Beware of the web – New Law Journal
“Employers must get their social media policies in order, say Chris Bryden & Michael Salter.”
New Law Journal, 19th July 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Injunctions against ISPs Part VI: The Football Association Premier League Ltd v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and Others – NIPC Law
“In The Football Association Premier League Ltd v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and Others [2013] EWHC 2058 (Ch) (16 July 2013) Mr. Justice Arnold granted an injunction under s.97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 against the top 6 internet service providers in the UK to block access to the First Row Sports website. As the judge had already made similar orders against the same defendants in Newzbin2 (see “Injunctions against ISPs” 6 Nov 26), Dramatico (‘Injunctions against ISPs Part III: Dramatico Entertainment Ltd and Others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd. and Others’) and EMI (‘Injunctions against ISPs Part V: EMI Records Ltd and Others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and Others’ 5 March 2013) they did not defend the application but instead agreed the terms of the order with the Premier League. However, as the judge acknowledged at paragraph [7] of his judgment, that did not absolve the Court of the responsibility of determining whether the orders sought were justified.”
NIPC Law, 20th July 2013
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
High Court strikes off solicitors for ‘integrity of profession’ – Law Society’s Gazette
“A High Court judge has struck off three solicitors after ruling that a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal had been too lenient in punishing the trio.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th July 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Stop and Search is Not Working Properly – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
“On July 2, in a Commons statement, Mrs Theresa May, the Home Secretary, said she was initiating a six-week public consultation about the use of stop and search. On July 16, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) published a highly critical report – Stop and Search Powers: Are the police using them effectively and fairly? (www.hmic.gov.uk). By the end of the year, Mrs May said, the Government would respond to both the HMIC report and the public consultation.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 20th July 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
Somerset firearms and drugs gang jailed – BBC News
“Eleven men have been jailed for their roles in a conspiracy to supply cocaine and firearms from a bunker hidden under garden decking in a Somerset village.”
BBC News, 19th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK court ducks position on circumcision – UK Human Rights Blog
“This case concerns a hitherto little-explored aspect of the right to a private and family life: a parent’s opportunity to teach their offspring about their own religious faith.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Cwmbran fire trial: Serious case review is called – BBC News
“A serious case review will be launched after three generations of the same family were murdered in a house fire.”
BBC News, 19th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Litvinenko public inquiry blocked: Diplomacy ‘a factor’ – BBC News
“UK-Russian relations were a ‘factor’ in the government’s decision not to hold a public inquiry into the death of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.”
BBC News, 19th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Computer consultant Mark Lancaster jailed for 16 months for voyeurism and trafficking after using ‘sex for fees’ website to dupe student into having sex with him – The Independent
“The role of investigative journalism was praised today as a top level computer consultant was jailed for 16 months in connection with a ‘pitiless deception’ in which he sought to con hard up students into having sex with him in return for falsely offering to pay their university fees.”
The Independent, 19th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Opening Up Mistake – New Square Chambers
“Robin Mathew’s article above discusses the decision of the Supreme Court in Pitt v Holt and Futter v Futter so far as it dealt with ‘inadequate consideration’ by trustees. But the court also dealt with the general law of mistake in dispositions of property. Here it disagreed with the Court of Appeal.”
Full story (PDF) (see p. 2)
New Square Chambers, June 2013
Source: www.newsquarechambers.co.uk
Seni Lewis death: IPCC taken to court over report – BBC News
“The family of a man who died days after being restrained by police have asked judges to review the police watchdog’s report on his death.”
BBC News, 19th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing to receive posthumous pardon for homosexuality conviction – The Independent
“The Government says it will not oppose a parliamentary bill that would quash the 1952 ‘gross indecency’ conviction.”
The Independent, 20th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Council wins right to sell family assets to pay care bill – Daily Telegraph
“A local authority has won the right to sell off family heirlooms, including a £30,000 Lucien Pissarro painting, to pay for an elderly man’s care bills.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Michael Adebolajo injuries: prison officers deny wrongdoing – The Guardian
“Prison officers have denied any wrongdoing after Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo lost two teeth when he was restrained in jail, a trade union said on Friday.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Allotment-holders take legal action against Eric Pickles – The Independent
“Allotment-holders are taking legal action against Eric Pickles, the Communities and Local Government Secretary, over his decision to approve the development of a site in Watford used by local families for more than 100 years.”
The Independent, 21st July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Pryce prison picture not an invasion of privacy, decides PCC – The Guardian
“The Press Complaints Commission has rejected a complaint that the Daily Telegraph intruded on the privacy of Vicky Pryce by publishing a picture of her in prison. It further rejected a complaint that the publication amounted to harassment.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Privacy actions up 22% as public fights storage of personal information on ‘big brother’ databases – The Independent
“A sharp rise in the number of privacy hearings in British courts has been fuelled by requests for ‘irrelevant’ personal information to be removed from police and other state databases, figures show.”
The Independent, 22nd July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Organist’s killer jailed for at least 25 years – The Guardian
“A man who battered a church organist to death as he walked to midnight mass has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years by a judge who told him: ‘Why you wished to inflict violence on another human being on Christmas Eve is known only to you.'”
The Guardian, 19th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
