Abu Qatada seeks judicial review of detention – The Guardian

Posted July 31st, 2012 in deportation, detention, habeas corpus, judicial review, news by sally

“The radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada, who has spent more than six years in detention, will on Tuesday launch a fresh bid for release. Qatada’s lawyers will apply to the high court for a writ of habeas corpus and permission to launch a judicial review of his continuing detention while he fights deportation to Jordan to stand trial on terrorist charges.”

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The Guardian, 30th July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Network access charges imposed by BT on rivals were unjustified, Court of Appeal rules – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 31st, 2012 in appeals, EC law, news, telecommunications, tribunals by sally

“The prices that BT charged rivals to access parts of its network to provide services to their subscribers were not justified, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 30th July 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

Met win Glenn Mulcaire statement access – The Independent

Posted July 30th, 2012 in disclosure, interception, media, news, police, public interest, witnesses by sally

“The Metropolitan Police have won access to a witness statement filed by private investigator Glenn Mulcaire relating to who instructed him to intercept PR consultant Nicola Phillips’s voicemail.”

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The Independent, 30th July 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Gillingham FC ‘racially victimised Mark McCammon’ – BBC News

“A black footballer’s dismissal by his club was unfair racial victimisation, a tribunal has ruled.”

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BBC News, 30th July 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

LSB sets the complaint handling agenda – Legal Service Board

Posted July 30th, 2012 in complaints, consumer protection, legal profession, news by sally

“The Legal Services Board (LSB) is reminding all regulators of their important role in making sure lawyers deal properly with complaints – and stressing the need for both regulators and lawyers to learn from what they reveal.”

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Legal Services Board, 30th July 2012

Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk

Lawcast 217: Alex Novarese, Editor in Chief Legal Week – the changing legal landscape – Charon QC

“Tonight (28 July) I am talking with Alex Novarese, Editor in Chief of Legal Week. The legal world is changing. Legal news reporting is changing – the way legal services are delivered is changing and even the Bar is getting in on the act to compete for work.”

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Charon QC, 28th July 2012

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.

New video games age-rating regime comes into force – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 30th, 2012 in children, consumer protection, news, penalties, video games by sally

“Retailers that supply age-rated video games to children who are below the specified age could face up to six months in jail and a £5,000 fine under a new age classification regime in operation in the UK.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 30th July 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

Rachel Hewitt jailed for cancer lies to police colleagues – BBC News

“A police officer who took time off work after falsely claiming her daughter had cancer has been jailed for 18 months.”

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BBC News, 30th July 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The Rule of Law and its Enemies: The Landscape of Law – Gresham College Lecture

Posted July 30th, 2012 in financial regulation, news, rule of law by sally

“The historian Niall Ferguson delivers a lecture, recorded at Gresham College in the heart of legal London, addressing the relationship between the nature of law and economic success. He examines the rule of law in comparative terms, asking how far the common law’s claims to superiority over other systems are credible. Are we living through a time of creeping legal degeneration in the English-speaking world?”

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Lecture by Professor Niall Ferguson

Gresham College, 3rd July 2012

Source: www.gresham.ac.uk

BSB Welcomes Publication of COIC Tribunal Review Report – Bar Standards Board

Posted July 30th, 2012 in barristers, disciplinary procedures, news, tribunals by sally

“The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has welcomed the publication of the Final Report of the COIC Disciplinary Tribunal and Hearings Review Group, chaired by Desmond Browne QC.”

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Bar Standards Board, 27th July 2012

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

Section 38(6) Applications – Further fine-tuning – Family Law Week

“Sally Gore, barrister, of 14 Gray’s Inn Square, examines developments concerning applications for assessment under section 38(6) of the Children Act 1989 culminating in the Court of Appeal’s clarification in S (A Child) [2011].”

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Family Law Week, 27th July 2012

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Lawcast 218: John Cooper QC on the #Twitterjoketrial judgment – Charon QC

“The judgment in the #twitterJoketrial is an important one for Paul Chambers who has been acquitted and can now get on with his life without the stain of criminal conviction hanging over his head.”

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Charon QC, 28th July 2012

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.

Preparing for the on-line processing of family and civil legal aid claims: action required from all chambers that undertake legal aid work – The Bar Council

Posted July 30th, 2012 in internet, legal aid, news, pilot schemes by sally

“The Legal Services Commission (LSC) are developing a new online system (the Client and Cost Management System – CCMS).”

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The Bar Council, 27th July 2012

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

English law is fair to women, not ‘unfair’ to Muslims – Daily Telegraph

“This country recognises the equal rights of husband and wife in a divorce, so will not recognise a prenup agreement that is unfair to the woman.”

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Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Lasting Power of Attorney goes digital – Ministry of Justice

Posted July 30th, 2012 in consultations, internet, news, powers of attorney by sally

“People will be able to use a simpler and quicker system to apply for their loved ones to legally manage their affairs under Government plans put out for consultation today.”

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Ministry of Justice, 27th July 2012

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Mother-of-eight Shamim Akhtar jailed for drugging daughter – The Independent

“A grandmother has been jailed for four years for kidnapping and drugging her own daughter after she refused to marry the man her family wanted her to.”

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The Independent, 27th July 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Blacklisted builders launch mass legal action against Sir Robert McAlpine – The Guardian

“Workers blacklisted by the construction industry over more than three decades have launched a high court claim against industry giant Sir Robert McAlpine, the Tory donor and builder of the Olympic Stadium, for conspiring with other firms to keep them out of work.”

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The Guardian, 29th July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted July 30th, 2012 in legislation by sally

The Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2012

The Hinkley Point Harbour Empowerment Order 2012

The Hinkley Point (Temporary Jetty) (Land Acquisition) Order 2012

The Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2012

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2012

The Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2012

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Twitter users “free to speak not what they ought to say, but what they feel” – UK Human Rights Blog

“The famous ‘Twitter joke’ conviction of Paul Chambers has been overturned on appeal, bringing welcome clarity to what is and what is not an offence of this type. On discovering a week before he was due to take a flight that the airport was closed due to adverse weather conditions, he tweeted that ‘I am blowing the airport sky high!!’ unless the situation was resolved by the time of his flight. He was convicted of sending a message of a ‘menacing character’, but has had the conviction quashed on appeal, on the basis that, as it was a joke, it was not of a menacing character.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 27th July 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Teenager who throttled and beat girl detained indefinitely – The Guardian

“A teenage boy who throttled a 10-year-old girl as she played in a street and repeatedly beat her around the head so viciously he could have killed her has been locked up indefinitely.”

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The Guardian, 27th July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk