding up petition where the ground of the petition was that the company was unable to pay its debts and what was in dispute was that issue generally or, more specifically, whether there was outstanding and due a particular debt mentioned in the petition.’

WLR Daily, 8th December 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina v Shahabi-Shack – WLR Daily

Posted December 12th, 2014 in firearms, law reports, licensing by sally

Regina v Shahabi-Shack [2014] WLR (D) 533

‘Adaptations to an authorised firearm might render it a prohibited weapon for the purposes of section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 if they involved breach of the conditions of the related firearms certificate.’

WLR Daily, 11th December 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Tribunal adopts a literal interpretation of the provisions in allowing the taxpayer’s appeal – RPC Tax Take

Posted December 12th, 2014 in appeals, income tax, news, shareholders, tax avoidance, tax credits by sally

‘In Philip Shirley v HMRC, [1] the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) (FTT) concluded that a provision in a statute rewritten as part of the Tax Law Rewrite Project should be literally interpreted as the wording in question was clear and unambiguous.’

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RPC Tax Take, 11th December 2014

Source: www.rpc.co.uk

SFO makes first use of Bribery Act in prosecution for fraudulent UCIS – RPC Financial Services Blog

Posted December 12th, 2014 in bribery, conspiracy, fraud, news, prosecutions by sally

‘Earlier this week three individuals were sentenced at Southwark Crown Court following the first prosecution by the SFO under the Bribery Act 2010. The case hasn’t give us a meaningful judicial interpretation of the Bribery Act, but it does show that the SFO is prepared to use the Act and the case also serves as a further example of the risks of investing through a SIPP into an investment that seems too good to be true.’

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RPC Financial Services Blog, 11th December 2014

Source: www.rpc.co.uk

Being Human Event – The Humanity of Judging – Supreme Court

Posted December 12th, 2014 in judiciary, news, Supreme Court by sally

Being Human Event – The Humanity of Judging (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 19th November 2014

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

High Court judge bemoans “appalling” level of costs in insurance dispute – Litigation Futures

Posted December 12th, 2014 in civil procedure rules, costs, news, part 36 offers by sally

‘A case in which £7m in legal costs were racked up over a dispute worth £904,000 is “an appalling state of affairs which brings no credit to modern commercial litigation”, a High Court judge declared yesterday.’

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Litigation Futures, 12th December 2014

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Consumer Rights Bill: new rules on liability proposed for digital content suppliers – OUT-LAW.com

Posted December 12th, 2014 in bills, computer programs, consumer protection, contracts, electronic commerce, news by sally

‘Businesses that supply digital content to consumers would be able to insert contract terms that would exclude them from liability for damage caused by their content to consumers’ devices or other digital content, under proposed new consumer protection laws backed by UK law makers.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 11th December 2014

Source: www.out-law.com

Do we need a Royal Commission for penal policy? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted December 12th, 2014 in news, prisons by sally

‘Recently Louis Blom-Cooper QC and Professor Sean McConville (QMUL) proposed that the next government set up a royal commission on prison policy.’

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th December 2014

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Ex-prison officer jailed for selling Jon Venables story – BBC News

Posted December 12th, 2014 in conspiracy, misfeasance in public office, news, sentencing by sally

‘An ex-prison officer has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for selling details about James Bulger’s killer to a journalist.’

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BBC News, 11th December 2014

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Legal Voice conference report: Innovation in the delivery of legal services – LegalVoice

Posted December 12th, 2014 in civil justice, criminal justice, insurance, legal aid, news by sally

‘Roger Smith OBE made the case for 1% of the legal aid budget to be directed towards an ‘innovation fund’ to promote access to justice online. The former director of JUSTICE, who was delivering the keynote speech earlier this week at the 2014 Legal Voice conference, called upon Chris Grayling to ‘re-evaluate’ priorities and to deploy online help for initial advice.’

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LegalVoice, 11th December 2014

Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk

Government blames High Court for denying mesothelioma victims damages uplift –

Posted December 12th, 2014 in costs, damages, industrial injuries, insurance, legal aid, news by sally

‘The High Court’s decision to block the abolition of recoverability for mesothelioma claims has denied victims the 10% uplift in damages they would otherwise have received, justice minister Lord Faulks has said.’

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Litgation Futures, 11th December 2014

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Body parts killer Nathan Robinson sentenced to life in prison for father’s death – BBC News

Posted December 12th, 2014 in diminished responsibility, murder, news, sentencing by sally

‘A son who killed his father and put his dismembered body into storage boxes he was using as a TV stand, has been jailed for life.’

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BBC News, 10th December 2014

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Human rights – have they gone too far? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted December 12th, 2014 in human rights, news, rule of law by sally

‘Type the words “have human rights …” into Google and it automatically suggests “… gone too far[?]”.

This isn’t a surprise: for many people human rights, as set out in the Human Rights Act 1998, are a byword for reckless absurdity. It is a villains’ charter which cares not a jot for law-abiding citizens.’

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th December 2014

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Reforming electoral law across the UK – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted December 12th, 2014 in consultations, elections, Law Commission, news, referendums by sally

‘In a consultation opening today the Law Commissions of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland set out provisional proposals for reforming the law that governs the conduct of elections and referendums across the UK.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 12th December 2014

Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org

Supreme Court finds third way between Strasbourg and House of Lords – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted December 12th, 2014 in human rights, imprisonment, news, rehabilitation, sentencing, Supreme Court by sally

‘Indeterminate sentences and the inadequate funding of rehabilitation during them has posed problems since Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences hamstrung the system. The courts here and in Strasbourg have been in two minds what to do about cases where prisoners have not received the assistance they ought to have received – and hence are not, by domestic standards, ready for release.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 11th December 2014

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Court of Appeal urges lawyers to get “back to basics” on pleadings – Litigation Futures

Posted December 12th, 2014 in case management, drafting, news, pleadings by sally

‘It is time for pleadings to get “back to basics”, the Court of Appeal said yesterday after suggesting that “practitioners have, on occasion, lost sight” that their aim is to help the court and the parties.’

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Litigation Futures, 12th December 2014

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

George Galloway attacker jailed for 16 months – The Guardian

Posted December 12th, 2014 in assault, news, sentencing by sally

‘A man who attacked the Respect MP George Galloway in the street while calling him an “antisemitic little man” has been jailed for 16 months.’

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The Guardain, 11th December 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“Named and shamed” barrister hits back at “misleading” ombudsman – Legal Futures

Posted December 12th, 2014 in barristers, complaints, disciplinary procedures, legal ombudsman, news by sally

‘The first lawyer to be “named and shamed” by the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) for a series of complaints has argued that he is only “trying to adapt to new market forces”.’

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Legal Futures, 12th December 2014

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk