“Intelligence chiefs will be questioned in public for the first time to ensure that the secret services cannot escape the scrutiny of ‘open democracy’, a leading MP said yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Controversial plans to build a US-style mega pig-farm in South Derbyshire close to a prison and residential housing pose serious health risks to those living and working there and could breach their legal rights to protection of their private and family life, the local council is being warned.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“At first sight, Article 2 – the ‘right to life’ – seems to be a prohibition on extra-judicial executions and state-sponsored death squads. It does, of course have a role to play in that respect (and one that is not limited to those countries whose signature of the Convention is viewed with scepticism from Western Europe).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th February 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Clive Chatterton condemns ‘suffering’ of vulnerable inmates, calling on government to pursue alternatives to short sentences.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Today the Court of Appeal will rule on whether to uphold an eviction order granted to the City of London Corporation to drive the tent village from the steps of the cathedral and bring the four-month protest to an end.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Conviction of David Bryant for child sex assault will be pioneering forensics team’s last success.”
The Guardian, 12th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three Derby men have been jailed for giving out leaflets calling for homosexual people to be executed.”
BBC News, 10th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers and the intelligence services will be able to cover up sensitive information relating to the state’s complicity in torture and secret rendition, under controversial plans likely to be included in the Queen’s Speech in May.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The House of Lords has backed changes to the bail laws following a campaign by the parents of the murdered Lancashire nurse Jane Clough.”
BBC News, 9th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Judges and lawyers are already anticipating the government’s proposed reforms to the status of separated parents by pioneering ‘shared residence orders’, according to a leading family solicitor.”
The Guardian, 9th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2012
The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Research and Development (Qualifying Bodies) (Tax) Order 2012
The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2012
The Contaminated Land (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Greater London Authority (Limitation of Salaries) (Amendment) Order 2012
The Research and Development (Qualifying Bodies) (Tax) Order 2012
The Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2012
The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Supreme Court
Rabone & Anor v Pennine Care NHS Foundation [2012] UKSC 2 (8 February 2012)
Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd [2012] UKSC 1 (8 February 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
K v LBX & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 79 (08 February 2012)
HM Revenue & Customs v Cotter [2012] EWCA Civ 81 (08 February 2012)
Carlsberg UK Ltd & Anor v HM Revenue & Customs [2012] EWCA Civ 82 (08 February 2012)
Lloyds Tsb Bank Plc v Markandan & Uddin (a firm) [2012] EWCA Civ 65 (09 February 2012)
Cambridge v Makin [2012] EWCA Civ 85 (09 February 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd [2011] UKSC 1; [2012] WLR (D) 24
“An employment tribunal could consider a claim for unfair dismissal by an employee who worked overseas if the connection between the employment relationship and Great Britain was sufficiently strong to show that that could be justified.”
WLR Daily, 8th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Rabone v Pennine Care NHS Trust [2012] UKSC 2; [2012] WLR (D) 23
“A psychiatric in-patient who was known to be at real and immediate risk of suicide was owed a positive operational duty under article 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms by the NHS trust to take preventative measures to safeguard her life even though she was a voluntary patient who was not detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.”
WLR Daily, 8th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Individuals and businesses will find it cheaper, quicker and less daunting to resolve their disputes in civil courts, through new measures announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th February 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Byron James, barrister, 14 Gray’s Inn Square reviews the guidance arising from the latest case law concerning applications for leave to appeal in financial remedies orders in the High Court.”
Family Law Week, 8th February 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Shares awarded to employees in ‘cash box’ companies as part of an avoidance scheme are ‘readily convertible assets’ (RCAs) on which an employer must account for income tax under pay as you earn (PAYE), a tribunal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“If you need reminding of what it feels like when the candy-floss of human rights is abruptly snatched away, take a flight. Full body scanners and other security checks are nothing to the array of potential outrages awaiting passengers boarding an aircraft. Air passengers in general surrender their rights at the point of ticket purchase.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th February 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A Government-appointed taskforce is prepared to recommend changing the law if it finds ‘unnecessary legal barriers’ to the sharing of information under just-announced anti-fraud plans.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A severely disabled man with ‘locked-in syndrome’ has urged a judge not to decide to halt his High Court action to let a doctor end his life.”
BBC News, 8th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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