“The proliferation of betting shops in poorer areas has led to increasing crime and underage gambling, fuelled by high-speed, high stakes gambling machines, a court will hear on Monday.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three men to serve five and a half years after appeal judges rule original sentence for assault on 18-year-old was too lenient.”
The Guardian, 7th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man wrongfully convicted of possessing ammunition after forensics staff mixed
up his £3 keyring and a live bullet is suing the government.”
BBC News, 7th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for life, and ordered to serve a minimum of eight years, for raping an 11-year-old girl.”
BBC News, 7th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Lumos Skincare Ltd v Sweet Squared Ltd & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 590 (06 June 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court Family Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
“New guidance in place over police and local authority use of CCTV and Automatic Number Plate Recognition.”
Home Office, 4th June 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
“Forfeiture is, for the most part, beloved by landlords and hated/feared by tenants. For what might be relatively minor breaches of covenant, you can lose your lease and the landlord make an enormous windfall. The legislative trend is (slowly) in favour of restricting (and possibly even abolishing) forfeiture as demonstrated by s.168, Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. By s.168, Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, a landlord may not serve a notice under s.146, Law of Property Act 1925, or otherwise exercise a right of re-entry (i.e. forfeiture) in respect of a breach of a covenant (other than one to pay rent – which is unaffected by s.146, see s.146(11); or service/administration charges, which are dealt with under s.81, Housing Act 1996), unless the breach has been admitted by the tenant or determined by a court, LVT or arbitral tribunal.”
NearlyLegal, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“Otterburn Consulting recently completed a survey to inform the Law Society’s response to the government’s consultation ‘Transforming legal aid: delivering a more credible and efficient system on price competitive tendering (PCT).’ The aim was to find out what the impact on firms would be, based on hard evidence and to evaluate whether the proposed system was likely to work in practice.”
LegalVoice, 7th June 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“The energy watchdog, Ofgem, has widened its investigation into alleged manipulation of gas and power markets and warned that doubts over price-setting could lead to higher household bills.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers say police could ‘circumvent criminal justice’ by using intelligence in civil immigration courts to increase deportations.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Knife-wielding criminals are being handed soft sentences by the courts despite a pledge by the Government to introduce tough new measures.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Woman sues lawyer whose failure to change a relative’s will ‘cost her £1m.’ ”
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two men have been jailed for 15 years for raping a boy, 14, in the toilets of a Manchester department store.”
BBC News, 6th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Crown court judges have delivered a damning response to government plans to prevent defendants from choosing their solicitor and slice a further £220m off the legal aid budget.”
The Guaridan, 6th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Businesses that encourage staff to use social networks for commercial purposes are subject to UK data protection laws, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“What can legal education offer to the present and the future? In the midst of attempts to transform legal education into a commodity for the privileged few, our 2013 season of Law on Trial asks whether it is possible to engage the current climate of professionalization, vocational training and the narrowing of law as an education on citizenship and political imagination from more creative and alternative perspectives.”
Date: 17th – 21st June 2013
Location: Room B34, Malet Street Building, Birkbeck, University of London
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
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