Tamil deportations from UK blocked by London High Court – BBC News

Posted February 28th, 2013 in asylum, deportation, news, torture by sally

“The High Court in London has blocked the deportation of a group of failed Tamil asylum seekers scheduled to be sent back to Sri Lanka on Thursday.”

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BBC News, 28th February 2013

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Three men convicted of sex-trafficking 13-year-old girl – The Guardian

Posted February 28th, 2013 in children, drug offences, news, rape, sexual offences, trafficking in human beings by sally

“Three men have been convicting of abducting a 13-year-old girl and forcing her to become their sex slave.”

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The Guardian, 17th February 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

‘Risk-Assessed’ supervision consultation launched – Bar Standards Board

Posted February 28th, 2013 in barristers, consultations, news, quality assurance by sally

“Sets of chambers and barristers have the opportunity to influence how they are supervised by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) by taking part in a consultation exercise launched today.”

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Bar Standards Board, 26th February 2013

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

UK files on murdered spy Litvinenko must stay secret, rules coroner – The Guardian

Posted February 28th, 2013 in confidentiality, disclosure, documents, inquests, intelligence services, murder, news by sally

“Media groups have expressed disappointment after a coroner ruled that secret government files on the murdered Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko would be examined in private.”

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The Guardian, 27th February 2013

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Telling tales out of school: balancing public authority employees’ duties of confidentiality with their right to freedom of expression – Employment Law Blog

“A dinner lady told a child’s parents that their daughter had been tied to a fence and whipped with a skipping rope by some other pupils, repeated the same to the press and then was dismissed for breach of confidentiality and acting in a manner likely to bring the school into disrepute. An employment tribunal found the dismissal procedurally unfair but dismissed her whistleblowing claim and reduced her compensation for unfair dismissal on the grounds of Polkey and for contributory fault. The tribunal did not, however, determine the question of whether the claimant could lawfully be disciplined for ‘telling tales out of school’ (as it put it).”

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Employment Law Blog, 27th February 2013

Source: www.employment11kbw.com

Judicial appointments: new boys at the supreme court – The Guardian

Posted February 28th, 2013 in courts, judges, news, Supreme Court by sally

“Who’s in and who’s out of the top tier of the judiciary? Joshua Rozenberg’s money is on Lady Hale for deputy president.”

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The Guardian, 27th February 2013

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Drones, street art and more immigration law – BBC Law in Action

Posted February 28th, 2013 in children, deportation, immigration, news, terrorism, weapons by sally

“Joining us this week is Ben Emmerson QC, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism. As ‘drones’ – or unmanned aerial vehicles – are increasingly used by the United States to kill suspected terrorists in other nations, we look at the legal case for and against their use. And we ask: if they can legally be deployed in civilian areas in Yemen or Pakistan, could they also be used against targets in Britain? Plus: we look at the controversial European court rulings that stop illegal immigrants being deported if they are caring for children who are British citizens.”

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BBC Law in Action, 26th February 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Rolling back the tide – Henderson v Henderson re-litigation – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted February 28th, 2013 in abuse of process, news, retrials by sally

“It always seems much easier in theory than in practice to have a claim struck out as an abuse of process under the well known principle against re-litigation known by its leading authority of Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100.”

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Hardwicke Chambers, 20th February 2013

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

Number of female lawyers applying to be QC falls – The Guardian

Posted February 28th, 2013 in diversity, news, queen's counsel, women by sally

“There has been a significant fall in the number of female lawyers applying to acquire the elite status of Queen’s Counsel (QC).”

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The Guardian, 27th February 2013

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Ombudsman warns of mis-selling risk around family law services – Legal Futures

Posted February 28th, 2013 in complaints, costs, divorce, families, legal ombudsman, legal services, news by sally

“Innovation in family law services is working for consumers but could in time lead to mis-selling and hidden costs as complex financing and legal services structures emerge, the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) has warned.”

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Legal Futures, 28th February 2013

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Released prisoners to be banned from moving around country – The Guardian

Posted February 28th, 2013 in early release, freedom of movement, news, prisons, probation, rehabilitation by sally

“Newly released prisoners will be banned from moving around the country when they leave jail to ensure they complete rehabilitation programmes, Chris Grayling has told MPs.”

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The Guardian, 27th February 2013

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Legal loophole allows banned mechanical meat in UK sausages – BBC News

Posted February 28th, 2013 in consumer protection, EC law, food, news by sally

“The BBC has learned that European meat suppliers are using a loophole in the law to sell a banned low quality material to UK sausage makers.”

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BBC News, 28th February 2013

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Kenneth Clarke’s plans for secret courts savaged by lawyers – The Guardian

Posted February 28th, 2013 in bills, closed material, criminal justice, news, private hearings, public interest by sally

“Controversial government plans to introduce a new generation of secret courts have been dealt a major blow after hundreds of lawyers attacked them as ‘contrary to the rule of law’.”

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The Guardian, 28th February 2013

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Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk

Posted February 27th, 2013 in parliamentary papers by sally

Operation of the Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Act 2010: response to the independent reviewer’s second report, Cm 8553 (PDF)

Protocol to the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the one hand, and the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark together with the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, on the other hand, relating to the Maritime Delimitation in the area between the Faroe Islands and the United Kingdom, Done at Tórshavn on 18 May 1999, (‘The Agreement’), Cm 8570 (PDF)

Treasury Minutes: Government responses on the Fourteenth, the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth, and the Twenty First Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session: 2012-13, Cm 8556 (PDF)

Government Response to the House of Commons Health Committee Report of Session 2012-13: 2012 accountability hearing with the General Medical Council, Cm 8520 (PDF)

Monitoring places of detention: Third Annual Report of the United Kingdom’s National Preventive Mechanism, Cm 8558 (PDF)

Overseas Students and Net Migration, Cm 8557 (PDF)

Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk

Internal Disciplinary Hearings and Injunctions – Littleton Chambers

“Dr Chhabra is a consultant psychiatrist at Broadmoor Hospital. She was alleged by a member of the public to have breached patient confidentiality whilst travelling on a train (an allegation that might cause lawyers who work on trains pause for thought…). Her employer Trust appointed an outside psychiatrist to investigate the allegations under the Trust’s procedures, implementing ‘Maintaining High Professional Standards in the Modern NHS’. The case manager, on reviewing the investigator’s report, decided that the matter should be brought before a disciplinary hearing at which Dr. Chhabra would face allegations of gross misconduct that may have led to dismissal. Separately the Trust referred capability concerns relating to Dr. Chhabra that had also been considered in the investigator’s report, to the National Clinical Assessment Service (‘NCAS’).”

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Littleton Chambers, 12th February 2013

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Kutchukian v Keepers and Governors of the Possessions Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar School of John Lyon – WLR Daily

Posted February 27th, 2013 in landlord & tenant, law reports, leases, news, tribunals, valuation by sally

Kutchukian v Keepers and Governors of the Possessions Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar School of John Lyon [2013] EWCA Civ 90; [2013] WLR (D) 81

“When carrying out the hypothetical valuation of a property with development potential, pursuant to paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, the Upper Tribunal ought to have decided the legal position in respect of the legal rights and liabilities arising under various leases, rather than allow for uncertainty on those legal points, insofar as leaving them undetermined, by a discount for the risk.”

WLR Daily, 20th February 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Costly consequences: The pros and cons of disapplying CPR 36.14 – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted February 27th, 2013 in civil procedure rules, costs, employment, news by sally

“Unlike the general power provided by CPR 44.3, the costs consequences of Pt 36 do not lie in the discretion of the court. The court must apply them unless it considers it “unjust” to do so.”

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Hardwicke Chambers, 20th February 2013

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Man who gave gun to Mark Duggan jailed for 11 years – The Guardian

Posted February 27th, 2013 in firearms, news, sentencing by sally

“A drug dealer who supplied a gun to Mark Duggan minutes before his fatal shooting by police sparked the 2011 summer riots has been jailed for a total of 11 years.”

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The Guardian, 26th February 2013

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Legal professional privilege and employment law – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted February 27th, 2013 in accountants, employment tribunals, legal profession, news, privilege by sally

“In R (on the application of Prudential Plc and another) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax and another [2013] UKSC 1 a majority of the Supreme Court held that legal advice privilege does not extend to protect legal advice given by professionals who are not lawyers and that it is for Parliament, not the courts, to decide whether and how the privilege should be extended.”

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Hardwicke Chambers, 19th February 2013

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

Disclosures made after employment ends can be protected under whistleblowing rules says tribunal – OUT-LAW.com

Posted February 27th, 2013 in disclosure, employment tribunals, news, whistleblowers by sally

“Employees who ‘blow the whistle’ on bad behaviour by bosses can still take advantage of legal protections even after the employment relationship has ended, a tribunal has ruled.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 25th February 2013

Source: www.out-law.com