“Deirdre Fottrell, Barrister, of Coram Chambers considers the proposed reforms of the ECHR which are under consideration at the Brighton Conference and explains why they are of particular importance to family lawyers.”
Family Law Week, 19th April 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2012
The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2012
The Education Act 2011 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2012
The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“If Strasbourg turns him down, the cleric could be deported more quickly than if he’d gone to the English appeal courts.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The British Olympic Association (BOA) believes it is likely to lose its legal battle with the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), BBC Sport understands.”
BBC News, 20th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Abu Qatada deadline debacle has once again thrust the European Court of Human Rights – and in particular, its relationship with the UK – into unwanted controversy just as European representatives gathered in Brighton to debate the Court’s future. This new fracas over the deportation of Abu Qatada has acted as a lightning rod for well-rehearsed criticisms of the Strasbourg Court – that it is a ‘meddling pseudo-judiciary’ and the enforcer of a villains’ charter.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Research released by the Commission at this week’s Brighton conference on the European Court of Human Rights, shows that just a tiny minority of rulings by the Strasbourg Court are against the UK government.”
Equality and Human Rights Commission, 19th April 2012
Source: www.equalityhumanrights.com
Related link: The UK and the European Court of Human Rights (PDF)
“The Home Office had abjectly failed victims of miscarriage. The CCRC is putting that right.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Television cameras were yesterday allowed to record the sentencing of David Gilroy in the High Court in Edinburgh. This is the first time that sentencing in a UK court has been filmed for broadcast the same day – normally proceedings in Scotland are only occasionally filmed for documentaries to be broadcast weeks or months later and are heavily edited by lawyers involved in the case. Filming in most English courts has been banned since 1925.”
Legal Week, 19th April 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Controversial CCTV camera cars that can automatically issue parking fines should not be used if a traffic warden can carry out checks on foot, a tribunal has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A regulator has warned businesses to avoid using ‘misleading or undesirable’ trading names.”
BBC News, 20th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A young couple cleared of murdering their baby son have called for an inquiry into two hospitals responsible for his care.”
The Guardian, 20th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Newspaper proprietors and editors hoping to stop David Cameron introducing statutory regulation of the press won support today from the broadcasting regulator Ofcom.”
The Guardian, 18th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“To nobody’s surprise, the government last night rejected arguments on behalf of mesothelioma sufferers and overturned a Lords amendment that would have exempted them from the effects of Part 2 of the legal aid bill (known as the Jackson reforms).”
The Guardian, 18th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Stapylton v R [2012] EWCA Crim 728 (18 April 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Ford v Financial Services Authority & Anor [2012] EWHC 997 (Admin) (18 April 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Finmoon Ltd & Anor v Baltic Reefers Management Ltd & Ors [2012] EWHC 920 (Comm) (17 April 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has today published interim guidelines on the approach prosecutors should take when assessing the public interest in cases affecting the media.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th April 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Mullen & Ors, R. v (Rev 1) [2012] EWCA Crim 606 (01 March 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Adams v The Law Society of England and Wales & Ors [2012] EWHC 980 (QB) (17 April 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“An individual’s employment cannot be automatically transferred to another employer without following the proper procedures under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations, a tribunal has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A former Libyan dissident who was abducted and flown to one of Muammar Gaddafi’s prisons in a so-called rendition operation mounted with the help of MI6 has started legal proceedings against Jack Straw, who was British foreign secretary at the time.”
The Guardian, 18th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Raithatha v Williamson (a bankrupt) [2012] EWHC 909 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 115
“A trustee in bankruptcy was entitled to obtain an income payments order under section 310 of the Insolvency Act 1986 where a bankrupt had an entitlement to a payment under his pension scheme not merely where the scheme was in payment of benefit but also where, under the rules of the scheme, the bankrupt would be entitled to payment merely by asking for payment.”
WLR Daily, 4th April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The names of three junior members of staff who had handled complaints made to the financial services regulator should have been disclosed as part of a freedom of information request as disclosure ‘did not adversely affect their privacy’, a tribunal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
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