Allotment holders win victory over Eric Pickles’ building plan – The Independent

Posted August 5th, 2013 in judicial review, local government, news, sale of land by sally

“A group of allotment-holders is celebrating victory over Eric Pickles in a long-running battle over the development of a site that has been used for more than a century.”

Full story

The Independent, 2nd August 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Home Office may have broken the law in ‘racist’ spot checks on suspected illegal immigrants – and may have questioned domestic violence victims – The Independent

“The Home Office is facing an investigation into whether its officials broke the law by carrying out ‘racist’ spot checks to find illegal immigrants, as it emerged that domestic violence victims may also have been questioned about their right to be in Britain.”

Full story

The Independent, 3rd August 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Prosecutions for tax evasion double – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 5th, 2013 in HM Revenue & Customs, news, prosecutions, statistics, tax evasion by sally

“The number of criminal prosecutions for tax evasion has more than doubled in the last year as middle class professionals are increasingly targeted over tax avoidance.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Daniel Pelka’s mother and stepfather jailed for life – The Guardian

“The mother and stepfather of Daniel Pelka have been jailed for life for starving, torturing and battering the four-year-old boy to death.”

Full story

The Guardian, 2nd August 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Watchdog to act over firms who bombard new mothers with marketing material on NHS maternity wards – The Independent

Posted August 5th, 2013 in advertising, birth, codes of practice, hospitals, news, ombudsmen, pregnancy, privacy by sally

“Health watchdogs will be given powers to take action against hospitals that allow private companies to roam NHS maternity wards bombarding mothers with marketing material, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.”

Full story

The Independent, 4th August 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Police escapee Craig Goldstone guilty of Plymouth rape – BBC News

Posted August 5th, 2013 in escape from custody, news, ombudsmen, police, rape by sally

“A man who escaped from police custody while being questioned about a serious sexual assault has been found guilty of rape.”

Full story

BBC News, 2nd August 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Hampshire policewoman Rebecca Swanston jailed for corruption – BBC News

“A policewoman with the Hampshire force who disclosed intelligence to criminals has been jailed for three years.”

Full story

BBC News, 2nd August 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Cuts to legal aid are an attack on working class, says ’80s miners’ lawyer – The Independent

Posted August 5th, 2013 in budgets, equality, legal aid, miners, news, police by sally

“A leading civil-rights lawyer who helped striking miners successfully fight false accusations from police during the infamous ‘Battle of Orgreave’ has said it would now be much harder for them to achieve justice under the Government’s legal aid reforms.”

Full story

The Independent, 4th August 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Ian Tomlinson’s family win apology from Met police over death in 2009 – The Guardian

“The Metropolitan police have issued an apology to the family of Ian Tomlinson and admitted for the first time that he was unlawfully killed by one of their officers who used ‘excessive force’ during the G20 protests in London in 2009.”

Full story

The Guardian, 5th August 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jimmy Mubenga coroner issues damning report on deportations – The Guardian

“A coroner who oversaw the inquest into the death of the Angolan deportee Jimmy Mubenga has issued a highly critical report that raises a series of concerns about the way the government and private contractors deport people from the UK.”

Full story

The Guardian, 4th August 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Whitworth Park attack: Man jailed for beating homeless man – BBC News

Posted August 5th, 2013 in grievous bodily harm, homelessness, news, sentencing, video recordings by sally

“A man who police said viciously attacked a homeless man in a park in Greater Manchester then pretended to be a Good Samaritan has been jailed.”

Full story

BBC News, 2nd August 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police officers guilty of misconduct over treatment of pregnant woman – The Guardian

Posted August 5th, 2013 in complaints, detention, news, police, pregnancy, professional conduct by sally

“A police inspector and two sergeants have been found guilty of gross misconduct following a complaint from a pregnant woman that she was handcuffed for 11 hours in a police cell and stripped naked from the waist up.”

Full story

The Guardian, 4th August 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Torfaen County Borough Council (Appellant) v Douglas Willis Limited (Respondent) – Supreme Court

Torfaen County Borough Council (Appellant) v Douglas Willis Limited (Respondent) [2013] UKSC 59 | UKSC 2012/0087 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 31st July 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

McGraddie (Appellant) v McGraddie (AP) and another (AP) (Respondents) (Scotland) – Supreme Court

Posted August 2nd, 2013 in appeals, evidence, judges, law reports, Scotland, Supreme Court by sally

McGraddie (Appellant) v McGraddie (AP) and another (AP) (Respondents) (Scotland) 2013] UKSC 58 | UKSC 2012/0112 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 31st July 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

Teal Assurance Company Limited (Appellant) v W R Berkley Insurance (Europe) Limited and another (Respondents) – Supreme Court

Posted August 2nd, 2013 in appeals, insurance, law reports, Supreme Court by sally

Teal Assurance Company Limited (Appellant) v W R Berkley Insurance (Europe) Limited and another (Respondents) [2013] UKSC 57 | UKSC 2012/0014 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 31st July 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

R v Hughes (Appellant) – Supreme Court

R v Hughes (Appellant) [2013] UKSC 56 UKSC 2011/0240 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 31st July 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

Valedictory address by Lord Dyson for Lord Judge: Retirement of the Lord Chief Justice – Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls

Posted August 2nd, 2013 in judges, news, speeches by sally

Valedictory address by Lord Dyson for Lord Judge: Retirement of the Lord Chief Justice (PDF)

Speech by Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls

Judiciary of England and Wales, 30th July 2013

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

An inspiration to us all – The Bar Council

Posted August 2nd, 2013 in barristers, news by sally

“On the occasion of his retirement, a look back at the inspirational career of Sir Sydney Kentridge KCMG, QC and the example he has set in preserving and protecting the Rule of Law.”

Full story (PDF)

The Bar Council, August 2013

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted August 2nd, 2013 in legislation by sally

The Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Exemptions and Enforcement) Regulations 2013

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013

The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) Order 2013

The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Order 2013

The Syria (European Union Financial Sanctions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2013

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Broadcasting Consequential Amendments) Order 2013

The Highway and Railway (Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project) Order 2013

The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2013

The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Survey and Certification) Regulations 2013

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2013

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (European Union Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2013

The Environment Agency (Inland Waterways) (Amendment) Order 2013

The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

The Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013

The Added Tribunals (Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal) Order 2013

The Universal Credit (Consequential Provisions) (Childcare, Housing and Transport) (Wales) Regulations 2013

The Cultural Test (Television Programmes) Regulations 2013

The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2013

The Local Justice Areas (No. 2) Order 2013

The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Exemptions, Appeals and Inspections) (England) Regulations 2013

The Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Finance and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

The Value Added Tax (Education) Order 2013

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Vernon Knight Associates v Cornwall County Council – WLR Daily

Posted August 2nd, 2013 in appeals, law reports, local government, negligence, nuisance, repairs, roads by sally

Vernon Knight Associates v Cornwall County Council [2013] EWCA Civ 950; [2013] WLR (D) 329

“A landowner owed a measured duty in both negligence and nuisance to take reasonable steps to prevent natural occurrences on his land from causing damage to neighbouring properties. In determining the content of that duty, the court had to consider what was fair, just and reasonable as between the neighbouring parties, having regard to all the circumstances including the extent of the foreseeable risk, the available preventive measures, the costs of such measures and the parties’ resources.”

WLR Daily, 30th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk