CPS employee ‘added defendant on Facebook’ – BBC News
“An employee working for the Crown Prosecution Service added a defendant on Facebook, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.”
BBC News, 10th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Danny Nightingale guilty of illegally possessing pistol and ammunition – The Guardian
“The former SAS sniper Danny Nightingale has been found guilty of illegally possessing a pistol and ammunition.”
The Guardian, 10th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Employers exploiting illegal immigrants face tougher sanctions – Home Office
“Rogue firms employing illegal immigrants face new £20,000 penalty per illegal worker.”
Home Office, 9th July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Discharge of Guarantees – The Doctrine of “Purview of the Guarantee” – Is There a “Get Out of Jail Free Card” For Guarantors? – Littleton Chambers
“Well–drawn guarantees contain comprehensive ‘anti-discharge’ provisions, designed to prevent a guarantor being discharged from liability by any post-guarantee amendments to the principal transaction or extensions of time to pay or other indulgence given to the principal debtor without the guarantor’s knowledge or consent. This right to be discharged is generally known as the rule in Holme v Brunskill (1878) 3 QBD 495) after the leading case that set out the mature principle. Banks and others have continuously refined these ‘anti-discharge’ provisions to try to make sure that the rule in Holme v Brunskill is stripped of its effect.”
Littleton Chambers, 9th July 2013
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
Decision on EU crime and justice measures – Home Office
“The Home Secretary has confirmed the UK will opt out of EU policing and criminal justice measures and seek to rejoin those that keep the UK safe.”
Home Office, 9th July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
EVENT: Westminster Legal Policy Forum – Family justice – next steps for reform and modernisation
“Guest of Honour: Lord Justice Ryder
This seminar will bring together key policymakers and stakeholders to assess the future of the family justice system in England and Wales, and will bring out latest thinking on Government’s ongoing agenda for reform in this area. It is scheduled as Parliamentarians debate the Children and Families Bill, which is expected to bring about significant reforms to public and private family law next year, and will also provide delegates with an opportunity to discuss progress made under the Judiciary’s Family Justice Modernisation Programme as it enters its second phase of implementation.”
This event is CPD certified.
Date: Tuesday 16th July 2013
Location: Sixty One Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET
Charge: £190 plus VAT
More information can be found here.
Convicted murderers win Article 3 case against whole life sentences in Strasbourg – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Strasbourg Court has upheld three applicants’ complaint that their imprisonment for life amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment as they have no hope of release.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Fishing producers lose quota reallocation battle – BBC News
“The High Court has ruled in favour of reallocating some fishing rights from big producers to small-scale fishermen.”
BBC News, 10th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Care workers need better training and regulation, independent review says – The Guardian
“Healthcare assistants and care support workers – who wash, dress and feed the elderly and the infirm – will have to obtain a ‘certificate of fundamental care’ to work in the health and social care system, an independent review recommends.”
The Guardian, 10th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Linzi Ashton murder: IPCC to investigate Salford mum’s death – BBC News
“The murder of a mother who had reported a ‘serious sexual assault’ by her former partner to police is to be investigated by the police watchdog.”
BBC News, 9th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Damning indictment of police actions surrounding death of Azelle Rodney – UK Human Rights Blog
“On 5th July 2013, the report of the inquiry into the death of Azelle Rodney was published. Mr Rodney was a 24-year-old man who was shot dead by a Metropolitan Police officer on 30th April 2005. Mr Rodney was the rear seat passenger in a vehicle driven by an acquaintance of his and was unarmed.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 10th July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Risk averse’ culture at Charity Commission – BBC News
“The head of the Charity Commission has admitted it cannot fully police all 160,000 organisations on its register.”
BBC News, 9th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Women being imprisoned unnecessarily, reformers say – Law Society’s Gazette
“Magistrates’ courts are sending fewer women to prison than in previous years but some courts are four times more likely to jail women than others, according to figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th July 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Criminal solicitors “losing moral compass” – and not just because of falling legal aid pay – Legal Futures
“Defence lawyers bear partial responsibility for miscarriages of justice, and better ethics training and spending time with ordinary people are as likely to reverse ‘moral decline’ as boosting pay, according to new research.”
Legal Futures, 10th July 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Vinter, Bamber & Moore v UK: whole life prisoners must have the “experience of hope” – Head of Legal
“The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the system of ‘whole life orders’, whereby in England and Wales a mandatory life sentence may be imposed and the possibility of early release denied under section 269(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, amounts to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in breach of article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Even prisoners given ‘whole life orders’ – a recent example was Dale Cregan – must be able to have their sentence reviewed at some stage, for instance after 25 years. They must know when sentenced what they must do to gain release, and they must know when they can ask for a review.”
Head of Legal, 9th July 2013
Source: www.headoflegal.com
Legal professional privilege will apply under new criminal cartel ‘whistleblowing’ regime – OUT-LAW.com
“Businesses that wish to report their involvement in cartel operations in order to benefit from the leniency of the UK’s competition regulator will not be obliged to waive their rights to legal professional privilege (LPP).”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Woman who made a string of false rape allegations is jailed – Daily Telegraph
“A woman who made a string of false rape allegations against former partners has been jailed for two years.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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G4S faces damages claim over killing of Jimmy Mubenga – The Guardian
“The family of an Angolan man who died after being restrained by three G4S guards has launched civil proceedings against the security services multinational after an inquest jury found that he had been unlawfully killed on a plane intended to deport him.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Feltham young offenders institute condemned for violence and baton-use – The Guardian
“Prison staff drew and threatened to use extendable batons on more than 100 occasions last year to curb high levels of violence inside Britain’s largest youth jail, prison inspectors have revealed.”
The Guardian, 10th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
