First badger cull licence issued – BBC News
“The first licence allowing farmers in England to shoot badgers in an attempt to reduce cattle TB has been issued.”
BBC News, 17th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
Tilting at Windmills – The “New” Offence of Squatting in a Residential Building – Zenith Chambers
“The provisions of s. 144 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ‘create’ the offence, punishable by a fine on summary conviction or a maximum of 51 weeks in prison, of squatting in a residential building. This has resulted in a Government Circular (2012/04) explaining the offence and its ambit, issued on 22nd August 2012 and implemented on 1st September 2012. This article does not propose to comment on the perceived political or social imperative for creating yet another summary criminal offence, but rather the purpose, effect and guidance given by the government in investigating and prosecuting the offence.”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 10th September 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
Environmental and Planning Law – Uneasy Bedfellows? – Thirty Nine Essex Street
“This paper sets out to provide an inevitably selective overview of the environmental law and policy developments in recent years and how, if at all, the planning system can contribute to meeting those objectives, or (if bad decisions are taken) detracting from them. This will involve two main strands of discussion, based on the commonly quoted idea that environmental law and policy range from very large matters (‘the stratosphere’) to very local concerns (‘the street corner’).”
Thirty Nine Essex Street, 15th September 2012
Source: www.39essex.com
Law of Possession is it really under control? – One Inner Temple Lane
“Being in possession of a prohibited firearm is a serious issue as is being in possession of a prohibited article, whether it be a weapon or a drug. The law has quite rightly been very strict regarding this area of law, and the leading authorities have always sought to restrict the defences.”
One Inner Temple Lane, 3rd September 2012
Source: www.1itl.com
‘Fagin-style sex offender’ is jailed again – The Independent
“A Satanist branded a ‘Fagin-style sex offender’ is back behind bars after local residents mounted a campaign to keep local children safe.”
The Independent, 17th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
A Salutary Lesson on Bad Character – The Devil Is In The Detail – Zenith Chambers
“In a recent Crown Court trial the Prosecution made a Bad Character application alleging that the factual basis of a previous conviction was so similar to the alleged facts of the instant case, that the previous conviction should be admitted. This was propensity with a heavy dollop of similar fact.”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 17th September 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
Ian Tomlinson case: PC Simon Harwood guilty of gross misconduct – The Guardian
“The police officer acquitted of killing Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests in London faces certain dismissal after a disciplinary panel found he had committed gross misconduct.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Woman jailed for self-abortion – The Independent
“A woman who aborted her own baby within a week of his due date has been jailed for eight years.”
The Independent, 17th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
HFEA launches public consultation on ‘three parent’ IVF technique – Family Law Week
“The Human Fertilisation & Embyology Authority has launched a public consultation on the ethics of new IVF-based techniques designed to avoid serious mitochondrial diseases.”
Family Law Week, 17th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Fact Finding Hearings: Who Pays? – Family Law Week
“Stuart Hughes, Senior Solicitor at Greene and Greene Solicitors, and Sabuhi Chaudhry, barrister at Coram Chambers, consider recent developments concerning costs in fact finding hearings and the divergence between private law and public law cases.”
Family Law Week, 14th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
LSB publishes response to approaches to quality consultation – Legal Services Board
“The LSB today publishes its response to its consultation on approaches to quality in the legal services market.”
Legal Services Board, 17th September 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
So you want to be a police and crime commissioner… – BBC News
“In just a few weeks’ time, 41 individuals will become police and crime commissioners after pitching their vision for cleaning up the streets of England and Wales.”
BBC News, 14th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘All soldiers should die’ Facebook poster found guilty – The Independent
“The parents of one of six British troops killed in the most deadly attack in Helmand were among those horrified to read a Facebook message days later that said ‘all soldiers should die and go to hell’, a court heard.”
The Independent, 14th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Theresa May’s hopes of deporting Italian ‘hammer killer’ quashed by judges – The Independent
“Home Secretary Theresa May’s hopes of deporting an Italian father-of-five who hit his flatmate over the head with a hammer then strangled him with the flex of an iron were yesterday dashed by senior judges.”
The Independent, 15th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Tomlinson death case officer faces Met disciplinary hearing – The Guardian
“The police officer cleared of killing Ian Tomlinson on the fringes of the G20 protests in London will this week face further scrutiny into his conduct through an internal Metropolitan police disciplinary hearing which, unusually, will be held in public. It will be only the second time such an internal police hearing will take place in the open since a 2008 law gave the Independent Police Complaints Commission powers to compel this in instances with particular public interest.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Airport to ditch ‘naked’ scanners – The Independent
“Controversial ‘naked’ security scanners are to be ditched by airport bosses.”
The Independent, 17th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
DPP launches final guidelines for prosecutors on cases affecting the media following public consultation – Crown Prosecution Service
“Following a public consultation, Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has today published final guidelines on the approach prosecutors should take when assessing the public interest in cases affecting the media.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th September 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Hillsborough disaster: West Yorkshire police chief referred to IPCC – The Guardian
“Police watchdog to investigate Sir Norman Bettison after independent report alleges ‘black propaganda’ campaign by senior officers.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
