“Alison Burge, barrister, of Pump Court Chambers analyses the Court of Appeal’s decision in the watershed case of Petrodel v Prest.”
Family Law Week, 31st October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“The Supreme Court has ruled that the law of habeas corpus should not be used to order the US to return a Pakistani national held in US custody to the UK.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Supreme Court
Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2012] UKSC 49 (31 October 2012)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Williams v R. [2012] EWCA Crim 2162 (18 October 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Cairns v Modi [2012] EWCA Civ 1382 (31 October 2012)
G (A Child), Re [2012] EWCA Civ 1377 (31 October 2012)
Curati v Perdoni & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 1381 (31 October 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Ross River Ltd & Anor v Waverly Commercial Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 3006 (Ch) (09 October 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Faniyi v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2012] EWHC 2965 (Admin) (26 October 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Ismail & Anor v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2012] EWHC 3056 (QB) (31 October 2012)
Ali v Bashir & Anor [2012] EWHC 3007 (QB) (30 October 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The government’s plans for a new generation of secret courts faced a fresh setback on Wednesday when its own human rights watchdog warned the proposals could be incompatible with the law”
The Guardian, 31st October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“‘Soft-touch Britain: the asylum capital of Europe’; ‘Refugees made our lives hell too, say neighbours’; and “DNA test for bogus refugees scrapped as expensive flop”. All are headlines that have appeared recently in the UK press, despite it now being almost a decade since the Press Complaints Commission first heard from charities on why coverage like this should stop. And despite it now being almost a decade since the PCC issued guidance to address what it agreed was widespread inaccurate reporting.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 has created the office of Chief Coroner, plucked at the very last minute from the Coalition’s ‘bonfire of the quangos’. On Friday, the first Chief Coroner, His Honour Judge Peter Thornton QC, delivered The Howard League for Penal Reform’s 2012 Parmoor Lecture.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Whistleblowers involved in misconduct will face more lenient penalties under proposals being considered by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 31st October 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A UK supreme court ruling on the unlawful detention of Yunus Rahmatullah exposes the complicity of Britain with the US.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two substances which are said to give users dangerous ‘legal highs’ are to be made illegal class B drugs – with users facing up to five years in jail.”
BBC News, 1st November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has been told by peers and MPs that her £1.8bn internet monitoring proposals will be a ‘honeypot for hackers and criminals around the world’ and that she must bring in prison sentences for those who hack databases.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman has said she feels let down after the trial of a man accused of attacking her was halted because of a mistake by prosecutors.”
BBC News, 31st October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It is said that there are more questions on the application form to be a member of a lender’s conveyancing panel than there are to join MI5. Whether or not that is true, it is clear that if you want to do a good job for your homebuying clients, and act for lenders as well as your clients in any conveyancing transaction, chances are you will have to go through onerous vetting procedures now required by banks and building societies to be on their panels of approved solicitors.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st November 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Government plans to extend the use of secret hearings in courts are not compatible with the Human Rights Act, the equalities watchdog has said.”
The Independent, 31st October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The natural father of Baby P who was falsely accused of having been convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl has had a libel award of £75,000 cut to £50,000.”
The Independent, 31st October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An appeal against a £90,000 libel award to former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns over an accusation of match-fixing has failed.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In what amounts to a defeat for the government, the Supreme Court has decided in this case to refer to the European Court of Justice questions on the interpretation of the EU Citizenship Directive, 2004/38.”
Head of Legal, 31st October 2012
Source: www.headoflegal.com
“Today I talk with Andrew Hopper QC about the regulatory framework for solicitors, the Code of Practice, the strengths and shortcomings of the Solicitors regulation Authority and the need for legal education to be improved with good training for prospective lawyers in ethics – the morals and not simply the rules.”
Charon QC, 31st October 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
The Civil Legal Aid (Immigration Interviews) (Exceptions) Regulations 2012
The Civil Legal Aid (Family Relationship) Regulations 2012
The Civil Legal Aid (Prescribed Types of Pollution of the Environment) Regulations 2012
The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“The UK Supreme Court has ruled against a legal charity which argued a Pakistani national in US custody should be handed over to the UK.”
BBC News, 31st October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Crocs Europe BV v Anderson & Anor (t/a Spectrum Agencies) [2012] EWCA Civ 1400 (30 October 2012)
McCarrick v Hunter [2012] EWCA Civ 1399 (30 October 2012)
Joyce v Epsom and Ewell Borough Council [2012] EWCA Civ 1398 (30 October 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Gregory v Benham [2012] EWHC 2971 (QB) (26 October 2012)
Joseph & Ors v Spiller & Anor [2012] EWHC 2958 (QB) (26 October 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Oraki & Anor v Dean & Dean (a firm) & Anor [2012] EWHC 2885 (Ch) (23 October 2012)
Lawie v Lawie & Ors [2012] EWHC 2940 (Ch) (26 October 2012)
Taylor v Diamond [2012] EWHC 3008 (Ch) (29 October 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Ali v London Borough of Newham [2012] EWHC 2970 (Admin) (30 October 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Denness & Anor v East Hampshire District Council [2012] EWHC 2951 (TCC) (30 October 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
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