Legislation titles – what’s in a name? – The Guardian

Posted March 24th, 2011 in bills, legislation, legislative drafting, news by sally

“The protection of freedoms bill shows it is not always easy to ensure a bill’s ‘short title’ accurately summarises its contents.”

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The Guardian, 24th March 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

‘Night Stalker’ guilty of rape terror – The Independent

Posted March 24th, 2011 in burglary, news, rape, sexual offences by sally

“Night Stalker Delroy Grant was convicted today of being one of the most prolific and depraved sex attackers in British history.”

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The Independent, 24th March 2011

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Woman pays £1 for MRSA legal claim against hospital – BBC News

Posted March 24th, 2011 in hospitals, negligence, news, precedent by sally

“A woman seeking compensation from a Norfolk hospital after taking over an MRSA sufferer’s damages claim could set a legal precedent, a court has heard.”

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BBC News, 24th March 2011

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Phone hacking: Met and DPP clash over legal advice on stolen voicemails – The Guardian

“The phone-hacking scandal has spilled over into an extraordinary public clash between the Metropolitan police and the director of public prosecutions, with each side implying the other has misled parliament.”

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The Guardian, 24th March 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Android devices

Posted March 24th, 2011 in news by sally

We recently posted information for iPhone users on how to add the Current Awareness blog as a shortcut on your home screen. We have now put together instructions for Android devices. For more information click here.

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted March 24th, 2011 in legislation by sally

The Mutual Societies (Electronic Communications) Order 2011

The Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (Commencement No.1) Order 2011

The Consular Fees Order 2011

The Transfer of Functions (Big Lottery Fund) Order 2011

The Friendly Societies (Proxy Voting) Regulations 2011

The Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2011

The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2011

The Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (Overseas Territories) Order 2011

The Transfer of Functions (Report on the Civil Estate) Order 2011

The Transfer of Functions (Media and Telecommunications etc.) Order 2011

The European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Stabilisation and Association Agreement) (Republic of Serbia) Order 2011

The European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership and Cooperation Agreement) (Republic of Indonesia) Order 2011

The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2011

National Insurance Contributions Act 2011

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted March 24th, 2011 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

L & R v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 649 (23 March 2011)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Bayfine UK v HM Revenue and Customs [2011] EWCA Civ 304 (23 March 2011)

Baturina v Times Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 308 (23 March 2011)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

National Westminster Bank Plc v Binney [2011] EWHC 694 (QB) (23 March 2011)

High Court (Chancery Division)

The Hedgehog Golf Company Ltd v Hauser [2011] EWHC 689 (Ch) (23 March 2011)

Digrado v D’Angelo [2011] EWHC 635 (Ch) (18 March 2011)

B v S [2011] EWHC 691 (Comm) (23 March 2011)

High Court (Administrative Court)

O (A Child), R (on the application of) v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham [2011] EWHC 679 (Admin) (23 March 2011)

Rozo-Hermida, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 695 (Admin) (23 March 2011)

San Michael College Ltd, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 642 (Admin) (18 March 2011)

BE, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 690 (Admin) (23 March 2011)

High Court (Family Division)

N v F [2011] EWHC 586 (Fam) (11 March 2011)

Baby X, Re [2011] EWHC 590 (Fam) (15 March 2011)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Simon Carves Ltd v Ensus UK Ltd [2011] EWHC 657 (TCC) (23 March 2011)

High Court (Patents Court)

Atrium Medical Corporation & Anor v DSB Invest Holding SA [2011] EWHC 429 (Pat) (24 February 2011)

Source: www.bailii.org

Legal opinions – Joshua Rozenberg reflects on 25 years covering the law – Legal Week

Posted March 24th, 2011 in BBC, law reports, news by sally

“As mainstream media shies away from legal coverage, Joshua Rozenberg talks to Alex Aldridge about the 25 years under his belt that have made him the UK’s best-known legal commentator.”

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Legal Week, 24th March 2011

Source: www.legalweek.com

Corporate law firms widen the recruitment net – The Guardian

Posted March 24th, 2011 in law firms, legal profession, news, universities by sally

“News that top firms are to recruit students from less traditional universities has not been welcomed by all.”

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The Guardian, 24th March 2011

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Change in Inheritance Tax laws encourages charitable giving – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 24th, 2011 in charities, inheritance tax, news by sally

“Inheritance tax laws will be changed to encourage people to donate at least part of their estates to charity as part of the Coalition’s ‘Big Society’ initiative.”

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd March 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Cornwall man jailed for shooting sister’s donkey dead – BBC News

Posted March 24th, 2011 in animal cruelty, compensation, criminal damage, firearms, news, sentencing by sally

“A man from Cornwall has been jailed for shooting his sister’s donkey dead after an argument.”

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BBC News, 23rd March 2011

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Targets for judicial diversity ‘wrong approach’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 24th, 2011 in diversity, judiciary, news by sally

“Setting targets for increasing the number of female judges would be the ‘wrong approach’ to boosting diversity, the minister responsible for legislation and law reform told the House of Lords last week.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 24th March 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

The changing face of justice – The Guardian

Posted March 24th, 2011 in courts, legal history, legal language, news by sally

“The visual vocabulary of courts – rooted in Babylonian, Egyptian, Classical, and Renaissance iconography – provides a transnational symbol of government, and courts have become obligatory facets of good governance. Consider the image of two women: one with scales, sword and blindfold; the other, Prudence, regarding herself in a mirror. Justice was once regularly shown with Prudence as well as Fortitude and Temperance, the four cardinal virtues. We know this imagery of justice because we have been taught it. Rulers regularly link themselves to the virtue Justice as they seek legitimacy for the laws that they make and enforce.”

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The Guardian, 24th March 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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Wife loses bid for bigger payout from estranged husband – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 24th, 2011 in appeals, divorce, financial provision, news by sally

“The estranged wife of a former banker who argued that £4.8 million was not enough to live on yesterday lost a High Court bid for a larger slice of his wealth.”

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd March 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Cow manure fetish man is jailed by Cornwall court – BBC News

Posted March 24th, 2011 in arson, harassment, news, recidivists, restraining orders, sentencing by sally

“A man with a fetish for cow manure has been jailed for two years.”

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BBC News, 23rd March 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Shot Pc David Rathband sues force over Raoul Moat attack – The Independent

Posted March 24th, 2011 in duty of care, firearms, news, police by sally

“Shot Pc David Rathband said today he was suing his own force because he was left ‘a sitting duck’ when gunman Raoul Moat declared war on police.”

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The Independent, 23rd March 2011

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Master of the rolls to judges: keep your judgments simple – The Guardian

Posted March 24th, 2011 in judgments, judiciary, news by sally

“Judges should avoid making judgments that are ‘readable by few, comprehendible by fewer still’, said Lord Neuberger in a speech on open justice last week. With a nod to Gilbert and Sullivan’s accessible opera he offered Lord Atkin’s decision in Donoghue v Stevenson as ‘a very model of a modern major judgment’. The case, decided by the House of Lords in 1932, features a decomposed snail in a bottle of ginger beer and is known to every lawyer in the land: it sets out, in clear terms, the scope of the law of negligence.”

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The Guardian, 23rd March 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk