Deal or No Deal: Channel 4 to face commission over gambling concerns – The Guardian

Posted March 13th, 2012 in gambling, media, news by sally

“The Gambling Commission will meet senior executives at Channel 4 in the next few days to discuss concerns that its hit teatime gameshow Deal or No Deal may constitute gambling.”

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The Guardian, 13th March 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Richard O’Dwyer case: TVShack creator’s US extradition approved – BBC News

Posted March 13th, 2012 in copyright, extradition, internet, news by sally

“Home Secretary Theresa May has approved the extradition to the US of a student accused of copyright infringement.”

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BBC News, 13th March 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Woman fails to quash conviction for falsely retracting rape claim – The Guardian

“The court of appeal has refused to quash a criminal conviction against a mother of four young children who was jailed for falsely retracting an accusation of rape against her allegedly violent and abusive husband.”

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The Guardian, 13th March 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Court dismisses Belize rapes action – The Independent

Posted March 13th, 2012 in duty of care, news, rape, school children by sally

“Two women who were raped as schoolgirls on ‘the trip of a lifetime’ to Belize have lost their High Court damages action.”

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The Independent, 13th March 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

High Court quashes pub landlady conviction over football copyrights infringement – OUT-LAW.com

Posted March 13th, 2012 in appeals, copyright, media, news by sally

“The pub landlady who was fined for screening FA Premier League (FAPL) football matches using a foreign satellite decoder has had her criminal conviction overturned by the High Court.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 13th March 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

CFA reform will not be retrospective, MoJ says – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 13th, 2012 in bills, fees, news, retrospectivity by sally

“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) today sought to quell fears that Jackson reforms would be applied retrospectively to cases launched before April 2013.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 13th March 2012

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk

Posted March 13th, 2012 in parliamentary papers by sally

Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Cm 8321 (PDF)

Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk

Regina v Kapoor and others – WLR Daily

Posted March 13th, 2012 in appeals, crime, immigration, law reports by sally

Regina v Kapoor and others [2012] EWCA Crim 435; [2012] WLR (D) 72

“For the purposes of section 25(1)(2) of the Immigration Act 1971, as substituted, an ‘immigration law’ was a law which determined whether a person was lawfully or unlawfully either entering the United Kingdom, or in transit or being in the United Kingdom and did not include section 2 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 which made it an offence for a person not to have with him at a leave or asylum interview an immigration document which was in force and satisfactorily established his identity and nationality or citizenship.”

WLR Daily, 9th March 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Huet v Université de Bretagne Occidentale – WLR Daily

Posted March 13th, 2012 in contract of employment, EC law, fixed-term contracts, law reports by sally

Huet v Université de Bretagne Occidentale (Case C-251/11); [2012] WLR (D) 71

“National legislation which provided for conversion of fixed-term employment contracts into an employment contract of indefinite duration when the fixed-term employment contracts reached a certain duration did not have to require that the employment contract of indefinite duration reproduced in identical terms the principal clauses set out in the previous contract. However, in order not to undermine the practical effect of, or the objectives pursued by, Council Directive 1999/70/EC, the member state concerned had to ensure that the conversion of fixed-term employment contracts into an employment contract of indefinite duration was not accompanied by material amendments to the clauses of the previous contract in a way which was, overall, unfavourable to the person concerned when the subject-matter of that person’s tasks and the nature of his functions remain unchanged.”

WLR Daily, 8th March 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Golden Ocean Group Ltd v Salgaocar Mining Industries Pvt Ltd and another – WLR Daily

Posted March 13th, 2012 in appeals, charterparties, electronic mail, law reports by sally

Golden Ocean Group Ltd v Salgaocar Mining Industries Pvt Ltd and another [2012] EWCA Civ 265; [2012] WLR (D) 70

“A contract of guarantee is enforceable where contained not in a single document signed by the guarantor but in a series of documents duly authenticated by the signature of the guarantor.”

WLR Daily, 9th March 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Crime and Punishment: new documentary exploring criminality – Ministry of Justice

Posted March 13th, 2012 in crime, criminal justice, news, prisons by sally

“A new BBC documentary starts today, exploring criminality over the past 60 years and featuring a number of prisons in England and Wales.”

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Ministry of Justice, 12th March 2012

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

International Children Law Update – March 2012 – Family Law Week

Posted March 13th, 2012 in appeals, children, custody, law reports, news by sally

“Jacqueline Renton of 4 Paper Buildings reviews the latest key decisions in international children law.”

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Family Law Week, 12th March 2012

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted March 13th, 2012 in law reports by sally

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

British Pregnancy Advisory Service v The Person Using the Alias ‘Pablo Escobar’ [2012] EWHC 572 (QB) (12 March 2012)

Nicklinson v Ministry of Justice & Ors [2012] EWHC 304 (QB) (12 March 2012)

High Court (Chancery Division)

D R Sheridan LLP v Higgins & Anor [2012] EWHC 547 (Ch) (12 March 2012)

JSC BTA Bank v Solodchenko & Ors [2012] EWHC 550 (Ch) (08 March 2012)

High Court (Family Division)

A v SM & Anor [2012] EWHC 435 (Fam) (25 January 2012)

Source: www.bailii.org

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted March 13th, 2012 in legislation by sally

The Postal Services Act 2011 (Taxation) Regulations 2012

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2012

The Social Security (Credits) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

The Postal Services Act 2011 (Transfer of Accrued Pension Rights) Order 2012

The Postal Services Act 2011 (Transfer of Assets) Order 2012

The Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) Order 2012


The Reporting of Savings Income and Interest Payments (Data-gathering) Regulations 2012

The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

The Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications, Continuing Professional Development and Registration (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

The Plant Health (Fees) (England) Regulations 2012

The Finance Act 2010, Schedule 6, Part 1 (Further Consequential and Incidental Provision etc) Order 2012

The Finance Act 2010, Schedule 6, Part 2 (Commencement) Order 2012

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Court of Appeal: Herefordshire Council’s use of planning report did not provide adequate reasons for grant – OUT-LAW.com

Posted March 13th, 2012 in appeals, local government, news, planning by sally

“A local authority should not have used a report recommending the refusal of planning permission as justification for allowing that planning permission, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 12th March 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

Investors launch legal action against RBS – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 13th, 2012 in banking, financial regulation, news, shareholders by sally

“A group of institutional and private shareholders has launched a multi-billion pound legal claim against the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), its former chief executive Fred Goodwin and 18 directors and non-executive directors.”

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Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Future of human rights court must not be decided by shadowy late night deals – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted March 13th, 2012 in courts, human rights, news, treaties by sally

“It’s a busy week for the debate on human rights reform. Today at 2:15pm, the Joint Committee on Human Rights will question the UK judge and current President of the European Court of Human Rights, Sir Nicholas Bratza. Sir Nicholas returns to the UK in a hailstorm of UK reporting – accurate and inaccurate – on the perceived failings of the Strasbourg Court and its judges.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 13th March 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Barrister who forged Baroness Hale’s signature struck off by BSB – The Lawyer

Posted March 13th, 2012 in barristers, disciplinary procedures, forgery, news, professional conduct by sally

“A former Middle Temple barrister has been struck off by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) for concocting a web of ‘tortuous deceit’ over a ‘phantom’ £1m payout to his client.”

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The Lawyer, 12th March 2012

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Paedophiles chemically castrated in British jail – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 13th, 2012 in news, prisons, recidivists, sexual offences, sterilisation by sally

Around one hundred child sex offenders have undergone chemical castration under a government programme to reduce the likelihood of them reoffending.

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Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

CPS cost cuts damaging court cases, report warns – The Guardian

Posted March 13th, 2012 in Crown Prosecution Service, news, reports by sally

“Mistakes are being made in crown court cases by unprepared in-house prosecutors as bosses try to cut costs, a report has warned.”

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The Guardian, 13th March 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk