Court halts Surrey library volunteers plan – BBC News
“Campaigners have won a High Court injunction stopping Surrey County Council from replacing paid staff at 10 libraries with volunteers.”
BBC News, 21st January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
Private clinics that offer abortions can advertise on TV – The Guardian
“Private clinics that charge for pregnancy services, including abortions, will be able to advertise on television and radio under new regulations.”
The Guardian, 21st January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
#WithoutPrejudice 17: The Jury – European judges meddling – More weird cases – Charon QC
“Welcome to the Without Prejudice special with Professor Gary Slapper, Director of New York University, London and Global Professor at NYU. We look at the Jury and proposals to restrict the right to trial by jury, meddling European judges and Gary Slapper’s most entertaining new book…. ‘More weird cases’.”
Charon QC, 22nd January 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
‘Hidden army’ of abuse survivors could sue councils after £1m payout to incest victims – The Guardian
“Four siblings who were sexually abused by their father and uncle have received what is believed to be a record £1m in damages from a social work department that failed to protect them as children.”
The Guardian, 21st January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R (Associated Newspapers) v Lord Justice Leveson: Challenge to Anonymity Ruling Dismissed – UK Human Rights Blog
“On Friday 20 January 2012 the Administrative Court dismissed the second application for judicial review of the Leveson Inquiry. The Court dismissed an application by Associated Newspapers (supported by the Daily Telegraph) to quash the decision of the Chairman, Lord Justice Leveson. decision to admit evidence from journalists who wish to remain anonymous on the ground that they fear career blight if they identify themselves.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd January 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Bigamist wins ‘family life’ human rights case – Daily Telegraph
“A foreign drug-dealing bigamist has won the right to stay in Britain because of his human right to ‘family life’.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supergrass convictions face legal challenges – The Guardian
“A series of supergrass convictions are being investigated for possible legal challenges amid growing concern over the safety of using such criminal witnesses and the millions of pounds spent to cultivate them.”
The Guardian, 22nd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Top surgeons demand ban on advertising breast enlargements – Daily Telegraph
“Cosmetic surgery clinics should be banned from advertising their operations, leading plastic surgeons have demanded.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Royal Mail faces wave of employment tribunals over delayed Christmas pay – The Guardian
“Royal Mail could be facing a wave of employment tribunal claims from temporary sorting office workers who say they have been subjected to serious delays and miscalculations in their pay packets over Christmas and the new year.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Locked-in syndrome sufferer begins high court battle for right to die – The Guardian
“A man paralysed from the neck down after suffering a stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome will on Monday begin a high court battle to allow doctors to end his life.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Metropolitan Police succeed in G20 “kettling” appeal – Wessen Jazrawi – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Metropolitan Police has succeeded in its appeal against a Divisional Court ruling (see previous post) that the use of crowd control measures – in this case, containment or ‘kettling’ – against Climate Camp protesters did not constitute ‘lawful police operations’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th January 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Digitally altered photographs can qualify for copyright protection, UK court rules – OUT-LAW.com
“Photographs that are digitally manipulated using imaging software can be original enough to qualify for copyright protection, the Patents County Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Russian oligarch’s ex-wife wins £12.5m after ‘unfair’ post-nup – Daily Telegraph
“The former wife of a Russian oligarch has won a divorce payout of £12.5 million after a judge ruled the postnuptial agreement she signed was ‘grossly unfair’.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man charged with ‘drink-driving’ mobility scooter is let off – The Guardian
“A man accused of drink-driving after being caught more than four times the alcohol limit while riding his mobility scooter has been let off because his vehicle was too small to be classed as a road vehicle.”
The Guardian, 19th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Life after legal aid: the fightback begins – The Guardian
“Solicitors are not going to sit back when welfare benefits and legal aid are withdrawn. We intend to challenge injustice in the courts.”
The Guardian, 19th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Assisted suicide – institutionalised murder? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“A recent report by a Commission on Assisted Suicide funded by euthanasia advocates, Terry Pratchett and Bernard Lewis, ushered in by euthanasia supporter and Labour peer, Charles Falconer, and sponsored by Dignity in Dying (formerly the Voluntary Euthanasia Society), has found, predictably, that a legal framework should be investigated that would allow medical complicity in suicide. The fact that the 11-strong commission was made up of nine well-known proponents of euthanasia, led, inexorably, to an early-stage boycott of the inquiry by over 40 organisations, including the British Medical Association.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th January 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Pity the poor conveyancer – The Guardian
“The legal element of buying a house is regarded as a necessary evil, the part that always slows the transaction down. This isn’t necessarily true, of course. But conveyancing is proving to be just as much of a pain to the legal profession as it can be to the public.”
The Guardian, 19th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
No deportation for Abu Qatada, but where are we now on torture evidence? – Professor Adam Tomkins – UK Human Rights Blog
“On 17 January 2012 the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) handed down its judgment in Othman (Abu Qatada) v UK. In a unanimous ruling the Court held that the UK could not lawfully deport Abu Qatada to his native Jordan, overturning the House of Lords (who had unanimously come to the opposite conclusion in RB (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 10, [2010] 2 AC 110).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th January 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Man jailed for sharing father’s industrial compensation – BBC News
“John Kennedy followed his father’s wishes when he died, sharing the money from a compensation payout with the rest of the family, but he ended up in prison as a result.”
BBC News, 19th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
