Guidance for parliamentary candidates published – Ministry of Justice

Posted March 23rd, 2010 in elections, Ministry of Justice, news, parliament by sally

“Guidance to candidates standing at the parliamentary general election on publishing declarations of interests, is published today.”

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Minsitry of Justice, 22nd March 2010

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Man returns home for wallet to find squatters – BBC News

Posted March 23rd, 2010 in burglary, criminal damage, news, squatting by sally

“A man who returned to his house in Northampton because he forgot his wallet found a homeless Romanian couple and their child attempting to move in.”

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BBC News, 22nd March 2010

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Legal aid lawyers to be reduced as ten QCs exceed £500,000 earnings in year – The Times

Posted March 23rd, 2010 in news by sally

“The number of legal aid lawyers is to be cut heavily under plans outlined by ministers as they named the top ten QCs earning more than £500,000 from such work last year.”

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The Times, 23rd March 2010

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Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical Offices Measure 2010

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in Church of England, ecclesiastical law, legislation by sally

Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical Offices Measure 2010 published

Full text of Act

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Tenfold rise in whistleblower cases taken to tribunal – The Guardian

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in employment tribunals, news, whistleblowers by sally

“The number of employees claiming to have been sacked, mistreated or bullied for exposing corrupt practices at work has increased tenfold over the last decade, according to official figures.”

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The Guardian, 22nd March 2010

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Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2010

The Conditional Fee Agreements (Amendment) Order 2010

The M5 Motorway (Junction 29 Connecting Road) Scheme 2010

The A30 Trunk Road (Improvement at M5 Junction 29) Order 2010

The A30 Trunk Road (Improvement at M5 Junction 29) Order 2010

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2010

The Employee Study and Training (Qualifying Period of Employment) Regulations 2010

The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2010

The Community Legal Service (Financial) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010

The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

The Individual Savings Account (Amendment) Regulations 2010

The Child Trust Funds (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010

The Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2010

The Nitrate Pollution Prevention (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Baxter v Mannion – WLR Daily

Baxter v Mannion [2010] EWHC 573 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 82

“There was no good reason to confine the jurisdiction of the registrar under para 5(a) of Sch 4 to the Land Registration Act 2002 to the correction of procedural mistakes. If any statutory condition which was a prerequisite for registration was shown not to have been satisfied, there was a mistake in the register which the registrar had power to correct.”

WLR Daily, 19th March 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Maroudas v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – WLR Daily

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in appeals, law reports, rights of way, roads by sally

Maroudas v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2010] EWCA Civ 280; [2010] WLR (D) 81

“An application under s 53(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to upgrade a byway from a road used as a public path to a byway open to all traffic did not need to be made in a single document. The lack of a date and signature on the application might be cured by a letter sent shortly after the submission of the form but where no date or signature was supplied for ten weeks the statutory requirements in para 1 of Sch 14 to the 1981 Act had not been complied with. In the instant case the applicant’s failure to make clear the extent of the route which he wanted the local authority to upgrade, together with his failure to supply a map, were also departures from the strict requirements set out in Wildlife and Countryside (Definitive Maps and Statements) Regulations 1993. Together the departures from the strict requirements required that the application be rejected.”

WLR Daily, 19th March 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Bloomsbury International Ltd and others v Sea Fish Industry Authority and another – WLR Daily

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in appeals, fisheries, law reports, ultra vires by sally

Bloomsbury International Ltd and others v Sea Fish Industry Authority and another [2010] EWCA Civ 263; [2010] WLR (D)

“The Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy) Regulations 1995, which empowered the Sea Fish Industry Authority to treat sea fish and sea fish products imported from a member state of the European Union as ‘landed’ in the United Kingdom for the purpose of imposing levies upon them, were ultra vires s 4 of the Fisheries Act 1981 and contravened arts 28 and 30 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU’).”

WLR Daily, 19th March 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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R (JS (Sri Lanka)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

R (JS (Sri Lanka)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 15; [2010] WLR (D) 79

“An asylum seeker was excluded from protection under the Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) (Cmd 9171), pursuant to art 1F(a), if there were serious reasons for considering him voluntarily to have contributed in a significant way to an organisation’s ability to pursue the purpose of committing war crimes or crimes against humanity, whilst being aware that his assistance would in fact further that purpose.”

WLR Daily, 19th March 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Fewer rape convictions because plea bargains prevail, report suggests – The Guardian

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in news, plea bargaining, rape, reports, sexual offences by sally

“Hundreds of convictions gained in rape cases are actually for lesser offences, official figures reveal.”

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The Guardian, 20th March 2010

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Supreme Court to decide on the validity of prenuptial agreements – The Times

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in news by sally

“Britain’s most senior judges will hear a landmark appeal this week over whether divorcing couples should be bound by pre-marriage agreements on how their assets will be split.”

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The Times, 22nd March 2010

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Human rights alliance demands inquiry into UK torture role – The Guardian

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in inquiries, intelligence services, news, torture, war by sally

“Human rights groups have joined forces with a group of British MPs to campaign for an independent inquiry into the UK’s role in torture and rendition during the so-called war on terror.”

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The Guardian, 22nd March 2010

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What I’m really thinking: The defence barrister – The Guardian

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in barristers, criminal justice, news by sally

“‘How can you defend someone if you know they’re guilty? The answer is, you never know.'”

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The Guardian, 20th March 2010

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Gagging law to protect Prince Charles – The Times

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in news by sally

“The government is trying to change the law to protect the Prince of Wales from scrutiny when he intervenes in public affairs.”

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The Times, 21st March 2010

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Prosecutors must ‘raise game’ on disabled hate crime – BBC News

“The Crown Prospection Service should do more to help disabled victims of hate crime, an official has admitted.”

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BBC News, 22nd March 2010

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New law could catch those who tempt others into death – The Times

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in news by sally

“At least 39 people have killed themselves in Britain after receiving advice on the internet, but no one has been prosecuted for encouraging them.”

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The Times, 20th March 2010

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160 plastic policemen charged with crimes – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in disciplinary procedures, news, police, professional conduct by sally

“More than 2,000 police community support officers have been investigated for misconduct and more than 160 charged with criminal offences since the role was created, it can be revealed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 21st March 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Court allows judicial review over Yarl’s Wood detention – The Guardian

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in children, detention, human rights, immigration, news, women by sally

“Lawyers have been granted permission to challenge the government’s detention policy, which they claim amounts to ‘cruel, inhumane and degrading’ treatment of women and children.”

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The Guardian, 20th March 2010

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Wrestling with the libel hydra – The Times

Posted March 22nd, 2010 in news by sally

“Pressure is growing to stop the rich and powerful using the courts to stifle debate – but time is running out.”

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The Times, 21st March 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk