‘A dealer who tried to sell an elephant tusk at Christie’s has been spared a fine after claiming he was “misled” by their antiques experts.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Prosecutions for disability hate crimes surged by more than 40 per cent last year compared to the year before, official figures show. The Attorney General’s Office released statistics showing that the Crown Prosecution Service completed 941 prosecutions for such crimes in 2015/16 compared to 666 in the previous year. Convictions were also up by a similar rate, from 503 to 707, also around a 40 per cent increase.’
The Independent, 8th September 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Theresa May is on a collision course with Parliament over controversial plans to redraw the election map of the UK after Conservative MPs attacked them, with one branding them “perverse”. The review of constituencies due to be published next week will see the number of MPs in the Commons slashed from 650 to 600.’
The Independent, 8th September 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A fugitive from Poland who came to the UK and “transformed” his life has won a High Court battle against extradition for old criminal offences.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Theresa May will set aside decades of cross-party consensus in education policy by ending the ban on the creation of new grammar schools and attempt to head off critics by proposing measures intended to prevent poorer children losing out.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Individuals providing certain evidence to the Undercover Policing Inquiry can do so without fear of prosecution.’
Attorney General’s Office, 6th September 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Young v R [2016] EWCA Crim 1321 (07 September 2016)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Chancery Client Partners Ltd & Ors v MRC 957 Ltd & Ors [2016] EWHC 2142 (Ch) (23 September 2016)
Process Components Ltd v Kason Kek-Gardner Ltd [2016] EWHC 2198 (Ch) (05 September 2016)
Taylor v Van Dutch Marine Holding Ltd & Ors [2016] EWHC 2201 (Ch) (05 September 2016)
Golstein v Bishop & Anor [2016] EWHC 2187 (Ch) (02 September 2016)
High Court (Patents Court)
Nicocigs Ltd v Fontem Holdings 1 BV [2016] EWHC 2161 (Pat) (02 September 2016)
The Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Rules 2016
The Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2016
The Education and Adoption Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2016
The Bank Levy (Amendment of Schedule 19 to the Finance Act 2011) Regulations 2016
The Education (Designated Institutions) (England) (No. 3) Order 2016
The Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 2016
The Postal Services Act 2011 (Taxation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
The Acquisition of Land (Rate of Interest after Entry) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
The Rentcharges (Redemption Price) (England) Regulations 2016
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Justice Secretary Liz Truss has appeared to cast doubt on plans for a sweeping reform of prisons in England and Wales proposed by her predecessor, Michael Gove.’
BBC News, 7th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A father who was acquitted by a jury of killing his six-week-old son has been named as the person responsible for his death in a ruling by a high court judge.’
BBC News, 7th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A schoolboy died when the toxic fumes produced by a petrol pump designed to keep his family home from flooding poisoned him in his sleep, a coroner has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The focus of the official inquiry into child sexual abuse will not be narrowed to exclude historical cases, the home secretary has made clear, as she also suggested that its former chair, Dame Lowell Goddard, may have quit because she was lonely.’
The Guardian, 7th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An influx of Eastern European criminals risks clogging up the criminal justice system and placing an extra burden on its finances, a senior Old Bailey judge warns. His Honour Judge Tim Pontius also expresses concern at the surge in historic sex abuse cases which he called “troubling”, while conceding that the system is struggling to cope with young Islamist terrorists.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected the case of a nine-year-old British girl demanding Theresa May’s government do more to help her father, who has been kidnapped by the Ethiopian authorities and now faces an impending death sentence.’
The Independent, 7th September 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘More than two-thirds of zero-hours workers aged over 25 have been with the same employer for more than a year, highlighting concerns that the insecure arrangements have become a permanent feature of working life for thousands of people.’
The Guardian, 8th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Lawyers for the relatives of 96 people who died at Hillsborough have drafted a new law to compel public officials to tell the truth at inquiries.’
BBC News, 8th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A list of the 10 most bizarre British laws has been compiled by a Cambridge researcher to highlight the complexity and antiquity of statutes that remain in force.’
The Guardian, 8th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A government review into representation of children in public law cases could lead to lawyers being removed at certain stages in proceedings.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th September 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The new Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice used her first appearance in the House of Commons to label Birmingham law firm Public Interest Lawyers as “ambulance chasers”.’
Legal Futures, 7th September 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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