St William’s Catholic care home child sex abusers jailed – BBC News
‘A former chaplain and ex-principal of a Roman Catholic children’s care home have been jailed for abusing boys.’
BBC News, 5th January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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British American Tobacco e-cigarette wins UK medicine licence – The Guardian
‘Britain’s drug regulators have given the go-ahead for a British American Tobacco (BAT) e-cigarette to be sold as a medicine for quitting smoking, the first such product to be given a drug licence in the UK.’
The Guardian, 4th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Trojan horse’ headteacher receives lifetime ban for professional misconduct – The Guardian
‘A headteacher who was accused of misconduct in the so-called Trojan horse scandal in Birmingham has been banned indefinitely from teaching after being found guilty of professional misconduct.’
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The Guardian, 4th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Footage of Supreme Court hearings proves an unlikely hit with the public – The Independent
‘It was expected to be little more than an iPlayer for law students: more than 900 hours of footage from inside the Supreme Court, offering a window on the often dry and sometimes fiendishly complex legal deliberations.’
The Independent, 3rd January 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Triple killer given £1,000 compensation after prison guard squirts shampoo on his CDs – The Independent
‘A three-time killer has won £1,000 compensation from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) after a judge ruled that a guard squirted shampoo on his CDs during a prison transfer.’
The Independent, 3rd January 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Publisher of The Daily Telegraph fined £30,000 for general election email campaign – RPC Data and Privacy Law
‘On 15 December 2015 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued Telegraph Media Group Limited (the Telegraph) with a Monetary Penalty Notice (see here) under section 55A of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998) following a “serious contravention” of Regulation 22 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR 2003).’
RPC Data and Privacy Law, 30th December 2015
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
Mortgage possession and disability discrimination – Nearly Legal
‘This is county court case, but a very interesting one on the issue of disability discrimination in mortgage possession proceedings.’
Nearly Legal, 3rd January 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
New CPS powers to tackle domestic abuse – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Controlling a partner’s social media account or surveilling them through mobile phone tracking apps could see domestic abusers jailed for up to five years under new legislation that comes into force today.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th December 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Just walk away (beforehand) – Nearly Legal
‘Briefly, the issue was that lease clauses for some (but not all) holiday chalet leases in the Gower effectively provided for a 10% per annum increase in fixed charges for maintenance etc. The compound effect of this was that leases that started with a £90 pa service charge in 1974 would have a charge of £1,025,004 pa by the end of the term in 2072. Even by 2012, the amount payable was considerably in excess of the actual costs to the landlord of the services.’
Nearly Legal, 1st January 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
10 human rights cases that defined 2015 – UK Human Rights Blog
‘It has been a fascinating year in which to edit this Blog. Political and social challenges – from continued government cuts to the alarming rise of Islamic State – have presented new human rights conundrums that have, as ever, slowly percolated to the doors of the country’s highest courts. And all this during the year of an astonishing General Election result and amid continually shifting sands around the future of the Human Rights Act.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd December 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Privatise Britain’s border controls, says new report – Daily Telegraph
‘Think-tank says UK Border Force – set up only four years ago – is failing and should have passport control functions put out to contract.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Christmas Break
There will be no posts during the Inner Temple Library’s Christmas closure period which starts at 2pm on 21st December. We will resume posting on 4th January 2016.
Happy Christmas and thanks for reading!
Drivers caught using mobile phones face £150 fines – Daily Telegraph
‘Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin plans to hit drivers who flout the law with higher fines, rising from £100 to £150, and more penalty points on their licences’
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Discretion, lip service and s188(3) – Nearly Legal
‘We’re very late with this one for reasons which are no doubt entirely reasonable, but currently escape me. A judicial review of a refusal (or repeated refusal) to provide interim accommodation pending s.202 review.’
Nearly Legal, 19th December 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Supreme Court: Failure to disclose evidence did not breach Art 6 – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal against a decision of Scotland’s High Court of Justiciary (available here) in which it refused to overturn a criminal conviction on the basis that the non-disclosure of evidence breached the appellant’s right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th December 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Phone Hacking and the Level of Damages – Panopticon
‘It is panto season, and everyone loves a good villain. This Christmas’ Wicked Stepmother is the Mirror Group who, when asking ‘Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the most liable of them all?’ has received the answer from the Court of Appeal that they are and must pay the consequences.’
Panopticon, 17th December 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Only 18 FGM protection orders issued to protect UK girls since launch – The Guardian
‘Only 18 of the new specialist protection orders designed to safeguard young girls at risk of female genital mutilation have been issued in the three months since they were introduced, according to official figures. The revelation prompted calls from the head of the new National FGM Centre for teachers, social workers and health professionals to be “braver” when identifying girls at risk and alerting the authorities.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Abolition of the Criminal Courts Charge: a welcome move – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Why has the government decided to abolish the Criminal Courts Charge? Shula de Jersey, Principal Lawyer at Slater and Gordon (UK) LLP, explores the controversial measure and explains the events that led to its abolition.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 16th December 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Cameron to review legal protection of shoot-to-kill police officers – The Guardian
‘David Cameron has ordered a review into whether armed police should have greater legal protection if they shoot terrorists and other suspected criminals.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hunting Act in ‘tatters’ as thousands prepare for Boxing Day meet – Daily Telegraph
‘The Countryside Alliance says 80 per cent of registered hunts have held on to their supporters or recruited new ones since the ban.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
