Complaint trends for 2015 – RPC Financial Services Blog
‘The FOS yesterday published its 2015/16 budget consultation. In short, we can expect more of the same.’
RPC Financial Services Blog, 7th January 2015
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
Chickens coming home to roost: SFO’s first conviction of a company for bribery after contested trial – RPC Financial Services Blog
‘Hot on the heels of the SFO’s first conviction under the Bribery Act 2010, discussed in George’s post, and just as some of us were disappearing for a Christmas break, the SFO announced its first conviction of a company for bribery of foreign public officials after a contested trial. (Regular SFO-watchers will recall that in Mabey & Johnson (2009) and Innospec (2010), both companies pleaded guilty by agreement to offences involving bribery of foreign public officials.) This prosecution was not in fact under the much-trumpeted Bribery Act 2010, but under s1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.’
RPC Financial Services Blog, 7th January 2015
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
EVENT: UCL – No interest in Human Rights?
‘Dr. Meckled-Garcia is the founder of the Human Rights programme at the School of Public Policy, having designed and launched the MA in Human Rights in 2003. He is also co-founder and Director of the new UCL Institute for Human Rights. His research focuses on the ethical foundations of human rights, and on theories of international justice. This work emphasises the link between adopting specific theories of human rights, justice and criminal liability, and clear practical/policy consequences.’
Date: 28th January 2015, 4.00-7.00pm
Location: Moot Court, UCL Laws, Bentham House, WC1H 0EG
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
‘Deport first, appeal later’ measures start to bite – Home Office
‘Nearly 800 foreign criminals are being kicked out of the country as tough new ‘deport first, appeal later’ measures start to have an impact.’
Home Office, 6th January 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
The Law and Artificial Intelligence – BBC Unreliable Evidence
‘Clive Anderson ask how our legal system will cope in a fast-approaching world of autonomous cars, care-bots and other machines using artificial intelligence to make judgments normally made by humans.’
BBC Unreliable Evidence, 7th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
EVENT: UCL – Reforming Offences Against the Person
‘This lecture will discuss the Law Commission’s recent scoping consultation paper, Reform of Offences Against the Person. The Offences Against the Person Act 1861 is in daily use in the criminal courts in England and Wales, but there have been many calls over the years for its replacement. The scoping paper examines the case for reform and present numerous important questions for consultation.’
Date: 19th January 2015, 6.00-7.30pm
Location: UCL Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, Wilkins Building, UCL Main Quad, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
Monitoring of sex offenders by home visits does not breach human rights – Court of Appeal – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The law governing the monitoring of sex offenders, allowing police officers to visit the homes of registered offenders, did not constitute an unlawful interference with the offenders’ privacy rights under Article 8 of the ECHR.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th January 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Munby: legal aid system ‘neither compassionate nor humane’ – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The president of the Family Division has described as ‘unconscionable’ delays over legal aid funding which have held up a case concerning the removal of a child from his parents.’
7th January 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Judgment published where court rejected attack on conduct of ward election – Local Government Lawyer
‘The written judgment has been published this week setting out why an Election Court dismissed a challenge to the validity of an election for a ward in the London Borough of Hackney.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th January 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Pro bono – what lies ahead in 2015? – The Future of Law
‘2015 looks set to be a critical year for the pro bono movement and its uneasy relationship with legal aid. The well-worn pro bono mantra – that pro bono is “an adjunct to and not a replacement for legal aid” – has been challenged in recent years. The Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO 2012) effectively scrapped public funding for much of social welfare law advice in April 2013 and the legal profession is finally beginning to rethink the formula. Legal aid lawyers are rightly sceptical about ministers trying to co-opt pro bono – but LASPO 2012 is a game-changer.’
The Future of Law, 7th January 2015
Source: http://blogs.lexisnexis.co.uk
Ched Evans: the legal issues – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘The “innocent man wrongly imprisoned who fights a valiant struggle to secure his freedom” is a long used trope in our culture. The hero is normally a sympathetic figure, heroically taking on the establishment.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 7th January 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Woman brings boyfriend to justice after remembering attack with hypnosis – Daily Telegraph
‘Zoe Dronfield only remembers brutal attack by Jason Smith in Coventry, West Midlands, after she was hypnotised into reliving traumatic ordeal.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Parents’ legal aid wait to fight enforced adoption of son inhumane, says judge – The Guardian
‘A couple left in “agony” to fight against the enforced adoption of their three-year-old son could be forgiven for thinking they are trapped in a system which is “neither compassionate nor even humane,” the most senior family court judge in England and Wales has said.’
The Guardian, 7th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Detention: the black hole at the heart of British justice – The Independent
‘It has been described as the “black hole at the heart of British justice”. Thousands of people, most of whom have been convicted of no crime, detained for as long as government officials wish.’
The Independent, 6th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rape trials rise by 30% as courts fight to clear caseload – The Guardian
‘Prosecutors are experiencing a 30% surge in the number of rape trials as courts struggle to cope with a backlog of historical allegations and fresh cases.’
The Guardian, 8th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
THE REAL ADVANTAGES AND RISKS OF PART 36 – Zenith PI Blog
‘In Downing v Peterborough & Stamford NHS Foundation Trust [2014]EWHC 4216 (QB) heard by Sir David Eady on 12th December 2014 the Claimant received an additional £75,000 in damages after beating its own Part 36 offer.’
Zenith PI Blog, 5th January 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Injunctions against ISPs Part VIII: Cartier International AG and Others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and Others – NIPC Law
‘In Cartier International AG and Others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and Others [2014] EWHC 3354 (Ch), [2014] WLR(D) 464 three of the subsidiaries of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA applied to Mr Justice Arnold for injunctions against the five largest internet service providers.’
NIPC Law, 6th January 2015
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
Challenging a Refusal of Permission to Appeal by the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) in a Welfare Benefits Case – A Practice Note – Garden Court Chambers Blog
‘Desmond Rutledge provides a practice note on challenging a refusal of permission to appeal by the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) in a welfare benefits case.’
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 6th January 2015
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
Is the Cart-threshold being set too high? – Garden Court Chambers Blog
‘Desmond Rutledge and Zubier Yazdani consider the hurdles facing welfare benefit claimants seeking to use the Cart test.’
Garden Court Chambers, Blog, 6th January 2015
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
