Michael Souter: Ex-BBC DJ jailed for sex attacks on boys – BBC News
“A former BBC radio presenter has been jailed for 22 years for sex attacks on boys.”
BBC News, 31st October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Vicky Pryce: ‘Prison clearly does not work’ – The Guardian
“Fresh from jail, the economist and author of Prisonomics explains why the system costs too much, locks up the wrong people and does not prevent reoffending.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Talktalk Telecom Group Plc v Office of Communications & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 1318 (30 October 2013)
Ham v Ham & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 1301 (30 October 2013)
HM Revenue and Customs v The Rank Group Plc [2013] EWCA Civ 1289 (30 October 2013)
Thinc Group Ltd v Kingdom [2013] EWCA Civ 1306 (29 October 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Excepted Vehicles (Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act
1979) Order 2013
The Finance Act 2013, Schedule 2, Paragraph 31 (Enterprise Management
Incentives) (Appointed Day) Order 2013
The Armed Forces (Alcohol Limits for Prescribed Safety-Critical Duties)
Regulations 2013
The Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations 2013
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Amendment: Qualifying Offences) Order
2013
The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information)
Regulations 2013
The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013
The Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Disregard and Bringing into
Account of Profits and Losses) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric
Data) (Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order
2013
The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Exercise of Functions) Order
2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
NCVO report attacks ‘crude’ implementation of payment by results contracts – Local Government Lawyer
“There is general support among charities for ‘payment by results’ but its implementation has often been ‘crude’ and ‘seriously flawed’, a report for the National Council for Voluntary Organisations has argued.”
Local Government Lawyer, 30th October 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Plan to publish historical police records announced – Home Office
“Proposals for making historical police records public were announced today by the Home Office following a recommendation by the Hillsborough Independent Panel.”
Home Office, 31st October 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Public register to boost company transparency – Department for Business, Innovation and Skills & Prime Minister’s Office
“Details of who really owns and controls UK companies will be made publicly accessible, the Prime Minister announced at the Open Government Partnership summit.”
BIS and Prime Minister’s Office, 31st October 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-innovation-skills
Government publishes list of planning regulations to be simplified – OUT-LAW.com
“The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published a list of planning regulations which will be improved or scrapped as part of its red tape challenge.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th October 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Respondent) v James (Appellant) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 30th October 2013
Regina (Youssef) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – WLR Daily
“The Foreign Secretary had acted lawfully by applying a test of reasonable grounds for suspecting that the claimant met the criteria for designation on a UN Security Council’s consolidated list of persons to be treated as associated with an Islamic terrorist group . The law did not require the Foreign Secretary to stymie the designation because other states relied on evidence obtained by torture. That any review by the court of the designation decision was by way of the conventional rationality test.”
WLR Daily, 29th October 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Mary Roberts murder trial: Andrew Ratcliffe jailed for life – BBC News
“A ‘sexually obsessed’ man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years for murdering a woman at a Bury St Edmunds pub.”
BBC News, 30th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hundreds of Italian couples accused of fraudulently getting ‘quickie divorces’ in UK – Daily Telegraph
“Britain’s top family judge has been asked to cancel 180 divorces after being told the UK courts have been exploited in a massive ‘fraud’ by Italians seeking a quick end to their marriages.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Tyseley ‘honour killing’ father jailed for blaze murder – BBC News
“A man who killed his wife and injured three daughters by setting his house on fire in a so-called honour killing plot has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 30th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Press regulation royal charter given go-ahead by the Queen – The Guardian
“A landmark reform of press regulation, enshrined in a royal charter, was finally sealed by the privy council on Wednesday [30th October] in a brief private ceremony, hours after the high court had quickly dismissed a last-minute legal attempt to block it by most
newspaper groups.”
The Guardian, 30th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police ethics ‘fall well short’, warns report – Daily Telegraph
“Police have ‘fallen well short’ on standards of behaviour and ethics, warns report commissioned by Police Federation in wake of Plebgate affair.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Televising of court of appeal proceedings starts this week – The Guardian
“Proceedings in the court of appeal are due to be televised from Thursday [31st October], casting aside decades of judicial suspicion about the impact of cameras in the courtroom.”
The Guardian, 30th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government fail to overturn Poundland work scheme ruling – BBC News
“The government has lost a Supreme Court appeal over a ruling its flagship ‘back to work’ schemes were legally flawed.”
BBC News, 30th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Four admit to phone-hacking plots in Coulson and Brooks eras – The Guardian
“Three former news editors from the News of the World have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to hack mobile phones during a six-year period when Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson were editing the Sunday title, it was disclosed in court.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
