Police launch scheme for victims to choose punishment – Daily Telegraph
‘A Police and Crime Commissioner has launched scheme to allow victims to decide how criminals should be punished. ‘
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: news
Private copying exception plans face possible legal action following parliamentary sign off – OUT-LAW.com
‘New rights to make private copies of copyrighted works, make free use of copyrighted material in works of parody and quote extracts from copyright protected books, audio and video content will be introduced into UK law from October.’
OUT-LAW.co, 30th July 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Local authority’s ‘benefit tourism’ rule discriminated against residents – The Guardian
‘A local authority acted illegally when it introduced strict residency criteria designed to prevent it becoming a magnet for “benefit tourists” priced out of high-cost areas of London and the south-east by welfare reforms, a judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 30th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Illegal immigrant Mary Hounga can claim discrimination, says landmark Supreme Court ruling – Daily Telegraph
‘Illegal immigrants are entitled to bring court actions against their employers for discrimination, the Supreme Court has said in a landmark judgment.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Plans outlined to amend tax rules to enable new simplified reporting of VAT owed for supply of digital services – OUT-LAW.com
‘Proposed amendments to UK tax rules are being consulted on by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to recognise a new simplified mechanism that is being introduced for reporting VAT owed on the supply of digital services following changes to EU laws.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th July 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Armed police officer charged with murder over Azelle Rodney shooting – The Independent
‘A decorated former Scotland Yard marksman involved in a botched armed operation against a drugs gang was charged yesterday with murdering one of the suspects.‘
The Independent, 30th July 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Masked gang jailed for family attack at wrong house – BBC News
‘An innocent family were beaten and stabbed in their own home in a scene from a “horror film” after a masked gang targeted the wrong house.’
BBC News, 30th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
No appeal over Rolf Harris sex offences sentence – BBC News
‘Rolf Harris’s sex offences sentence will not be referred to the Court of Appeal, despite 150 complaints over its “leniency”, the attorney general’s office has said.’
BBC News, 30th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Skywalker’ signature rejected by passport officials – BBC News
‘A woman who added “Skywalker” as a middle name has been told by passport officials her signature infringes a trademark.’
BBC News, 30th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Patel v Mirza – WLR Daily
Patel v Mirza [2014] EWCA Civ 1047 ; [2014] WLR (D) 337
‘The claimant who had paid money to the defendant under an agreement to carry out an illegal scheme was not prevented from recovering the money by considerations of public policy if the scheme had not been implemented even if the claimant pleaded and relied on the illegality to recover the money.’
WLR Daily, 29th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Ann Sherlock: Supreme Court ruling on Welsh legislation – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘On 9 July 2014, the Supreme Court delivered its unanimous ruling that the Agricultural Sector (Wales) Bill was within the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 30th July 2014
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
Legal aid cuts have left family courts ‘at breaking point’ – The Guardian
‘The family courts system is at breaking point due to delays caused by unrepresented litigants and overstretched judges, according to the body that represents lawyers and professionals in divorce hearings.’
The Guardian, 29th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Watchdog ‘desperate’ for ministers to crack down on nuisance calls and spam texts – Daily Telegraph
‘Victims of spam message companies could find it easier to win compensation under plans backed by the Information Commissioner’s Office’
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Max Mosley to sue Google over sex party images – The Independent
‘The ex-Formula 1 boss Max Mosley is suing Google for continuing to publish images of him with prostitutes at a sex party.’
Full story
The Independent, 30th July 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Right to be forgotten is unworkable, say peers – The Guardian
‘A “right to be forgotten” – enforcing the removal of online material – is wrong in principle and unworkable in practice, a parliamentary committee has said.’
The Guardian, 30th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Michael Adebolajo loses first part of Rigby murder appeal – BBC News
‘Michael Adebolajo has lost the first stage of an appeal against his conviction and sentence over the 2013 murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in London.’
BBC News, 29th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
House of Lords inquiry into social media offences – what the report really says – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘The report is born out of a widely held belief that the law on policing what should be permitted on social media, and determining between the morally unacceptable and the criminal, is woefully inadequate in the current age
[Warning: contains strong language]
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 29th July 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
NHS worker jailed over theft of £642,000 earmarked for cancer drugs – The Guardian
‘An NHS worker who played an integral role in a fraud that diverted more than half a million pounds from a world-leading cancer hospital has been jailed for four years.’
The Guardian, 29th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Babysitting boyfriend guilty of killing baby – BBC News
‘A man who killed his girlfriend’s six-week-old baby by battering him with a shoe and plastic bottle has been found guilty of manslaughter.’
BBC News, 29th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
