Snatched girl Elsa Salama’s father jailed again – BBC News
“A man who refuses to tell his ex-wife where their six-year-old daughter is has been jailed for a second time.”
BBC News, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
12th Programme – Law Commission
“We are consulting on our 12th Programme of law reform. We expect to submit our proposals to the Lord Chancellor in summer 2014. If approved, they will make up the main part of our law reform work in the following three years.”
Law Commission, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
Government not planning to create single defined contribution pensions regulator – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government is not planning to combine the roles of the Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to create a single regulator of workplace defined contribution (DC) pension schemes, it has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Quick, intuitive thinking drives decisions on whether to use a lawyer – Legal Services Board
“The Legal Services Board publishes today three reports which together deliver new insight into consumers’ behaviour when deciding whether or not to seek legal advice and into the proportionality of regulation.”
Full story (PDF)
Legal services Board, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Game “rent on administration” case to be fast-tracked to the Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com
“Landlords pursuing the administrators of Game for millions of pounds in rent that went unpaid while the retailer was insolvent will have their case fast-tracked to the Court of Appeal, according to press reports.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Divorcing a bankrupt, Part II: where insolvency law meets financial remedies – Family Law Week
“Henry Clayton of 4 Paper Buildings outlines the consequences where a party to financial remedy proceedings becomes bankrupt after the making of a final order.”
Family Law Week, 28th June 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Getting active! – New Law Journal
“HH Simon Brown QC continues his exclusive NLJ online series on costs management post-Jackson.”
New Law Journal, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Court to decide if Graham Ovenden’s sentence was too lenient – The Guardian
“An internationally renowned artist who walked free from court despite being convicted of a string of sexual offences against child models is to have his sentence reviewed by the appeal court.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Canoe man’ email hack was a warranted invasion of privacy, rules Ofcom – OUT-LAW.com
“Sky has avoided regulatory action over its admission that it hacked into emails belonging to a man who faked his own death and those belonging to his wife.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
HMRC “to de-register 500 pension providers” as part of pension liberation crackdown – OUT-LAW.com
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is preparing to de-register up to 500 pension providers as part of its ‘pension liberation’ compliance efforts, according to press reports.
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Brain-damaged claimant fails in Article 8 claim against Council – UK Human Rights Blog
“On 29 May 2004, Bradley Bedford, then aged 13, was beaten senseless by one AH, then 15, whom he had the misfortune to encounter entirely by chance near the seaside in Torbay. AH was in a children’s home there which was contracted to the Defendant Council; AH was a ‘looked after’ child under section 20 of the Children Act 1989. Bradley sued the Council for failing to protect him. His claim was limited to one under the Human Rights Act, and Article 8 ECHR in particular.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Footballer Courtney Meppen-Walter returned to jail after release error – BBC News
“An ex-Manchester City footballer mistakenly released from prison early after killing a brother and sister in a car crash has returned to jail.”
BBC News, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Smiley Culture inquest finds reggae star died from self-inflicted stab-wound – The Guardian
“Reggae star Smiley Culture died from a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest during a police raid at his home, an inquest jury has found.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Press regulation royal charter not imminent – BBC News
“A royal charter to regulate the press will not be introduced until the autumn at the earliest, the BBC has learnt.”
BBC News, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stop and search: home secretary launches consultation on police powers – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has launched a six-week consultation over the future of police stop-and-search powers after telling MPs that black people were still seven times more likely to be searched on the street than white people.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Name firms accused of hacking within 14 days, MPs tell police – The Independent
“The Serious Organised Crime Agency has refused to name the blue-chip companies it knows commissioned corrupt private investigators to break the law – but was immediately ordered to do so within 14 days by a committee of MPs.”
The Independent, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Legal aid cuts: ‘a return to widespread miscarriages of justice’ – The Guardian
“What impact will the latest raft of legal aid cuts have on people fighting councils or who are wrongly accused of a crime? We ask former defendants, their families, lawyers and experts.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Inner North London – WLR Daily
“It was a matter for the court in the exercise of its case management powers, having regard to the overriding objective to deal with cases justly, whether persons directly affected by judicial review proceedings should be joined as interested parties.”
WLR Daily, 27th June 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
