Marvin Samuels jailed for rape and murder – BBC News
“A man who raped a stranger hours before murdering his ex-girlfriend has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 33 years.”
BBC News, 14th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Footballers and employment law – Law Society’s Gazette
“A recent spate of public vocal exchanges within the game could be about to raise a number of interesting employment law issues.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th October 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Code of practice call over government tsars – BBC News
“The process for appointing government ‘tsars’ and evaluating their work is inadequate, a new report has claimed.”
BBC News, 15th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Women sharing prison vans with men ‘exposed to abuse’ – BBC News
“Private contractors exposed women prisoners at HMP Holloway to ‘intimidation and abuse’ by forcing them to travel in escort vans with male inmates, an inspection found.”
BBC News, 15th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Attorney General: Britain’s ‘economic, physical and ethical well-being’ depends on Europe – Daily Telegraph
“Britain’s ‘economic, physical and ethical well-being’ depends on it playing an ‘active part’ in the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights, the Attorney General has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The verdict that finally goes against libel tourism: Fatal blow for individuals with little or no link to UK trying to bring claims – The Independent
“The use of the English courts by individuals with little or no link to the United Kingdom to bring expensive libel proceedings has been dealt a likely fatal blow after judges threw out two defamation suits brought by foreign claimants.”
The Independent, 14th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Surveillance tribunal may allow publicity – The Guardian
“The new president of the court that examines complaints about the intelligence services and government surveillance has indicated he may publish advance notice of its public hearings for the first time.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Collins v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another – WLR Daily
“Where a planning decision engaged a child’s right to private and family life that child’s best interests would be a primary consideration for the decision-maker.”
WLR Daily, 9th October 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
van der Helder and another v College voor zorgverzekeringen (CVZ) (Healthcare Insurance Board) – WLR Daily
“On the proper interpretation of article 28(2)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community, (as amended), ‘legislation’ to which a pensioner had been subject for the longest period of time, for the purpose of that provision, referred to legislation concerning pensions.”
WLR Daily, 10th October 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Man cannot be stripped of British citizenship, rules Supreme Court – UK Human Rights Blog
“In late 2007, the Secretary of State for the Home Department made an order depriving Mr Al Jedda, who had been granted British citizenship in 2000, of his citizenship, under the British Nationality Act 1981. Section 40(4) of the Act prohibits the deprivation of nationality where the effect would be to render the person stateless.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Judicial Window Dressing and Balance Sheets – Where is adoption post-Re B-S? – Family Law Week
“Andrew Pack, care lawyer with Brighton & Hove City Council, considers the effect on adoption of the Court of Appeal’s landmark judgment in Re B-S.”
Family Law Week, 11th October 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
On the Tiles – the Court of Appeal’s Judgment in Spear and Others v Zynga – NIPC Law
“S.1 (1) of the Trade Marks Act 1994, which implements art 2 of Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks, defines a trade mark as ‘any sign capable of being represented graphically which is capable of distinguishing goods or services of one undertaking from those of other undertakings.’ If you are new to trade mark law or wish to be refreshed on the basics take a decko at ‘Introduction to Trade Marks’ in our IP South East blog of 9 Oct 2013.”
NIPC Law, 13th October 2013
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
Driving test candidates must sit exam in English or Welsh – BBC News
“All driving test candidates will have to sit the written theory exam in either English or Welsh after a ban on foreign languages by the UK government.”
BBC News, 11th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Convicted prisoner has no entitlement to all the rights enjoyed by others – UK Human Rights Blog
The High Court has dismissed an ‘absolutely meritless’ claim by a prisoner that, in serving the non-tariff part of his sentence, he should be afforded all the Convention rights enjoyed by prisoners on remand or those serving time for civil offences such as contempt of court. As he had been deprived of the full panoply of rights, he said, he was a victim of discrimination contrary to Article 14.
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
The Importance of Being Earnest – NearlyLegal
“We have seen Santander having trouble in mortgage possession proceedings in Northern Ireland recently. Here is another example which could perhaps, indeed maybe should, have been avoided, if the lender had actually taken proceedings sufficiently seriously.”
NearlyLegal, 11th October 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Kevin Howe jailed over friend Stephen Walker’s suicide bid – BBC News
“A man who helped his suicidal friend set fire to himself has been jailed for 12 years.”
BBC News, 11th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Plebgate: Keir Starmer defends police investigation – The Guardian
“Britain’s most senior prosecutor said he understands concerns surrounding the time it has taken to investigate police officers over the Plebgate saga, which cost Tory MP Andrew Mitchell his cabinet post.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Stuart Lawrence race complaint against Met upheld – BBC News
“A Metropolitan Police officer accused of racial discrimination against the brother of Stephen Lawrence has a ‘case to answer for misconduct’, the police watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 12th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
