Three teenagers sentenced for homeless man’s murder – The Guardian
“Three teenagers who beat a homeless man to death following a dare have been ordered to be detained.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Thatcher funeral: Police plan to arrest protesters under ‘draconian’ Public Order Act – The Independent
“Campaigners reacted angrily last night after Scotland Yard suggested protesters should consider avoiding Baroness Thatcher’s cortège – because they face arrest under a controversial public order law.”
The Independent, 15th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Blow to freedom of speech as key libel reform the Defamation Bill is blocked – The Independent
“The Government is to block plans to reform Britain’s ‘chilling’ libel laws and to prevent large companies from silencing their critics with the threat of being sued.”
The Independent, 15th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High court rules against ‘buffer zones’ for windfarms – The Guardian
“Wind energy developers are celebrating today after the high court ruled that Milton Keynes Borough Council’s attempts to impose a ‘buffer zone’ for new wind farm projects were unlawful.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
How to calm the legal aid row – The Lawyer
“Repeal section 41 (4) of the Proceeds of Crime Act to level the playing field and ease pressure on the public purse.”
The Lawyer, 15th April 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Court of Protection Update – Family Law Week
“Sally Bradley and Michael Edwards, barristers at 4 Paper Buildings, look at recent decisions on capacity in the Court of Protection.”
Family Law Week, 12th April 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Court terminates father’s parental responsibility – Family Law Week
“In the first reported judgment on the issue since 1995, Mr Justice Baker has terminated the parental responsibility of a father who had been imprisoned for sexual abuse of his own child’s half-sisters.”
Family Law Week, 14th April 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Rise in convictions of badger cruelty as RSPCA accused of using law to get to hunts – Daily Telegraph
“Badger cruelty prosecutions have almost doubled in five years, according to new figures, as the RSPCA is accused of using the law to target huntsmen.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Put away the measuring tape – it’s time for greater codification – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“Ever since I was a law student, it has been an annual ritual of the newspapers to buy a copy of the Tolley Tax Handbook and measure how much fatter the tax laws have become. Red tape seems inevitable, regulation grows by half an inch or so each year and business bemoans this lack of simplicity. So why does no-one ask the same thing of statutes and case law? Couldn’t this all be simplified by codification?”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th April 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Bankers’ ‘honesty test’: nearly all pass City regulator’s check – The Guardian
“Just 30 out of 227,000 people have failed the City regulator’s ‘fit and proper’ test to take on some of the most risky jobs in British banks since the onset of the financial crisis.”
The Guardian, 12th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Whistleblowing charity seeks evidence on effectiveness of current law – OUT-LAW.com
“The national whistleblowing charity has begun a public consultation exercise to help it establish whether the current law and legal protections are fit for purpose.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Restrictions on terror suspect student relaxed by court – BBC News
“Restrictions on a terror suspect who is studying at a London university should be relaxed, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 13th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Appeal court extends jail term of man who filmed rape on iPad – The Guardian
“Appeal judges have almost doubled the jail sentence of a man who filmed himself raping a woman on his iPad.”
The Guardian, 12th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Psychiatric Asbos’ were an error says key advisor – The Independent
“Controversial powers to treat mental health patients in the community while seriously curtailing their freedoms have been criticised by one of their strongest supporters.”
The Independent, 14th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sally Bercow faces first high court hearing in Twitter libel battle – The Guardian
“Sally Bercow, the wife of the Commons speaker, faces her first high court hearing next week as part of the libel battle with Lord McAlpine over an allegedly defamatory Twitter message.”
The Guardian, 12th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
No Sky TV, no Xbox: prisoners’ perks to be axed as Chris Grayling gets tough on jails – The Independent
“Thousands of prisoners could lose their automatic access to gym equipment, games consoles and other perks under plans for a tough new regime in Britain’s jails.”
The Independent, 14th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Prosecuting sexual assault: ‘Raped all over again’ – The Guardian
“Frances Andrade’s experience in the witness box left her feeling violated. Within days she had killed herself. Is it time we changed the way we prosecute sexual assault?”
The Guardian, 13th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
After Leveson: Stephen Sedley on press regulation – London Review of Books
“The Privy Council, which will now be responsible for issuing a royal charter setting up a panel to vet the independence of a new press regulator, started licensing books in 1538. In 1557 a royal charter gave the members of the Stationers’ Company a monopoly of printing. In 1588 the anti-episcopal Marprelate Tracts (one of whose authors, John Penry, was executed for publishing them) provoked a system of press licensing which survived in one form or another, though with diminishing effect, until the last decade of the 17th century.”
London Review of Books, 11th April 2013
Source: www.lrb.co.uk
Man jailed for slashing women in Hounslow – BBC News
“A man who slashed two women in separate random attacks in west London has been jailed for 18 years.”
BBC News, 12th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Data protection law is in danger of lagging behind technological change – The Guardian
“Data processing practices are evolving faster than the law can adapt to them, according to a senior British lawyer at an international law firm specialising in data protection.”
The Guardian, 12th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
