“Smoking could be banned across all prisons in England and Wales by 2015, amid fears that prisoners could begin rioting over the change.”
The Independent, 20th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“For those of you who had been pondering about the applicability of Re B [2013] UKSC 33 to private law cases – Re A (A Child) [2013] EWCA Civ 1104 goes some distance towards providing an answer. It concerns exceptionally long running private law proceedings, of the ‘implacable hostility’ variety, which the Circuit Judge acknowledged on concluding them had been characterised by systemic failure. The order was for no direct contact between the girl and her father and a s91(14) order until the child’s 16th birthday (she was 13 at the time). The father appealed and did so in person. He criticised the manner in which the entire proceedings had been conducted. He did not accept that the Circuit Judge was right to draw a line under the proceedings, now that the child was 13 years old and firmly expressing her opposition to contact and the proceedings.”
Pink Tape, 22nd September 2013
Source: www.pinktape.co.uk
“The lecture will be delivered by Lord Justice Floyd on the topic ‘What has IP done for the law?'”
Date: 14th November 2013, 6.00-9.00pm
Location: Central London
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
“Fourteen police officers could face charges after senior judges found a ‘serious perversion of the course of justice’ in a murder case in which five men were wrongly convicted over a gangland murder.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.com
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has accused three major department stores of colluding with a manufacturer to fix the price of sports bras.”
BBC News, 20th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who was confronted by a vigilante paedophile-hunting group over abusive activities towards a child has been jailed for eight years.”
The Independent, 20th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Merseyside gang which ‘controlled illegal drug distribution’ across a Cheshire borough has been jailed.”
BBC News, 19th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The families of almost 200 innocent victims of British military activity in Afghanistan have been compensated with barely £3,000 each, the Government has revealed.”
The Independent, 22nd September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who made bogus bomb detectors in his garden shed has been given a suspended jail sentence.”
BBC News, 20th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police officer who has been found guilty of punching a suspect after he spat in his mouth will be sentenced today.”
The Independent, 20th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lawyers for Shrien Dewani, the honeymoon murder suspect, are to ask British prosecutors to consider bringing a case against him in a dramatic attempt to avoid a trial in South Africa.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s controversial deployment of US-built Reaper drones in Afghanistan will come under scrutiny in court this week in a closed hearing that will see a UK-based drone operator give evidence for the first time.”
The Independent, 22nd September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The training company A4e has been found guilty of racial discrimination and been ordered to pay out £50,000 in compensation, the Guardian has learned. Employment tribunal judges found that the company, paid £345m by the Department for Work and Pensions for its back-to-work employment services since 2010, racially discriminated against Rohim Ullah when it unlawfully dismissed him from its Bradford office in 2011.”
The Guardian, 22nd September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A married couple who blew almost £100,000 of a 91-year-old’s life savings on themselves will be sentenced today.”
The Independent, 20th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Maier & Anor v Asos Plc & Anor [2013] EWHC 2831 (Ch) (19 September 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Admiralty Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments) No. 3 Order 2013
The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013
The South London Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2013
The National Health Service (Direct Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Low contributions remain the ‘real obstacle’ to the success of the Government’s workplace pension scheme reforms following the Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT’s) review of the defined contribution (DC) pensions market, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th September 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Bentham Project in the Faculty of Laws at UCL is delighted to announce details of our December 2013 symposium: New Directions in Bentham Studies.
The symposium’s aim is to facilitate discussion of new work in the inter-disciplinary field of Bentham Studies. Presentations will explore both recent developments in, and potential future avenues for, research into the works and thought of English philosopher and jurist Jeremy Bentham.”
Date: 13th December 2013, 9.30-6.30pm
Location: Keeton Room, Bentham House, University College London, Endsleigh Gardens, London
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
“Prisons are populated by offenders with various forms of mental disorder. How does the law justify this, does their presence undermine the legitimate purposes of imprisonment, and should anything be done?”
Date: 16th October 2013, 6.30-8.00pm
Location: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
“The English and Scottish Law Commissions have for the past three or four years been struggling with the question of whether the common law as it applies to insurance policy terms remains appropriate in modern times and, if not, how to tackle perceived unfairness. This lecture will analyse the issues and ask whether there are any lessons to be learned from reforms adopted in other common law jurisdictions and from the approach taken by the civil law.”
Date: 14th November 2013, 6.00pm
Location: UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, WC1H 0EG
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
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