Five criminals to make life sentence appeal – BBC News
“Five of the UK’s most dangerous criminals are to appeal against their life sentences for murder and rape.”
BBC News, 10th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: appeals
Boy who stabbed student in row over conkers has sentence increased – The Guardian
“A teenager who stabbed a student to death in a row over conkers has had his sentence increased by the court of appeal.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Anuj Bidve killer Kiaran Stapleton to appeal against sentence – BBC News
“The man who shot dead Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford is to appeal against the length of his sentence.”
BBC News, 8th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Abu Hamza to be extradited within days after final appeal fails – Daily Telegraph
“Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects will be extradited to the US ‘immediately’ after their last-ditch appeals were dismissed out of hand by senior judges.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Making prisoners use bucket as toilet is not degrading, rules judge – Daily Telegraph
“One of Britain’s most senior judges has criticised the impact of human rights laws as he threw out a rapist’s attempt to claim compensation over the state of his lavatory.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Tony Nicklinson right-to-die refused Court of Appeal hearing – BBC News
“High Court judges have refused permission for the case of a man who fought for the right to die to go to the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 2nd October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Abu Hamza makes high court bid to avoid extradition – The Guardian
“Lawyers for terrorist suspects facing imminent extradition to the US, including the radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza, are due in court to make last-ditch appeals against their removal.”
The Guardian, 2nd October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jailed mother who smacked children released on appeal – BBC News
“A mother jailed after her children complained to social services that she had smacked them has been freed on appeal.”
BBC News, 1st October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
All about killing badgers – UK Human Rights Blog
“It is impossible to drive through the narrow and high-hedged lanes of Herefordshire without coming across the sad and inevitable outcome of car meeting badger. One estimate is that we may lose as many as 50,000 badgers a year this way. But this case is about whether we should kill a lot more badgers – deliberately.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th September 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Court of Appeal ruling in ‘whistleblowing’ case – Law Society’s Gazette
“Members of limited liability partnerships are not ‘workers’ under employment legislation, the Court of Appeal ruled this week dismissing a whistleblowing claim made against City firm Clyde & Co.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th September 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Private land wheel clamping banned – The Independent
“Cowboy wheel clampers will be outlawed from clamping vehicles on private land from tomorrow as new legislation comes into place.”
The Independent, 30th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Top judge reveals fury over extradition delays like Abu Hamza – Daily Telegraph
“The most senior judge in the country has spoken of his ‘fury’ that cases like Abu Hamza are allowed to drag on for years.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Foreign Office fights move to publish secret immigration blacklist – Daily Telegraph
“The government has launched an appeal against a ruling that it must publish a secret blacklist of 44 countries whose nationals face tougher immigration measures when applying to come to Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Abu Hamza launches last-minute high court challenge to extradition – The Guardian
“Abu Hamza al-Masri has launched a last-minute appeal to the high court to block his imminent extradition to the US to stand trial on terrorism charges.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal orders disclosure of secret accuser’s identity in contact proceedings – Family Law Week
“The Court of Appeal has ordered that a young person who made sexual abuse allegations against a father of an 8 year old girl, which were considered in contact proceedings concerning her, must be identified.”
Family Law Week, 24th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Article 8 and Possession – NearlyLegal
“The ECtHR’s recent decision in Buckland v UK demonstrates again how wonderfully delphic the subject of housing and Article 8 rights has become.”
NearlyLegal, 23rd September 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
London bomb plotters launch appeal over ‘flawed’ forensic evidence – The Guardian
“Four of the terrorists convicted for the 21 July 2005 bomb plot will launch an attempt to have their sentences quashed following claims by a former senior government scientist that key forensic evidence used to jail the attackers was flawed.”
The Guardian, 19th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man with locked-in syndrome prepares to appeal for right to assisted death – The Guardian
“Lawyers for a man with locked-in syndrome, who says his life is intolerable and wants help to die, are to take his case to the appeal court within weeks and are then prepared to go to the highest court in the land, the supreme court, if necessary.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.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
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
