‘An inquiry is to be held into how a man with paranoid schizophrenia was released from a Denbighshire hospital only to murder a woman in Tenerife.’
BBC News, 25th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A pilot scheme to protect women from violent partners, known as Clare’s Law, is to be rolled out nationwide. Theresa May, the Home Secretary, is expected to announce the full implementation of the law which forces police to disclose details of a person’s violent past if their partner requests it.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A water sports centre has pleaded guilty to corporate manslaughter after an 11-year-old girl died after falling from an inflatable banana boat ride.’
BBC News, 22nd November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teacher has been jailed for two years after a secret four-year relationship with a 14-year-old female pupil.’
BBC News, 22nd November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An experienced pilot who was found to be more than three times the permitted alcohol level as he was about to fly an Airbus with 156 people on board to Pakistan has been jailed for nine months. he judge sentencing Irfan Faiz, 55, said it was ”extraordinary” that the rules in Pakistan only stated that there should be a 12-hour gap between ”bottle and throttle”, no matter how much the pilot had drunk.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for life with a minimum 25 years for the murder of a Wrexham woman during a burglary.’
BBC News, 22nd November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Tycoon Scot Young is worth £40 million, a High Court judge ruled today, after his estranged wife Michelle accused him of concealing his fortune to avoid paying out a huge sum in a divorce settlement. Mr Justice Moor said Mrs Young should get a lump sum of £20 million. Mrs Young reacted with fury to the ruling, saying: “It’s disgraceful. I stand by what I said. He’s worth billions.” ‘
The Independent, 22nd November 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Claims Management Regulator proposes to make changes to the Conduct of Authorised Persons Rules that authorised claims management companies need to follow when submitting claims on behalf of consumers. The changes aim to address issues identifed by stakeholders that have reported poor behaviour such as claims management companies making speculative claims, failing to substantiate claims and not undertaking robust pre-complaint checks.’
Ministry of Justice, 21st November 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘It was third time unlucky for a solicitor whose striking-off had twice been overturned by the High Court, as Mr Justice Mostyn yesterday rejected his challenge to the latest decision to remove him from the roll.’
Legal Futures, 21st November 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Terms of reference for the independent review of deportation with assurances.’
Home Office, 21st November 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘The relationship between the UK and the European Court remains turbulent and fractious. The Court has been the subject of significant criticism, notably from some politicians and commentators in the UK, relating to its supposed interference in domestic, sovereign questions and the quality of its judges. Some commentators, such as Michael Pinto-Duschinsky and the MP Nick Herbert have advocated withdrawal from the jurisdiction of the Court.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st November 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘This week, Chris Grayling and the Court of Justice go head to head over the domestic status of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, while the ghost of Winston Churchill comes back to haunt the “United States of Europe” debate. Meanwhile, Theresa May’s plans to deprive terrorist suspects of their British citizenship are under fire, while calls for press accountability are repeated.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th November 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Upper Tribunal has just issued judgment in Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust v Information Commissioner [2013] UKUT 0551. This significant decision is the first time the Upper Tribunal has considered an appeal against a monetary penalty notice (“MPN”), issued by the Commissioner under section 55A Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”).’
Panopticon, 21st November 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘A dispute over the alleged infringement of a standard-essential mobile technology European patent will be ruled on by the High Court despite there being ongoing proceedings before the European Patent Office (EPO) about whether the patent is valid.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Confusion abounds about the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights following Mr Justice Mostyn’s recent judgment in R (AB) v Home Secretary (in which he appeared to say the Charter puts into UK law all sorts of new rights British governments had wanted to exclude) and Tuesday’s reaction by the Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling (who, it’s reported, is urgently trying to clarify whether the Charter ”applies in the UK”).’
Head of Legal, 21st November 2013
Source: www.headoflegal.com
‘A European arrest warrant issued by a government ministry in respect of a convicted person with a view to his or her arrest and extradition could be regarded as issued by a judicial authority for the purposes of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA— and Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003 which gave effect to it in the United Kingdom— if the ministry had only issued the warrant at the request of and by way of endorsement of a decision that the issue of such a warrant was appropriate made by the court responsible for the sentence or some other person or body properly regarded as a judicial authority responsible for its execution. A ministry which had power to issue an European arrest warrant of its own motion and had done so, or which had issued a warrant at the request of a non-judicial authority, including an executive agency such as a prison department, could not be regarded as a judicial authority for those purposes.’
WLR Daily, 20th November 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The words “an advertisement which is directed towards a political end”, in section 321(2)(b) of the Communications Act 2003, invited attention to the subject-matter of the advertisement, and not the motives and intentions of the advertiser unless those intentions were expressed or were implicit in the language of the advertisement itself. An objective examination of the text of the advertisement alone was required, and the word “political” should not be given a narrow and artificially restrictive interpretation given the wide scope of the examples provided in section 321(3).’
WLR Daily, 19th November 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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