‘How have the new Criminal Procedure Rules 2015 (Crim PR 2015) restated or amended previous legislation?’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 5th August 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Adult members of two families have been ordered by a judge to be immediately fitted with electronic monitoring tags because of fears they could take children to areas controlled by Islamic State.’
The Guardian, 4th August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A crackdown on “extremist” ideology threatens to criminalise previously orthodox views such as opposition to gay marriage.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘More victims of a teacher convicted of physically and sexually assaulting them have come forward and are suing Birmingham City Council.’
BBC News, 4th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A newspaper ad promoting the Book of Mormon that featured an expletive-laden endorsement from Jon Stewart has been cleared by the UK advertising watchdog.
The Guardian, 5th August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has slashed a costs budget by almost £400,000 after labelling the original estimate as ‘grossly excessive’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th July 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The effect of section 1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013 was that a statement was not defamatory of a person unless it had caused or would probably cause serious harm to that person’s reputation, those being matters to be proved by the claimant on the balance of probabilities.’
WLR Daily, 30th July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Article 3(4) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation gave member states an unqualified and unrestricted power not to apply the Directive to the armed forces, so that the terms of the Army Terms of Service Regulations 2007 were not incompatible with equal treatment under the Directive.’
WLR Daily, 24th July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Three police officers and a staff member are facing misconduct action over an inquiry into the disappearance of murdered teenager Jayden Parkinson.’
BBC News, 3rd August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘No one can have avoided the recent publicity surrounding the case of Ilott -v- Mitson (2015). The case concerned the estate of the late Melita Jackson who died in 2004 and her estranged daughter Heather. Heather hadn’t been in touch with her mother since she left home at 17, 26 years previously, and who was excluded from her late mother’s Will. The daughter made a claim against Melita’s estate under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (the Act) for reasonable financial provision.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 3rd August 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Spencer Vaughan was a Royal Marine taking part in an adventure training exercise in Gran Canaria. On the last day of the trip, his supervisor, Corporal Sanders told Spencer and his colleagues that they were free to do what they wanted until about 1.30pm. While visiting a tourist beach, Vaughan executed a shallow dive into the sea. At trial, he said that he had struck a sand bar. As a result he sustained a fracture of the cervical spine, which resulted in incomplete tetraplegia.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd August 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Rent Act 1957 introduced the requirement for a court order for eviction from a tenancy. That is 58 years of eviction without due process of law being unlawful. But no matter, for Something Must Be Done to deter people who have spent months on perilous journeys across continents and are currently sleeping under an old tarpaulin. Nothing is more likely to make such desperate, traumatised people turn their faces from England, pick up their tarpaulins and walk away into France than knowing they will not get the security of occupation offered by Housing Act 1988 or Protection from Eviction Act 1977.’
Full story
Nearly Legal, 3rd August 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Ms Tigere is 20. She arrived in the UK from Zambia when she was 6. She did very well at school. In 2013, she applied for a student loan to fund a university place.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd August 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Former City trader Tom Hayes has been sentenced to 14 years in jail after becoming the first person to be convicted by a jury of rigging the Libor interest rate.’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A “trusted” grandmother has been jailed for three years after stealing more than £500,000 to fund her lifestyle with a younger man.’
Full story
BBC News, 3rd August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Government needs to introduce a second civil law to tackle revenge porn – because the current criminal law does not go far enough to help victims – according to a specialist in the field.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Appointing a Welsh justice to the Supreme Court should be considered in the near future, a report has said.’
BBC News, 4th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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