‘Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin plans to hit drivers who flout the law with higher fines, rising from £100 to £150, and more penalty points on their licences’
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘We’re very late with this one for reasons which are no doubt entirely reasonable, but currently escape me. A judicial review of a refusal (or repeated refusal) to provide interim accommodation pending s.202 review.’
Nearly Legal, 19th December 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal against a decision of Scotland’s High Court of Justiciary (available here) in which it refused to overturn a criminal conviction on the basis that the non-disclosure of evidence breached the appellant’s right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th December 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘It is panto season, and everyone loves a good villain. This Christmas’ Wicked Stepmother is the Mirror Group who, when asking ‘Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the most liable of them all?’ has received the answer from the Court of Appeal that they are and must pay the consequences.’
Panopticon, 17th December 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘Only 18 of the new specialist protection orders designed to safeguard young girls at risk of female genital mutilation have been issued in the three months since they were introduced, according to official figures. The revelation prompted calls from the head of the new National FGM Centre for teachers, social workers and health professionals to be “braver” when identifying girls at risk and alerting the authorities.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Why has the government decided to abolish the Criminal Courts Charge? Shula de Jersey, Principal Lawyer at Slater and Gordon (UK) LLP, explores the controversial measure and explains the events that led to its abolition.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 16th December 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘David Cameron has ordered a review into whether armed police should have greater legal protection if they shoot terrorists and other suspected criminals.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Countryside Alliance says 80 per cent of registered hunts have held on to their supporters or recruited new ones since the ban.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The death of the former Labour peer Greville Janner almost certainly means that child sex allegations made against him will never be tested in a criminal court, according to legal experts.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Couples who divorced in the last 20 months have been advised to check their financial settlements after a glitch was found in an online government form.’
BBC News, 18th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman has been jailed for 25 years after trying to burn her sister alive to cover up the theft of almost £140,000 from her family.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Alison Saunders told she is “living in a bubble” after saying she went to see cases in action only every few months.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A jihadi has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after police found he had a number of terror training videos.’
BBC News, 15th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Those “reactivating” imitation weapons should face tougher legal sanctions because of the widespread availability of conversion kits, according to a Law Commission review of firearms legislation.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Solicitors who miss deadlines because they are waiting for a Legal Aid Agency funding decision can no longer rely on this alone as grounds to apply for an extension of time, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 15th December 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Property developer accused of forcing himself on 18-year-old is acquitted of rape after telling jury he accidentally fell on her as she tried to seduce him .’
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman who wore a body suit and used a fake penis when having sex with a woman she met online has avoided jail.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Iraqi Civilians v Ministry of Defence (No 2) [2015] EWCA Civ 1241; [2015] WLR (D) 515
‘The primary limitation period of three years under Iraqi limitation law applied to claims in tort brought in the English High Court by Iraqi civilians in respect of alleged unlawful detention and ill-treatment by British armed forces while those forces were in Iraq between March 2003 and the end of 2008.’
WLR Daily, 9th December 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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