Secret trial: Six unanswered questions – BBC News
‘An important principle in the British legal system is that “not only must justice be done, it must also be seen to be done”.’
BBC News, 26th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Secret trial clears man of plotting to kill Tony Blair – The Independent
‘A British law student has been cleared of targeting Tony Blair and his wife Cherie as part of a terrorist plot, following the UK’s first secret terror case.’
The Independent, 26th March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Are too few convictions overturned? – BBC News
‘There is room for argument over whether the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is too cautious in referring suspected miscarriages of justice to the Court of Appeal, as the Commons Justice Committee has said.’
BBC News, 27th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Why Evans gets the spiders – Panopticon
‘The Supreme Court’s judgment in R (Evans) v Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21 has received vast amounts of media coverage – more in a single day than everything else about FOI has received in ten years, I reckon. No need to explain what the case was about – the upshot is that Rob Evans gets Prince Charles’ ‘black spider’ letters. Here’s why.’
Panopticon, 26th March 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Buying web addresses best protection for brands in light of expansion of domains – OUT-LAW.com
‘Businesses should respond to the growing number of domains by buying up the web addresses that pose a risk to their brands.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th March 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Ian Watkins: Misconduct case for two police officers – BBC News
‘Two detectives who worked on the Ian Watkins child abuse investigation have cases to answer for misconduct, a police watchdog has recommended.
BBC News, 26th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme court clears way for release of secret Prince Charles letters – The Guardian
‘The UK supreme court has cleared the way for the publication of secret letters written by Prince Charles to British government ministers, declaring that an attempt by the state to keep them concealed was unlawful.’
The Guardian, 26th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Do not-so smart pension reforms mean FCA wants pensioners to be ScamSmart? – RPC Financial Services Blog
‘Less than two weeks after Martin Wheatley’s speech identifying April’s ‘big bang’ pension reforms as “[t]he defining challenge of our time”, the FCA has launched a website called ‘ScamSmart’ dedicated to helping retail investors identify fraudulent investment scams. Martin Wheatley’s keynote speech and the launch of the ScamSmart website indicate the level of concern in the FCA about the impact of the reforms on UK pensioners. The strength of these concerns is confirmed in today’s Business Plan which includes plans for the FCA to carry out a thematic review (with, presumably, intense supervisory and enforcement work to follow) into the suitability of pensions and retail investment advice.’
RPC Financial Services Blog, 24th March 2015
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
Save Legal Aid, Save Lives – Family Law Week
‘Ruth Tweedale, a law lecturer at the University of Roehampton and former solicitor at Rights of Women, describes recent developments in the campaign to preserve family law legal aid for victims of domestic violence.’
Family Law Week, 24th March 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Supreme court to rule on publishing Prince Charles’ ‘black spider memos’ – The Guardian
‘The supreme court will rule on Thursday on whether highly sensitive secret correspondence between Prince Charles and government ministers should at last be released in the public interest.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Contractual discretion – lost at sea? – Technology Law Update
‘Contracts often include terms that give discretion to one of the parties to make a decision affecting the other party. Does that mean that the party with the discretion can use it freely? Apparently not, according to a recent Supreme Court case.’
Technology Law Update, 25th March 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Grooming bans could stop child sex abuse say councils – BBC News
‘Councils in England and Wales want new powers to combat predatory men suspected of grooming children for sex.’
BBC News, 26th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Too little progress on stop and search, says police watchdog – The Guardian
‘Police forces have made too little progress on improving their use of stop and search powers, with too many officers lacking any understanding of their impact on the lives of young black people, an official watchdog has said.’
The Guardian, 24th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
How to sue in respect of abusive comments on the Internet – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The facts of this case are simple. A defamatory comment was posted on the claimant’s Google maps directional page, implying that he was a “loser” as a lawyer and that his firm lost “80%” of cases brought to them. The defendant claimed that someone must have hacked in to his own Google account to put up the post.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th March 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Cheating Premier League footballer at centre of one-night stand blackmail plot should be named, says judge – Daily Telegraph
‘Justice Warby rules an anonymity order protecting a wealthy well-known defender who had a one-night stand despite having a long term partner and child should be lifted.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Support for death penalty drops below 50% for the first time – BBC News
‘Support for the death penalty in Britain has dropped below 50% for the first time on record, an annual opinion survey says.’
BBC News, 26th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Exclusive: Miscarriages of justice charity seeks law firm status – Legal Futures
‘A criminal appeals charity run by lawyers has applied to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to be a regulated legal practice, and could become the first charity to become a traditional law firm in its own right.’
Legal Futures, 26th March 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
