Alleged people smuggler to be extradited to Greece – BBC News
‘A man accused of being part of an illegal people smuggling ring will be extradited to Greece from the UK, a judge has ruled.’
BBC News, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother’s £270 fly-tipping fine for putting rubbish out on wrong day outside neighbours’ homes – Daily Telegraph
‘A woman who left her household rubbish on the opposite side of the road in an attempt to avoid waiting two weeks for it to be collected has been hit with a £270 fine for fly-tipping.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Child sex abuse victims boycott inquiry meeting in anger over order to sign up to code of conduct – Daily Telegraph
‘Victims have begun a boycott of the Government’s child sex abuse inquiry after being ordered to sign up to a code of conduct if they want to attend meetings.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
ASA bans Heinz Beanz’s Can Song advert for safety concerns – The Guardian
‘A Heinz TV advert teaching viewers how to use cans of its baked beans to drum out a song has been banned for being dangerous for children to copy.’
The Guardian, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bishop George Bell case: Lord Carlile to lead review – BBC News
‘An independent review into how the Church of England handled the case of a bishop accused of being a child abuser is to be led by Lord Carlile.’
BBC News, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Spalding teenage couple’s murder sentences referred to Attorney General as ‘unduly lenient’ – Daily Telegraph
‘The 20-year minimum terms handed to a teenage couple – believed to be Britain’s youngest double-murderers – for the brutal “executions” of a mother and her daughter have been referred to the Attorney General for being “unduly lenient”.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Top judge urges tougher community service as alternative to prison – The Guardian
‘Fewer criminals should be jailed and tougher community punishments developed as an alternative to imprisonment, the lord chief justice has urged.’
The Guardian, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Silent solution’ for emergency calls should be reviewed after murder victim’s 999 call did not reach police – Daily Telegraph
‘The so-called “silent solution” protocol for calls to the emergency services should be reviewed following the murder of a primary school worker who wrongly believed officers would be dispatched if she called 999 but said nothing, the police watchdog has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court: part 36 offer extinguished earlier common law offer – Litigation Futures
‘A part 36 offer acts as a counter-offer that extinguishes an earlier offer based on common law principles, the High Court has ruled in a decision that one of the solicitors involved said “could influence settlement techniques and tactics in many commercial disputes in future”.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
David Baddiel show breached rules with jokes on Queen’s sex life – The Guardian
‘Jokes about the Queen’s sex life on David Baddiel’s Radio 4 show and Fox News host Sean Hannity’s coverage of the US election have been found in breach of UK broadcasting rules.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Litigants to pay £15k costs after ignoring letters from other side – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The High Court has ordered litigants who ignored correspondence from the other side to pay for the resulting costs. Chief Master Marsh, sitting in the Chancery Division, said it was ‘unacceptable’ for defendants in a patent case to simply ignore letters and proceed without proper engagement.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th November 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Employment law brief – New Law Journal
‘Ian Smith examines the recent cases that have been driving employment law.’
New Law Journal, 18th November 2016
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Orgreave files reveal concern trial collapse could warrant inquiry – The Guardian
‘Home Office files, including a 1985 memo to Margaret Thatcher, released after public inquiry ruled out last month.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
In residence – New Law Journal
‘Tamsin Cox & Julia Petrenko examine a useful authority for freeholders of residential buildings in relation to Airbnb.’
New Law Journal, 18th November 2016
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
AI app that replaces lawyers “could be used in divorce cases” – Legal Futures
‘The technology behind an artificial intelligence (AI) app developed to help businesspeople draft confidentiality agreements will be extended to other commercial and consumer products such as wills, and may in time be suitable for family law cases, according to its creator.’
Legal Futures, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Home Office ordered to review policy on torture survivors – The Guardian
‘Hundreds of asylum seekers who are detained in UK immigration centres could be released after a high court judge ordered the government to review its policy on incarcerated torture survivors.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jeff King and Nick Barber: In Defence of Miller – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘Miller v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union has stimulated quite a bit of debate. Some criticism of the decision has been well-informed and thoughtful, whilst some of it has been, to put it charitably, less worthy of engagement. In this post we respond to what we view as the strongest arguments against Miller, taking account of the Government’s written case for appeal. We discussed the reasoning used in the case in an earlier post written with Tom Hickman, and will not repeat that explanation here. This post assumes knowledge of that earlier piece, which was written with the lay reader in mind. The present piece, more legally detailed, is necessitated by the quite subtle replies to the argument in that original post and to the judgment in Miller.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
