Paedophile who had 3,000 abuse images jailed for two years – The Guardian
‘A man who shared sexual abuse images of children as young as eight months has been jailed for two years.’
The Guardian, 20th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Websites allowing illegal activity ‘complicit in crime’ – BBC News
‘Websites that do not prevent the sale of illegal goods are complicit in cyber-crime, a crime chief has said.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lucy Eastwood – “A law on the move: Are Local Authorities vicariously liable for abuse committed by foster parents against children in their care?” – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The law of vicarious liability is on the move” proclaimed Lord Phillips in the last judgment he delivered as President of the Supreme Court: Various Claimants v Catholic Child Welfare Society [2012] UKSC 56, (“the Christian Brothers case”). In a judgment recently handed down by the Supreme Court in the case of Armes (Appellant) v Nottinghamshire County Council (Respondent) [2017] UKSC 60, His Lordship has been proved correct.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd October 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Family court data links adverse family experiences with proven youth offending – Family Law
‘Children in contact with the public law system are more likely to offend and commit multiple offences between the ages of 10 and 17 than those of the equivalent age group in the general population, according to an analytical summary published by the Ministry of Justice this week.’
Family Law, 20th October 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
GDPR: scope of rules on profiling not confined to solely automated processing, data watchdog says – OUT-LAW.com
‘Laws that place restrictions on the ‘profiling’ of individuals do not just apply to data processing completed entirely automatically, EU data protection authorities have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th October 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Ex-Lancashire Police officer Jayson Lobo jailed for voyeurism – BBC News
‘An ex-police officer who secretly filmed sexual encounters with seven women on his mobile phone has been jailed for three years.’
BBC News, 20th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Videolinks in court trials undermine justice system, says report – The Guardian
‘Video-conferencing threatens defendants’ rights and undermines trust in the justice system, according to a report on the government’s drive towards so-called “trial by Skype”.’
The Guardian, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Valuing pension rights on divorce – Family Law
‘Pension rights in divorce or dissolution settlements can often amount to the largest asset after the equity in the family home. Professional advisers therefore need to pay close attention to this aspect of the ‘family estate’. This article discusses valuation issues in order to provide a basis for a negotiated settlement which reflects the capital value in present-day terms of the pension rights of one or both parties and identifies areas in which solicitors may need help from forensic accountants.’
Family Law, 20th October 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Child gambling: remove ‘unacceptable’ online ads, regulators demand – The Guardian
‘Regulators have launched a crackdown on child gambling by demanding online gambling sites remove “unacceptable” adverts featuring cartoon characters likely to appeal to children.’
The Guardian, 22nd October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Chudley v Clydesdale: identifying the body – Hardwicke Chambers
‘A recent Commercial Court case, Chudley v Clydesdale Bank plc has provided a rare comment on the application of the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the 1999 Act) and, in particular, on how you decide whether the contract adequately identifies the third party so as to allow them to enforce the contract.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 20th October 2017
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Signature of St Albans (Property) Guernsey Ltd v Wragg [2017] EWHC 2352 (Ch) – Tanfield Chambers
‘The Court determined that restrictive covenants created by two conveyances dating back to 1910 continued to affect the Claimant’s property and were in principle enforceable by injunction by any or all of the Defendants against the Claimant.’
Tanfield Chambers, 12th October 2017
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
Johnson v MoD and date of knowledge in noise-induced hearing loss limitation trials – Zenith Chambers
‘The decision of the Court of Appeal in Johnson v Ministry of Defence [2013] P.I.Q.R. P7, [2012] E.W.C.A. Civ 1505 provides a potential “knockout blow” for Defendants in noise-induced hearing loss limitation trials where attributability is disputed by the Claimant.’
Zenith Chambers, 13th October 2017
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
EVENT: Birkbeck – Confronting Inequality In Women’s Imprisonment
‘Based on a decade of field research, Barbara Owen will discuss her co-authored book In Search of Safety. The authors argue that intersectional inequalities and cumulative disadvantages are at the root of the gendered harms that both mirror women’s pathways to prison and constrain their experience while confined. Women must negotiate these inequities by developing forms of prison capital—social, human, cultural, emotional, and economic—to ensure their safety while inside. This conflict and subsequent violence result from human-rights violations inside the prison that occur within the gendered context of substandard prison conditions, inequalities of capital among those imprisoned, and relationships with correctional staff. By claiming such gendered harms are a form of state-sponsored suffering, In Search of Safety proposes a way forward—the implementation of international human-rights standards – The Bangkok and the Mandela Rules– for all women’s prisons.’
Date: 26th October 2017, 6.00-7.00pm
Location: Eng 1.03, Malet Place Engineering Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
EVENT: British Academy – Tracing the Relationship between Inequality, Crime and Punishment: Space, Time and Politics
‘Inequality is receiving increasing attention from social scientists and policy-makers alike. Whilst criminal justice scholars have long recognised that levels of inequality correlate with rates of crime and punishment, the causal mechanisms underlying these correlations are less well understood. Building on recent comparative and historical research on the institutional, cultural and political-economic factors shaping crime and punishment, this conference aims to advance understanding of whether, and if so how and why, social and economic inequality influences levels and types of crime and punishment, and conversely the impact of different levels and types of crime and punishment on various forms of inequality.’
Date: 7th-8th December 2017, 9.30am-5.00pm
Location: The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
EVENT: Birkbeck – Conditions of Carriage: Formulations of Office and Place in Minor Jurisprudences of London
‘This paper considers some of the ways in which minor jurisprudences might provide a training in the conduct of the office of Jurisprudent of London (if such an office is still in use). Since the 1990s minor jurisprudences have emphasised variation and dissonance in relation major institutional and critical forms of jurisprudence. They have done so by finding and providing alternate sources, training and purpose in the instruction of the conduct of lawful relations. Reporting, rather loosely, on the writings of Peter Goodrich, Panu Minkkinen and Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihaloppous, this paper considers some of the ways minor jurisprudences recommend caring for the conduct of lawful relations of a place. The motivating conceit of this paper follows the understanding that London bears or carries a jurisprudence and that this can be studied through an engagement with the material ordering of the city. The paper reports back on research conducted between 2013-2017 on encounters of lawful relations along the TfL 345 bus route from Peckham bus Station to South Kensington.’
Date: 1st November 2017, 1.00-2.30pm
Location: RUS 101, Birkbeck, University Of London, 30 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DT
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
Sparks v Biden [2017] EWHC 1994 (Ch) – Tanfield Chambers
‘A term would be implied into an option agreement, requiring the purchaser/developer of a plot of land to sell the properties that he had newly constructed, within a reasonable period of time, so held the High Court. The clause was necessary as a matter of business efficacy and without it the option agreement lacked commercial coherence. The Court also deemed the clause to be so obvious that it went without saying. (Marks & Spencer PLC v BNP Paribas Securities Services [2015] UKSC 72; [2016] AC 742 considered).’
Tanfield Chambers, 12th October 2017
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
EVENT: Bar Standards Board – Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference 2017
‘In November in conjunction with the Legal Practice Management Association(LPMA), the Bar Standards Board are running a workshop at the Annual Bar Conference and Young Bar Conference 2017 titled ‘Transparency and feedback the future of legal services.’
Date: 4th November 2017, 1.50-3.00pm
Location: Westminster Park Plaza 200 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7UT
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
EVENT: Bar Standards Board – Transparency Standards seminar
‘Should barristers be obliged to publish their fees online?
We are hosting a seminar to discuss key questions like this, and others, in relation to our recently launched Transparency Standards consultation.
The session will focus on the recommendations outlined in our new consultation to promote transparency of the fees, services and redress offered by the Bar, following the Competition and Markets Authority report into the legal services market. ‘
Date: 21st November 2017, 6.30-8.00pm
Location: Waterhouse Suite at Holborn Bars, London, EC1N 2NQ
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
EVENT: Temple Church – The Charter of the Forest After 800 Years – Its Meaning Then and Now
‘The Temple Church will host a symposium based upon this Charter, which came into being 800 years ago, and two years after its more famous cousin Magna Carta.’
Date: 30th October, 5.45pm
Location: Temple Church
More information can be found here (PDF).
David Partington discusses: Time Share Mis Selling – An Introduction to Alternative Strategies – Park Square Barristers
‘The standard, if unimaginative, attack on a timeshare contract is an action in breach of contract and claiming or claiming and damages under section 2(1) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967. This is a perfectly logical and valid start, but as I have written before, and will write again, the classic action in misrepresentation is a very cumbersome and formalistic cause of action. It is a construction rooted in Victorian values, and the axiom caveat emptor (buyer beware) is part of its legal DNA. No doubt it worked very well where gentlemen in stove pipe hats were buying and selling new parts for their latest foundry; it also works well when you have purchased a company after a comprehensive due diligence process and there are written representation and accounts to pore over. It is much more difficult to deploy in the modern world where “consumers” (not a concept with which the Victorians would have been comfortable) are being subject to what may loosely but accurately be called “high pressure selling techniques” which employ a mixture of half-truths and psychological exploitation.’
Park Square Barristers, 18th October 2017
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
