“Prison staff drew and threatened to use extendable batons on more than 100 occasions last year to curb high levels of violence inside Britain’s largest youth jail, prison inspectors have revealed.”
The Guardian, 10th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British man who threatened to kill 200 people in the US, in posts he made under a false name on Facebook, has been jailed for more than two years.”
BBC News, 9th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Despite the government’s ‘profound disagreement’ — foreseen by the Strasbourg judges — compliance with the ruling requires little action.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“European Court of Human Rights rules that sentences for prisoners with no chance of release violate European convention – but ruling does not mean they should be freed any earlier.”
The Independent, 9th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Christian owner of a bed and breakfast has lost her appeal against a ruling that she unlawfully discriminated against a gay couple when she refused to let them stay in a double room.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Plans to make it easier to prosecute people who drive under the influence of illegal drugs in England and Wales have been unveiled by the government.”
BBC News, 9th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Angolan man who died after being restrained by three G4S guards as he was being deported from the UK was unlawfully killed, a jury has found.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who was involved in a plot to rob and murder soul singer Joss Stone has been jailed for 18 years.”
BBC News, 9th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Barry George, who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando, has lost his legal battle for compensation as a victim of a ‘miscarriage of justice’.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2013
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Referral Fees) Regulations 2013
The Protection of Wrecks (Designation) (England) Order 2013
The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013
The Credit Rating Agencies (Civil Liability) Regulations 2013
The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2013
The Employment Code of Practice (Settlement Agreements) Order 2013
The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2013
The School Governance (Roles, Procedures and Allowances) (England) Regulations 2013
The Employment Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Discrimination Cases)(Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“The attorney general’s decision to block public disclosure of letters the Prince of Wales wrote to ministers has been upheld by the High Court.”
BBC News, 9th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Vallee v Birchwood [2013] EWHC 1449 (Ch) (06 June 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
T v M [2013] EWHC 1585 (Fam) (23 April 2013)
T v M [2013] EWHC 1585 (Fam) (23 April 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Canterbury City Council v Knight [2013] EWHC 1329 (Admin) (03 May 2013)
West Sussex County Council v C [2013] EWHC 1757 (Admin) (30 April 2013)
Arowolo v Department for Work and Pensions [2013] EWHC 1671 (Admin) (30 April 2013)
Marzurkiewicz v District Court In Rzeszow Poland [2013] EWHC 1332 (Admin) (30 April 2013)
Nursing and Midwifery Council v Greenan [2013] EWHC 1256 (Admin) (24 April 2013)
Badzo v District Court In Rokycany Czech Republic [2013] EWHC 1331 (Admin) (01 May 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Customers taking on the services of claims management companies (CMCs) will be better protected as tough new rules come into effect.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“Jessica Craigs, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in June.”
Family Law Week, 8th July 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Two extremist groups – UK-based Minbar Ansar Deen and Nigeria-based Boko Haram – are to be proscribed in the UK under terrorism laws, making membership and support for them a criminal offence.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Sadique (Omar) [2013] EWCA Crim 1150 ; [2013] WLR (D) 269
“Section 46 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 created the offence of encouraging or assisting the commission of one or more offences. Its specific ingredients and the subsequent legislative provisions underlined that an indictment charging a section 46 offence of encouraging one or more offences was permissible.”
WLR Daily, 5th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Harvey [2013] EWCA Crim 1104; [2013] WLR (D) 268
“If a defendant obtained chattels as a result of his criminal conduct and used them over a substantial period, materially reducing their value before restoring them to their true owners, the court should not give credit for their residual value when making a confiscation order.”
WLR Daily, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“An application for permission to amend the grounds of an application under section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 which had been made after the expiry of the six-week period allowed by section 288(3) for the institution of section 288 proceedings was governed by CPR r 17.1(2), not by CPR r 17.4.”
WLR Daily, 5th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A new self-regulator for the press with ‘very real teeth’ could be established within three or four months to break the political impasse over royal charters, according to a Trinity Mirror executive involved with the project.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“When bringing a second appeal to the Court of Appeal from a section 204 Housing Act 1996 appeal to the County Court, what is the applicant’s route to challenge a refusal by the local authority to provide accommodation pending appeal to the Court of Appeal?”
NearlyLegal, 8th July 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
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