Regina v N (Z) [2013] EWCA Crim 989 ; [2013] WLR (D) 240
“For the offence of intimidation contrary to section 51(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 to be established, it had to be proved by the prosecution that the person whom the defendant intended to intimidate was in fact intimidated.”
WLR Daily, 18th June 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Members of the United Kingdom’s armed forces serving in Iraq were within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom for the purposes of article 1 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Whether claims alleging breaches of the right to life protected by article 2 could be sustained would depend on the particular circumstances.”
WLR Daily, 19th June 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Derek Hodd Ltd v Climate Change Capital Ltd [2013] EWHC 1665 (Ch); [2013] WLR (D) 238
“Where there had been a misnomer of a party to an agreement the court was able to take into account the same evidence of the background as would be admissible for the purpose of interpreting the contract, including any relevant course of dealing between the parties.”
WLR Daily, 14th June 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“According to the President of the Supreme Court, the judiciary not only has a right but an obligation ‘to speak out on matters concerning the rule of law.’ In recent months, it is a duty from which Lord Neuberger has not shirked, and last night’s lecture to the Institute of Government was no exception. Its focus was the importance of legal aid, which Neuberger described through the prism of the UK’s constitutional set-up and the respective roles of the legislature, executive and judiciary within it.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The families of missing people will get more power to handle legal and money problems after the disappearance, under government proposals.”
BBC News, 19th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Legal Services Board (LSB) has been critical of the length of the time the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has taken to approve alternative business structures (ABSs), it has emerged.”
Legal Futures, 20th June 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“The supreme court ruling that the Ministry of Defence can be sued for negligence, that the scope of the Human Rights Act should be extended and the traditional doctrine of combat immunity should be interpreted narrowly, will have a huge impact on military commanders, senior officials made clear on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has today published final guidelines for prosecutors on the approach they should take in cases involving communications sent via social media.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th June 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“More than 9,000 mentally ill people a year are being detained in police custody despite official guidance that such powers should be used only in exceptional circumstances, watchdogs say.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The pathologist who botched the post-mortem of a man struck by a policeman at G20 protests in 2009 has abandoned his appeal against being struck off.”
The Independent, 19th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A judicial review is sought over plans for a tower block that critics say will harm views of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.”
BBC News, 19th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two sets of judgments today from a 9-judge Supreme Court in the Bank Mellat case. The first explains why the Court adopted a secret procedure in the absence of the Bank (i.e. a Closed Material Procedure) but added that the whole palaver in fact added nothing to their knowledge. The second concludes that financial restrictions imposed in 2009 on an Iranian Bank which effectively excluded it from the UK financial market were arbitrary and irrational and were also procedurally unfair.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a payday lender for sending text messages that encouraged people to borrow £1,000 for a night out.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Stephen Hockman QC has written a paper published by the Policy Network, entitled ‘Legislating for Responsible Capitalism: what it means in practice’.”
In the paper, he explores the legal amendments available to improve the monitoring, transparency and accountability of corporate practice.”
Full story (PDF)
Six Pump Court, 19th June 2013
Soruce: www.6pumpcourt.co.uk
“The Government is to consult on whether to introduce new laws that would make it possible for judges to send individuals to jail for offences under the Data Protection Act (DPA).”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A farm has been fined £80,000 after a young farm worker was killed when the tractor she was driving overturned in a sloping field.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former cannabis user is dismantling the garden shed where he used to grow his drugs after being banned from going inside it by a judge.”
BBC News, 19th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The operator of a property scheme who misled vulnerable customers to make money from the sale of their homes has been fined almost £1m by the City regulator and banned from working in the financial services industry.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“With a smaller budget than the watchdogs it replaced, the Care Quality Commission has had a struggle on its hands.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government’s enthusiasm for secret courts has been set back after the UK’s most senior judges quashed anti-terrorist sanctions imposed on an Iranian bank and dismissed the intelligence involved as insignificant.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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