“Plans to overhaul the court system to hold evening and weekend hearings, first introduced at the height of last summer’s riots and now being deployed for the Olympics, have met strong opposition from lawyers being forced to work longer hours.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Matthew Wright’s Channel 5 daytime show has been told it did not break any broadcasting regulations, despite running a survey that used the words ‘mong’, ‘spaz’ and ‘retard’.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two million unmarried couples should be given greater legal rights, the country’s top female judge has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Helena Kennedy QC presents a series uncovering the relationship between the UK’s financial and legal systems, between capitalism and the law and between freedom and justice.”
BBC Radio 4, 9th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Families of missing people will be given greater support when a loved one goes missing with today’s announcement that the Government will introduce a certificate of presumed death – through legislation.”
Ministry of Justice, 6th July 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A number of changes to the Immigration Rules come into effect on 9 July 2012. These changes will affect non-European Economic Area (non-EEA) nationals applying to enter or remain in the UK under the family migration route.”
UK Border Agency, 9th July 2012
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“As announced by the government on 18 June 2012, the Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) Regulations 2012 come into force today (9 July 2012). The regulations set out who qualifies for a full right of appeal against a visa refusal to visit family in the UK.”
UK Border Agency, 9th July 2012
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Mr Justice Ryder’s Sixth Update of the Family Justice Modernisation Programme has been published.”
Family Law Week, 6th July 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“The lawyer and founder of Reprieve on defending clients on death row, why the whole justice system is flawed – and his fear of appearing sanctimonious.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Content Services Ltd v Bundesarbeitskammer (Case C-49/11); [2012] WLR (D) 195
“Article 5(1) of Parliament and Council Directive 97/7/EC of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts meant that a business practice which made the information referred to in that provision accessible to the consumer only via a hyperlink on a website did not meet the requirements of the Directive, since that information was neither ‘given’ by that undertaking nor ‘received’ by the consumer and was not a ‘durable medium’.”
WLR Daily, 5th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Article 7(1) of Parliament and Council Directive 2003/88/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time precluded national provisions under which a worker who became unfit for work during a period of paid annual leave was not entitled subsequently to the paid annual leave which coincided with the period of unfitness for work.”
WLR Daily, 21st June 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bewley v R [2012] EWCA Crim 1457 (06 July 2012)
Mickevicius & Ors v R [2012] EWCA Crim 1477 (06 July 2012)
Joof & Ors v R [2012] EWCA Crim 1475 (04 July 2012)
Dawson v R [2012] EWCA Crim 1476 (05 July 2012)
Patel, Re defendant’s cost order [2012] EWCA Crim 1508 (06 July 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Fifteen people have been convicted of trying to steal £176m from the public purse in one of the largest and most complex mobile phone tax frauds yet uncovered.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This case about prisoner’s pay provides an interesting up to date analysis of the role of the doctrine of ‘margin of appreciation’ and its applicability in domestic courts.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th July 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The trial of John Terry for allegedly racially abusing Anton Ferdinand will get under way on Monday.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“All private investigators in England and Wales should be licensed or at least registered, a committee of MPs has recommended.”
BBC News, 6th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A theoretical physicist who sued the British science journal, Nature, had his case dismissed on Friday after a judge ruled that a news article that criticised him was responsible and honest journalism.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“When can a Local Authority refuse to accept an application as homeless? This was a judicial review of Birmingham City Council’s refusal to accept a homeless application by the Claimant, Ms May, ostensibly on the basis that there was no change in facts from her previous application(s).”
NearlyLegal, 7th July 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
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