‘In this podcast Martin Partington talks to Frances Crook, Chief Executive of the Howard League. Does penal policy in the UK operate in a more ‘punitive’ way than other European countries (including the former Eastern-bloc)? Frances makes a passionate defence of the current probation service and deplores the current Government’s approach to reform of the service.’
OUP Blog, 1st January 2014
Source: http://blog.oup.com
‘Obrey v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2013] EWCA Civ 1584 concerns an appeal against an Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) decision which set aside the findings of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) that Reg. 7(17), Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, breached Art. 14 ECHR (although not expressly set out in the Judgment, presumably in conjunction with A1P1).’
NearlyLegal, 6th January 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘People with mental health problems are being denied justice by some Court of Protection judges who fail to even consider hearing patients’ testimony, leading lawyers have told a House of Lords inquiry.’
The Independent, 3rd January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Victims of Jimmy Savile have called for a single judge-led inquiry into how the former DJ was able to evade justice for so long.’
The Guardian, 6th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Mark Nicholson was driving 15 people down to work as security officers at an Olympic sailing event when he dozed off while driving on the busy M40 motorway.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd January 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman who defrauded hundreds of customers in an iPad scam worth £450,000 has been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A bitter row has broken out between one of Britain’s biggest police forces and the Independent Police Complaints Commission over the case of the gunman Raoul Moat.’
The Independent, 5th January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Lawyers were ordered to pay almost £1m in compensation to disappointed clients last year owing to failures in no win, no fee agreements, according to figures released by the legal ombudsman.’
The Guardian, 6th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Mental health nurses are to be based in police stations and courts in 10 areas of England as part of a pilot scheme aimed at cutting reoffending.’
BBC News, 4th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘It is not liberal weediness to baulk at whole-life sentences. It’s knowing that, without a hairline of hope, those in prison become more dangerous.’
The Independent, 5th January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A decade after he left the BBC, Joshua returned in 2010 to present the popular Radio 4 series Law in Action, a programme he had launched in 1984. Also in 2010, he also accepted an invitation to chair Halsbury’s Law Exchange, an independent and politically neutral think-tank.’
Date: 16th January 2014, 6.30-8.00pm
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Marines A & Ors v Guardian News and Media & Other Media [2013] EWCA Crim 2367 (17 December 2013)
Mahmood & Anor, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 2356 (17 December 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Durrant v Avon & Somerset Constabulary [2013] EWCA Civ 1624 (17 December 2013)
Blemain Finance Ltd v Goulding [2013] EWCA Civ 1630 (17 December 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Karbhari & Anor v Ahmed [2013] EWHC 4042 (QB) (17 December 2013)
MacLennan v Morgan Sindall (Infrastructure) Plc [2013] EWHC 4044 (QB) (17 December 2013)
JXMX (A Child) v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust [2013] EWHC 3956 (QB) (17 December 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Co-Operative Bank Plc, Re [2013] EWHC 4074 (Ch) (04 December 2013)
Jack & Anor (London Scottish Finance Ltd) v Craig & Ors [2013] EWHC 4047 (Ch) (17 December 2013)
Co-Operative Bank Plc, Re [2013] EWHC 4072 (Ch) (18 November 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
P (A Child) [2013] EWHC 4048 (Fam) (17 December 2013)
A Local Authority v DB (Mother) & Ors [2013] EWHC 4066 (Fam) (06 December 2013)
TM, Re [2013] EWHC 4043 (Fam) (12 December 2013)
P, Re [2013] EWHC 4037 (Fam) (13 December 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina v Padda [2013] EWCA Crim 2330; [2013] WLR (D) 496
‘Section 22(4)(a) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 preserved an obligation on the court and a discretion to make a confiscation order which was just and in so doing it could take into account all relevant circumstances and had to take into account the legislative policy in favour of maximising the recovery of the proceeds of crime, even from legitimately acquired assets.’
WLR Daily, 12th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A review of the Chancery Division of the High Court by Lord Justice Briggs is published today. Based in the Rolls Building in London and in the seven principal regional trial centres, the Chancery Division is now the largest unit for handling business and property cases in the country.’
Judiciary of England and Wales, 17th December 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘A senior High Court judge has been disciplined for misconduct after speaking out over his support for traditional marriage.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘As everyone knows, copyright restricts the acts listed in s.16 (1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“CDPA”) in relation to a work in which copyright subsists (“a copyright work”). Those acts include copying, issuing copies, renting, lending or communicating the work to the public etc. Anyone who does any of those acts without the owner’s licence infringes that copyright. He or she may be sued or in an extreme case prosecuted.’
NIPC Law, 17th December 2013
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
‘Lord Judge delivered a lecture on the topic of “Constitutional Change: Unfinished Business”.’
UCL Constitutional Unit, 17th December 2013
Source: www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit
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