Legal powers plan for families of missing people – BBC News
“The families of missing people will get more power to handle legal and money problems after the disappearance, under government proposals.”
BBC News, 19th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: June 2013
SRA and Legal Services Board tussle over ABS application process – Legal Futures
“The Legal Services Board (LSB) has been critical of the length of the time the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has taken to approve alternative business structures (ABSs), it has emerged.”
Legal Futures, 20th June 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Supreme court MoD ruling ‘will have huge impact on military operations’ – The Guardian
“The supreme court ruling that the Ministry of Defence can be sued for negligence, that the scope of the Human Rights Act should be extended and the traditional doctrine of combat immunity should be interpreted narrowly, will have a huge impact on military commanders, senior officials made clear on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
DPP publishes final guidelines for prosecutions involving social media communications – Crown Prosecution Service
“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has today published final guidelines for prosecutors on the approach they should take in cases involving communications sent via social media.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th June 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Police cells holding more than 9,000 mentally ill people a year – The Guardian
“More than 9,000 mentally ill people a year are being detained in police custody despite official guidance that such powers should be used only in exceptional circumstances, watchdogs say.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pathologist who botched G20 post-mortem abandons appeal against being struck off – The Independent
“The pathologist who botched the post-mortem of a man struck by a policeman at G20 protests in 2009 has abandoned his appeal against being struck off.”
The Independent, 19th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Waterloo tower block ‘threatens view of Westminster’ – BBC News
“A judicial review is sought over plans for a tower block that critics say will harm views of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.”
BBC News, 19th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court – Measures against Iranian bank unlawful, and the secret hearing ruling – UK Human Rights Blog
“Two sets of judgments today from a 9-judge Supreme Court in the Bank Mellat case. The first explains why the Court adopted a secret procedure in the absence of the Bank (i.e. a Closed Material Procedure) but added that the whole palaver in fact added nothing to their knowledge. The second concludes that financial restrictions imposed in 2009 on an Iranian Bank which effectively excluded it from the UK financial market were arbitrary and irrational and were also procedurally unfair.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Payday loan ad banned for ‘£1,000 night out’ offer – Daily Telegraph
“The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a payday lender for sending text messages that encouraged people to borrow £1,000 for a night out.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Legislating for Responsible Capitalism”. A paper by Stephen Hockman QC – Six Pump Court
“Stephen Hockman QC has written a paper published by the Policy Network, entitled ‘Legislating for Responsible Capitalism: what it means in practice’.”
In the paper, he explores the legal amendments available to improve the monitoring, transparency and accountability of corporate practice.”
Full story (PDF)
Six Pump Court, 19th June 2013
Soruce: www.6pumpcourt.co.uk
Government to consult on whether to make imprisonment potential sanction for data protection offences – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government is to consult on whether to introduce new laws that would make it possible for judges to send individuals to jail for offences under the Data Protection Act (DPA).”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Farm fined after young female worker killed in unsafe tractor – Daily Telegraph
“A farm has been fined £80,000 after a young farm worker was killed when the tractor she was driving overturned in a sloping field.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Shed ban for drug grower Simon Redclift of Dinas Powys – BBC News
“A former cannabis user is dismantling the garden shed where he used to grow his drugs after being banned from going inside it by a judge.”
BBC News, 19th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
FCA fines rogue property trader nearly £1m – The Guardian
“The operator of a property scheme who misled vulnerable customers to make money from the sale of their homes has been fined almost £1m by the City regulator and banned from working in the financial services industry.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
CQC: too big a remit, too little funding? – Daily Telegraph
“With a smaller budget than the watchdogs it replaced, the Care Quality Commission has had a struggle on its hands.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme court quashes Iran bank sanctions and criticises secret hearings – The Guardian
“The government’s enthusiasm for secret courts has been set back after the UK’s most senior judges quashed anti-terrorist sanctions imposed on an Iranian bank and dismissed the intelligence involved as insignificant.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Naked rambler’ Stephen Gough jailed for breaching Asbo – The Independent
“The ‘naked rambler’ has been jailed for 11 months after being found guilty of breaching an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) banning him from being naked in public just minutes after it was imposed.”
The Independent, 19th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judges and Policy: A Delicate Balance – Speech by Lord Neuberger
Judges and Policy: A Delicate Balance (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger
Institute for Government, 18th June 2013
Source: www.supremecourt.gov.uk
Prism: how can this level of state surveillance be legal? – The Guardian
“It’s hard to see how any system that captures data from millions of law-abiding citizens satisfies our right to privacy”
The Guardian, 18th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
