Lord Janner unfit to stand trial, judge rules – BBC News
‘Lord Janner is unfit to stand trial over child sexual abuse offences dating back 50 years, a High Court judge has ruled.’
BBC News, 7th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
Unlawful seizure of a table and other bits – Nearly Legal
‘On 5 December, a Newham Council officer, together with police, seized a table from the regular Saturday street campaign of Focus E15 – the housing rights protest group. The seizure was stated to be under London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2003.’
Nearly Legal, 6th December 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
MoJ considers specialist courts for issues such as domestic abuse – The Guardian
‘The potential for developing more US-style specialist tribunals – including courts dedicated to tackling the surge in domestic abuse cases – is being examined by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).’
The Guardian, 7th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Stopping jailed fathers seeing their children is a political gimmick – The Guardian
‘Prisons should nurture family relationships, but the government’s IEP scheme makes it difficult for male prisoners to maintain contact. It must be changed.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Stalkers to be banned from contacting victims online under plans to protect people targeted on the internet – Daily Telegraph
‘The Home Office is drawing up proposals to hit stalkers with protection orders to prevent them from contacting strangers on the internet and in person.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme Court: not enough for directors to use powers ‘honestly’ or ‘in good faith’ – OUT-LAW.com
‘Directors of a publicly-listed gas exploration company were not entitled to impose voting restrictions on certain shareholders which had failed to comply with statutory disclosure notices, the UK’s highest court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th December 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Hunting convictions thrown into doubt after court case collapses – Daily Telegraph
‘The neutrality of Professor Stephen Harris, one of the UK’s leading authorities on foxes, has been called into question.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Human Genome and Human Rights recommendations: “aspirational and symbolic” – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The International Bioethics Committee, under the auspices of UNESCO, has recently updated its guidance on the human genome and human rights. The Report of the IBC on Updating its Reflection on the Human Genome and Human Rights was published in October 2015, and takes into account the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (1997), the International Declaration on Human Genetic Data (2003) and the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (2005). The following summary is based on Alison Hall’s review of the recommendations in the PHG Foundation’s bulletin.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd December 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Top judge leads calls to scrap mandatory daily Christian worship in UK schools – The Guardian
‘Schools should no longer face a legal requirement to provide daily acts of worship of a Christian character, under radical reforms being proposed by a top-level inquiry into the place of faith in multicultural Britain.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Family of hate preacher linked to ‘Jihadi John’ win right to UK citizenship – Daily Telegraph
‘Hani al-Sibai has been on a terror sanctions list since 2005 and resisted deportation to his native Egypt for almost 20 years – but the High Court has ruled his family should be given UK citizenship.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Call for fewer Church of England bishops in House of Lords – BBC News
‘The number of Church of England bishops who sit as peers in the House of Lords should be cut to make way for leaders of other faiths, a new report argues.’
BBC News, 7th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Love you to death: the British women dying at the hands of their partners – The Guardian
‘In 2013, 86 women in Britain were killed by a husband, a boyfriend or a male ex-partner. A new documentary by Vanessa Engle tells the story of every one of them by giving voice to the traumatised families left behind.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lord Janner judge to rule on evidence behind lack of fitness to stand trial – The Guardian
‘A high court judge is expected to rule on whether Lord Janner is unfit to stand trial – and what evidence can be released regarding that decision – for a string of child sex offences dating back 50 years.’
The Guardian, 7th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jailed Libor trader Tom Hayes denied fair trial, says lawyer – The Guardian
‘Th judge who sentenced a former trader to 14 years in jail for conspiracy to rig Libor blocked the defence from presenting key evidence about a banking industry that routinely flouted rules, the court of appeal has heard.’
The Guardian, 1st December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Prior disclosures do not undermine patent filings made on the same day, rules High Court – OUT-LAW.com
‘Disclosure of information relevant to an invention does not mean the invention cannot be patented as long as the patent application is filed later the same day, the High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st December 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Unhappy customer sues Apple after honeymoon photos are wiped from phone – Daily Telegraph
‘An Apple customer has won a “monumental victory” over the tech company after his photos were wiped.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge questions ‘astonishing’ £1.3m for consultancy fees – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The High Court has sent a strong signal to law firms ‘sub-contracting’ disclosure work to third parties.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd December 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Prisons to introduce tests for legal highs in bid to reduce violence – The Guardian
‘Ministers claim the introduction of new drug tests able to detect legal highs such as spice and black mamba will prove a “gamechanger” in curbing the rising tide of violence in jails across England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 1st December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
