“There was evidence in this case that employees of the Forensic Science Service had altered the exhibit numbers on the evidence in question, possibly to cover up their mistake.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“In anticipation of the birth of the Royal baby, Parliament passed the Succession to the Crown Act in April 2013. It provides that in future the eldest child will be next in line of succession, whether it is a girl or a boy. The law will not come into force in time for the Royal birth, but the new baby when born will be next in line. This Blog post explains the background, and the difficulties involved in changing the rules of succession.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 15th July 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
“An NHS body has been issued with a £200,000 fine for failing to ensure that sensitive medical information about thousands of patients were deleted from old computers that were sold online.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A former soldier who said he would rather kill himself than face fraud allegations in the US has been told by the government he will be extradited.”
BBC News, 15th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Immigration Act 1971, Schedule 2, paragraph 16(2) (‘paragraph 16’) empowers the Home Secretary, acting through immigration officers, to detain a person if there is reasonable ground to suspect that he is liable to be removed as an illegal entrant to the United Kingdom. Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (‘section 55’) imposes duties regarding the welfare of children on the Secretary of State and immigration officers in all immigration matters. The issue on this appeal was whether section 55 rendered the appellant’s detention for a period of 13 days unlawful, in circumstances in which the respondent acted in the mistaken but reasonable belief that the appellant was aged over 18.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A mother-to-be is to sue her former workmates because she missed out on a Euromillions jackpot win when she was off work with morning sickness.”
BBC News, 15th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Marc Willers examines why changes to temporary stop notice provisions risk forcing Gypsies and Travellers onto the roadside.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 15th July 2013
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
“Same-sex marriage in England and Wales is a step closer to becoming law after the House of Lords approved the change.”
BBC News, 15th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Non-selection of Lady Justice Hallett shows panel was not swayed by idea that it would be good to have a woman at the top.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An inquiry into the welfare of murdered London schoolgirl Tia Sharp, who was killed by her grandmother’s partner, Stuart Hazell, has cleared the agencies involved of any blame.”
BBC News, 15th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man with links to radical Muslim preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for two years for terrorism offences.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Justice minister Lord McNally is facing criticism from lawyers over a claim that cases involving litigants in person (LiPs) are ‘normally’ completed more quickly than those where parties have legal representation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th July 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Ofcom has launched an investigation into interviews broadcast on BBC, ITV and Channel 4 with radical cleric Anjem Choudary in the days following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby.”
BBC News, 15th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Nicholls v Ladbrokes Betting & Gaming Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1963; [2013] WLR (D) 277
“The failure by a betting shop to operate a magnetic lock to prevent a robbery during the hours of darkness was not a sufficient basis for a conclusion of a breach of a duty of care.”
WLR Daily, 11th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The court would only depart from open justice if strictly necessary. An application to depart from the principle of open justice would fall to be decided by reference to established principles, whether the proceedings were at an interim or final stage. A significant erosion of the open justice principle could not be justified where adequate protection existed in the form of vindication of the innocent through the judicial process to trial. The public airing of allegations which might embarrass a litigant was not a good reason to close the doors of the court.”
WLR Daily, 10th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A convicted paedophile who broke a court order banning him from allowing children into his home in Kent has been sentenced to three years in prison.”
BBC News, 12th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Landowners have failed to overturn an application to register a disused military camp in Hampshire as a village green, after High Court judges ruled that retrospective corrections to an invalid application, after the time limits for the application, were permitted.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Papiss Cisse’s dispute with Newcastle United Football Club about wearing the official shirt sponsor’s logo raises some important questions for sports lawyers.”
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 15th July 2013
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
“While MPs were dreaming of the imminent long summer break and a possible pay hike, in mid-June the Government produced the draft amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules (‘CPR’) necessary to bring Part 2 of the Justice and Security Act 2013 (‘JSA’) into force. Many – including JUSTICE – consider the Act’s introduction of closed material procedures (‘CMP’) into civil proceedings unfair, unnecessary and unjustified.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Talking about female genital mutilation is the first step to tackling it, writes Felicity Gerry.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 11th July 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
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