“Causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving contrary to section 2B of the Road Traffic Act 1988 should not be treated as ‘unlawful killing’ for the purposes of the conclusion of an inquest whatever conclusion might be reached in other contexts.”
WLR Daily, 11th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Why do judges disagree and publish their disagreements when cases get decided? After all, the Cabinet does not do so (openly at least), and our FTSE-100 companies do not generally do so, when their executives propose a merger or launch a new product. Surely, judicial dissent is a recipe for diminishing the authority of the majority answer, and an invitation to self-indulgence on the part of the minority to re-fight lost and irrelevant battles.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Recently there has been concern in the legal world and media about the potential loss of EU criminal justice and judicial cooperation measures which are incorporated into English law.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th October 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Julie Stather, barrister, of 42 Bedford Row suggests some ways to benefit children by strengthening the position of grandparents.”
Family Law week, 12th October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Mugshots of convicted criminals are to be published on a Government website in a move to name and shame offenders.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A father wrongly convicted of causing grievous bodily harm and cruelty against his baby daughter has been told he can care for his children again.”
BBC News, 13th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Assumptions about fitness in older people should not be used to decide whether patients have surgery, according to a report by the Royal College of Surgeons and Age UK.”
BBC News, 15th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain will on Monday take steps towards opting out of a series of EU law and order measures in a move designed by the Tories to show that they are living up to their pre-election Eurosceptic pledges.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Patient care is being put at risk by the European Working Time Directive, which ‘disrupts continuity of care and distorts clinical training’, say two Royal Colleges.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 100 people were convicted after year-long sting – but charity says they may have been lured into committing offences.”
The Observer, 14th October 2012
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
“Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over an incident in Afghanistan in 2011, the MoD has said.”
BBC News, 14th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The penalties for drug misuse should be relaxed so that possession of small amounts would no longer be a criminal offence, the government has been urged.”
BBC News, 15th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A judge has ruled a car head on smash caused when a woman’s Ugg boots became trapped under the brake pedal, was ‘entirely foreseeable.'”
Daily Telegraph, 12th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Public sector bodies will generally be required to disclose information even if it is stored in computer ‘recycle bins’, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Scientists and academics are to be given extra protection from bullying corporations that use Britain’s libel laws to suppress legitimate criticism and debate, the Government has indicated.”
The Independent, 12th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Communities secretary Eric Pickles has set out the details of plans announced by him earlier this week to remove restrictions on the use of temporary stop notices, giving councils greater freedom to prevent unauthorised traveller sites being set up.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A trainee vet whose car fatally struck a tow truck driver by the side of a motorway has triumphed in a ground-breaking legal fight to overturn an inquest verdict that he was ‘unlawfully killed’.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The McLaren racing team is entitled to claim a corporation tax reduction in respect of a £32 million fine levied by the motor racing governing body because the fine was not a criminal penalty imposed by statute, a tribunal has held.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Ministry of Defence says an investigation will be launched into claims that an inquiry it set up to examine whether British troops abused Iraqi prisoners has become ‘little more than a whitewash’.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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