Northampton man has sentence increased to life for brutal rape – Attorney General’s Office
‘Gintas Burinskas’ sentence becomes one of life imprisonment with a minimum term of 6 years.’
Attorney General’s Office, 4th March 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Category: appeals
Mormon church loses English temple tax fight in European rights ruling – The Independent
‘Ordering the Mormon church to pay local property taxes on one of its English temples is not a breach of human rights, European judges have ruled.’
The Independent, 4th March 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police forces appeal against A19 retirement ruling – BBC News
‘Five police forces have appealed against a ruling that their use of a regulation to make older officers retire was not “proportionate”.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Shrien Dewani extradited to South Africa ‘within 28 days’ – BBC News
‘A man accused of arranging the murder of his wife on their honeymoon has lost his latest appeal against extradition.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Commissioners for H.M Revenue & Customs (Respondents) v Forde and McHugh Limited (Appellants) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 26th February 2014
Coventry and others (Respondents) v Lawrence and another (Appellants) – Supreme Court
Coventry and others (Respondents) v Lawrence and another (Appellants) [2014] UKSC 13 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 26th February 2014
Beeres v. The CPS – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
‘Anita Beeres was convicted of assault for beating her partner John Leeson with a baseball bat during an argument at her home. Mr Leeson himself did not complain nor did he give evidence. (History does not relate how then Ms Beeres was arrested.) The only evidence against Ms Beeres was her confession, first at the time of her arrest and then again when interviewed at the police station.’
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 28th February 2014
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
Human rights and public law challenge to prisoner’s release conditions fails – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Mr Gul had been imprisoned for a period, on 24 February 2011, for disseminating terrorist publications. When he was released on 6 July 2012, this was under licence, as is common following the release of dangerous prisoners. Mr Gul challenged some of the conditions of his licence by judicial review. The court rejected his challenge.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd March 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Wind farms: ‘Inspector Blight’ criticised by senior judges – Daily Telegraph
‘Paul Griffiths, a planning inspector nicknamed “Inspector Blight” because of the number of wind farms he has approved, is criticised in a Court of Appeal judgement over his interpretation of guidelines’
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Alan Greaves murder: Jonathan Bowling loses sentence appeal – BBC News
‘A man who killed an organist who was walking to church has lost an appeal against his minimum 25-year tariff.’
BBC News, 27th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cap on housing benefit is lawful, says Court of Appeal – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected on all grounds a claim that the cap on housing benefit amounted to unlawful discrimination against women.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th February 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Lee Rigby murder: Michael Adebolajo gets whole-life jail term – The Guardian
‘The two terrorists who murdered British soldier Lee Rigby on a south London street fought with guards yesterday in the dock of the court yards from the grieving family of the soldier they butchered as a judge sentenced the mastermind of the attack to die in prison.’
The Guardian, 26th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Prince Charles’s letters: recipients’ identities must stay secret, say lawyers – The Guardian
‘The identities of the ministers who received confidential letters from Prince Charles promoting his personal views must remain concealed, government lawyers argued on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 26th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Attorney General considers whether single punch killing sentence was ‘too lenient’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, will decide whether to refer the four-year jail term given to Lewis Gill for the killing of Andrew Young in Bournemouth to the Court of Appeal.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v Price and another – WLR Daily
Regina v Price and another [2014] EWCA Crim 229; [2013] WLR (D) 86
‘The standard of care required to avoid the service offence of negligent performance of a duty, contrary to section 15(2) of the Armed Forces Act 2006, was to be measured against the standard to be expected of the reasonable serviceman having similar training, knowledge and experience as the accused. A subjective consideration of a defendant’s skills or weaknesses had no place in the objective judgment whether the defendant had reached the appropriate standard of care.’
WLR Daily, 21st February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (EM (Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (United Nations High Commissioner for; Refugees intervening); Regina (EH (Iran)) v Same; Regina (AE (Eritrea)) v Same; Regina (MA (Eritrea)) v Same – WLR Daily
‘A presumption that members of an alliance of states such as those which comprised the European Union would comply with their international obligations in regard to refugee protection did not extinguish the need to examine whether in fact those obligations would be fulfilled when evidence was presented that it was unlikely that they would be. The removal of a person from a member state of the European Union was forbidden if it were shown that there was a real risk that the person removed would suffer inhuman or degrading treatment in violation of article 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. It did not need to be shown that the source of that risk was a systemic deficiency in the asylum and reception procedures of the state to which the person was being removed.’
WLR Daily, 19th February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Landlords win legal battle over Game – Daily Telegraph
‘Court of Appeal ruling gives high street landlords more protection in administrations’
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
