James Bulger killing: 20 years on – The Guardian
“Society’s view of young people still as venomous as 1993 says the lawyer who represented one of the two-year-old’s killers.”
The Guardian, 1th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Judgment expected on government’s unpaid work schemes – The Guardian
“The court of appeal will on Tuesday judge whether government employment schemes constitute forced labour and if tens of thousands of unemployed people will still be entitled to compensation after being wrongly sanctioned by the Department of Work and Pensions.”
The Guardian, 12th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge condemns Salford University for failed libel case against ex-lecturer – Daily Telegraph
“Salford University, which charges students up to £9,000 a year in tuition fees
and axed 60 posts last year, was accused by a judge of abusing the High Court’s
processes in its actions against Dr Gary Duke.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Divorcees to plunder partners’ pensions – Daily Telegraph
“Divorcees who separated in the past 12 years could have to hand over more of their pension income to their former spouse. Pension funds are often the main asset of a marriage and are frequently more valuable than the home, but according to a report from Divorce LifeLine in as many as half of the 1.5 million divorce settlements in the UK since December 2000, the divorce pensions may have been undervalued.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Chimney sweep Philip Jones fined £5,000 over Derwyn Rees’s death – BBC News
“A sweep who did not remove a bird’s nest blocking a chimney flue has been fined £5,000 over the death of an ex-miner from carbon monoxide poisoning.”
BBC News, 11th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
National Audit Office warns UK needs more cyber skills – BBC News
“A lack of skilled workers is hampering the UK’s fight against cyber crime, the
National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.”
BBC News, 12th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Video journalist fights court application over EDL footage – The Guardian
“A video journalist is fighting a court application by police to force him to hand over footage he shot of the English Defence League.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ministry of Justice (formerly Department of Constitutional Affairs) v O’Brien – WLR Daily
“A part-time fee-paid judge was a worker under European Union law and had a right not to be treated in a less favourable manner than comparable full-time workers. The denial of retirement pensions to part-judges when full-time judges were granted pensions was less favourable treatment for which there was no objective justification. Accordingly, on the basic principle of remunerating part-time workers pro rata temporis, a recorder was entitled to a pension on terms equivalent to those applicable to a circuit judge.”
WLR Daily, 6th February 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In re Coniston Hotel (Kent) LLP (in liquidation) Bernsten and another v Tait and another – WLR Daily
“Points of claim in insolvency proceedings should concisely set out every fact necessary to establish the legal basis for the relief sought but with a degree of particularity to enable those responding to understand the nature of the case.”
WLR Daily, 1st February 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The IPCC should be scrapped, says former Met Police Commissioner Lord Stevens – Daily Telegraph
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) should be replaced with a new body that can hold the police to account when something goes wrong, says the former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Lord Stevens.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Room without review: Thoughts on tackling the bedroom tax – NearlyLegal
“With the beginning of the bedroom tax looming up for April and upwards of 700,000 households affected, I’ve been thinking about the position when the inevitable rent arrears possessions start to appear – probably by about October – and also whether the statute itself is open to challenge.”
NearlyLegal, 10th February 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Does the state owe a duty to inform the wronged? And Ullah revisited – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Court of Appeal dismissed this claim by a children’s NGO for an order that the Secretary of State provide information to certain children to the effect that the SoS and his contractors had unlawfully used bodily restraint upon them whilst they were ‘trainees’ in Secure Training Centres.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 10th February 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Horsemeat scandal: ‘Tougher testing’ by retailers ordered – BBC News
“Retailers have agreed to carry out ‘more and tougher testing’ of beef products in the wake of widespread horsemeat contamination, the environment secretary says.”
BBC News, 9th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Commission unveils plans for expanded cyber breach notification regime – OUT-LAW.com
“A range of businesses across the financial services, energy and technology sectors are among those that would be subject to new cyber security and breach notification rules under new legislative plans outlined by the European Commission.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
LSC drops legal aid contract changes – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Legal Services Commission has agreed to drop controversial changes to ongoing legal aid contracts following talks with the Law Society.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th February 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Frances Andrade death: Charity calls for review in child abuse trials – BBC News
“A charity for adults who were abused in childhood has said the way prosecutions are brought must change after a victim took her own life during a trial.”
BBC News, 9th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Job applicants with schizophrenia facing ‘discrimination’ – The Independent
“Tens of thousands of people with schizophrenia are being denied the chance to work because of ‘severe discrimination’, a report has found.”
The Independent, 11th February 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Nurse spared jail for killing baby in botched circumcision – BBC News
“A nurse who caused the death of a baby in a botched home circumcision has been spared jail.”
BBC News, 8th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judges ‘should talk to children before making care decisions’ – The Guardian
“Many children who end up in care are never interviewed by the judge who makes the decision to remove them from their families, according to a report by an influential group of MPs and child protection experts.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
