Paul Gascoigne becomes hacking test case – BBC News

Posted July 1st, 2011 in interception, media, news, privacy by tracey

“Paul Gascoigne will be one of the four test cases for alleged victims of News of the World phone-hacking.”

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BBC News, 1st July 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lord Hanningfield jailed for nine months for fiddling parliamentary expenses – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 1st, 2011 in expenses, false accounting, parliament, sentencing by tracey

“Former Tory peer Lord Hanningfield has jailed for nine months after being found guilty of fiddling his parliamentary expenses.”

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Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Dowler family cross-examination puts advocates on the spot – The Guardian

Posted July 1st, 2011 in advocacy, cross-examination, news, quality assurance by tracey

“The furore over the cross-examination of Milly Dowler’s parents has placed advocacy in the courts under a fierce spotlight. Putting the rights and wrongs of the Dowler case to one side, the public debate has probably come at a good time for the Joint Advocacy Group (JAG), which will shortly introduce a controversial quality assurance scheme for advocates (QASA) working in criminal law.”

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The Guardian, 1st July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Grandmother’s corpse: Benefit fraud woman jailed – BBC News

Posted July 1st, 2011 in benefits, burials and cremation, fraud, news, sentencing by tracey

“A woman who left the corpse of her mother at their Wirral home unburied for up to six months has been jailed.”

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BBC News, 1st July 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Supreme Court to consider suspending bail ruling – BBC News

Posted July 1st, 2011 in appeals, bail, detention, news by tracey

“The Supreme Court will consider on Monday suspending a judgement that has thrown police bail into chaos.”

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BBC News, 1st July, 2001

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Mother walks free from court after strangling autistic son with belt – Daily Telegraph

“A mother who strangled her autistic son because she could no longer cope with looking after him has walked free from court.”

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Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Skydiving Rhondda benefit cheat gets suspended sentence – BBC News

Posted July 1st, 2011 in benefits, fraud, news, sentencing by tracey

“A woman who was filmed skydiving while claiming sickness benefits has been handed a suspended jail term.”

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BBC News, 1st July 2011

Source; www.bbc.co.uk

Tougher penalties planned for NHS data losses – The Guardian

Posted July 1st, 2011 in data protection, hospitals, medical records, penalties by tracey

“Information commissioner Christopher Graham says fines of up to £500,000 could be imposed for Data Protection Act breaches.”

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The Guardian, 1st July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk

Posted July 1st, 2011 in parliamentary papers by tracey

Individual Electoral Registration Cm 8108 (PDF)
Individual Electoral Registration Impact Assessment Cm 8109 (PDF)

Source: www.official-documents.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted July 1st, 2011 in law reports by tracey

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Pryor v Greater Manchester Police [2011] EWCA Civ 749 (30 June 2011)

Clark v Bourne Leisure Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 753 (30 June 2011)

Mahan Air & Anor v Blue Sky One Ltd & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 771 (01 July 2011)

Grant v HM Land Registry [2011] EWCA Civ 769 (01 July 2011)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Flinders, R (on the application of) v The Director of High Security & Ors [2011] EWHC 1630 (Admin) (30 June 2011)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Cordoba Holdings Ltd v Ballymore Properties Ltd [2011] EWHC 1636 (Ch) (30 June 2011)

Frontsouth (Witham) Ltd & Anor, Re [2011] EWHC 1668 (Ch) (30 June 2011)

High Court Commercial Court)

Gard Marine & Energy Ltd. v Tunnicliffe & Ors [2011] EWHC 1658 (Comm) (30 June 2011)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Ashcroft v Foley & Ors [2011] EWHC 1710 (QB) (01 July 2011)

Maritsave Ltd v National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Ltd. [2011] EWHC 1660 (QB) (01 July 2011)

MacIntyre v Ministry of Defence [2011] EWHC 1690 (QB) (30 June 2011)

Smith & Ors v Ministry of Defence [2011] EWHC 1676 (QB) (30 June 2011)

Source: www.bailii.org

 

Astellas Pharma Ltd and others v Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and others – WLR Daily

Astellas Pharma Ltd and others v Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and others [2011] EWCA Civ 752;  [2011] WLR (D)  213

“An injunction obtained in representative proceedings was binding on all persons represented in the claim, but a judge was entitled, in the exercise of his discretion, to refuse to frame the order in terms which would make it enforceable by or against persons who were not parties to the claim.”

WLR Daily, 29th June 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

White v Davenham Trust Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted July 1st, 2011 in bankruptcy, debts, guarantees, law reports, statutory demands, surety by tracey

White v Davenham Trust Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 747;  [2011] WLR (D)  212

“A guarantor of a debt could not set aside a statutory demand served by a creditor where the creditor had security over the assets of the principal debtor, and so could not serve a statutory demand on the principal debtor because of rule 6.5(4)(c) of the Insolvency Rules 1986, but had the benefit of an unsecured debt owed by the guarantor.”

WLR Daily, 28th June 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Gwynedd nurse Alan Roberts cleared of assault on appeal – BBC News

Posted July 1st, 2011 in assault, elderly, news, nurses by tracey

“A senior nurse convicted of assaulting an 88-year-old patient in hospital has been cleared on appeal.”

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BBC News, 30th June 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Disability charity mounts court challenge to Jackson reforms – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 1st, 2011 in disabled persons, fees, judicial review, legal aid, news, personal injuries by tracey

“A disability charity has mounted a High Court challenge to oppose government plans to reform ‘no win, no fee’ arrangements.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 30th June 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Law firms ally with chambers to bid for criminal contract – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 1st, 2011 in barristers, law firms, legal aid, news, tenders by tracey

“Fifteen law firms in south Wales are to form an alliance with a set of chambers to bid for a criminal legal aid contract from the Legal Services Commission in the next contract round.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 29th June 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Government imposes more demands on News Corporation in its takeover bid for BSkyB – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 1st, 2011 in media, news, takeovers by tracey

“An independent director will have to sit in on Sky News board meetings when editorial decisions are being made if News Corporation’s bid to takeover BSkyB is successful and the news provider is spun off into a separate company, the Government said today.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

Film industry asks court to force BT to cut off access to alleged copyright-infringing website – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 1st, 2011 in copyright, film industry, internet, news by tracey

“Film industry representatives have asked a UK court to force BT to block its customers’ access to a UK-operated website it says violates copyright rights.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

Challenge and opportunity – DPP speech to the Whitehall and Industry Group Lawyers Network – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted July 1st, 2011 in Crown Prosecution Service, speeches by tracey

“Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this evening. I would like to tell you something about the challenges the Crown Prosecution Service is currently facing and what we are doing about them.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 16th June 2011

Source; www.cps.gov.uk

Bar regulator sets up centralised examinations team – Bar Standards Board

Posted July 1st, 2011 in barristers, examinations, legal education, press releases by tracey

“A newly formed team of legal practitioners and academics has been appointed by the Bar Standards Board (BSB), as examiners for the new centralised examinations initiative. The new centralised exams will form part of the assessment of students undertaking the vocational stage of barristers’ training, known as the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC).”

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Bar Standards Board, 30th June 2011

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

Vital safeguard of right to lawyer in police stations ‘under attack’ – The Guardian

Posted July 1st, 2011 in legal aid, legal representation, news by tracey

“Plan to scrap automatic access to legal aid solicitors is a full-blown assault on the universal right to representation.”

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The Guardian, 30th June 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk