Lawyer jailed for £51,000 OAP fraud – The Independent

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in news, powers of attorney, sentencing, solicitors, theft by tracey

“A solicitor was today jailed for 26 months after stealing more than £51,000 from an elderly dementia sufferer who treated him like a son.”

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The Independent, 23rd March 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Merseyside pair jailed for handling stolen LS Lowry art – BBC News

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in handling stolen goods, sentencing by tracey

“Two men from Merseyside have been jailed for handling stolen paintings by the artist LS Lowry worth £1.7m.”

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BBC News, 22nd March 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Prostitution ring head Thomas Carroll to hand over £1.9m – BBC News

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in news, proceeds of crime, prostitution by tracey

“A man who ran an international prostitution ring will have to hand over £1.9m of his criminal profits after losing a court appeal.”

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BBC News, 23rd March 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Australia deports rapist Leslie Cunliffe back to UK – The Independent

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in deportation, news, rape by tracey

“A British rapist who carried out a horrific sex attack likened to The Silence of the Lambs has been deported from Australia to the UK.”

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The Independent, 23rd March 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Lawyers give mixed response to Woodcock age discrimination ruling – The Lawyer

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in age discrimination, dismissal, news, pensions, redundancy by tracey

“Employment lawyers have given a mixed response to an eagerly anticipated Court of Appeal (CoA) ruling on whether discrimination can be justified by saving costs.”

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The Lawyer, 23rd March 2012

Source: www.thelawyer.com

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in law reports by tracey

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust [2012] EWCA Civ 330 (22 March 2012)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Loveluck-Edwards & Anor v Ideal Developments Ltd. & Anor [2012] EWHC 716 (Ch) (22 March 2012)

Rohl v Bickland Ltd [2012] EWHC 706 (Ch) (22 March 2012)

High Court (Patents Court)

Teva UK Ltd & Ors v Astrazeneca AB [2012] EWHC 655 (Pat) (22 March 2012)

Regeneron Pharmacueticals Inc v Genentech Inc [2012] EWHC 657 (Pat) (22 March 2012)

Source: www.bailii.org

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in legislation by tracey

The Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Amendment) Order 2012

The Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012

The Policing of Aerodromes (Belfast International Airport) Order 2012

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Regina (FDA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another – WLR Daily

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in indexation, law reports, pensions, social security by tracey

Regina (FDA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another: [2012] EWCA Civ 332;  [2012] WLR (D)  95

“The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was entitled to use the Consumer Price Index, rather than the Retail Price Index, as the measure of consumer price inflation for the purpose of annually uprating public service pensions under section 150 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.”

WLR Daily, 20th March 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (Newhaven Port & Properties Ltd) v East Sussex County Council – WLR Daily

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in commons, law reports by tracey

Regina (Newhaven Port & Properties Ltd) v East Sussex County Council: [2012] EWHC 647 (Admin);  [2012] WLR (D)  94

“The words used by Parliament to define ‘town and village green’ in section 15 of the Commons Act 2006 were sufficiently broad to permit the registration of a tidal beach, comprising part of operational port land owned by a landowner, as a town or village green provided that the nature, quality and duration of the recreational user satisfied the statutory test: there was no requirement that land in respect of which registration was sought had to be either ‘grassy’ or consistent with traditional notions of what constituted a village green. That was so even if the land in issue was wholly covered in water for part of the day.”

WLR Daily, 21st March 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in parliamentary papers by tracey

Economic and fiscal outlook March 2012, Cm 8303 (pdf)

Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk

Justice is Too Often Sacrificied for Price Competition: Bar Chairman Addresses Cayman Islands on Ethics and Rule of Law – The Bar Council

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in lectures, press releases, rule of law by tracey

“Michael Todd QC, the Chairman of the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, will today address an invited audience in Grand Court Number One of the Cayman Islands on ‘Ethics and the Rule of Law.’ ”

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The Bar Council, 22nd March 2012

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Appeals in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division: details of sentence – The Bar Council

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in appeals, drafting, press releases, sentencing by tracey

“The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) will in future strongly recommend any legal representative drafting grounds of appeal against sentence to incorporate within those grounds a pro forma table setting out the details of the sentence passed.”

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The Bar Council, 21st March 2012

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Compelling reasons but no need for truly drastic circumstances: second stage immigration appeals revisited – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in appeals, immigration, news, tribunals by tracey

“The Court of Appeal has considered the test for the second stage of appeal in immigration cases, when someone wishes to appeal from the Upper Tribunal to the Court of Appeal. The test requires showing that: ‘(a) the proposed appeal would raise some important point of principle or practice; or (b) there is some other compelling reason for the [Court of Appeal] to hear the appeal.’ ”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd March 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Children’s Commissioner for Wales’ first review uncovers failings in advocacy provision – Family Law Week

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in children, legal representation, news, Wales by tracey

“Some of Wales’ most vulnerable children and young people are unaware of their statutory right to an independent professional advocate due to a system without a clear set of checks and balances, according to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Keith Towler.”

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Family Law Week, 22nd  March 2012

Source: www.familylawweek.com

 

Police anti-terrorism stop and searches cease – BBC News

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in news, police, statistics, stop and search, terrorism by tracey

“Police have ceased using anti-terrorism stop and search powers, figures from the Home Office show. Between April and September 2011 the powers, which enable police to search anyone for terrorist material in designated areas, were not used once.”

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BBC News, 22nd March 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Headteacher Andrew Wilkie jailed for £53k theft from school – BBC News

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in abuse of position of trust, news, sentencing, teachers, theft by tracey

“A headteacher has been jailed for 16 months after stealing more than £53,000 from his school to fund a gambling addiction. Andrew Wilkie, 41, admitted two charges of theft from Southdown Primary School in Buckley, Flintshire, after losing his life savings on online poker sites.”

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BBC News, 2nd March 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Thief stole laptop after apologising to victim – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in guilty pleas, news, restorative justice, sentencing, theft by tracey

Months earlier Ivan Barker, 21, had stolen a laptop and cigarettes from wheelchair-bound Jean Jacque Mathely. So when he called round to say ‘sorry’ his victim was naturally guarded, but let him in after he said police suggested he should face up to his offending. But once inside, rather than apologise to the man he had wronged, he made off with Mr Mathley’s new laptop. Now Barker, who sold the stolen goods to pay for booze, has finally been jailed for 16 weeks after pleading guilty to theft.”

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Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

One in five abortion clinics breaks law – The Guardian

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in abortion, news by tracey

“Up to one in five abortion clinics is suspected of breaking the law and faces a police inquiry following an official investigation ordered by the Health Secretary, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. The regulator conducted a series of unannounced raids on every clinic offering abortions this week and found that a ‘shocking’ number may be breaking the law.”

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The Guardian, 22nd March 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

London riots: Boy, 12, sentenced for violent disorder – BBC News

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in news, sentencing, violent disorder, young offenders by tracey

“A 12-year-old boy has become one of the youngest people to be sentenced over last summer’s riots in London.”

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BBC News, 22nd March 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Investigation into Sussex ‘raw’ milk sold in Selfridges – BBC News

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in food hygiene, news by tracey

“A Sussex farm is being investigated for selling unpasteurised milk in a major department store.”

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BBC News, 22nd March 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk