Consultation on extradition and transit codes of practice – Home Office
‘This is a consultation on revised codes of practice for extradition and new codes of practice for transit cases.’
Home Office, 2nd November 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Man sentenced after invoice for $28m of ammunition was found on his mobile phone – Crown Prosecution Service
‘Abdurraouf Eshati, aged 29, from Wrexham was sentenced for terrorism and immigration offences today at the Old Bailey, Eshati received a six year prison sentence after he pleaded guilty yesterday at court.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 27th October 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: The Law of Wales – Looking Forward – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Speech by the Lord Chief Justice at the Legal Wales Conference 9 October 2015.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 23rd october 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Respect the client’s right to legal privilege – MPs warned – The Bar Council
‘The statutory protection of legally privileged communications between lawyers and their clients should be high on the agenda when Parliament debates major new surveillance legislation next month. The Bar Council and The Law Society have called for legal professional privilege to receive statutory protection in the forthcoming Investigatory Powers Bill.’
The Bar Council, 22nd October 2015
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Devon carer’s sentence increased to 15 years for sex attack on elderly patients – Attorney General’s Office
‘The Court of Appeal has increased a 10 year sentence to 15 years for a care worker who sexually attacked three elderly residents in her care.’
Attorney General’s Office, 27th October 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
FGM: Legal duty to inform police comes into force – BBC News
‘Doctors, nurses, midwives and teachers are now legally required to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police. Failure to do so will result in disciplinary measures and could ultimately lead to them being barred from working.’
BBC News, 31st October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Theresa May says ‘contentious’ parts of web surveillance plan dropped – BBC News
‘Police will be able to see websites people have visited but not the specific pages they have viewed without a warrant, under new government plans. Theresa May said the Investigatory Powers Bill will not have some “contentious” parts of the 2012 plan, dubbed a snooper’s charter by critics.’
BBC News, 1st November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Merseyside police apologise for tweets that made light of rape – The Guardian
‘Merseyside police have launched an investigation after tweets that made light of rape were posted on the force’s official account. The two tweets were in response to apparent jokes by football fans on Sunday afternoon.’
The Guardian, 1st November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Compensation hunter jailed for staging fall in Asda – Daily Telegraph
‘CCTV cameras caught Louis Dempsey, 35, deliberately falling over in the Asda store in Brighton and showed he was lying.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Council ordered to pay £40,000 to mother and child over human rights breaches – Local Government Lawyer
‘A Family Court judge has ordered a local authority to pay £20,000 in damages each to a mother and her seven-year-old daughter for breaches under the Human Rights Act.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th October 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Man wins ‘silent homophobia’ case – Daily Telegraph
‘The unnamed man was awarded £7500 in compensation under the Equality Act.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Where now for the rule of law? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The reforms to judicial review proceedings in Part 4 of the Criminal Justice & Courts Act 2015 have been closely analysed in a timely report by JUSTICE, the Public Law Project and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 29th October 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
IPs hit back at Jackson: ending LASPO exemption would create ‘windfall’ for third-party funders – Litigation Futures
‘Abolishing the exemption from LASPO for insolvency cases would create a “windfall” for third-party funders, insolvency trade body R3 has argued.’
Litigation Futures, 29th October 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Do Right To Manage Baby (Do Unto Others) – Nearly Legal
‘There have been plenty of Upper Tribunal decisions on RTM (we covered the UT decision in this case with six others back in December 2013 – our note here, where your correspondent would like it noted that he suggested that there was “plenty for the Court of Appeal to tuck into”), but there has only been one previous excursion into this area by the Court of Appeal. That case, Gala Unity Ltd v Ariadne Road RTM Co Ltd [ 2012 ]] EWCA Civ 1372 (our note), is quite the predecessor to Ninety Broomfield Road in that both cases concerned more than one block of flats seeking to exercise the right to manage together. And quite the oddity, too. The Court of Appeal in Ninety Broomfield Road has restored some sense to the application of RTM in multiple block cases. It is also plainly right (a seal of approval that will doubtless cheer the hearts of the Court of Appeal judges involved).’
Nearly Legal, 29th October 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Freedom of Information Act misused by media to create stories, says Grayling – The Guardian
‘A Conservative cabinet minister has signalled a crackdown on the “misuse” of freedom of information requests as a means of researching stories for journalists.
The Guardian, 29th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police seek powers to access browsing history of UK computer users – The Guardian
‘Police have lobbied the government for the power to view the internet browsing history of every computer user in Britain ahead of the publication of legislation on regulating surveillance powers.’
The Guardian, 30th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Shaker Aamer: Last UK Guantanamo Bay detainee released – BBC News
‘The last British resident to be held in Guantanamo Bay has been released, having been detained there for 13 years, the foreign secretary has said.’
BBC News, 30th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Reforming intellectual property law – Government consultation – Law Commission
‘The Intellectual Property Office has opened a consultation to assess whether there would be sufficient stakeholder support to introduce our Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill into Parliament using the special procedure reserved for uncontroversial Law Commission Bills.’
Law Commission, 23rd October 2015
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
