Paedophile loses bank rule challenge – BBC News
“A convicted paedophile has lost a legal challenge against rules requiring him to disclose bank details to police.”
BBC News, 18th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
What is a “public authority” for the purposes of environmental information? – UK Human Rights Blog
“In this most recent case concerning access by private individuals to environmental information held by public authorities, the AG grasps the nettlish question of what precisely a public authority is. The issue was a subject of debate because the request for information had been addressed to private companies which manage a public service relating to the environment. The question therefore was whether, even though the companies concerned are private, they may be regarded as ‘public authorities’ for the purposes of the Directive governing access to environmental information (Directive 2003/4).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Change to UK collective redundancy laws “inevitable”, says expert, as Government granted leave to appeal Woolworths case – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government is not guaranteed a ‘favourable outcome’ in its appeal of a tribunal’s finding that consultation requirements under the collective redundancy rules were triggered when retailers made redundancies in multiple shops, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th September 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Mark Elliott: Justification, Calibration and Substantive Judicial Review: Putting Doctrine in its Place – UK Constitutional Law Group
“To observe that substantive judicial review—and the notions of proportionality and deference in particular—constitute well-trodden ground would be to engage in reckless understatement. And that, in turn, might suggest that there is nothing more that can usefully be said about these matters. Yet the debate in this area of public law remains vibrant—and for good reason. Like the controversy about the foundations of judicial review in which many public lawyers engaged energetically over a decade ago, the controversy about substantive review is ultimately a manifestation of underlying disagreements concerning the nature, status and interaction of fundamental constitutional principles, including the rule of law, the separation of powers and the sovereignty of Parliament. It is hardly surprising, then, that questions about the intensity of review and (what amounts to the reverse side of the same coin) deference remain under active discussion long after the debate was ignited by the entry into force of the Human Rights Act 1998.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 17th September 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
Doctoral students: when does supervision become harassment? – Education Law Blog
“The case of Saha v Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine [2013] EWHC 2438 (QB) concerned a £1.5m claim for harassment by a doctoral student against her supervisor Following a hearing that lasted 7 days, with the claimant acting in person, Hamblen J dismissed the claim in its entirety, summarising his conclusions at [160] as follows:
‘I find that a number of the alleged incidents are not proven, and those that are proved do not involve harassment. At most they involve treating Miss Saha in an abrupt, peremptory and at times vexed manner. They do not involve aggressive, bullying or threatening behaviour.'”
Education Law Blog, 18th September 2013
Source: www.education11kbw.com
EU could be given powers to ban ‘legal highs’ within weeks of them hitting the market – The Independent
“The European Union could be given powers to ban dangerous psychoactive substances known as ‘legal highs’ within weeks of them hitting the market, under new proposals unveiled by the bloc’s legislative branch today.”
The Independent, 17th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Niqaab issue is too important to be left to liberal instinct – UK Human Rights Blog
“Yesterday, before His Honour Judge Peter Murphy ruled that a female Muslim defendant in a criminal trial must remove her face-covering veil (niqaab) whilst giving evidence, Home Office Minister Jeremy Brown said he was ‘instinctively uneasy’ about restricting religious freedoms, but that there should be a national debate over banning the burka.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Wormwood Scrubs prison ‘on knife edge’ because of staff cuts – The Guardian
“Wormwood Scrubs, the west London prison, is on a ‘knife-edge’, an official watchdog has warned, with an alarming 50% growth in the use of force or restraining measures to control prisoners in an increasingly violent, gang-dominated jail.”
The Guardian, 18th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wearing veil should be the woman’s choice, says Theresa May – The Guardian
“The government should not tell women what to wear, the home secretary has said, amid ongoing debate over the use of full-face veils.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.com
Women are legally free to abort a baby because of its sex, says abortion charity head – Daily Telegraph
“The chief executive of Britain’s biggest abortion charity has said women are legally free to arrange an abortion because they are unhappy with the sex of their unborn baby.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Dog attack men get community service for animal cruelty – BBC News
“Six men have been sentenced to more than 800 hours of community service for using their dogs to kill other animals.”
BBC News, 17th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Conman ‘addicted’ to taking money from women he met on dating sites – The Independent
“A conman with an ‘addiction’ to swindling money from vulnerable women on dating websites has been jailed for four years.”
The Independent, 17th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sharing data between public bodies. What are the barriers? – Law Commission
“Public bodies often report that they are not always able to share the data they need to and, as a result, miss out on opportunities to provide better services to citizens. At the same time, there is a need to ensure that the security of data and privacy of individuals are not put at risk. In a consultation opening today, the Law Commission asks what are the obstacles to sharing data between public bodies, and are those obstacles desirable?”
Law Commission, 16th September 2013
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
Address to the National Bench Chairmen’s Forum Conference: “A Review of the Year” – Lord Justice Gross, Senior Presiding Judge
Address to the National Bench Chairmen’s Forum Conference: “A Review of the Year” (PDF)
Lord Justice Gross, Senior Presiding Judge
National Bench Chairman’s Forum Conference, 11th September 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
The Erskine example – New Law Journal
“Do we need great advocates, asks Geoffrey Bindman QC.”
New Law Journal, 6th September 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Cross-Examination in the Dock – BBC Unreliable Evidence
“In the first of a news series, Clive Anderson asks if overly aggressive cross-examination of witnesses in court turns trial by jury into trial by ordeal.”
BBC Unreliable Evidence, 11th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
In the matter of A (Children) (AP) – Supreme Court
In the matter of A (Children) (AP) [2013] UKSC 60 | UKSC 2013/0106 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 9th September 2013
Q&A: Mark Duggan inquest – BBC News
“An inquest into the death of Mark Duggan begins on Monday in London. BBC News explains the issues and background to the case.”
BBC News, 16th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
