Aberystwyth man wins Apple Watch warranty court battle – BBC News
‘A man from Ceredigion has successfully sued Apple after his watch broke – forcing the company to change its product description.’
BBC News, 2nd February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court to hear application for Lord Lucan death certificate – The Guardian
‘A formal application to obtain a death certificate for Lord Lucan, who disappeared more than 40 years ago after the murder of his children’s nanny, will be heard by a London court on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Unjust Kingdom: why legal aid cuts require action and innovation – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘In a debate, held on 10 December 2015 (Human Rights Day), Lord Howarth of Newport succinctly summarised the consequences of the legal aid cuts as a; “denial of access to justice, human suffering, failure to achieve the intended savings, and damage to the legal profession.”’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 2nd February 2016
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Preferring Burnip: Discrimination without justification – Nearly Legal
‘The Court of Appeal tackles the bedroom tax and discrimination again, and, a year on from MA & Ors, there is quite a difference.’
Nearly Legal, 31st January 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Lawyers give Jackson’s fixed costs call a frosty reception – Litigation Futures
‘Lawyers have responded negatively to Lord Justice Jackson’s call last week to introduce fixed costs for all civil claims worth up to £250,000.’
Litigation Futures, 1st February 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
100 judges and magistrates received death threats over cases in past five years – The Guardian
‘A hundred judges and magistrates have received written threats connected to cases they presided over during the past five years, the Ministry of Justice has revealed.’
The Guardian, 1st February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mechanic jailed for rape and murder of trainee lawyer – The Guardian
‘A mechanic has been jailed for a minimum of 27 years for raping and strangling a trainee lawyer in an act of “unspeakable wickedness”.’
The Guardian, 1st February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
EVENT: how to academy – An Evening with Nobel Peace Prize Winner: Shirin Ebadi
‘Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights lawyer and activist Dr Shirin Ebadi joins the how to: Academy for a special event to tell of her fight for reform inside Iran and the devastating backlash she faced after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.’
Date: 29th March 2016, 6.45-8.00pm
Location: The Tabernacle, 35 Powis Square, off Portobello Road, London W11 2AY
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
Luxury car ‘ringing’ gang jailed – Daily Telegraph
‘Police recover vehicles worth more than £1.5 million after smashing the car ringing gang which was being orchestrated from a prison cell.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Paedophile awarded legal aid in fight to see son, eight – Daily Telegraph
‘Convicted sex criminal, named only as ‘Q’, was given taxpayer funding on human rights grounds to fight lack of contact with son.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court penalises party over non-compliant expert evidence and excessive bundles – Litigation Futures
‘The High Court has issued a costs penalty to a claimant that included material in expert evidence that it was not meant to and also flooded a preliminary hearing with unnecessary bundles.’
Litigation Futures, 28th January 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Rape case specialist units falling short, review says – BBC News
‘The care provided to rape and sexual assault victims by dedicated Crown Prosecution Service units in England and Wales is falling “well short” of what is expected, inspectors have said.’
BBC News, 2nd February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Deepcut inquest will not consider ‘culture of sexual abuse’ claims – The Guardian
‘An inquest into the death from a gunshot wound of a young female soldier at Deepcut 20 years ago will not consider whether there was a “culture of sexual abuse” at the army barracks, a coroner has ruled.’
The Guardian, 1st February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK consults on further changes to competition compensation law – OUT-LAW.com
‘It will become easier for victims of competition law breaches to claim compensation when the EU Damages Directive comes into force in December.’
OUT-LAW.com, 29th January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
UK to push ahead with reforms to rules on unjustified threats on intellectual property rights – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK government is to legislate to bring greater consistency to laws concerning the communications intellectual property (IP) rights holders send to alleged infringers of their rights.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st February 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
An open or shut case? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘R(C) v. Secretary of State for Justice [2016] UKSC 2. When is it right to keep the names of parties to litigation a secret? That was the difficult question the Supreme Court had to grapple with in this judgment, handed down on Wednesday. The decision to allow a double-murderer to remain anonymous led to outraged headlines in the tabloids. Yet the Court reached the unanimous conclusion that this was the right approach. Why?.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 29th January 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Heterosexual Civil Partnership Refusal Not A Human Rights Breach – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Steinfeld & Anor v The Secretary of State for Education [2016] EWHC 128 (Admin). The High Court has ruled in the case of Steinfeld and Keidan v Secretary of State for Education, a human rights challenge to the law of Civil Partnerships. Mrs Justice Andrews ruled that the current law does not breach the human rights of opposite-sex couples who cannot obtain a Civil Partnership.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st January 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Review of racial bias and BAME representation in Criminal Justice System announced – Ministry of Justice
‘The Prime Minister has asked David Lammy MP to investigate evidence of possible bias against black defendants and other ethnic minorities.’
Ministry of Justice, 31st January 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Law firm to back clients’ litigation after £50m deal with hedge fund – Legal Futures
‘Cardiff-based Capital Law has today launched a £50m fund – backed by a hedge fund – to help its clients pursue litigation, in a first for a law firm.’
Legal Futures, 1st February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
