English rules tightened for immigrant partners – BBC News

Posted June 9th, 2010 in immigration, marriage, news, visas by sally

“Ministers are bringing forward to the autumn measures requiring many immigrants marrying UK citizens to prove they have a command of English.”

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BBC News, 9th June 2010

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Prisoners must get vote by next year, warns Europe – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 9th, 2010 in elections, human rights, news, prisons by sally

“Prisoners in Britain must be given the vote in time for elections next year, the Council of Europe said yesterday as it stepped up pressure on the new coalition Government to abide by a five-year-old court ruling.”

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Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2010

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Easyjet founder takes airline to court in row over branding rights – The Independent

Posted June 9th, 2010 in airlines, brand names, news, shareholders by sally

“A simmering row between flamboyant entrepreneur Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and the company he founded, easyJet, is to be taken to court in a battle which could limit the operation of the no-frills airline, and even lead to it losing its name.”

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The Independent, 9th June 2010

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Owning your image – BBC Law in Action

Posted June 9th, 2010 in photography, podcasts, police, privacy by sally

“Joshua Rozenberg investigates how the police, the courts and those responsible for protecting personal data strike a balance between the need to safeguard civil liberties and the police’s responsibility to prevent crime. Are there enough safeguards to protect the public from being unfairly linked with criminals? Is maintaining public order being used as an excuse to engineer a surveillance society? Or are the authorities simply taking the minimum steps to ensure a determined and well-organised minority of protesters bent on disruption do not wreck the lives of the law-abiding majority?”

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BBC Law in Action, 8th June 2010

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Lord Neuberger to lead appeal panel over Channel Four libel jury case – The Lawyer

Posted June 9th, 2010 in appeals, defamation, media, news, trial without jury by sally

“The Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger will examine Mr Justice Tugendhat’s decision to disallow a jury in a major libel trial against Channel Four.”

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The Lawyer, 8th June 2010

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Hospital fined £50,000 over death of disabled man – The Guardian

Posted June 9th, 2010 in disabled persons, fines, health & safety, hospitals, news by sally

“A hospital where a severely disabled man died when he caught his head in the rails around his bed was today fined £50,000.”

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The Guardian, 8th June 2010

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Child abuse reports to be published – The Independent

Posted June 9th, 2010 in child abuse, news, reports, social services by sally

“Full reports of official investigations into the most notorious cases of child abuse are to be published, ministers confirmed.”

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The Independent, 8th June 2010

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Royal College of Nursing takes legal action against Government’s anti-paedophile database – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 9th, 2010 in child abuse, judicial review, news, nurses by sally

“Nursing leaders are taking legal action against the Government’s controversial anti-paedophile database in another blow to the troubled scheme.”

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Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2010

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Former head of prisons: short sentences don’t stop reoffending – The Independent

Posted June 9th, 2010 in community service, news, prisons, recidivists, rehabilitation, sentencing by sally

“Prison has no effect in stopping thousands of criminals reoffending and politicians should look again at whether it is a suitable punishment for minor crimes, the outgoing head of the prison service has said.”

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The Independent, 9th June 2010

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Don’t delay deportation flight, government warns judges – The Guardian

Posted June 9th, 2010 in deportation, injunctions, Iraq, judicial review, judiciary, news by sally

“Government lawyers have warned high court judges that last-minute legal challenges should not be allowed to ‘disrupt or delay’ a deportation flight to Baghdad due to leave Britain early tomorrow.”

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The Guardian, 8th June 2010

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President of the Supreme Court defends terror rulings – The Times

Posted June 9th, 2010 in news by sally

“The judge who heads Britain’s top court last night defended the Human Rights Act and recent rulings by courts that terrorist suspects cannot be sent home to their own countries.”

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The Times, 9th June 2010

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The Academies Bill – a simple idea, complex problems – The Times

Posted June 8th, 2010 in news by sally

“Academies are a hybrid: independent schools funded by central government. Those that exist – about 200 – were created because of population growth, parental demand or closure of a failing school.”

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The Times, 8th June 2010

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Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted June 8th, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2010

The Council of the City of York (Hungate Bridge) Scheme 2009 Confirmation Instrument 2010

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Marshall and Others v Deputy Governor of Bermuda and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted June 8th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Marshall and Others v Deputy Governor of Bermuda and Others

Privy Council

“In public law proceedings a public authority’s duty to furnish the court with information which it alone was in a position to provide, and without which it would not be possible for the court to assess the merits of an issue, did not transfer to the authority the onus of proving matters which a claimant had to prove.”

The Times, 7th June 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Aviva Life and Pensions UK Ltd v Linpac Mouldings Ltd and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted June 8th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Aviva Life and Pensions UK Ltd v Linpac Mouldings Ltd and Others

Court of Appeal

“The right to exercise a break clause in a 99-year lease in a licence to assign was exercisable only when the assignee was still in possession.”

The Times, 7th June 2010

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Google France SARL v Louis Vuitton Malletier SA and Others Joined Cases – Times Law Reports

Posted June 8th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Google France SARL v Louis Vuitton Malletier SA and Others Joined Cases C-236, 237 and 238/08

Court of Justice of the European Union

“An internet referencing service provider which stored a sign identical with a trademark as a keyword and arranged for the display of advertisements on the basis of that keyword did not use the sign within the European Union trademark legislation.”

The Times, 8th June 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

‘Sexual predator’ jailed for string of assaults – The Independent

“A ‘sexual predator’ who admitted a string of sexual assaults on woman was given an indeterminate jail sentence, police said.”

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The Independent, 8th June 2010

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Nick Clegg signals rethink over rape trial anonymity – The Guardian

Posted June 8th, 2010 in anonymity, news, prosecutions, rape by sally

“Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, today signalled a new willingness to drop the government’s plans to grant anonymity to defendants in rape cases, after growing opposition to the proposal.”

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The Guardian, 7th June 2010

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Activists plead lawful excuse for causing damage at arms factory – The Guardian

Posted June 7th, 2010 in conspiracy, criminal damage, defences, news, weapons by sally

“Activists claim they were legally justified in causing £180,000 damage to an arms factory as they were seeking to stop what they believed were Israeli war crimes in Gaza, a court heard today.”

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The Guardian, 7th June 2010

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An unhappy anniversary for the Equal Pay Act – The Guardian

Posted June 7th, 2010 in employment tribunals, equal pay, legislation, news by sally

“Forty years on, the gender pay gap remains a yawning chasm. And with access to justice through employment tribunals loaded against the ordinary person, that is unlikely to change.”

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The Guardian, 7th June 2010

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