Law Commission to codify sentencing procedure – Law Commission
‘Modern sentencing procedure is complex, and the law that governs it is unclear and difficult to understand.’
Law Commission, 26th January 2015
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
Abortion doctor will appear in court – Daily Telegraph
‘Telegraph investigation leads Christian campaigner to mount private prosecution against doctor accused of offering gender-based abortion.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Legal highs and prescription drugs face ban in English and Welsh prisons – The Guardian
‘The justice secretary will be able to ban any legal drug inside prisons, including prescription drugs and “legal highs”, under a crackdown to start this week.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Applications to allow service of Claim Form by alternative method/place – Explain your “Good Reason” – Zenith PI Blog
‘The principles to apply when considering whether to allow an application under 6.15 (service of the CF by alternative method or at an alternative place). The evidence in support must explain the failure to serve.’
Zenith PI Blog, 26th January 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
David Hart QC: TTIP – more ‘foreign’ judges critising ‘our’ laws? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘TTIP stands for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a proposed trade agreement between the US, the EU, and various members of the EU including the UK. A sober account of its history and scope was produced for the HoC debate (here), and a rather less polite view is here from George Monbiot. ‘
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd January 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Profession unites in opposition to “disastrous” court fee rises – Litigation Futures
‘The Law Society has pledged to challenge the government’s decision to introduce enhanced court fees from April and said it will strenuously oppose more planned hikes.’
Litigation Futures, 27th January 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Qualification criteria and allocations: An outlier? – NearlyLegal
‘In R(Hillsden) v Epping Forest DC [2015] EWHC 98 (Admin), McCloskey J held the council’s allocation scheme valid in circumstances which, I must say, did not seem propitious to the council. The council’s new allocation scheme, which came in to force in September 2013, had a qualification criterion which required applicants to have a continuous residence for three years and, for those already registered, to have two and a half years. It was argued by the council that there was no “exceptional circumstances” get-out clause, because, apparently, the council “wanted clear rules that left no room for doubt about whether an individual qualified in the first place”. Now, like Ms Hillsden’s counsel (Jan Luba and Bethan Harris), I would have said that whole criterion was a real problem – indeed, our past notes on this precise issue have argued this too. So, fair play to Epping – how did they win? Will it survive an appeal?’
NearlyLegal, 24th January 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Finance & Divorce Update – Family Law Week
‘Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor of Mills & Reeve LLP analyses the financial remedies and divorce news and cases from December 2014.’
Family Law Week, 23rd January 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Why Good Lawyers are such Bad Historians: the Case of Sir Edward Coke – The Inner Temple
Why Good Lawyers are such Bad Historians: the Case of Sir Edward Coke (PDF)
Dr George Garnett, University Oxford
The Inner Temple, 19th January 2015
Source: www.innertemple.org.uk
Mass surveillance is fundamental threat to human rights, says European report – The Guardian
‘Europe’s top rights body has said mass surveillance practices are a fundamental threat to human rights and violate the right to privacy enshrined in European law.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal upholds Birss J in Rihanna’s Case – NIPC Law
‘In Fenty and Others v Arcadia Group Brands Ltd and another [2013] EWHC 2310 (Ch), [2013] WLR(D) 310 Mr Justice Birss gave judgment to Robyn Rihanna Fenty (better known as Rihanna) and her corporate licensing companies against Top Shop for selling a t-shirt that reproduced a photo of the singer. The claim was brought not for infringement of copyright since the owner of the copyright in the photograph had licensed the reproduction of his work but for passing off. Rihanna and her companies had claimed that the t-shirt misrepresented authorization or approval of the manufacture and distribution of the garments and that such misrepresentation damaged her commercial activities. I wrote about the case in Passing off – Fenty v Topshop 10 Sept 2013 and readers are referred to that note for an appreciation of the judgment.’
NIPC Law, 24th January 2015
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
Prince Andrew: the legal issues – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘If the UK press love a sex scandal and a good royal story, imagine what you get when you put the two together. This month the news broke that victims of Jeffrey Epstein, an American paedophile, were attempting to sue Prince Andrew alleging, amongst other things, that she was coerced into having sex with him when she was 17.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 26th January 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Julian Cole family hit out at IPCC over police brutality allegations – The Guardian
‘The family of a 21-year-old athlete left with a broken neck after he was detained by police 20 months ago have spoken publicly for the first time, complaining they are no clearer about what happened.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Modified Universalism – Privy to Singular Clarification – RPC Commercial Disputes Blog
‘While most jurisdictions provide liquidators with wide investigative powers to locate and realise assets locally, the exercise of such powers becomes more complicated when the assets are situated overseas. As more and more businesses expand globally and corporate structures become equally more complex, the liquidators’ task becomes more problematic in winding up such companies.’
RPC Commercial Disputes Blog,
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
English pubs deemed important to communities to be protected by law – The Guardian
‘Pubs in England listed as important by communities will not be demolished or have their use changed without planning permission under proposed legislation.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Clare’s Law: Worried someone you know has a violent past? Here’s how to find out – Daily Telegraph
‘A new law, designed to protect individuals from domestic abuse, has made more than 1,300 disclosures since it was launched 10 months ago. But how does it work and how do you go about making a request? Claire Cohen offers a practical guide.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New laws to protect those cashing in pension pots – The Guardian
‘The financial regulator is rushing in new rules aimed at protecting people keen to cash in their pension pots from making bad decisions that could cost them dearly later on.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Bank mistook my sex change for fraud’ – when poor service counts as discrimination – Daily Telegraph
‘If a firm doesn’t accommodate a customer’s race, religion, disability or sexual orientation they could be ignoring their rights under the Equality Act’
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Coventry kidnap gang who cut off man’s finger jailed – BBC News
‘A kidnap gang who cut off a man’s finger to get a £20,000 ransom have been jailed.’
BBC News, 26th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
