“Prisoners denied the right to vote are to start legal proceedings for compensation immediately in wake of the declaration by David Cameron that he will not change the law despite a ruling by the European court of human rights and the views of his senior law officer Dominic Grieve.”
The Guardian, 28th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gala Unity Ltd v Ariadne Road RTM Co Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1372 is important for those doing long leasehold work. I’m not entirely sure it’s right (or, perhaps a better way of putting it, I’m not sure it’s a good decision, it may be right within the statutory framework), but I’ll save that for the end. Since this is the first Right to Manage case to reach the Court of Appeal, I’ll set out some of the relevant background.”
NearlyLegal, 27th October 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“Regulations covering building standards, including fire safety and wheelchair access, could be torn up in a government plan to cut costs for the construction industry and boost the economy.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The White Paper which first proposed follow-on damages claims promised a ‘swift’ and ‘streamlined’ procedure. The idea was that when a regulator had made an infringement finding, there would be a simple way for victims to claim damages without having to prove the infringement afresh.”
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 28th October 2012
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
“New powers to snoop on all emails, web visits and phone calls could still be used to combat minor crimes despite Government assurances, the watchdog who oversees them has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Clarke insists that under the justice and security bill nothing currently heard in open court would be moved to closed court.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former serviceman and miner who sexually assaulted four girls in south Wales between 1949 and 1973 has been jailed for 11 years.”
BBC News, 26th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Senior staff and consultants must be available on the labour wards 24 hours a day in order to supervise junior doctors and midwives and reduce mistakes, said the report from the NHS Litigation Authority.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Six out of 11 care workers who admitted a total of 38 charges of neglect or abuse of patients at a private hospital have been jailed.”
BBC News, 26th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A group of head teachers and councils has launched legal action against the exam regulator Ofqual and two exam boards over June’s English GCSE exam.”
BBC News, 26th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Whiston, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice – when a prisoner is recalled from home detention curfew he does not suffer a fresh deprivation of liberty so as to engage Article 5(4) of the Convention.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Consumer watchdog the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has set out details of how it intends to use a new power which will allow it to suspend the licenses of rogue lenders with immediate effect in some circumstances.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Court of Appeal could be asked to carry out a judicial review of a Secretary of State decision on a screening direction for an environmental impact assessment (EIA) and to apply a lower threshold of reasonableness than ‘Wednesbury’ unreasonableness in its assessment.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Radhika Handa, barrister, of Coram Chambers compares the court’s consideration of children’s wishes in Hague Convention and Children Act cases, in both private and public law.”
Family Law Week, 26th October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Joint enterprise adds to the risk that the wrong people end up with convictions for murder. Reform of this law is needed.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Suffolk police constable who amassed a collection of 649 rare birds’ eggs has been given a suspended jail term.”
BBC News, 25th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lenders are to be banned from discriminating against ‘mortgage prisoners’ who are unable to get new loans because of negative equity.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights runs in 47 countries, but it is criticised most overtly and regularly in Britain. The outgoing president asks why.”
The Independent, 24th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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