‘A gang of paedophiles who raped and abused babies, toddlers and children under five in attacks that were streamed over the internet have been described by police as committing some of the most “vile and depraved” offences they had ever seen.’
The Independent, 22nd April 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The creation of the Crown Prosecution Service nearly 30 years ago was pretty traumatic for the police. I remember it well and wrote a book about it at the time. Overnight, detectives lost the power to decide what charges should be brought against people they had arrested. Instead, the director of public prosecutions — whose remit had been confined to cases of “importance or difficulty” for the previous 100 years — took responsibility in 1986 for most public prosecutions across England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 22nd April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘FOCUS: The Bribery Act, which was enacted exactly five years ago, may not have resulted in any prosecutions but corporate complacency about the UK’s first dedicated anti-bribery law is misguided. The Bribery Act has led to a step-change in anti-bribery compliance standards.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st April 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Opponents of wild animal hunting claim the fox hunting ban, in force for more than 10 years, is not being properly enforced in the South West.
BBC News, 22nd April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been ordered to arrange for a deported migrant family to be returned to Britain from Nigeria – in a landmark ruling that threatens to undermine the Government’s “deport first, appeal later” policy.
The Independent, 22nd April 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In a useful case the Upper Tribunal addresses one of the “mind the gap” differences between the Immigration Rules and the requirements of human rights law. There is a growing body of case law that recognises that the two bodies of law are not, contrary to the Home Office position, coterminous. The latest is R (on the application of Chen) v Secretary of State for the Home Department) (Appendix FM – Chikwamba – temporary separation – proportionality) IJR [2015] UKUT 189 (IAC) on, you guessed it, the House of Lords case of Chikwamba and the proportionality of having to travel abroad in order to apply from abroad.’
Free Movement, 22nd April 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will investigate alleged “misleading and opaque pricing practices” by supermarkets in response to a ‘super-complaint’ brought by consumer group Which?, it has announced.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st April 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘2015 is the 800th anniversary of English law’s most momentous landmark – the signing of Magna Carta. For the first time, the king’s absolute rule was limited and the first step taken towards civil liberties and individual rights for all.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 21st April 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Charity insists no change in prosecution policy after controversial chief quits but convictions down sharply.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police forces across the UK are trialling technology that allows officers to analyse DNA samples in custody suites, amid fears that civil liberties could be infringed and evidence compromised.’
The Independent, 21st April 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Relatives of 24 men killed by British troops in Malaya in 1948 will take their demands for a public inquiry to the Supreme Court later.’
BBC News, 22nd April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been found guilty of stabbing a mother-of-five to death as she tended her horses in a New Forest field, after he was recruited to stop her making an accusation about a sexual assault.’
The Guardian, 21st April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The London Oratory school, which educated the sons of former prime minister Tony Blair and current deputy PM Nick Clegg, has won a partial victory in a long-running legal battle over its admissions procedures.’
The Guardian, 17th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘This is the legal round up slot. There have been a number of interesting first instance cerebral palsy cases reported in 2014/15. The most interesting of which are Tippett v Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2014] EWHC 917 (QB) and Baynham v Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust [2014] EWHC. I am going to focus on these two cases.’
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Cloisters, 9th April 2015
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘A con artist has been jailed after he made an “ingenious” escape from prison by sending staff a fake email saying he had been granted bail.’
The Independent, 20th April 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Following the introduction of costs budgeting as part of his wide-ranging package of civil justice reforms, Jackson LJ is now undertaking a review of the process.’
Zenith PI Blog, 20th April 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The British inquiry into the 2003 Iraq war and its aftermath, which completed its last hearing in February 2011 with the promise to report back in “some months”, is unlikely to be published this year.’
The Independent, 21st April 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Since the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules, the standard basis of assessment of costs in civil litigation has required costs to be proportionate to the matters in issue as well as reasonably incurred and proportionate in amount.’
Zenith PI Blog, 20th April 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
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