Regina (Health and Safety Executive) v Wolverhampton City Council – WLR daily

Posted July 19th, 2012 in compensation, law reports, local government, planning, Supreme Court by tracey

Regina (Health and Safety Executive) v Wolverhampton City Council: [2012] UKSC 34;  [2012] WLR (D)  212

“A local planning authority, when considering under section 97 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 whether to revoke a planning permission it had previously granted, was entitled to have regard to the cost of the compensation it would have to pay to the developer out of public funds should it decide to revoke.”

WLR Daily, 18th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (Modhej and another) v Secretary of State for Justice – WLR Daily

Posted July 19th, 2012 in appeals, law reports, release on licence, sentencing by tracey

Regina (Modhej and another) v Secretary of State for Justice: [2012] EWCA Civ 957;  [2012] WLR (D)  210

“Where the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal against sentence at a time by which, subsequent to the original passing of sentence, the law had changed in relation to release on licence, it was not the case that reliance could be placed on the particularities of such date in order to claim that it was the later provisions which governed matters relating to release.”

WLR Daily, 17th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (Alvi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted July 19th, 2012 in codes of practice, employment, immigration, law reports, Supreme Court by tracey

Regina (Alvi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants intervening):[2012] UKSC 33;  [2012] WLR (D)  211

“Any requirement which, if not satisfied, would lead to an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom being refused, was a rule ‘as to the practice to be followed’ in the administration of the Immigration Act 1971 and therefore had to be laid before Parliament in accordance with section 3(2) of the Act.”

WLR Daily, 18th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted July 19th, 2012 in legislation by tracey

The Savings Certificates (Children’s Bonus Bonds) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

The National Savings Stock Register (Amendment) Regulations 2012

The Individual Savings Account (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012

The Child Trust Funds (Amendment) Regulations 2012

The National Insurance Contributions (Application of Part 7 of the Finance Act 2004) Regulations 2012

The Finance Act 2012 (Enterprise Investment Scheme) (Appointed Day) Order 2012

House of Commons Members’ Fund Resolution 2012

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk

Posted July 19th, 2012 in parliamentary papers by tracey

Swift and sure justice: : the Government’s plans for reform of the criminal justice system,
Cm 8388 (PDF)

The Government’s response to ‘A future for British film: it begins with the audience’, Cm 8355 (PDF)

Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk

Attorney General welcomes Bellfield contempt judgment – Attorney General’s Office

Posted July 19th, 2012 in contempt of court, media, press releases by tracey

“Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd and Associated Newspapers Ltd have today been found guilty of contempt of court for publishing potentially prejudicial material whilst the jury was considering its verdict in relation to Rachel Cowles’ alleged abduction by Levi Bellfield.”

Full press release

Attorney General’s Office, 18th July 2012

Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

BMJ editorial sparks controversy over right-to-life – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted July 19th, 2012 in euthanasia, medical treatment, news by tracey

“An editorial article published in the British Medical Journal on 12 July 2012 (subscription required) has provoked controversy in right-to-life circles. The article, entitled ‘Sanctity of life law has gone too far’ criticises the ruling of Baker J in the ‘M’ case where an application to authorise the removal of artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) from a patient in a minimally conscious state was refused.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 18th July 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

 

Proposed Consumer Bill of Rights will modernise law with clear rights for digital products, Government says – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 19th, 2012 in bills, consultations, consumer protection, news by tracey

“A Consumer Bill of Rights will modernise 30-year old consumer laws to create clear rights for purchasers of digital content, the Government has announced.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 18th July 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

Wig seller failed to provide consumer with supplier’s address in breach of distance selling rules, rules ad watchdog – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 19th, 2012 in advertising, customs and excise, news, sale of goods by tracey

“An online toupee-seller broke advertising rules by not providing customers with the address of its foreign supplier and not explaining that customers returning goods would have to pay customs duty, the UK’s advertising watchdog has ruled.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 18th July 2012

Source: www.outlaw.com

Children’s Commissioner publishes review of age assessment cases since R (A) v Croydon LBC Supreme Court judgment – Family Law Week

Posted July 19th, 2012 in children, immigration, local government, news, reports by tracey

“The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a new report The Fact of Age: Review of case law and local authority practice since the Supreme Court judgment in R (A) v Croydon LBC [2009]. The report has been written by Laura Brownlees , an independent research and policy consultant, and Zubier Yazdani, a solicitor with Deighton Pierce Glynn.”

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Family Law Week, 18th July 2012

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

 

Mother of Hugh Grant’s baby wins paparazzi pledge – The Guardian

Posted July 19th, 2012 in harassment, media, news, photography, privacy by tracey

“The mother of Hugh Grant’s baby has received a high court undertaking from a picture agency not to pursue or harass her, in a ruling that could give celebrities new protection against paparazzi photographers.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Man jailed for 16 years could be freed through fresh DNA evidence – The Guardian

“A man who has spent almost 16 years in prison for a crime he always denied committing may soon be freed after DNA traces from another man persuaded investigators to refer his case to the court of appeal.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Grow Heathrow: Squatters lose court bid to stay – BBC News

Posted July 19th, 2012 in airports, news, repossession, squatting by tracey

“A group of squatters who set up a community garden project on private land close to Heathrow Airport have failed in a court bid to stay.”

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BBC News, 18th July 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Offender behaviour not tackled before release – report – BBC News

Posted July 19th, 2012 in news, prisons, rehabilitation by tracey

“Serious criminals are being released from prison without going on programmes designed to change their offending behaviour, says a report.”

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BBC News, 19th July 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Privy council blocks ‘vulture fund’ from collecting $100m DRC debt – The Guardian

Posted July 19th, 2012 in debts, news, Privy Council by tracey

“The privy council has blocked a multimillionaire speculator from taking up to $100m (£64m) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for a decades old debt that started out at $3.3m.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Apple ordered to run adverts stating Samsung did not copy iPad – The Guardian

Posted July 19th, 2012 in advertising, news, patents by tracey

“Apple has been ordered to take out advertisements in major newspapers – including the Daily Mail, the Guardian and the Financial Times – pointing to a UK high court ruling that says Samsung did not copy its iPad, the Bloomberg news agency is reporting. It said the order came from Judge Colin Birss in a ruling on 18 July following his 9 July ruling in which he said that Samsung did not infringe Apple’s patents because the American company’s device was ‘cool’ but Samsung’s “are not as cool” even while they were “very, very similar” viewed from the front.”

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The Guardian, 19th July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Huge spike in use of controversial new ‘deprivation of liberty’ orders despite critics arguing they are not fit for purpose – The Independent

Posted July 19th, 2012 in freedom of movement, mental health, news by tracey

” More than 11,000 people were deprived of their liberty last year using controversial new legislation that critics have argued is ‘not fit for purpose’.”

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The Independent, 18th July 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Healthcare company pays out over death of BBC reporter’s father – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 19th, 2012 in compensation, hospitals, negligence, news by tracey

“A private healthcare company was ordered to pay out nearly £130,000 after the elderly father of BBC health correspondent Fergus Walsh died due to neglect when he was allowed to fall from a hospital balcony.”

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Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Police face inquiry over couple lost in landslide – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 19th, 2012 in complaints, news, police by tracey

“The police are to be investigated after a couple’s bodies lay buried beneath a landslide for ten days, it emerged.”

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Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Supreme court strikes down Home Office’s back-door changes to immigration rules – The Guardian

Posted July 18th, 2012 in families, human rights, immigration, news, Supreme Court by tracey

“Just over a week since far-reaching new immigration rules took effect – which will permanently separate many British citizens or settled residents from their non-European spouses, children and ageing relatives – the home secretary has suffered a severe defeat in the supreme court. In the case of Alvi [2012] UKSC 33, handed down today, the court struck down a previous attempt by the Home Office to introduce substantive immigration requirements through the back door of policy, guidance or instructions, rather than in the body of the immigration rules themselves.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk