Manningtree High School fined over climbing wall fall – BBC News
“A school where a pupil fell from a climbing wall and broke his heel during a PE lesson has been fined.”
BBC News, 10th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pregnant mother died on operating table after trainees removed ovary by mistake – Daily Telegraph
“A heavily pregnant mother died on the operating table after two unsupervised trainee surgeons removed one of her ovaries instead of her appendix by mistake.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bid to avoid inheritance tax ‘backfired’ creating family rift – Daily Telegraph
“A bid by a multi-millionaire businessman to avoid inheritance tax after his death has ‘backfired’ and torn his family apart, a court has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Immigration policy tearing families apart, report shows – The Guardian
“A cross-party group of MPs has called for an urgent review of new immigration rules, which they claim are tearing hundreds of British families apart. Their inquiry report shows that a new minimum earnings rule of £18,600 a year, which came into effect last July, has meant that thousands of British citizens, including people with full-time jobs, have been unable to bring a non-European husband, wife or partner to live with them in Britain.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police launch inquiry into hundreds of Stafford hospital deaths – The Guardian
“Hundreds of deaths at Stafford hospital are being examined by police after a review identified 200 to 300 cases where neglect might have been a contributory factor. Following the publication of the Francis report into serious care failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust, police, medical regulators and prosecutors launched a multi-agency review to establish whether any criminal offences were committed.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man guilty of fashion designer’s murder – BBC News
“A Moroccan man has been found guilty of stabbing a fashion designer to death in his north London flat.”
BBC News, 10th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Drug-dealing great-grandmother Diane Gibson jailed – BBC News
“A drug-dealing great-grandmother, who had been on the run for 12 years, has been jailed for more than four years.”
BBC News, 10th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Vulnerable victims will no longer have to give evidence in court, Chris Grayling says – Daily Telegraph
“Young and vulnerable victims of crimes should not be subjected to traumatic
cross-examinations in court, Chris Grayling has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Family courts risk ‘collapse’ as surge in custody cases follows legal aid cuts – Daily Telegraph
“The family court system is in danger of ‘collapsing in on itself’ after a surge in the number of warring parents turning up in person to launch child custody cases because of legal aid cuts, leading lawyers are warning.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Interflora v Marks and Spencer- take care when using keywords! – Technology Law Update
“The High Court has recently ruled in Interflora’s favour in its long-running dispute with Marks and Spencer (Interflora, inc and Interflora British Unit v Marks and Spencer plc and Flowers Direct Online Limited [2013] EWHC 1291 (Ch)).”
Technology Law Update, 10th June 2013
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Incomplete information and the right to know: Climategate’s long tail – UK Human Rights Blog
“These are the latest in a series of freedom of information requests for disclosure of material from the UEA’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU). These requests arose following the ‘climategate’ affair where hacked university emails suggested that individuals within CRU might have attempted to abuse the process of peer review to prevent publication of opposing research papers and evidence. Hence the sensitivity of the data to both requester and CRU, and the passions engendered on these appeals.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 10th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Copyright law changes outlined by the Government – OUT-LAW.com
“Media outlets will have a new right to make limited use of quotes published by rival news organisations under changes to copyright law proposed by the Government.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Prest v Prest: supreme court prepares to rule on landmark divorce wrangle – The Guardian
“Does a one-man company metamorphose into one man simply because the person with a wish to abstract its assets is his wife?”
The Guardian, 10th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lee Webster guilty of pills-in-beer ‘prank’ killing – BBC News
“A man has been found guilty of killing his friend by putting 27 anti-depressant tablets into his drink.”
BBC News, 10th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal aid cuts will deny vulnerable women justice – The Guardian
“Campaigners warn that proposals to slash the legal aid budget will price trafficked women and victims of domestic violence out of the justice system.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Two murderers launch Supreme Court challenge for right to vote in prison – The Independent
“Two convicted murderers have taken their fight for the right to vote while in prison to the UK’s highest court.”
The Independent, 10th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Wolverhampton heroin death toddler’s parents plead guilty – BBC News
“The parents of a toddler, who died from a heroin overdose, have admitted causing his death.”
BBC News, 10th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
EVENT: Queen Mary – QMJIP Seminar: Professor Susy Frankel ‘Interpreting the TRIPs Agreement – Plain Packaging, Public Health and Patents
“The on-going dispute over plain packaging of tobacco products puts the spotlight not only on the particular trade mark related issues, but also on how the TRIPs Agreement and other key multilateral IP agreements (Berne and Paris) should be interpreted. The approach to interpretation is not only a single dispute issue, but ha systemic implications for IP disputes and, more broadly IP rule-making. Rules of international treaty interpretation are not new, but their impacts in IP are relatively new.”
Date: 21st June 2013, 12.00am-2.00pm
Location: Senior Common Room (3rd Floor), Queen Mary, University of London, 67-69 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3JB
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
EVENT: LSE – Law, Liberty and State: Hayek, Oakeshott and Schmitt on the Rule of Law
“The conference will discuss the theme of Law, Liberty, and State in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Political theorists, international relations scholars, philosophers and lawyers from various fields of public law will present papers on this theme, reflecting on the contribution of the following thinkers: F.A. Hayek, Michael Oakeshott, and Carl Schmitt.
Speakers: Nehal Bhuta (EUI); David Boucher (Cardiff); David Dyzenhaus (Toronto); Duncan Kelly (Cambridge); Paul Kelly (LSE); Erika Kiss (Princeton); Chandran Kukathas (LSE); Martin Loughlin (LSE); Jan-Werner Müller (Princeton); Thomas Poole (LSE); Adrian Vermeule (Harvard); Lars Vinx (Bilkent)
There is limited space available for this conference. Those wishing to attend are advised to register their expression of interest via email to: T.M.Poole@lse.ac.uk”
Date: 20th – 21st June 2013
Location: Moot Court Room, 7th Floor
Charge: Free
