Police escapee Craig Goldstone guilty of Plymouth rape – BBC News
“A man who escaped from police custody while being questioned about a serious sexual assault has been found guilty of rape.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: August 2013
Hampshire policewoman Rebecca Swanston jailed for corruption – BBC News
“A policewoman with the Hampshire force who disclosed intelligence to criminals has been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cuts to legal aid are an attack on working class, says ’80s miners’ lawyer – The Independent
“A leading civil-rights lawyer who helped striking miners successfully fight false accusations from police during the infamous ‘Battle of Orgreave’ has said it would now be much harder for them to achieve justice under the Government’s legal aid reforms.”
The Independent, 4th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ian Tomlinson’s family win apology from Met police over death in 2009 – The Guardian
“The Metropolitan police have issued an apology to the family of Ian Tomlinson and admitted for the first time that he was unlawfully killed by one of their officers who used ‘excessive force’ during the G20 protests in London in 2009.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jimmy Mubenga coroner issues damning report on deportations – The Guardian
“A coroner who oversaw the inquest into the death of the Angolan deportee Jimmy Mubenga has issued a highly critical report that raises a series of concerns about the way the government and private contractors deport people from the UK.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Whitworth Park attack: Man jailed for beating homeless man – BBC News
“A man who police said viciously attacked a homeless man in a park in Greater Manchester then pretended to be a Good Samaritan has been jailed.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police officers guilty of misconduct over treatment of pregnant woman – The Guardian
“A police inspector and two sergeants have been found guilty of gross misconduct following a complaint from a pregnant woman that she was handcuffed for 11 hours in a police cell and stripped naked from the waist up.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Torfaen County Borough Council (Appellant) v Douglas Willis Limited (Respondent) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 31st July 2013
McGraddie (Appellant) v McGraddie (AP) and another (AP) (Respondents) (Scotland) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 31st July 2013
Teal Assurance Company Limited (Appellant) v W R Berkley Insurance (Europe) Limited and another (Respondents) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 31st July 2013
R v Hughes (Appellant) – Supreme Court
R v Hughes (Appellant) [2013] UKSC 56 UKSC 2011/0240 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 31st July 2013
Valedictory address by Lord Dyson for Lord Judge: Retirement of the Lord Chief Justice – Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls
Valedictory address by Lord Dyson for Lord Judge: Retirement of the Lord Chief Justice (PDF)
Speech by Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls
Judiciary of England and Wales, 30th July 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Exemptions and Enforcement) Regulations 2013
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013
The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) Order 2013
The Syria (European Union Financial Sanctions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2013
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Broadcasting Consequential Amendments) Order 2013
The Highway and Railway (Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project) Order 2013
The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Survey and Certification) Regulations 2013
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2013
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (European Union Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2013
The Environment Agency (Inland Waterways) (Amendment) Order 2013
The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013
The Added Tribunals (Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal) Order 2013
The Cultural Test (Television Programmes) Regulations 2013
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2013
The Local Justice Areas (No. 2) Order 2013
The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Exemptions, Appeals and Inspections) (England) Regulations 2013
The Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Finance and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Value Added Tax (Education) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Vernon Knight Associates v Cornwall County Council – WLR Daily
Vernon Knight Associates v Cornwall County Council [2013] EWCA Civ 950; [2013] WLR (D) 329
“A landowner owed a measured duty in both negligence and nuisance to take reasonable steps to prevent natural occurrences on his land from causing damage to neighbouring properties. In determining the content of that duty, the court had to consider what was fair, just and reasonable as between the neighbouring parties, having regard to all the circumstances including the extent of the foreseeable risk, the available preventive measures, the costs of such measures and the parties’ resources.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Hobbs v Financial Conduct Authority (formerly Financial Services Authority) – WLR Daily
“A decision by the Financial Services Authority to take no further action against the addressee of a warning notice or decision notice did not become irrevocable or take effect as a discontinuance of proceedings unless it had been communicated to that individual by a notice in accordance with section 389 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Serious Organised Crime Agency v Azam – WLR Daily
Serious Organised Crime Agency v Azam [2013] EWCA Civ 970; [2013] WLR (D) 327
“Where a person who was the subject of a property freezing order made under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 applied for the order to be varied so as to permit him to apply some of his assets which were the subject of the order in paying for his legal expenses, he was under no specific burden of proof requiring him to prove that there were no other available assets which could be used for the relevant purpose, such that if he did not discharge the burden his application must fail.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (MA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equality and Human Rights Commission and another intervening) – WLR Daily
“The refusal of the Secretary of State to exclude some disabled persons from the changes introduced into the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 by the Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012, and the provision made by way of access to discretionary housing payments, constituted a proportionate approach to difficulties which those persons faced.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
American Idol Kelly Clarkson faces export ban from UK Government over Jane Austen ring – The Independent
“The Government has stepped in to stop US singer Kelly Clarkson taking a gold and turquoise ring once owned by Jane Austen out of the country.”
The Independent, 1st August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man jailed for shooting marble at cat – The Guardian
“A man who left a cat needing surgery to remove its eye after shooting it with a catapult has been jailed.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
