Bedale woman fined for Le Vell trial tweet – BBC News
‘A woman who tweeted the identity of the alleged victim in the trial of Coronation Street’s Michael Le Vell has been fined.’
BBC News, 20th 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Disabled girl ‘lost in the system’ by Birmingham City Council for four years – BBC News
‘Birmingham City Council “singularly failed” a disabled child “lost in the system” for more than four years, the Local Government Ombudsman has ruled.’
BBC News, 20th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Disabled patients ‘have right to liberty’, Supreme Court rules – BBC News
‘Disabled people have the same right to “physical liberty” as others, one of the UK’s most senior judges has said. Lady Hale, deputy president of the Supreme Court, said the state had a duty to uphold that right and to cater for disabled people.’
BBC News, 19th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paddy Power Oscar Pistorius ‘money back if he walks’ ad broke rules and brought UK advertising into disrepute, ASA finds – The Independent
‘A Paddy Power advert that offered a “money back if he walks” guarantee for betting on the Oscar Pistorius murder trial broke rules and brought the UK’s advertising industry into disrepute, the regulator has found.’
The Independent, 19th March 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Privacy groups raise complaint with ICO over cloud-stored data from hospital records – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK’s Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has been asked to investigate whether privacy rules were breached when data collected from hospitals was uploaded to cloud servers operated by Google.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th March 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Why unelected judges should get our vote: reflections on Lord Neuberger’s Law Lecture – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘In his Cambridge Freshfield Lecture, Lord Neuberger gave a number of reasons, historical, geographical and emotional, for the view expressed in the Daily Mail and other newspapers that, “it is unacceptable for unelected judges to impose a diktat on a democratically elected parliament”. He said that this was a “peculiarly British” view, aimed particularly at the rulings on EU law by judges in Luxembourg and on human rights by judges in Strasbourg. But I am not going to write about that. No, what troubles me about Lord Neuberger’s citation from the Daily Mail is the complaint about rulings (diktats) being made by “unelected judges”.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th March 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Premature” bid for RBS case budget only penalised with 50% costs award – Litigation Futures
‘The action group that brought a premature application for budgeting in the RBS rights issue litigation will only pay half of the costs of the hearing at this stage, because “the basic proposition that a budgeting exercise would be appropriate may yet be vindicated”.’
Litigation Futures, 18th March 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Out of control’ foreign divorce ‘squeezing out needy litigants’ – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A High Court judge has spoken out against the court time taken by wealthy international litigants engaged in “out of control” divorce proceedings.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th March 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Funding Family Proceedings and Legal Services Orders – Family Law Week
‘Tony Ward, Family Law barrister with 3PB analyses the latest case law relating to Legal Services Orders under s.22ZA MCA 1973.’
Family Law Week, 18th March 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Ministers defeated in grey squirrel battle – The Independent
‘Ministers have admitted defeat in their battle against grey squirrels, and will scrap a law to protect their red cousins. Campaigners, and MPs in the North East where the red squirrel can still be found, have expressed their shock at the abandonment of the law requiring people to report grey squirrels on their land so they can be exterminated.’
The Independent, 18th Independent 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Immigrant detainees face ‘excessive force and abuse,’ says MoJ report – The Independent
‘Immigrant detainees sent home from the UK are still facing “disproportionate force and restraint” and are subjected to offensive language from their escorts, according to a new report by the Ministry of Justice.’
The Independent, 18th March 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Cocaine addict burglar jailed for life for killing defenceless War veteran in his bed – Daily Telegraph
‘A burglar who attacked an 87-year-old World War Two veteran in his bed has been jailed for a minimum of 18-years after being found guilty of murder. Widower Frank Worsley, who served with the Royal Navy in the Far East, was “repeatedly beaten” about the face by cocaine user Daniel Crompton, 24.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2014
Source: www.teelgraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal judges to rule on 1948 Malaya ‘massacre’ – BBC News
‘Court of Appeal judges are set to rule on a long-running battle for an inquiry into the 1948 killings of 24 villagers in Malaya by British troops.’
BBC News, 19th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Children separated from their families by courts must know why – Daily Telegraph
‘Children separated from their parents in secret family court judgments must be able to find out the reasons for the court’s decisions when they grow up, the most senior family judge has said. Sir James Munby, the President of the Family Division, said it was “great concern” that the judgments of all family court judges were not routinely transcribed and published.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Koran teacher who abused girl is spared jail to help his family – Daily Telegraph
‘An Islamic teacher who molested a girl as he taught her the Koran has avoided prison after claiming his family was dependent on him because his wife speaks “very little English”.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Anti-fracking protesters’ Convention rights against private landowners – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Manchester Ship Canal Developments v Persons Unknown [2014] EWHC 645 (Ch). The Chancery Court has ruled that Convention rights may be engaged in disputes between private landowners and trespassers, thereby making it incumbent on the court under Section 6 of the Human Rights Act to balance the trespassers’ rights under Article 8 against the landowner’s rights under Article 1 Protocol 1.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th March 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Prince Charles, the Guardian and the Unreasonable Veto – Panopticon
‘As promised last week, this post contains a slightly fuller account of the Court of Appeal’s judgment in R (Evans) v HM Attorney General [2014] EWCA Civ 254. The history of the case is manifold and has been covered on this blog innumerable times (see: here, here and here). In essence, the Upper Tribunal held in a very lengthy judgment that some of the correspondence written by Prince Charles to various governmental departments ought to be disclosed in the public interest. The Attorney General then issued his statement of reasons under section 53 FOIA, which has the effect of vetoing the judicial decision. On any view, the veto is a highly unusual provision. The Divisional Court dismissed the judicial review of that veto. Mr Evans, a Guardian journalist, appealed.’
Panopticon, 18th March 2014
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
The Not Entirely Secret Diary of Mr Lansley – Panopticon
‘What considerations are relevant when deciding whether a Ministerial diary should be disclosed under FOIA? The decision of the First-tier Tribunal in Department of Health v Information Commissioner EA/2013/0087 is, perhaps surprisingly, the first Tribunal decision to address this issue. The judgment engages with a number of difficult issues: the Tribunal’s approach to Government evidence, the value of cross-examination in Tribunal hearings, aggregation of public interests under FOIA, and Parliamentary privilege. Hence it is of general importance, going beyond the intrinsic interest of its specific subject matter.’
Panopticon, 18th March 2014
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Room use and Uratemp – NearlyLegal
‘A successful FTT bedroom tax appeal in Birkenhead has raised some new questions over ‘room use’ as an argument.’
NearlyLegal, 17th March 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
