Unite Against the Cuts – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
“Lucy Scott-Moncrieff urges you to join the fight.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 25th May 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
Vince v Wyatt: the FPR 2010 strikes back? – Family Law Week
“Sian Cox, barrister, Harcourt Chambers analyses the court’s power to strike out in family proceedings and considers in the light of the Court of Appeal judgment in Vince v Wyatt, the circumstances in which such applications may succeed.”
Family Law Week, 29th May 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
How Free Is Our Speech? – BBC Unreliable Evidence
“Are laws designed to protect individuals and minority groups from offence and harassment, inhibiting free speech?
Clive Anderson and his guests discuss whether cases such as the conviction of a woman for telling David Cameron he had ‘blood on his hands’ and the arrest of a man for calling a police horse ‘gay’ are bringing the law into disrepute.”
BBC Unreliable Evidence, 29th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Only the Innocent Need Apply for Compensation for a Miscarriage of Justice – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
“The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, art.14(6) requires state parties to compensate those who have suffered ‘a miscarriage of justice’. Although the UK ratified the Covenant in 1976, for more than a decade compensation for miscarriages of justice continued to be paid by the Home Office only on an ex gratia basis. Payment was first put onto a statutory basis in 1988.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 1st June 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
European Union takes UK to court over migrants’ entitlement to benefits – The Independent
“The EU is taking Britain to court over migrants’ entitlement to benefits.”
The Independent, 30th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Surveillance: RIPA and the Communications Data Bill – Panopticon
“The Communications Data Bill, shelved amid political heavy weather, is back on the agenda in the wake of last week’s Woolwich murder. Today for example, Conservative MP and former policing minister Nick Herbert wrote an article in The Times in support of the Bill and responding to those who have called it a ‘snooper’s charter’.”
Panopticon, 29th May 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Death Penalty Legal Funding Refusal: Appeal Court Confirms Limits of Human Rights Act – UK Human Rights Blog
“On 22 April 2013 the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in refusing to pay for a lawyer to assist Lindsay Sandiford as she faces the death penalty for drug offences in Indonesia. Last Wednesday, they handed down the reasons for their decision.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 29th May 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Leading lawyers criticise plans to restrict legal aid – BBC News
“Ninety leading barristers have urged the government to withdraw ‘unjust proposals’ to restrict legal aid for people demanding judicial reviews.”
BBC News, 29th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Review into Bribery Act would be ‘premature’, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
“Any review of the UK bribery laws which came into force in July 2011 would be ‘premature’, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Women guilty over party drug that killed friend – Daily Telegraph
“The parents of a young woman who died after taking mephedrone have issued a warning against the so-called ‘party drug’ that ‘ripped our family apart’.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Protesters launch appeal against HS2 High Court ruling – BBC News
“A protest group is to appeal against a High Court ruling that effectively gave the go ahead to the London-Birmingham section of the HS2 high-speed railway.”
BBC News, 29th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Deferred Prosecution Agreements – No. 5 Chambers
“Following the Bribery Act 2010 the next instrument the Government is preparing in the ‘battle against economic crime’ is the Deferred Prosecution Agreement [‘DPA’]. Following a consultation in 2012 the Ministry of Justice inserted schedule 17 into the Crime and Courts Act 2013 [‘CCA 2013’]. Although the Crime and Courts Act 2013 received Royal Assent in April 2013, Schedule 17 is not yet in force.”
No. 5 Chambers, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.no5.com
Run down on recent and anticipated welfare benefit changes – Hardwicke Chambers
“In April 2013, the so called ‘bedroom tax’ was introduced, meaning that a single person or couple with no children will have their housing benefit reduced by 14% where they occupy two bedroom accommodation and 25% if they occupy three or more beds.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 24th May 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
The New World of Whistleblowing: bringing back the public interest – 11 KBW
“The enactment of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (“PIDA”) was designed to introduce important protection for those blowing the whistle to draw attention to wrongdoing discovered in the workplace. During the passage of the Bill in the House of Lords, Lord Nolan commended those behind it ‘for so skilfully achieving the essential but delicate balance in this measure between the public interest and the interests of employers’. Fifteen years on, the verdict is less effusive. Significant gaps had been identified in the legislation, for example in failing to impose vicarious liability on employers for acts of victimisation carried out by their employees or agents. In other respects, however, PIDA has come to be seen a blunt instrument, enabling disgruntled employees to seek unlimited compensation despite having done nothing to further the public interest.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.11kbw.com
EVENT: Temple Church – Panel Discussion & Book Launch: Islam & English Law
“Islam and English Law, ed. Robin Griffith-Jones (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013) begins with the foundational lecture given for the Temple Church by Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, on an ‘inevitable’ accommodation between shari‛a and British law. The book’s following chapters – by lawyers, sociologists and theologians – look back on developments since the Archbishop spoke and forwards along trajectories, in family law and human rights, opened by his lecture. This evening we pursue these questions further. How are the rights of all citizens to be respected and their responsibilities met?”
CPD-accreditation: 1 hour
Date: 3rd June 2013, 6.00-8.00pm
Location: Temple Church
Charge: Free entry, copies of the book will be on sale: paperback, £20; hardback, £55.
More information can be found here.
EVENT: The Bar Council – Legal Aid Question Time
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, is hosting a ‘Legal Aid Question Time’ debate in Westminster to give a range of interested individuals and groups the chance to have their say on the proposed legal aid changes.”
Date: 18th June 2013, 6.00-7.30pm
Location: Church House, Harvey Goodwin Suite, Dean’s Yard, London SW1P 3NZ
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
Muslim-run company to compensate Christian worker for race discrimination – Daily Telegraph
“A Muslim-run company have been ordered to pay a Christian worker over £2,000 for racially discriminating against him because he is white.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Burglars win right to keep convictions secret – Daily Telegraph
“Thousands of criminals, including burglars, will be allowed to work in hospitals, schools and care homes after senior judges ruled that criminal record checks were breaching offenders’ human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Choirmaster jailed for sexually abusing pupil seeks to appeal against sentence – The Guardian
“The disgraced choirmaster Michael Brewer is to attempt to appeal against the length of his six-year prison sentence for indecently assaulting a former pupil.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
