Becky Watts stepbrother and his girlfriend guilty of killing – BBC News
‘The stepbrother of Becky Watts has been found guilty of murdering her during a sexually motivated kidnap plot.’
BBC News, 11th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: November 2015
Domestic violence victims ‘put at risk’ by erratic handling of cases – The Guardian
‘Victims of domestic violence and other vulnerable witnesses are being put at risk by the erratic handling of sensitive cases by police and prosecutors, inspectors have said.’
The Guardian, 12th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Collapse of Olympus fraud case fuels calls for UK law reforms – The Independent
‘Legal experts have called for an overhaul of UK corporate laws to hold companies to account after the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) dropped its prosecution of Japanese optical giant Olympus Corporation.’
The Independent, 11th November 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lord Woolf warns of ‘dangers’ and ‘expense’ of scrapping Human Rights Act – Daily Telegraph
‘Abolishing current human rights laws will create uncertainty and give clever lawyers a field day, says former Lord Chief Justice.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rebecca Kandare death: Parents jailed for malnourished baby killing – BBC News
‘The parents of a dying baby girl, who failed to seek urgent medical care for her because of their religious beliefs, have been jailed.’
BBC News, 10th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Limping Infants and Article 15 BIIA: the “magisterial” judgment in In the Matter of N (Children) (Adoption: Jurisdiction) – Family Law Week
‘Alex Laing, barrister of Coram Chambers, considers two aspects of the decision in N (Children) (Adoption: Jurisdiction): (1) the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales to order the non-consensual adoption of a foreign child; and (2) the construction and use of Article 15 of Brussels IIA to transfer care proceedings.’
Family Law Week, 10th November 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Legal Aid Cuts: The Solicitors’ Verdict – BBC Law in Action
‘Solicitors are in uproar over government changes to the criminal legal aid system. The budget has been slashed by 17.5 per cent and the number of firms eligible to provide duty solicitors to represent clients at police stations has been reduced from 1600 to just over 500.’
BBC Law in Action, 3rd November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (LF) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London – WLR Daily
Regina (LF) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London [2015] EWHC 2990 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 442
‘A mentally incapacitated adult who died while in intensive care at a hospital was not, on the facts, in “state detention” at the time of her death for the purposes of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, with the consequence that the coroner was entitled to hold an inquest without a jury.’
WLR Daily, 29th October 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Guidance on appealing Upper Tribunal costs decisions to the Court of Appeal – Free Movement
‘President McCloskey gives guidance on appealing Upper Tribunal costs decisions to the Court of Appeal in the case of R (on the application of Soreefan and Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (judicial review – costs – Court of Appeal) [2015] UKUT 594 (IAC).’
Free Movement, 10th November 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
New Country Guidance case on Afghan Sikhs – Free Movement
‘At long last the long awaited new Country Guidance case on Sikhs from Afghanistan is out. The case is TG and others (Afghan Sikhs persecuted) (CG) [2015] UKUT 595 (IAC).’
Free Movement, 9th November 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Taxi boss jailed after murdering estranged wife’s boyfriend with car – The Guardian
‘A taxi boss who ran over and killed his estranged wife’s boyfriend in a revenge attack has been told he will serve at least 18 years of a life sentence.’
The Guardian, 9th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge gives ‘opportunistic’ litigants costs warning – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A High Court judge has threatened both parties with losing all their costs after accusing them of attempting to seek an ‘opportunistic advantage’.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th November 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Justice Knowles urges legal community to ‘work harder’ to keep UK as dispute resolution leader – Legal Week
‘Leading commercial judge outlines strategy to keep UK’s status as top destination for business disputes’
Legal Week, 6th November 2015
Source: www.legalweek.co.uk
Leading judge tells expert witnesses to find ‘common ground’ – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A senior member of the judiciary wants to see expert witnesses create easy-to-understand guides highlighting common ground in disputes.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th November 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Over egging it – Nearly Legal
‘This was a Court of Appeal hearing on an appeal on costs. The original case was the landlord’s claim for rent arrears of some £6,000 and interest. The landlord also claimed for physical damage to the property by the tenant amounting to some £20,000 and consequential loss of rent. The tenant agreed some £6,000 in rent arrears, but denied the property damage. The tenant counterclaimed for failure to repair the property and breach of quiet enjoyment. The tenant also challenged the landlord’s identity as landlord and the interest rate claimed.’
Nearly Legal, 9th November 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Suing Facebook is no easy matter – UK Human Rights Blog
‘An action in defamation and under the right to privacy against Facebook has been dismissed in the High Court. The Facebook entity named as defendant did not “control” the publication so as to allow liability; and even if it did, no claim under the Human Rights Act could lie against FB as it could not be described as any sort of a public authority for the purposes of Section 6 of the Act.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th November 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Prosecuting parents for term-time holidays – Education Law Blog
‘We posted last month about a decision by a magistrates’ court on the Isle of Wight to throw out the prosecution of a parent for taking his child on holiday during term time. The BBC reports that the local authority has appealed and that the question is whether “the unauthorised absence of a child for seven consecutive school days on holiday… amounts to the child failing to attend the school regularly“.’
Education Law Blog, 5th November 2015
Source: www.education11kbw.com
