Fair access to the legal profession – The Guardian
“City law firms are exploring ways to remove barriers that prevent students from lower-income backgrounds pursuing a career in law.”
The Guardian, 5th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: news
Christmas Break
There will be no posts during the Inner Temple Library’s Christmas closed period which starts at 2pm on 21st December. We will resume posting on 7th January 2013.
Happy Christmas!
High Court blocks US drone intelligence case – BBC News
“The High Court has rejected an attempt by a Pakistani man to force the UK government to reveal if it is providing intelligence for US drone strikes.”
BBC News, 21st December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cracking Down on Waste Crime report: greater transparency is needed – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“The Environment Agency was established under the Environment Act 1995 and plays a central role in ensuring that environmental laws are complied with. Presently, it is the principal environmental regulatory body in England and Wales, although this will change as from 1 April 2013, when the Natural Resources Body for Wales commences operating. Thereafter, that body will perform the functions previously performed by Environment Agency Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales and the Forestry Commission Wales.”
Halsbury’s Law exchange, 20th December 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
High Court upholds Secretary of State’s refusal of 1,000 Grantham homes – OUT- LAW.com
“A High Court judge has dismissed a challenge to the Secretary of State’s refusal of developer Larkfleet Limited’s plans to build a 1,000-home urban extension to the north of Grantham in South Kesteven.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th December 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Defamation and privacy claimants will not have to pay other side’s costs, Government confirms – OUT- Law.com
“Members of the public faced with the prospect of bringing a claim for defamation
or breach of privacy against a large media organisation will in the future be
protected against having to pay the other side’s costs if the case is lost, the
Government has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th December 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
What lies beneath the Commission on a Bill of Rights report – UK Human Rights report
“Don’t be fooled! We have been led to believe there was a two-way split on the government-appointed Bill of Rights Commission, which published its report on Tuesday, but the split was at least three-way. The Commissioners tell us that ‘it [was] not always easy to disentangle in the opinions expressed to [them] what are tactical positions rather than fundamental beliefs’. The same must surely be said of the report’s seven ‘majority’ authors.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th December 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Tesco scores partial victory in cheese cartel – Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers
“In a judgment handed down this afternoon, the Competition Appeal Tribunal largely upheld Tesco’s appeal against the OFT’s decision that it had participated in unlawful agreements relating to the price of cheese: see Tesco Stores Ltd v Office of Fair Trading [2012] CAT 31.”
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 21st December 2012
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
Poppy burning teenager meets forces personnel in lieu of criminal charges – The Guardian
“A teenager who was arrested after posting a picture of a burning poppy on Facebook has escaped charges after meeting serving and former military personnel as part of a restorative justice programme.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Four men jailed for murder of 17-year-old boy – The Guardian
“Four men have been jailed for life for killing a 17-year-old boy who was chased out of a birthday party by attackers carrying champagne and brandy bottles.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Nagging wife given an ASBO after keeping neighbours awake for three years – Daily Telegraph
“A nagging wife has been given an ASBO after keeping neighbours awake for three
years with her constant quibbling.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Neon Roberts’s mother refused time to seek alternative tumour treatments – The Guardian
“A mother involved in a legal battle to prevent her seven-year-old son from having radiotherapy to treat a brain tumour has been refused more time to seek alternative treatments.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Chagos Islanders forced into exile left ‘dumbstruck’ by court ruling – The Guardian
“Exiled Chagos Islanders living in Britain and Mauritius have said they are ‘dumbstruck’ by a European court ruling that it has no jurisdiction to examine their forced expulsion by the British government in the 1960s”
The Guardian, 20th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man spared jail after punching son’s headmistress – Daily Telegraph
“A father who punched a primary school headmistress when she suspended his son
for swearing and racially abusing another pupil was spared jail yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gordon Dyche trial: Sentence upheld for Llyn Clywedog crash that killed family – BBC News
“A motorist jailed for causing the deaths of a family by careless driving at a
lake in Powys has been told his four-year sentence was fair.”
BBC News, 20th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Law relaxed on digital copying – BBC News
“Making digital copies of music, films and other copyrighted material for
personal use is to be made legal for the first time under government plans.”
BBC News, 20th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government to pay legal fees for families of Hillsborough victims – Daily Telegraph
“The Government will fund legal representation for the families of the 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster at the new inquest ordered into their deaths.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Roy Sly murder: ‘Sadistic torture’ killers jailed – BBC News
“Two people have been jailed for the ‘sadistic torture’ murder of a friend who
invited them for a meal in Essex.”
BBC News, 20th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government plan for mesothelioma claims process draws heavy fire from claimant lawyers – Litigation Futures
“Lawyers acting on the new system for dealing with mesothelioma claims will be paid on fixed-fee basis, the government announced yesterday.”
Litigation Futures, 19th December 2012
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Scientology does not qualify for chapel registration, rules High Court – UK Human Rights Blog
“R on the application of Louisa Hodkin v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2012] EWHC 3635 (Admin). Ouseley J has dismissed a challenge by the applicant against the Registrar General’s decision not to register a chapel of the Church of Scientology as ‘a place of meeting for religious worship’ which in turn means it is not a registered building for the solemnisation of marriages.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th December 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
