Using insolvency to discharge financial order obligations: the blank canvas remains – Family Law Week

Posted May 21st, 2012 in bankruptcy, debts, families, news by sally

“Byron James, Barrister, 14 Gray’s Inn Square explores the, as yet, unfettered and undefined discretion of the court to discharge a party from obligations under orders made in family proceedings following bankruptcy, following the recent Chancery Division case of Hayes v Hayes.”

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Family Law Week, 20th May 2012

Source: www.familylawweek.com

General training ‘failing’, consumer watchdog tells review – Law Society’s Gazette

“Regular re-accreditation and an end to the ‘general practitioner model’ of training are among the reforms called for by the Legal Services Consumer Panel in its submission to the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) today.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 21st May 2012

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Barker v Hambleton District Council – WLR Daily

Posted May 21st, 2012 in law reports, planning, time limits by sally

Barker v Hambleton District Council [2012] EWCA Civ 610; [2012] WLR (D) 149

“The time limit for making an application to the High Court in relation to a local development plan under section 113(4) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 ran from the date on which the plan was adopted by the local authority.”

WLR Daily, 9th May 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted May 21st, 2012 in legislation by sally

The Bridgewater Canal (Transfer of Undertaking) Order 2012

The Health Education England (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2012

The Education (School Performance Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

The Health Education England Regulations 2012

The Mink Keeping (Prohibition) (Wales) Order 2012

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted May 21st, 2012 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Westbrook Dolphin Square Ltd v Friends Life Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 666 (18 May 2012)

Mattu v The University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust [2012] EWCA Civ 641 (18 May 2012)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Joyce & Anor v O’Brien & Anor [2012] EWHC 1324 (QB) (17 May 2012)

Taaffe v East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust [2012] EWCH 1335 (QB) (18 May 2012)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Green, R (on the application of) v Gillian & Edward Gunner [2012] EWHC 1253 (Admin) (18 May 2012)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Brown & Ors v Innovatorone Plc & Ors [2012] EWHC 1321 (Comm) (18 May 2012)

Citigroup Global Markets Ltd v Amatra Leveraged Feeder Holdings Ltd & Ors [2012] EWHC 1331 (Comm) (18 May 2012)

Shaker v Vistajet Group Holding SA [2012] EWHC 1329 (Comm) (18 May 2012)

Source: www.bailii.org

A secret justice climb down? Perhaps not – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted May 21st, 2012 in bills, closed material, judiciary, news, private hearings, public interest by sally

“It appears that the Government has climbed down, in part, from some of its controversial secret justice proposals. According to the Telegraph, the Justice and Security Bill, which will be published this week, will include a provision whereby judges, not the Government, has the final say on whether a Closed Material Procedure (CMP) is used. Moreover, CMPs will be restricted to ‘national security cases’ rather than any case ‘in the public interest’.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 21st May 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Sky News referred to CPS and attorney general after naming rape victim – The Guardian

Posted May 21st, 2012 in anonymity, Crown Prosecution Service, media, news, rape, victims by sally

“North Wales police have referred Sky News to the Crown Prosecution Service and the attorney general’s office following the accidental broadcast of a rape victim’s name.”

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The Guardian, 18th May 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Judges to decide on secret evidence as Clarke pushes ahead with plans – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 21st, 2012 in bills, closed material, judiciary, news, private hearings, public interest by sally

“Judges will decide whether national security evidence can be heard in secret in a partial climbdown on plans to be unveiled by Kenneth Clarke this week.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Penalised train passengers fight ticketing rules – The Guardian

Posted May 21st, 2012 in fines, news, ombudsmen, prosecutions, railways by sally

“Rail passengers threatened with fines and even prosecution by train guards – despite buying a ticket – have called on the rail passenger watchdog to challenge their legality amid growing consumer anger.”

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The Guardian, 18th May 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Supreme Court judge on war, intelligence and the retreat of judicial deference – UK Human Rights Blog

“The recent standoff between two leading judicial lights, Jonathan Sumption and Stephen Sedley, may make for entertaining reading, but don’t be fooled.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 20th May 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Plan to cut spending on court interpreters leads to farce – The Independent

Posted May 21st, 2012 in auditors, budgets, courts, interpreters, news, solicitors by sally

“A defendant dubbed a ‘pervert’ by mistake, a rabbit applying to be a Czech language specialist and solicitors using the Google Translate website to understand their clients: the debacle surrounding court interpreters has had its amusing moments.”

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The Independent, 21st May 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Dale Farm council urged to drop private prosecution of protesters – The Guardian

“A council is seeking to privately prosecute two dozen protesters for obstructing bailiffs during the eviction of Dale Farm, after police and the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to charge them.”

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The Guardian, 18th May 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Widower pays price for infidelity as judge rules he is not entitled to full compensation – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 21st, 2012 in compensation, marriage, negligence, news, paramedics by sally

“A company director who fathered a child with his mistress has paid the price for his infidelity after a judge ruled he was not entitled to full compensation over the death of his wife.”

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Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Facebook child sex abuser Ryan Chambers jailed – BBC News

“A ‘very dangerous and predatory’ teenager who sexually abused four girls he met on Facebook has been jailed for three years and nine months.”

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BBC News, 18th May 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Theresa May takes powers to strip Met of counter-terrorism role – The Guardian

Posted May 21st, 2012 in bills, news, police, terrorism by sally

“The home secretary, Theresa May, has quietly taken powers to strip Scotland Yard of its national counter-terrorism role in the aftermath of the Olympics.”

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The Guardian, 18th May 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Housing benefit system discriminated against disabled people, rules Court of Appeal – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted May 21st, 2012 in appeals, benefits, disability discrimination, housing, human rights, news by sally

“In the same week that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan-Smith, announced his intention to implement sweeping reforms of the current system of disability benefits, the Court of Appeal has ruled that housing benefit rules were discriminatory against disabled people, in breach of Article 14 read with Article 1 Protocol 1 of the European Convention.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 19th May 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Clarifying cookie consent – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted May 21st, 2012 in consent, data protection, EC law, fines, internet, news, privacy by sally

“Three years have gone by since the European Parliament shocked and awed everyone by tweaking the e-privacy directive and introducing the most controversial word in the data protection glossary – consent – in the provision that deals with Internet cookies.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th May 2012

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Child asylum seekers ‘still being imprisoned’ by immigration service – The Guardian

Posted May 21st, 2012 in asylum, children, detention, immigration, news, psychiatric damage by sally

“A report by the Refugee Council to be published this week accuses the immigration service of continuing to detain child asylum seekers by wrongly classifying them as adults.”

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The Guardian, 20th May 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ali Koc jailed for life for north London double murder – BBC News

Posted May 21st, 2012 in assault, grievous bodily harm, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A man has been jailed for life for two murders and a string of ‘senseless’ assaults in north London.”

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BBC News, 18th May 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Barry George in compensation case – BBC News

Posted May 18th, 2012 in compensation, miscarriage of justice, murder, news by sally

“Barry George, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando, can fight a test case for compensation, a judge has ruled.”

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BBC News, 18th May 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk