Family killer Jeremy Bamber fails in appeal bid – BBC News
“Jeremy Bamber, who was jailed for killing his family 27 years ago, has failed in his latest attempt to appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 26th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Government plans for private right of redress against competition law breaches unveiled – OUT-LAW.com
“Businesses will be able to ask a competition tribunal to rule whether actions by rivals are anti-competitive under plans drafted by the Government.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Court of Appeal allows Barratt Homes’ east London scheme – OUT-LAW.com
“The Court of Appeal has rejected a local resident’s claim that Southwark Council should have ensured that better and larger community facilities were provided as part of a local development and that this was a ‘substantive legitimate expectation’.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Flexible working patterns – Law Society’s Gazette
“In the legal profession’s workaholic culture, achieving work/life balance has always been a struggle – and still is. The term ‘work/life balance’ has such negative connotations in private practice that some firms have banned it from their vocabulary. At Ashurst, for example, they refer to ‘work/life fit’. Speaking at the International Women in Law Summit last month, Ashurst senior partner Charlie Geffen said how one ‘fits home life into work’ was ‘a more honest’ description of what was realistic in law firms, particularly in transactional work.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th April 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Will the legal aid bill be the end of the ambulance-chasing lawyer? – The Guardian
“For all the scaremongering about a compensation culture, ignorance of rights causes more harm than the bringing of unmeritorious legal claims.”
The Guardian, 25th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Law reporting in the new media age – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“Last night Halsbury’s Law Exchange, in partnership with the international law firm Eversheds, hosted its first panel discussion. The subject was ‘Law Reporting in the New Media Age’.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 25th April 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Girl, 10, sues mother over drink-drive car crash – Daily Telegraph
“A 10-year-old schoolgirl is suing her mother for £100,000 over a drink-drive car crash which left her badly injured.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Age discrimination ruling allows employers to set retirement dates – The Guardian
“Employers can continue to set the age at which their staff retire, but only if they can prove there is strong justification for doing so, following a ruling by the supreme court.”
The Guardian, 25th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Consultation on children’s heart surgery was lawful, rules Court of Appeal – UK Human Rights Blog
“When is reorganisation of healthcare services unlawful? When can consultation, rather than a final decision, successfully be challenged? These were the questions dealt with by the Court of Appeal in relation to the reconfiguration of paediatric heart surgery services. The Bristol Royal Infirmary scandal had left these services in need of change; the Court of Appeal found that there was nothing unlawful in the consultation process resulting in the Royal Brompton failing to be chosen as one of the two specialist centres in London.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Croydon riot ringleader Adam Khan Ahmadzai’s sentence increased – The Independent
“A man at the heart of last year’s Croydon riots had his sentence of four years detention nearly doubled today.”
The Independent, 25th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Classifieds
We have recently introduced a ‘Classifieds’ section to the Current Awareness blog in which we will feature advertisements for chambers’ vacancies. We will be trialling this and if the venture proves worthwhile we will make advertisements a permanent feature.
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- Chambers name
- Title of vacancy
- Description of responsibilities
- Contact information
- Deadline for submission of applications
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Lawyer loses retirement age appeal – The Independent
“A lawyer forced to retire at 65 lost a Supreme Court Appeal on age discrimination today.”
The Independent, 25th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Is climate change a human rights issue? – UK Human Rights Blog
“In his thought-provoking Guardian post Climate change is a human rights issue – and that’s how we can solve it, Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, makes a case for human rights playing a radical new part in our response to climate change.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Six fines issued for data breaches – The Independent
“Six public bodies were fined over personal data security breaches in the last year despite hundreds of reported cases, a report said today.”
The Independent, 25th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jeremy Hunt emails: a legal view – The Guardian
“The emails revealed between the minister and News Corporation lobbyists suggest a risk of bias, says legal commentator.”
The Guardian, 24th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Asbestos exemption to ‘no-win, no-fee’ changes
“Sufferers of asbestos-related cancer will initially be exempt from government changes to ‘no-win, no-fee’ rules, a justice minister has said.”
BBC News, 24th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Twitter users to be arrested over naming of Ched Evans rape victim – The Guardian
“Police are planning to arrest a number of Twitter users who are alleged to have named the 19-year-old rape victim of Sheffield United footballer Ched Evans, and have launched an investigation into Sky News after it broadcast her name in a report.”
The Guardian, 24th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ban on Christian advertising was lawful, says court – UK Human Rights Blog
“The High Court has upheld the refusal of the broadcasting regulator to clear an advertisement for transmission on the grounds that it offended the prohibition on political advertising.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Ex-soldier found guilty of rapes – The Independent
“A former soldier was today convicted of a string of sex attacks during which he told one victim: ‘I don’t believe this, I’m a good-looking bloke’ when she rejected his advances.”
The Independent, 24th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
