In the matter of B (a Child) (FC) – Supreme Court
In the matter of B (a Child) (FC) [2013] UKSC 33 | UKSC 2013/0022 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 12th June 2013
In the matter of B (a Child) (FC) [2013] UKSC 33 | UKSC 2013/0022 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 12th June 2013
“The Law Commission welcomes the new Consumer Rights Bill published today, which incorporates many of our recommendations.”
Law Commission, 12th June 2013
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
“A dedicated mentoring website linking offenders to high-quality support to get their lives back on track is being launched today.”
Ministry of Justice, 12th June 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“We’ve all seen the ubiquitous scene from the American court-room drama where the bespectacled and previously underrated legal assistant/student/intern etc. bursts into the back of the crowded court, and shouts ‘State v. Jones’ whilst waving the paper judgment triumphantly at the judge. The judge is thereby stopped from making the patently unjust ruling he was about to make, changing his mind in favour of the film’s protagonist. This doesn’t happen in real life, so it was with much anticipation that I awaited the case of Johnson v Old [2013] EWCA Civ 415, which I used in court less than 24 hours after it was handed down. My thanks go to Karen Reid, one of our pupils at 1 Gray’s Inn Square, who rushed from the RCJ, clutching the judgment, ink still drying from Sir John Chadwick’s quill (well, printer at least).”
The Barristers’ Hub, 12th June 2013
Source: www.barristershub.co.uk
“Clive Anderson and guests explore the extent to which the law protects our right to privacy in the face of increasing use of covert surveillance by MI5, police, local authorities and other public bodies and commercial organisations.
Clive’s guests, all with wide knowledge of the world of spying and surveillance, warn that the threat to our privacy comes not just from Big Brother, but also from Little Brother and Big Brother PLC. And they argue that the law controlling surveillance is largely inadequate and widely misinterpreted.”
BBC Unreliable Evidence, 12th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“All consumers of legal services – using a broad definition that includes ‘linked professional services and advice that has a legal dimension’ – should have access to the Legal Ombudsman (LeO), its chairman said today.”
Legal Futures, 13th June 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“A group of hardcore career criminals who repeatedly reoffend are responsible for a growing proportion of crime in this country, the Justice Secretary will warn.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who posted offensive comments on Facebook following the death of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich has been jailed.”
BBC News, 12th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 700 young offenders a year who turn 18 while detained in youth jails are to face a minimum 12-month compulsory supervision on release, the justice secretary, Chris Grayling, is to announce on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A builder cleared of raping a pensioner in her bedroom despite matching DNA evidence has gone on trial again under the double jeopardy law.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Women will be passed information about the past of a violent partner in an initiative being considered by a police force where nine people have died in domestic violence homicides in four years.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Electronic cigarettes are to be classed as ‘medicines’ under new proposals to tighten up the regulation of nicotine-containing products.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who broke a four-year-old boy’s skull in three places in a ‘frenzied’ attack has been jailed for 16 years.”
BBC News, 12th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A growing number of councils want to use CCTV to catch more drivers breaking traffic laws. They say the move will ease congestion but drivers say they are being unfairly penalised to raise money.”
BBC News, 12th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lord Sumption’s ruling resolves the dilemma of enforcing the law and doing judgment.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A gunman who tried to kill a disabled woman after shooting her partner dead in a ‘cold-blooded, deliberate execution’ has been jailed for a minimum of 42 years.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A hacker with the notorious ‘hacktivist’ collective LulzSec is to be released ‘imminently’ despite being found with more than 170 indecent images of children as young as six months.”
The Independent, 12th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A choirmaster jailed for six years for indecently assaulting a former pupil has lost a challenge against the length of his sentence.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman jailed for eight years after aborting her unborn baby within a week of her due date has had her sentence reduced to three and a half years.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk