Fines for driving while on phone fall four fold in three years – Daily Telegraph
‘Sharp drop in penalties for motorists on mobiles fuels fears police are turning a blind eye.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Victims are ill-served by the justice system: this bill will change that – The Guardian
‘The case of Poppi Worthington is the latest in a lamentable catalogue of misses by police or prosecutors. It demonstrates why the law needs to change.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bisexual asylum seeker wins Home Office fight to remain in UK – The Guardian
‘A bisexual asylum seeker who said he feared he would be killed if he was deported to his native Jamaica has been granted the right to remain in the UK after a three-and-a-half-year legal battle with the Home Office.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Whistleblower judge: austerity policies have made courts dangerous – The Guardian
‘A district judge who is suing the Ministry of Justice after whistleblowing her complaints about courtroom dangers – death threats, violent claimants and hostage-taking – has spoken out for the first time about her experience of an under-resourced justice system.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pervert teaching assistant Martyn Minter takes case to European Court of Human Rights – Daily Telegraph
‘The sports coach – jailed for 18 months after filming young boys in changing rooms – launches human rights case over sex offender register ruling.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Doubts raised over UK government’s refusal to permit return to Chagos – The Guardian
‘For more than half a century the displaced people of the Chagos Islands have sought to return to their home, a collection of coral reefs in the Indian Ocean that constitutes one of the more far-flung outposts of the British empire.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Criminal record disclosure checks ruled ‘unlawful’ – BBC News
‘Two people who claimed their careers were being blighted by having to disclose their minor criminal convictions to employers have won their case at the High Court.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
CPS accused of suppressing police corruption evidence – The Guardian
‘Criminal trial prosecutors have been accused of suppressing evidence of police corruption in what has been called “misconduct of a particularly serious nature”. Lawyers are alleged to have covered up evidence that police received corrupt payments from a firm of private investigators in return for confidential information.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lord Bramall inquiry: How did police obtain search warrant for ‘PR exercise’, asks retired judge – Daily Telegraph
‘Exclusive: Metropolitan Police’s handling of aborted child sex abuse case challenged as key abuse witness reveals police informant “stole” details.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Paedophile killer Sarah Sands’ sentence extended – BBC News
‘A woman who stabbed a paedophile to death in east London has had her three-and-a-half-year jail sentence more than doubled.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hillsborough inquests coroner to begin summing up evidence – The Guardian
‘The coroner presiding over the fresh inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool supporters at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough is to begin summing up the evidence.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
EVENT: The Constitution Unit – The Human Rights Act 1998: Past, Present and Future
‘The UK government intends to replace the Human Rights Act with a new ‘British Bill of Rights’. However, any change to existing human rights law promises to be a complex and difficult project. Reform of the HRA has the potential to impact upon devolution, as well as on the UK’s relationship with its European partners. It also risks generating greater legal complexity, and may dilute rights protection. This seminar will epxlore the current state of play and consider the past, present asnd future of the HRA.’
Date: 7th March 2016, 6.00pm
Location: The Constitution Unit – The Rubin Building, UCL. 29/30 Tavistock Square. London WC1H 9QU
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
Claimants and lawyers warned over damages repayment risk in RTA protocol cases – Litigation Futures
‘A claimant who receives less at stage 3 of the RTA protocol than was offered at stage 2 has to reimburse the difference, a circuit judge has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 21st January 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Stop Powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 incompatible with Article 10 – UK Human Rights Blog
‘On Tuesday the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment on David Miranda’s detention under the Terrorism Act 2000 and, while upholding the lawfulness of the detention in the immediate case, ruled that the stop powers under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act lack sufficient legal safeguards to be in line with Article 10.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st January 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Children were forced to have sex with pets in Coventry, judge rules – The Independent
‘Children were made to perform “sexual activities” with each other – and animals – at a hotel, a family court judge has concluded.’
The Independent, 21st January 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Poppers users beware: a draconian and discriminatory law is on its way – The Guardian
‘You rarely get a new law that criminalises the lifestyle choices of gay men, but the legal highs bill is coming to the statute book.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK legislates to support ratification of Unified Patent Court reforms – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK government has prepared legislation to give effect to EU legislation on the unitary patent and to the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPC), which backs the creation of a new UPC for resolving disputes over new unitary patents.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
MoJ apologises for faulty divorce settlements calculator – The Guardian
‘The financial assets of more than 3,600 couples were miscalculated in divorce and separation proceedings due to a faulty Ministry of Justice website.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Poppi Worthington death file to be reviewed by CPS – BBC News
‘Prosecutors are to review the death of Poppi Worthington after a family court judge ruled her father sexually assaulted her before she died.’
BBC News, 21st January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
EVENT: King’s College London – John Toulmin Lecture in Law and Psychiatry – The Unexamined Life: Insight and the Law
‘Professor Anthony David, Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Vice Dean Academic Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London will give the fourth in The John Toulmin Lecture in Law and Psychiatry lecture series.The series was set up following a gift by John and Carolyn Toulmin to the College with the aim of establishing a collaborative relationship between the College’s Dickson Poon School of Law and the College’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.
Tony David graduated in medicine from Glasgow University in 1980 and trained in neurology before entering psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital, London. He also has a Masters degree in Cognitive Neuropsychology. He has been an honorary consultant at the Maudsley since 1990 and was awarded a personal chair from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London in 1996. He was appointed Vice Dean for Academic Psychiatry at the IoPPN in 2013.
Professor David has a wide and diverse range of research interests including schizophrenia, neuropsychiatry, medically unexplained syndromes and neuroimaging – both structural and functional. He is especially interested in the concept of insight in schizophrenia and how this relates to treatment compliance and decision making capacity. Professor David is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Academy of Medical Sciences. He is a member of the Experimental Psychology Society and a founder member of both the British Neuropsychological Society and British Neuropsychiatry Association and was Chairman to the latter from 2004-7.
Professor David is editor of the journal “Cognitive Neuropsychiatry” and has co-edited several books including, The Self in Neuroscience and Psychiatry (2003) with T Kircher, and Insight and Psychosis (2nd Ed) (2004) with X Amador and Lishman’s Organic Psychiatry (2009). He is author of over 500 publications in peer reviewed medical and scientific journals.’
Date: 23rd March 2016, 6.30-7.30pm
Location: Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s Building, Strand Campus, King’s College, London WC2R 2LS
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
