Parents jailed over toddler’s heroin death – The Guardian
“A father has been jailed for killing his young son by negligently allowing him to eat heroin in the family home.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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National Security and Civil Liberties – Getting the balance right – Home Office
“Speech on national security by Security Minister James Brokenshire to National Security Summit at Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre on 3 July Originally given at London. This is a transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered.”
Home Office, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Hospital bosses face prosecution over care failings – The Independent
“Hospital and care home managers who allow neglect and abuse to take place on their watch could face criminal prosecution and unlimited fines under new Government plans designed to restore trust in the health service after a series of high profile NHS scandals.”
The Independent, 4th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Grayling’s prisons plan to ensure inmates are released close to home – The Guardian
“A national network of 70 ‘resettlement prisons’ is to be established to ensure that inmates are released from jail close to the area in which they will live, the justice secretary, Chris Grayling, has announced.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Norman Bettison referred to IPCC over Stephen Lawrence inquiry – The Guardian
“The controversy over police dirty tricks directed at Stephen Lawrence’s family’s campaign for justice grew today after Sir Norman Bettison was alleged to have attempted to intervene in the public inquiry into the racist killing.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Contributory negligence claims and the use of child passenger restraints by Stuart Young – Sovereign Chambers
“Parents who fail to secure their children in appropriate child passenger seats can be found to be contributory negligent for any injuries that may be suffered by the child as a result of a road traffic accident, as confirmed by the recent Court of Appeal case Williams v Estate of Dayne Joshua Williams 2013.”
Sovereign Chambers, 1st July 2013
Source: www.sovereignchambers.co.uk
Elvanite Full Circle Limited v AMEC Earth & Environmental (UK) Limited [2013] EWHC 1191 (TCC) – 4 New Square
“The judgment develops the growing body of case law surrounding planning consultants and both the substantive and costs judgments will be of interest to construction and costs practitioners alike. The case also raises interesting issues concerning exclusion clauses (including UCTA), limitation of liability, estoppel, waiver, extensions of time and the correct measure of loss.”
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4 New Square, 1st July 2013
Source: www.4newsquare.com
Snatched girl Elsa Salama’s father jailed again – BBC News
“A man who refuses to tell his ex-wife where their six-year-old daughter is has been jailed for a second time.”
BBC News, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
12th Programme – Law Commission
“We are consulting on our 12th Programme of law reform. We expect to submit our proposals to the Lord Chancellor in summer 2014. If approved, they will make up the main part of our law reform work in the following three years.”
Law Commission, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
Government not planning to create single defined contribution pensions regulator – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government is not planning to combine the roles of the Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to create a single regulator of workplace defined contribution (DC) pension schemes, it has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Quick, intuitive thinking drives decisions on whether to use a lawyer – Legal Services Board
“The Legal Services Board publishes today three reports which together deliver new insight into consumers’ behaviour when deciding whether or not to seek legal advice and into the proportionality of regulation.”
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Legal services Board, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Game “rent on administration” case to be fast-tracked to the Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com
“Landlords pursuing the administrators of Game for millions of pounds in rent that went unpaid while the retailer was insolvent will have their case fast-tracked to the Court of Appeal, according to press reports.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Divorcing a bankrupt, Part II: where insolvency law meets financial remedies – Family Law Week
“Henry Clayton of 4 Paper Buildings outlines the consequences where a party to financial remedy proceedings becomes bankrupt after the making of a final order.”
Family Law Week, 28th June 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Getting active! – New Law Journal
“HH Simon Brown QC continues his exclusive NLJ online series on costs management post-Jackson.”
New Law Journal, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Court to decide if Graham Ovenden’s sentence was too lenient – The Guardian
“An internationally renowned artist who walked free from court despite being convicted of a string of sexual offences against child models is to have his sentence reviewed by the appeal court.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Canoe man’ email hack was a warranted invasion of privacy, rules Ofcom – OUT-LAW.com
“Sky has avoided regulatory action over its admission that it hacked into emails belonging to a man who faked his own death and those belonging to his wife.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
HMRC “to de-register 500 pension providers” as part of pension liberation crackdown – OUT-LAW.com
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is preparing to de-register up to 500 pension providers as part of its ‘pension liberation’ compliance efforts, according to press reports.
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Brain-damaged claimant fails in Article 8 claim against Council – UK Human Rights Blog
“On 29 May 2004, Bradley Bedford, then aged 13, was beaten senseless by one AH, then 15, whom he had the misfortune to encounter entirely by chance near the seaside in Torbay. AH was in a children’s home there which was contracted to the Defendant Council; AH was a ‘looked after’ child under section 20 of the Children Act 1989. Bradley sued the Council for failing to protect him. His claim was limited to one under the Human Rights Act, and Article 8 ECHR in particular.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
