UK government scraps plans to legalise private copying – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK government has scrapped plans to legalise private copying in the UK, Out-Law.com has learned..’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th November 2015
Source: www.outlaw.com
Tweet Tweet? #silencingFOIontwitter – Panopticon
‘Is a request for information made in a tweet a valid request within the meaning of sections 1 and 8 FOIA? Not in Ghafoor v Information Commissioner (EA/2015/0140). The FTT held that section 8(1) requires the request for information to be made using the “real name” of the person making it, and that the provision of an address for correspondence must one which is “suitable for correspondence” between the requestor and the public authority about the request.’
Panopticon, 17th November 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Commercial agency: where the principal cannot have his cake and eat it too – Technology Law Update
‘On termination of a commercial agency agreement the agent is normally entitled to either an indemnity or compensation. This is a lump sum payment to reward the agent for the goodwill it has developed for the principal. They can agree by contract which option they prefer. But in the absence of agreement, the agent is entitled to compensation.’
Technology Law Update, 16th November 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Tarmac wins Court of Appeal battle over quarry restoration and waste – Local Government Lawyer
‘Tarmac has won a Court of Appeal battle over whether the use of waste in restoring a quarry was waste disposal or waste recovery.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th November 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Council secures £300k confiscation after uncovering conspiracy to defraud – Local Government Lawyer
‘Slough Borough Council last month secured a £300,000 confiscation order, its largest ever under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th November 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Government delays clinical negligence fixed costs consultation – Litigation Futures
‘The government has delayed launch of its consultation on introducing fixed recoverable costs in low-value clinical negligence claims.’
Litigation Futures, 19th November 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Major new report highlights mixed advocacy standards in youth court proceedings – Bar Standards Board
‘The Youth Proceedings Advocacy Review report, published today as a result of extensive research, highlights the damaging effects that poor advocacy has on access to justice for young and often very vulnerable offenders, and their perceptions of the system in general.’
Bar Standards Board, 19th November 2015
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
Regulators to report on HBOS failings – BBC News
‘A report into the collapse of HBOS is due later and is expected to be critical of its former bosses.’
BBC News, 19th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal gives explicit backing for “valuable” unbundling – Legal Futures
‘Solicitors who offer “unbundled” legal advice to help litigants deal with challenging parts of the process provide an “invaluable” service to both the court and litigants, the Court of Appeal said yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 18th November 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Speech by HHJ Edmund QC on Better Case Management and the Plea and Trial Preparation Hearing – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Speech by HHJ Edmund QC at the Criminal Bar Association Ann Goddard Memorial Lecture on 3 November 2015 entitled ”All Change: What you need to know about Better Case Management and the Plea and Trial Preparation Hearing”.
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 17th November 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Court charge creates “perverse incentive” for guilty pleas – The Bar Council
‘Criminal court charges create perverse incentives for the innocent to plead guilty, warns Bar Council chairman Alistair MacDonald QC, ahead of today’s parliamentary debate. He also points out that we still do not know if the Government is on track to raise £265 million it proposed to bring in over the course of this Parliament.’
The Bar Council, 17th November 2015
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Gary Glitter loses sexual abuse conviction appeal – BBC News
‘Disgraced singer Gary Glitter has lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his conviction for sexually abusing three young girls.’
BBC News, 17th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Self-help author targeted by stalker for seven years after showing kindness to him on trans-Atlantic flight – Daily Telegraph
‘A stalker terrorised a best-selling author for seven-years after when she sat next to him on a trans-Atlantic flight.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rise in sex crimes not due to historical cases, says lord chief justice – The Guardian
‘Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd says better treatment of victims by criminal justice system encouraging more people to report sexual assaults.’
The Guardian, 17th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Perivale doctor and nurse guilty of keeping man as slave for 24 years – BBC News
‘A doctor and his nurse wife have been found guilty of keeping a man as a slave for 24 years at their home.’
BBC News, 17th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Porn obsessed’ man filmed women and children – BBC News
‘A “pornography obsessed” man who spied on women and children – photographing and filming them with his phone – has been jailed for 12 years.’
BBC News, 17th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teaching assistant who groomed schoolboy jailed after suspended sentence deemed too lenient – Daily Telegraph
‘A teaching assistant who had sex with a 15-year-old student has had her suspended sentence replaced with an immediate two-year jail term by the Court of Appeal.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
