R v Brown (Appellant) (Northern Ireland) – Supreme Court
R v Brown (Appellant) (Northern Ireland) [2013] UKSC 43 | UKSC 2011/0233 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 26th June 2013
Abela and others (Appellants) v. Baadarani (Respondent) – Supreme Court
Abela and others (Appellants) v. Baadarani (Respondent) [2013] UKSC 44 | UKSC 2012/0023 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 26th June 2013
Judges look again at £2m claims exemption – Law Society’s Gazette
“Exempting mandatory costs budgeting for claims in excess of £2m may be ‘unnecessary and inappropriate’, a newly established sub-group of the Civil Procedure Rule committee has suggested.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th June 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
The good Samaritan doctor and the Human Tissue Act – UK Human Rights Blog
“You would have thought the law would be entirely behind a person who intervenes to help a stranger in distress. Indeed most civil law countries impose a positive duty to rescue, which means that if a person finds someone in need of medical help, he or she must take all reasonable steps to seek medical care and render best-effort first aid. A famous example of this was the investigation into the photographers at the scene of Lady Diana’s fatal car accident: they were suspected of violation of the French law of “non-assistance à personne en danger” (deliberately failing to provide assistance to a person in danger), which can be punished by up to 5 years imprisonment and a fine of up to 70,000 euros. But the position in common law countries like the UK and the United States is completely different: you can watch a child drown and not be held to account.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Stephen Lawrence claims: High Court ‘should approve undercover operations’ – BBC News
“Revelations about Stephen Lawrence’s family show police forces should be required to get High Court approval for undercover operations, campaigners say.”
BBC News, 26th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Public less likely to trust lawyers – Law Society’s Gazette
“Declining public confidence in the professions continues to take its toll on lawyers, according to an annual survey commissioned by watchdog the Legal Services Consumer Panel.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th June 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Fraud, bribery and money laundering offences draft guideline – Sentencing Council
“The Sentencing Council is updating guidance for courts so that all fraud offences are covered by a consistent set of guidelines that will also deal with corporate offenders.”
Sentencing Council, 27th June 2013
US bloggers banned from entering UK – BBC News
“Two prominent US bloggers have been banned from entering the UK, the Home Office has said.”
BBC News, 26th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Will Article 6 come to the rescue after the legal aid reforms? – UK Human Rights Blog
“The absence of legal representation for defendants to an action for debt who contended they could not speak English resulted in the High Court granting an application that the trial be adjourned for a second time. The judgment is a good example of the interaction of Article 6 ECHR (right to a fair trial) with the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Payday loans industry to face competition inquiry – BBC News
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the payday lending industry to the Competition Commission because of concerns about ‘deep-rooted problems with the way competition works’.”
BBC News, 27th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prisoners could be awarded thousands in compensation over right to vote – Daily Telegraph
“Prisoners could be in line for thousands of pounds each in backdated compensation over the government’s refusal to give them the right to vote, MPs and peers have been warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Stonemason fined over Towcester boy’s fireplace death – BBC News
“A stonemason who fitted a fireplace at a house in Northamptonshire that toppled over and killed a four-year-old boy has been fined £7,500.”
BBC News, 26th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teacher struck off register over sex with pupil, 16 – The Guardian
“A woman who had sex with a 16-year-old school pupil has been struck off the teaching register by a disciplinary panel.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fraud sentences could focus on harm – BBC News
“Sentences for some financial crimes in England and Wales could be based on the harm to victims, under new guidelines from the Sentencing Council.”
BBC News, 27th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Juror in spy case dismissed for napping – Daily Telegraph
“A juror was ejected from a trial involving two MI5 spies and allegations of harassment, sexual assault and violence – for falling asleep.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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High court throws out ‘UK complicit in torture’ damages case – The Guardian
“The high court has thrown out a damages case brought by a man convicted on terrorism charges who claimed MI5 was complicit in his alleged torture by Pakistan’s intelligence service.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former airline pilot Iain Lawrence jailed for life for killing his wife by deliberately crashing car after disabling airbag – The Independent
“A former airline pilot has been jailed for life for killing his wife by deliberately crashing his car into a tree after disabling her airbag.”
The Independent, 26th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jeremy Forrest case: Twitter users could have broken the law – The Guardian
“Police are looking at tweets sent following the conviction of Jeremy Forrest to see whether those who identified his victim have broken the law.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
