‘No one wants to open the floodgates by establishing a principle that everything plundered must be repatriated. But one court case could do just that.’
The Guardian, 11th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A child (SM) who was adopted in Algeria by a French couple living in the UK was refused an application for a right of entry as a family member. Having been overturned in the Upper Tribunal, the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) successfully appealed to the Court of Appeal. SM was not, the court held, a family member of Mr M. A keen human rights observer might think this was an apparent infringement of article 8 ECHR (the right to family life).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th November 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Qualified solicitors and barristers made up more than three-quarters of a surge in volunteer lawyers last year, according to pro bono charity LawWorks’ latest annual report.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th November 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Christopher May accused of dismembering Tracey Woodford using ‘expertise’ from former job before hiding her head 450ft down drain.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Official inspection is critical of the way police and prosecutors treat vulnerable victims and witnesses.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The conviction of Nathan Matthews will focus attention once more on the threat posed to women and children by the viewing of violent pornography and sexual abuse online.’
The Guardian, 11th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The stepbrother of Becky Watts has been found guilty of murdering her during a sexually motivated kidnap plot.’
BBC News, 11th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Victims of domestic violence and other vulnerable witnesses are being put at risk by the erratic handling of sensitive cases by police and prosecutors, inspectors have said.’
The Guardian, 12th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Legal experts have called for an overhaul of UK corporate laws to hold companies to account after the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) dropped its prosecution of Japanese optical giant Olympus Corporation.’
The Independent, 11th November 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Abolishing current human rights laws will create uncertainty and give clever lawyers a field day, says former Lord Chief Justice.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The parents of a dying baby girl, who failed to seek urgent medical care for her because of their religious beliefs, have been jailed.’
BBC News, 10th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Alex Laing, barrister of Coram Chambers, considers two aspects of the decision in N (Children) (Adoption: Jurisdiction): (1) the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales to order the non-consensual adoption of a foreign child; and (2) the construction and use of Article 15 of Brussels IIA to transfer care proceedings.’
Family Law Week, 10th November 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Solicitors are in uproar over government changes to the criminal legal aid system. The budget has been slashed by 17.5 per cent and the number of firms eligible to provide duty solicitors to represent clients at police stations has been reduced from 1600 to just over 500.’
BBC Law in Action, 3rd November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (LF) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London [2015] EWHC 2990 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 442
‘A mentally incapacitated adult who died while in intensive care at a hospital was not, on the facts, in “state detention” at the time of her death for the purposes of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, with the consequence that the coroner was entitled to hold an inquest without a jury.’
WLR Daily, 29th October 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘President McCloskey gives guidance on appealing Upper Tribunal costs decisions to the Court of Appeal in the case of R (on the application of Soreefan and Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (judicial review – costs – Court of Appeal) [2015] UKUT 594 (IAC).’
Free Movement, 10th November 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘At long last the long awaited new Country Guidance case on Sikhs from Afghanistan is out. The case is TG and others (Afghan Sikhs persecuted) (CG) [2015] UKUT 595 (IAC).’
Free Movement, 9th November 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
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