“The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) has featured prominently in the news in recent weeks, both as regards undercover police officers/’covert human intelligence sources’ and as regards the phone-hacking scandal.”
Panopticon, 28th June 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“BT has been accused of over-charging its customers – possibly by millions of pounds – after adding an extra 1p to the cost of calls to mobiles for some customers on its most popular package.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Five gang members, including a 15-year-old boy, have been jailed for murdering a painter and decorator in London.”
BBC News, 28th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mid Wales MP is bidding to change child neglect laws that date back to the 19th Century, which he claims are now ‘nonsense’. Ceredigion MP Mark Williams wants criminal legislation based on 1868 poor laws to be updated to include emotional and psychological abuse.”
BBC News, 30th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An investigation by the home affairs select committee into the standards of police leadership in England and Wales, after a series of scandals involving the most senior officers, found a patchwork of training, standards and accountability countrywide.”
The Guardian, 1st July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An official House of Commons analysis says a series of further Parliamentary votes will be required in 2016 to enshrine a future referendum in law. It warns that the legislation being debated in Parliament this week – if passed – could have little legal relevance as it could be ignored by a future government.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“Reports of sex offences overall, both historic and current, has also increased, with one police force seeing allegations almost double since last October, when the Savile affair first emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“Banks will be required to cancel continuous payments often used by gyms and payday lenders when asked to do so by customers, following an investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).”
The Guardian, 28th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A restaurant and hotel firm has been fined £15,000 after a window cleaner was
filmed balancing precariously on a ledge outside one of its buildings.”
BBC News, 28th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man convicted under the amended double jeopardy law of raping a pensioner has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 28th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Moors murderer Ian Brady should stay in psychiatric hospital, a mental health tribunal has ruled. The judge-led panel decided Brady was still sufficiently mentally ill to continue holding him at Ashworth secure mental hospital in Merseyside, where he has been since 1985.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Five former News of the World staff members, including ex-editors Rebekah Brooks
and Andy Coulson, have lost a legal attempt to block their prosecution on phone
hacking charges.”
BBC News, 28th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Changes to the information that companies must include in their remuneration
reports are set to come into force from 1 October following the Government’s
publication of the final rules.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Salahuddin Amin v Director General of MI5, Chief of MI6, the FCO, the Home Office and the Attorney General- [2013] EWHC 1579 (QB). Do not be misled by the impressive cast list of defendants in this case it means simply that the claimant was attempting to attack the integrity of his criminal conviction via the civil courts.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Dumfries and Galloway -v- North [2013] UKSC 45. Yesterday’s much heralded equal pay ‘victory’ in the Supreme Court (see BBC Report) undoubtedly will be good news for the specific female claimants in the case who seek to vindicate their European Union rights to equal pay.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Tough proposed sentencing guidelines will inform the level of financial penalties set by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) under new deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs), an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Employees hired to carry out jobs of equal value need not work in the same
‘establishment’ in order to benefit from protections given to those in the ‘same
employment’ under equal pay law, the UK’s highest court has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Hunt & Ors v Optima (Cambridge) Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 681 (TCC).
This is a brief note on what was a complex case arising out of what, by any measure, appears to have been a very poor construction and subsequent maintenance of a new build block of flats. As will become clear, I’m rather troubled by some of the Court’s findings.”
NearlyLegal, 25th June 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
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