Investigation into Sussex ‘raw’ milk sold in Selfridges – BBC News
“A Sussex farm is being investigated for selling unpasteurised milk in a major department store.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Former Brookside actor cleared of gangland murder – The Guardian
“A former soap opera star who admitted driving the getaway car in a gangland shooting has been cleared of murder, it can now be reported. Brian Regan, 53, who played Terry Sullivan in Channel 4’s Brookside, was found not guilty at Liverpool crown court of the killing of nightclub doorman Bahman Faraji, 44. Regan was convicted of perverting the course of justice by lying to police in the early stages of the murder investigation and disposing of a pair of gloves he had worn on the night of the killing. Regan, who was on bail for supplying cocaine when the murder took place in February 2011, was jailed on 25 January for four years 10 months. The facts of the case can be revealed after Mrs Justice Nicola Davies lifted reporting restrictions put in place to avoid prejudicing the trial of another defendant, Jason Gabbana.”
The Guardian, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
You’re not drinking enough, financial adviser told her tearful client – Daily Telegraph
“A businesswoman sacked after a night entertaining clients ended in spectacular embarrassment has had her hopes of a compensation payout boosted by a tribunal ruling.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Older staff can be made redundant to avoid pension charges, judges rule – Daily Telegraph
“Older staff can be made redundant so their employers avoid significant pension payments, senior judges ruled yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Deferred prosecution agreement legislation to be introduced, Solicitor General says – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government will introduce new laws that enable businesses and prosecutors to negotiate the punishments those firms should face for unlawful activity before the end of this Parliament, a top legal advisor has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Flood v Times Newspapers, Supreme Court allows “Reynolds” appeal – UK Human Rights Blog
“In a unanimous decision ([2012] UKSC 11) the Supreme Court allowed the appeal of Times Newspapers Limited against a decision of the Court of Appeal ([2010] EWCA Civ 804) which had held that it could not rely on Reynolds qualified privilege. The Supreme Court restored the decision of Mr Justice Tugendhat ([2009] EWHC 2375 (QB)) who had ruled, on the hearing of a preliminary issue, that the Times was entitled to rely on the defence of Reynolds qualified privilege in relation to the printed publication of the article about the claimant.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Antoni Imiela : M25 rapist guilty of 1987 London rape – BBC News
“A convicted sex attacker has been found guilty of raping a woman in 1987 in south-east London.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Library Closures and the Public Sector Equality Duty: Libraries – 11 KBW
“I [Elisabeth Laing QC] consider 6 topics in this paper
(1) the legislative framework
(2) the implied duty to assess need
(3) community groups
(4) Equality Impact Assessments (‘EIAs’) and libraries
(5) institutional arrangements
(6) the Localism Act 2011.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
Environmental and planning law newsletter – Thirty Nine Essex Street
Environmental and planning law newsletter (PDF)
Thirty Nine Essex Street, March 2012
Source: www.39essex.com
Going Over The Top – One Inner Temple Lane
“Vincent Kompany, Didier Drogba, Nenad Milijas are members of the growing club of players being sent off for serious foul play in the Premier League. Pundits and commentators seem to like nothing more at the moment than to pore over these decisions, happy to quote anyone that will talk about it with their view or opinion.”
Full story (PDF)
One Inner Temple Lane, 21st March 2012
Source: www.1itl.com
The Public Sector Equality Duty – 11 KBW
“Since the Coalition Government came into power, ‘doing more with less’ has become a typical catchphrase. Cutting public services, charging for services, or finding a more economically attractive way of delivering public services has been a requirement for most, if not all, public authorities.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
Kennedy v Charity Commission (Information Commissioner and another intervening) – WLR Daily
“The right to freedom of expression under article 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms was not engaged in a case in which the Charity Commission had refused to comply with a journalist’s request that he be supplied with certain information, by applying an absolute exemption which was said to derive from section 32(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.”
WLR Daily, 20th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Sports law: rules of the game – Law Society’s Gazette
“The complex web of commercial and regulatory issues that surrounds sport is occupying an ever-increasing amount of lawyers’ time. That was evident at the Law Society’s Sports Law Conference, held at Chancery Lane last week. It may be true that, as Charles Russell partner Simon Johnson told the conference, ‘a sports right as such does not exist’. But that has not stopped the rights and laws that affect sport from developing into a unique combination of problems whose resolution requires a growing cast of legal minds.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Bar Council Calls for Action in Wake of MP Report on MoJ Finances – The Bar Council
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has welcomed the findings of a report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) into the financial management of the Ministry of Justice, which raises serious concerns about a number of areas of saving and expenditure.”
The Bar Council, 20th March 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Killer Kevin Nunn in High Court forensic evidence challenge – BBC News
“A convicted killer has started a new High Court challenge to access forensic evidence that his lawyers claim could clear his name.”
BBC News, 21st March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Justice reforms move to next stage – Ministry of Justice
“Plans for radical reforms to the justice system have moved another step forward in the Houses of Parliament.”
Ministry of Justice, 21st March 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Family Law Week’s Budget Briefing 2012 – Family Law Week
“Steve Crompton & David Kitson, Tax Directors at RSM Tenon, review the Chancellor’s 2012 Budget announcements.”
Family Law Week, 21st March 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Government to consult further on introducing a general tax avoidance prohibition in 2013 – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government has accepted that the introduction of a general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR) will improve the UK’s tax avoidance strategy whilst maintaining competitiveness, and will consult further with business on introducing a GAAR into the UK tax system, the Chancellor confirmed in today’s Budget.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Outrage at £2.60 wage proposal for trainees – Law Society’s Gazette
“Trainee solicitors could be paid as little as £2.60 an hour in their first year under an amendment to the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s proposals for ending the minimum wage. The Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) today condemned the move as another step towards making the legal profession the ‘preserve of the rich’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Appeasement it may be, but exclusion of Iranian dissident not a matter for the courts – UK Human Rights Blog
“The High Court has upheld an order by the Home Secretary preventing Maryam Rajavi, a prominent Iranian dissident, from speaking in Parliament. The exclusion order was imposed because of concerns about the deterioration of bilateral relationships between this country and the Iranian government, and fears that if the exclusion order was lifted there could be reprisals that put British nationals at risk and make further consular cooperation even more problematic. For further details of the Home Secretary’s decision see Henry Oliver’s excellent discussion of the case ‘Free Speech and Iranian Dissent in Parliament’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
