Gun runner’s accomplice found guilty of conspiracy to import – The Guardian

Posted November 11th, 2011 in conspiracy, firearms, news by tracey

“A man has been found guilty of helping an international gun runner to smuggle dozens of handguns into Britain on commercial transatlantic flights.”

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The Guardian, 10th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted November 11th, 2011 in legislation by tracey

The Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011

The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No.4) Order 2011

The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

The Public Service Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011

The Goods Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011

The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011

The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2011

The Export Control (Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions) Regulations 2011

The Animal By-Products (Enforcement) and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Common European Sales Law – Law Commission

Posted November 11th, 2011 in consumer protection, contracts, EC law, reports, sale of goods by tracey

“An optional system of European contract law advice to the UK Government published.”

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Law Commission, 10th November 2011

Source: www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission

CPS statement on the case of Anne the Elephant – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted November 11th, 2011 in animal cruelty, press releases, prosecutions by tracey

“CPS takes on the prosecution of Bobby and Moira Roberts over mistreatment of circus elephant.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 10th November 2011

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Dumo Sibanda house fire murder: George Sithole jailed – BBC News

Posted November 11th, 2011 in murder, news, sentencing by tracey

“A ‘jealous and possessive’ man has been jailed for life for murdering a six-year-old girl who died in a Sussex house fire seven years ago.”

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BBC News, 10th November 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Met Police chief inspector sacked over sex and drugs boast – BBC News

Posted November 11th, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, news, police by tracey

“A Metropolitan Police chief inspector has been sacked after boasting on a dating website of committing a sexual offence and taking drugs.”

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BBC News, 10th November 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Taxman wins £100m on slot machine VAT ruling – The Guardian

Posted November 11th, 2011 in EC law, gambling, news, VAT by tracey

“Revenue & Customs could claw back more than £100m after European court ruling on VAT for slot machines and bingo games.”

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The Guardian, 10th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

MPs in freedom of information call for release of files on secret rendition – The Guardian

Posted November 11th, 2011 in freedom of information, intelligence services, news, rendition, torture by tracey

“Intelligence documents showing how British officials were involved in the secret rendition of UK residents to Guantánamo Bay and other jails – where they say they were abused and tortured – must be disclosed, an information tribunal was told on Thursday.”

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The Guardian, 10th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Legal aid cuts ‘will stop the most vulnerable getting justice’ says report – The Guardian

Posted November 11th, 2011 in civil justice, Civil Justice Council, legal aid, litigants in person, news by tracey

“Civil Justice Council says planned £350m reduction in legal aid budget will also result in courts struggling to manage caseloads.”

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The Guardian, 11th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

 

Access to Justice for Litigants in Person (or self-represented litigants) – Civil Justice Council

Posted November 11th, 2011 in civil justice, Civil Justice Council, legal aid, litigants in person, reports by tracey

“A CJC working party has looked at how access to justice can be improved for individuals, known as litigants-in-person, who either choose not to have or cannot afford legal representation. Its report sets out a range of short and longer term practical recommendations aimed at addressing the problems faced by unrepresented litigants to help them resolve their disputes.”

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Civil Justice Council, 11th November 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/advisory-bodies/cjc

Council cuts to elderly care fees ruled illegal – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 11th, 2011 in budgets, care homes, elderly, judicial review, local government, news by tracey

“Councils across England could be forced to spend hundreds of millions of pounds extra on care for the elderly after a landmark High Court case.”

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Daily Telegraph, 10th November 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Clegg orders inquiry into ‘sex discrimination’ by banks – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 11th, 2011 in banking, news, sex discrimination by tracey

“High street banks are guilty of sex discrimination, refusing pregnant women mortgages and charging higher interest rates on business loans to female entrepreneurs, research has found.”

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Daily Telegraph, 10th November 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Muslims Against Crusades banned from midnight – BBC News

Posted November 10th, 2011 in demonstrations, Islam, news, proscribed organisations by sally

“Home Secretary Theresa May is banning Muslims Against Crusades, a group planning an anti-Armistice Day protest.”

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BBC News, 10th November 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Channel Islands VAT loophole to close from April – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 10th, 2011 in news, tax avoidance, VAT by sally

“A tax loophole which allows retailers to avoid VAT charges by bringing low-value goods into the UK via the Channel Islands is to end from 1 April 2012, the Government has announced.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 10th November 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

Cohabitees’ property rights: still as clear as mud – The Guardian

Posted November 10th, 2011 in cohabitation, mortgages, news, precedent, Supreme Court by sally

“The Jones v Kernott judgment does little to resolve the grey area of ex-cohabitees’ entitlements to a share in their former home.”

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The Guardian, 10th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Public school gangster jailed for 30 years – The Independent

Posted November 10th, 2011 in drug abuse, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A former public schoolboy who wanted to be a gangster was jailed for a minimum 30 years for murder today.”

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The Independent, 10th November 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Wandsworth Prison murder: Killers jailed for life – BBC News

Posted November 10th, 2011 in murder, news, prisons, sentencing by sally

“Two men convicted of murdering a man outside a prison in south London have been jailed for life.”

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BBC News, 10th November 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted November 10th, 2011 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Drake & Anor v Fripp [2011] EWCA Civ 1282 (03 November 2011)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Pykett v Ebony Clement & Anor [2011] EWHC 2925 (QB) (09 November 2011)

High Court (Administrative Court)

VC & Ors, R (on the application of) v Newcastle City Council [2011] EWHC 2673 (Admin) (24 October 2011)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Forensic Telecommunications Services Ltd v West Yorkshire Police & Anor [2011] EWHC 2892 (Ch) (09 November 2011)

High Court (Family Division)

ML & Anor v RW & Anor [2011] EWHC 2455 (Fam) (29 July 2011)

AR v AR [2011] EWHC 2717 (Fam) (11 August 2011)

London Borough of Tower Hamlets v BB & Ors [2011] EWHC 2853 (Fam) (31 August 2011)

Source: www.bailii.org

Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd v Berrisford – WLR Daily

Posted November 10th, 2011 in landlord & tenant, law reports, leases, Supreme Court by sally

Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd v Berrisford [2011] UKSC 52; [2011] WLR (D) 322

“An agreement for a term of uncertain duration could not give rise to a tenancy in accordance with its terms but, pursuant to section 149(6) of the Law of Property Act 1925, it could take effect as a lease for 90 years, determinable on the death of the tenant.”

WLR Daily, 9th November 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Jones v Kernott – WLR Daily

Posted November 10th, 2011 in cohabitation, law reports, mortgages, Supreme Court by sally

Jones v Kernott [2011] UKSC 53; [2011] WLR (D) 321

“When a cohabiting couple bought a family home in their joint names and were both responsible for the mortgage, but without any express declaration as to their beneficial interests, the starting point was that equity followed the law so that the presumption was that they were joint tenants both in law and in equity. That presumption could be displaced by showing that the parties had a different common intention at the time when they acquired the home or that they later formed a common intention that their respective shares would change. Their common intention was to be deduced objectively from their conduct. If it was clear that the parties did not intend joint tenancy at the outset or had changed their original intention, but it was not possible to ascertain, whether by direct evidence or by inference, what their actual intention was as to the shares in which they owned the property, each was entitled to that share which the court considered fair, having regard to the whole course of the dealing between them in relation to the property.”

WLR Daily, 9th November 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk