‘Wednesbury’ unreasonableness correct test for screening direction challenges, says Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com

“When deciding whether an environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening direction by the Secretary of State (SoS) was lawful, the appropriate test to apply is the Wednesbury unreasonableness test, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 25th February 2013

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New Vicky Pryce trial jury told to begin with clean slate – The Guardian

Posted February 26th, 2013 in harassment, married persons, news, perverting the course of justice, retrials by sally

“The retrial of Vicky Pryce, the former wife of the disgraced cabinet minister Chris Huhne, has begun, with the new jury being warned to ignore anything they already knew about the case.”

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The Guardian, 25th February 2013

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Man who knocked 16-year-old girl unconscious in street attack jailed – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 26th, 2013 in assault, news, sentencing by sally

“A man who knocked a 16-year-old girl unconscious in a street attack because he ‘didn’t like the way she looked at him’ has been jailed for four years.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th February 2013

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Cyber security – articulating the details – OUT-LAW.com

Posted February 26th, 2013 in banking, computer crime, data protection, EC law, financial regulation, news by sally

“Businesses and governments are continuing to wrestle with the question of what can and cannot be considered ‘adequate’ IT security in compliance with regulations including data protection laws.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 25th February 2013

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Peers compromise over press regulation – The Guardian

Posted February 26th, 2013 in bills, defamation, freedom of expression, media, news, parliament by sally

“Peers have staged a partial climbdown in their clash with the government over the introduction of Leveson-style controls on the press.”

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The Guardian, 26th February 2013

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Jackson implementation lectures restart with patents court success story – Litigation Futures

Posted February 26th, 2013 in costs, courts, news, patents, speeches by sally

“Reforms to the Patents County Court (PCC) – including a costs cap – have been a “considerable success” and enabled more people to bring cases, the first Jackson implementation lecture in nearly nine months has revealed.”

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Litigation Futures, 26th February 2013

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Military staff fear redundancy if they complain about bullying, says report – The Guardian

Posted February 26th, 2013 in armed forces, bullying, complaints, harassment, news, redundancy, reports, unfair dismissal by sally

“Defence select committee review urges appointment of Armed Forces Ombudsman to oversee cases of victimisation.”

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The Guardian, 26th February 2013

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Twitter users: A guide to the law – BBC News

Posted February 26th, 2013 in anonymity, contempt of court, defamation, internet, news, sexual offences, victims by sally

“People who tweeted photos allegedly of child killer Jon Venables are being charged with contempt of court. It’s the latest in a long line of cases that suggest that ordinary social media users need to have a grasp of media law.”

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BBC News, 26th February 2013

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Convicted sex offender must serve 37 years for Catherine Gowing murder – The Guardian

Posted February 26th, 2013 in murder, news, rape, recidivists, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“A convicted sex offender who admitted harbouring fantasies about imprisoning and killing women has been jailed for life for the horrific rape and murder of a vet.”

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The Guardian, 25th February 2013

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‘Sexsomnia’ claim actor Simon Morris jailed for raping teenager – BBC News

Posted February 25th, 2013 in news, rape, sentencing, sleepwalking by sally

“An actor who claimed he was suffering from the sleep disorder sexsomnia when he raped a 15-year-old girl after getting her drunk has been jailed for eight years.”

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BBC News, 25th February 2013

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Former boyfriend of Tamara Ecclestone found guilty of £200,000 blackmail – The Independent

Posted February 25th, 2013 in blackmail, news by sally

“A former boyfriend of socialite and model Tamara Ecclestone was found guilty today of blackmailing her for £200,000.”

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The Independent, 25th February 2013

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Court bans protests near home of Abu Qatada – The Guardian

Posted February 25th, 2013 in demonstrations, deportation, harassment, injunctions, news, political parties by sally

“A high court judge has banned protests by groups such as the English Defence League being held within 500 metres of the home of the radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada.”

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The Guardian, 25th February 2013

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Attorney general takes action over ‘Bulger killer images’ – BBC News

Posted February 25th, 2013 in anonymity, contempt of court, murder, news, young offenders by sally

“The attorney general is taking legal action against several people who published photographs said to show one of James Bulger’s killers.”

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BBC News, 25th February 2013

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Litvinenko inquest: newspapers launch challenge over withholding of evidence – The Guardian

“Media groups will on Tuesday challenge what they describe as a ‘deeply troubling’ attempt by the government to withhold evidence from the inquest into the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.”

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The Guardian, 25th February 2013

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Leaked email shows CPS puts cost first, quality second – The Bar Council

Posted February 25th, 2013 in barristers, budgets, Crown Prosecution Service, news, prosecutions by sally

“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, along with the Criminal Bar Association and Circuit Leaders have today published evidence that the Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) has adopted deliberate practices not to instruct the correct advocate for a given case if there is a financial interest to the CPS in keeping the work in-house.”

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The Bar Council, 25th February 2013

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Swimming in the Pool: relevant factors to satisfy the threshold criteria after the Supreme Court’s judgment in J (Children) – Family Law Week

“Ben Boucher-Giles of Fountain Chambers considers the Supreme Court’s judgment in J (Children) and considers how it fits into the wider picture of findings as they relate to threshold.”

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Family Law Week, 25th February 2013

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Protecting the reputation of schools and universities – Education Law Blog

Posted February 25th, 2013 in appeals, defamation, employment tribunals, local government, news, universities by sally

“You can say what you like about local authorities – and people do, knowing that the authority itself (as opposed to any individual member or employee) cannot sue in defamation. This was first established back in 1891 in Manchester Corporation v Williams [1891] 1 Q.B. 94, where it was held that the council could not complain about a letter to a newspaper alleging that ‘bribery and corruption have existed and done their nefarious work’ in a number of its departments.”

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Education Law Blog, 22nd February 2013

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Fédération Cynologique Internationale v Federación Canina Internacional de Perros de Pura Raza – WLR Daily

Posted February 25th, 2013 in EC law, law reports, trade marks by sally

Fédération Cynologique Internationale v Federación Canina Internacional de Perros de Pura Raza
(Case C-561/11); [2013] WLR (D) 75

The exclusive right of the proprietor of a Community trade mark conferred by article 9(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 to prohibit all third parties from using, in the course of trade, signs identical with or similar to its trade mark extended to a third-party proprietor of a later registered Community trade mark, without the need for that later mark to have previously been declared invalid.

WLR Daily, 21st February 2013

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In re J (Children) (Care Proceedings: Threshold Criteria) – WLR Daily

In re J (Children) (Care Proceedings: Threshold Criteria) [2013] UKSC 9; [2013] WLR (D) 74

“A real possibility that a parent had harmed a child in the past was not, by itself, sufficient to establish that some other child that he or she now had care of was ‘likely to suffer significant harm’ within the meaning of section 31(2)(a) of the Children Act 1989 so as to meet the threshold for initiating care proceedings in respect of that other child.”

WLR Daily, 20th February 2013

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Tewkesbury Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others – WLR Daily

Posted February 25th, 2013 in housing, law reports, local government, planning, time limits by sally

Tewkesbury Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others [2013] EWHC 286 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 73

“The Localism Act 2011 made significant changes to the planning system, but did not eliminate the role of the Secretary of State in determining planning applications.”

WLR Daily, 20th February 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk