Ian Brady: Witnessing the tribunal evidence – BBC News
“Moors Murderer Ian Brady spoke publicly for the first time in 47 years as he appeared before a mental health tribunal at Ashworth Hospital.”
BBC News, 25th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Right of appeal for family visit visas abolished – Home Office
“Removal of right of appeal for family visit visas will save more than £100 million over next decade.”
Home Office, 25th June 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Wife in £20m divorce rifled husband’s safe while he played golf – Daily Telegraph
“A wife persuaded a court to freeze £20 million of her husband’s assets using papers she raided from his safe while he was out playing golf, a High Court judge has disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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The Right to Be Forgotten – BBC Law in Action
“The Right to be Forgotten: What information do internet companies and social networks have on us and can we delete it? Joshua Rozenberg explores the legal battle going on in Europe about a new law to enable consumers more rights to delete information held on them. We hear what Facebook thinks of the proposed law.”
BBC Law in Action, 25th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lords block Chris Grayling’s plans to let private companies supervise ex-prisoners – Daily Telegraph
“The Coalition’s plans to let private companies supervise ex-prisoners have been blocked in the House of Lords.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Health and Safety – an Employee’s Duties – One Inner Temple Lane
“The law upon health and safety is becoming ever more punitive. Traditionally it had been considered regulatory rather than penal legislation designed to prevent tragedy not punish transgressors. The maximum penalty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 was a fine proportionate to the means of the offender until very recently. For the first time ever under the Health and Safety Offences Act 2008 an offending employee can face custody of up to two years. We can all generally support the principles of the legislation but the removal of a person’s liberty is so serious that it is imperative that cases are defended with vigour.”
One Inner Temple Lane, 26th June 2013
Source: www.1itl.com
Second ordeal for Sam Hallam months after jail release – The Independent
“A man who spent seven years in jail for a murder he did not commit was allegedly injured by police and charged with assault just months after his release, it can be disclosed.”
The Independent, 25th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Sun gets regulator reprimand and apologises for misleading on European human rights – UK Human Rights Blog
“Remember Inhuman Rights, The Sun’s garbled reporting of this Court of Appeal decision on Criminal Record Bureau checks? In February, I wrote this: No, The Sun, the Human Rights Act is not the EU. My complaint was about the headline, which screamed ‘Now EU could let fiends like him prey on your children’. This was obvious nonsense, since the judgment had nothing to do with the EU.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Lord Judge’s correspondence with Chris Grayling on court privatisation – the full text – The Guardian
“Read a copy of the letter that the lord chief justice sent to the justice secretary warning him not to undermine judicial independence.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
At last: Rapist Wendell Baker finally found guilty of 1997 attack after police bungles – The Independent
“A rapist was finally convicted today after a series of police and prosecution blunders allowed him to evade justice for 15 years following his merciless attack on a pensioner inside her own home.”
The Independent, 25th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Keanu Williams toddler murder: Mother jailed for life – BBC News
“A mother described by police as a ‘monster’ has been jailed for life for murdering her two-year-old son.”
BBC News, 25th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Senior RAF nurse wins damages in sexual discrimination case – The Guardian
“The highest-ranking nurse in the Royal Air Force has won damages after bringing a sexual discrimination case against the Ministry of Defence.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Devendra Singh jailed for murder of wife Charlotte Smith – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for life for murdering his wife by repeatedly hitting her on the head with an ornamental wooden elephant.”
BBC News, 25th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Louis Theroux impersonator sentenced over pub con – The Guardian
“A homeless man with a drinking problem who stayed at a cosy country pub for two nights after tricking staff into believing he was the documentary maker Louis Theroux has been given a community sentence.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lord Justice Leveson to be invited to give evidence to MPs – The Guardian
“Lord Justice Leveson is to be invited to give evidence for the first time to MPs about his report on the future of press regulation and the resulting impasse over setting up a new industry watchdog.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Privatising the courts: if anyone needs advice, it’s the judiciary – The Guardian
“The judges have nothing to gain and everything to lose by negotiating with Chris Grayling in private.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
When Laws Become Too Complex: ill-timed and badly thought out – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“As the dust from the Civil Justice reforms begins to settle, it appears that Parliamentary counsel have slipped another consultation through in the background. Published in March this year, it appears innocuous enough, but on further consideration raises a number of significant concerns. I also question why this report was even necessary. Parliamentary austerity and wholesale changes to the legal profession should have lent caution to the writers of the report, given that this can be construed as a real attack upon the legal profession. Ill-timed and badly thought out, the principle will be applauded by businesses that will look at the superficial benefits but not appreciate the issues, and is therefore convenient politically.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 25th June 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexhange.co.uk
