Speech to the Bar Conference – Nicholas Lavender QC, Chairman of the Bar Council
Speech to the Bar Conference (PDF)
Nicholas Lavender QC, Chairman of the Bar Council
The Bar Council, 8th November 2014
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Category: news
European court: asking asylum seekers to prove sexuality is breach of human rights – Daily Telegraph
‘European Court of Justice rules accepting video evidence in asylum cases that hinge on sexuality is a breach of human rights.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jimmy Mubenga’s final moments acted out before Old Bailey jury – The Guardian
‘The wife of an Angolan man who died as he was being deported from the UK broke down in court as a G4S guard described her husband’s last moments.’
The Guardian, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
109 women prosecuted for false rape claims over the last five years – Daily Telegraph
‘A number of women who report rapes are being ‘aggressively prosecuted’ by the police for perverting the course of justice, according to campaign group Women Against Rape.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Why do we ignore the mental health aspects of crime? – BBC News
‘When 16-year-old Will Cornick admitted murdering the schoolteacher Ann Maguire, the reaction was one of shock and bewilderment.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Couple launch legal challenge against ban on heterosexual civil partnerships – The Guardian
‘Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan launch judicial review after trying to hold ceremony at town hall and being turned away.’
The Guardian, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jimmy Savile paedophile scandal has created ‘non-stop’ flow of sex abuse cases, judges tell Chris Grayling – Daily Telegraph
‘Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, says huge spike in sex offence cases since former BBC DJ’s crimes were exposed has put added pressure on prison service.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rise in racist, religious and homophobic hate crimes in London – The Independent
‘Hate crimes motivated by racism, religion and homophobia have significantly increased in London over the past year, a new report has warned.’
The Independent, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Weight-loss ad featuring ex-Coronation Street star Denise Welch banned – The Guardian
‘An advert for the weight loss programme LighterLife featuring former Coronation Street and Loose Women star Denise Welch has been banned after the actor lost weight more quickly than regulations deem to be safe.’
The Guardian, 3rd December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
John Catt Brighton ‘extremism’ case at Supreme Court – BBC News
‘A decision that a Brighton peace activist’s details can be removed from an extremism database is being challenged in the UK’s highest court.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police apology over caution for woman who burned taxi driver’s turban – BBC News
‘Police have apologised after a woman who tore off a Sikh taxi driver’s turban and burned it in front of him, was given a caution.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
In re APCOA Parking Holdings GmbH and others – WLR Daily
In re APCOA Parking Holdings GmbH and others [2014] EWHC 3849 (Ch); [2014] WLR (D) 499
‘The court had jurisdiction to sanction a scheme of arrangement pursuant to Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 where, pursuant to a change of law clause in a facilities agreement governing the indebtedness of the scheme companies, a change of governing law to English law had been effected, even though the parties were incorporated in another jurisdiction and had COMI in another jurisdiction. The change of law was valid even where the original choice of law was the foundation for access to the processes and provisions of the new law chosen and those processes and provisions enabled the same parties as objected to the change of law to be placed under compulsion to accept some further change in their existing contractual rights.’
WLR Daily, 19th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Why domestic Aarhus rules are not wide enough to comply with the Convention – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Back to Aarhus and the constant problem we have in the UK making sure that the cost of planning and environmental litigation is not prohibitively expensive.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st December 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Dyson: miscarriages of justice likely since LASPO – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Master of the rolls Lord Dyson has told MPs that an increase in litigants in person has caused miscarriages of justice.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st December 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Requiring candidates to have a PhD may be discriminatory – Technology Law Update
‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal has recently addressed an issue that is of particular interest to technology companies: could making a PhD an absolute requirement when recruiting be indirectly discriminatory against older applicants? Unfortunately the EAT did not come up with a definitive answer, but in the best academic tradition, it has reformulated the question.’
Technology Law Update, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Mother in High Court challenge against NHS ombudsman – BBC News
‘The mother of a young woman who died in hospital is challenging the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO) in the High Court.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Crown court fees – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The first change relates to cases when the defendant elected trial and solicitors had been restricted to the fixed fee, even though the Crown did not proceed at all, and the defendant is acquitted on the order of a judge. In these cases, provided the case goes beyond the plea and case management hearing, a cracked trial fee will be paid.’
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Law Society’s Gazette, 1st December 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
An immigration lawyer reviews Paddington – Free Movement
‘Law is pretty abstract. Unlike the role of a doctor or a builder, that of a lawyer is difficult to explain to a young mind. When my children eventually ask me about what I do when I “work” (confusingly simultaneously a place I seem to go to and a thing I do at home; either takes me away from them) my plan is to explain that I help strangers from far off places find new homes. Like Paddington Bear.’
Free Movement, 1st December 2014
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Advertising regulator warns firms over ‘unclear’ commercial content in video blogs – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK’s advertising watchdog has told companies that they must be “up front and clear” with audiences when products are promoted online, such as in video blogs (vlogs).’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st December 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Inherently Uncertain: Is there authority for that? Questions over Birmingham’s Grooming Injunctions – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Over the last month Mr Justice Keehan has made a series of injunctions at the behest of Birmingham City Council designed to protect a vulnerable child in care from being groomed. It seems that the Orders are of such breadth that they are believed to have entered uncharted territory but there are questions whether there is any authority for this development.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st December 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
