Stephen Bett mileage: IPCC considers Norfolk PCC claim – BBC C News
‘Mileage claims lodged by a police and crime commissioner are being looked at by the police watchdog.’
BBC News, 19th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
EVENT: LSE – In Conversation with Joshua Rozenberg
‘A decade after he left the BBC, Joshua returned in 2010 to present the popular Radio 4 series Law in Action, a programme he had launched in 1984. Also in 2010, he also accepted an invitation to chair Halsbury’s Law Exchange, an independent and politically neutral think-tank.’
Date: 16th January 2014, 6.30-8.00pm
Location: Old Theatre, Old Building
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Marines A & Ors v Guardian News and Media & Other Media [2013] EWCA Crim 2367 (17 December 2013)
Mahmood & Anor, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 2356 (17 December 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Durrant v Avon & Somerset Constabulary [2013] EWCA Civ 1624 (17 December 2013)
Blemain Finance Ltd v Goulding [2013] EWCA Civ 1630 (17 December 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Karbhari & Anor v Ahmed [2013] EWHC 4042 (QB) (17 December 2013)
MacLennan v Morgan Sindall (Infrastructure) Plc [2013] EWHC 4044 (QB) (17 December 2013)
JXMX (A Child) v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust [2013] EWHC 3956 (QB) (17 December 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Co-Operative Bank Plc, Re [2013] EWHC 4074 (Ch) (04 December 2013)
Jack & Anor (London Scottish Finance Ltd) v Craig & Ors [2013] EWHC 4047 (Ch) (17 December 2013)
Co-Operative Bank Plc, Re [2013] EWHC 4072 (Ch) (18 November 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
P (A Child) [2013] EWHC 4048 (Fam) (17 December 2013)
A Local Authority v DB (Mother) & Ors [2013] EWHC 4066 (Fam) (06 December 2013)
TM, Re [2013] EWHC 4043 (Fam) (12 December 2013)
P, Re [2013] EWHC 4037 (Fam) (13 December 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina v Padda – WLR Daily
Regina v Padda [2013] EWCA Crim 2330; [2013] WLR (D) 496
‘Section 22(4)(a) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 preserved an obligation on the court and a discretion to make a confiscation order which was just and in so doing it could take into account all relevant circumstances and had to take into account the legislative policy in favour of maximising the recovery of the proceeds of crime, even from legitimately acquired assets.’
WLR Daily, 12th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Chancery Modernisation Review: Final Report Published – Judiciary of England and Wales
‘A review of the Chancery Division of the High Court by Lord Justice Briggs is published today. Based in the Rolls Building in London and in the seven principal regional trial centres, the Chancery Division is now the largest unit for handling business and property cases in the country.’
Judiciary of England and Wales, 17th December 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Judge Sir Paul Coleridge disciplined for stating views on traditional marriage – Daily Telegraph
‘A senior High Court judge has been disciplined for misconduct after speaking out over his support for traditional marriage.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Copyright Licensing BBC v EOS – NIPC Law
‘As everyone knows, copyright restricts the acts listed in s.16 (1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“CDPA”) in relation to a work in which copyright subsists (“a copyright work”). Those acts include copying, issuing copies, renting, lending or communicating the work to the public etc. Anyone who does any of those acts without the owner’s licence infringes that copyright. He or she may be sued or in an extreme case prosecuted.’
NIPC Law, 17th December 2013
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
Lord Judge – Constitutional Change: Unfinished Business – UCL Constitutional Unit
‘Lord Judge delivered a lecture on the topic of “Constitutional Change: Unfinished Business”.’
UCL Constitutional Unit, 17th December 2013
Source: www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit
European court ‘steamrolling’ Britain, warns leading judge – Daily Telegraph
‘Lord Mance warns the EU must not “steamroll” national courts to impose human rights rules on countries including the UK’
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Prisoners serving less than a year should be allowed to vote, says Parliamentary committee – The Independent
‘Prisoners serving sentences of 12 months or less should be given the vote, the Government is today told by an all-party parliamentary committee.’
The Independent, 18th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Eve’s Law: Domestic violence victims’ addresses ‘may be kept secret’ – BBC News
‘The government will consider a domestic violence campaigner’s proposal for new laws to allow victims to keep their safe house addresses secret in court.’
BBC News, 17th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Former Lostprophets singer and paedophile Ian Watkins to be sentenced over attempted baby rape conviction – The Independent
‘Former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins will be sentenced today for a string of child sex offences – including the attempted rape of a baby.’
The Independent, 18th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Confiscation orders take only 26p in every £100 from criminals, NAO finds – The Guardian
‘Confiscation orders designed to ensure crime does not pay provide neither value for money nor a credible deterrent as perpetrators keep all but 26p in every £100 generated by the criminal economy, according to a damning report.’
The Guardian, 17th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court judge disciplined over marriage comments – BBC News
‘A High Court judge has been disciplined for voicing his views on marriage through national newspapers.’
BBC News, 17th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sunday is not a day of rest: Christian discrimination appeal dismissed – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘The Employment Tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and now the Court of Appeal have all agreed that an employer was justified in requiring a Christian to work on Sundays in Mba v London Borough of Merton.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 17th December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Isa Muazu loses legal battle after starving self – BBC News
‘A Nigerian asylum seeker who starved himself for three months has lost his legal bid to stay in the UK.’
BBC News, 17th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2013
The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013
The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 8 EU Infringements) Order 2013
The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) and the Animal Feed (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Capital Requirements Regulations 2013
The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2013
The Land Registration Fee Order 2013
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 9) Order 2013
The Education (Inspectors of Education and Training in Wales) (No. 2) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
