“A devout Christian woman is set to fight for her right not to work on Sunday this week when her case is heard at the Court of Appeal.”
The Independent, 20th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior prosecutor has launched a robust defence of journalists who break the law pursuing investigations that have a genuine public interest. Legal guidelines had been drafted, he said, to protect reporters.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who admitted stealing 905 designer handbags over the course of three years has been jailed for 18 months.”
The Independent, 18th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The moment a policeman found a girl who had been mauled to death by four dogs was the most distressing sight of his life, a court has heard.
At Wigan Magistrates Court, 45-year-old Concannon was given a 16-week suspended jail term after admitting causing suffering to the four animals.”
BBC News, 18th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A care home where 19 residents died was riddled with ‘institutionalised abuse’, a coroner has said.”
BBC News, 18th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“David Mead looks at a case in which the Olympic Delivery Agency got an injunction against protesters: Olympic Delivery Authority v Persons Unknown. The ODA was a public authority, and the protesters were advancing defences under Articles 10 (freedom of expression) and 11 (freedom of association). Arnold J dismissed the defences on the basis that these rights needed to be balanced against the ODA’s rights to property under A1P1.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Courts and commentators have sometimes said the administrative law doctrine of legitimate expectations is incoherent. They say that the various ways of acquiring a legitimate expectation do not hang together; nothing unifies them. For example, Lord Brown in Paponette v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago agreed with a commentator’s description of the doctrine of legitimate expectations as a mere ‘patchwork’ and ‘little more than a mechanism to dispense palm-tree justice’. Both Richard Clayton and Mark Elliott have in the past favoured the ‘disaggregation’ of the doctrine.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 18th October 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org/blog
“A recent High Court decision should act as a reminder to both landlords and
tenants that the frequent practice of the tenant continuing in occupation of
commercial premises (holding over) after the expiry of some leases can lead to
unexpected consequences, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th October 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“It’s no surprise that the Supreme Court has today unanimously dismissed appeals by two prisoners who wanted various remedies under the Human Rights Act and EU law for being denied the vote in Parliamentary, local, Scottish Parliament and European elections. These cases were always weak.”
Head of Legal, 16th October 2013
Source: www.headoflegal.com
“A coroner has pleaded guilty to a £2 million fraud which saw him steal some of the money from the estates of the dead.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former BBC radio presenter described as a ‘dominant predator’ has been found guilty of sexually abusing boys.”
BBC News, 17th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The NHS has admitted liability for the death of a new mother suffering severe post-natal depression after she was allowed to leave a hospital unsupervised despite warnings she was at ‘very high risk’ of suicide.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Court of Protection could be opened up to the public and media in the future, one of the country’s most senior judges said.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A maximum life sentence for the worst cases of human trafficking and exploitation is to be introduced.”
BBC News, 18th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“British military operations are at risk of being undermined by human rights law and health and safety red tape, a research institute has warned.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“PC Emma Chapman alleges that Essex Police did not do enough to help officers
understand transgender issues or investigate her claims properly, in what is
believed to be the first case of its kind. ”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service has published detailed guidance on how to handle sex abuse allegations. It comes down to is a simple shift in thinking that can make a profound difference: Trust, rather than doubt, what the victim is saying.”
BBC News, 17th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Guessing that it was not on my usual diet of journals, a colleague recently suggested an article in The Conveyancer that might be of interest. Emma Lees had written an interesting piece ((2013) 77 Conv. 211) on protest occupations and actions for possession but one aspect unrelated to the main topic intrigued me more than any other. In Olympic Delivery Authority v Persons Unknown [2012] EWCA 1012 Ch, the ODA, established under s.3 of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006, sought injunctions to restrain protesters from entering and/or occupying land that was being developed as part of the Olympic site. Mr Justice Arnold had held that he was required to balance the rights of the putative protesters under Articles 10 and 11 with the ODA’s rights to peaceful enjoyment of possessions under the 1st Protocol (at [24]). I’d skimmed the case last year when judgment was delivered but hadn’t really noticed the point that Emma Lees was making: that it was ‘somewhat surprising that [the ODA] is deemed capable also of possessing human rights’ (Lees, p.215) as it is acknowledged elsewhere in the judgment as a public authority (though Lees uses the term ‘public body’).”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 17th October 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
“Crime against households and adults in England and Wales fell 7% to a record low in the year to June, official figures have revealed.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Liz Davies explains that, although the courts may be able to help a few individuals, we need to step up the political battle.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 17th October 2013
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
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