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
Do I Want Your Opinion: the use of opinion evidence in law witness statements – Zenith Chambers
“Gordon Exall discusses the use of opinion evidence in witness statements. Looking, in particular, at two recent decisions which discuss opinion evidence.”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 6th June 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
Avoiding Jackson’s sharp teeth: a practical view from the Bar – Littleton Chambers
“In his monthly column, James Bickford Smith considers recent decisions in which courts have taken a strict approach to compliance with the CPR following Jackson implementation, and offers some practical suggestions on how best to limit the risks of falling foul of the developing approach.”
Littleton Chambers, 5th June 2013
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
Scuppering unscrupulous spouses – New Law Journal
“What are the implications of a court setting aside a disposal made by a divorcing spouse to a third party? Anna Heenan & Ed Heaton report.”
New Law Journal, 7th June 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Joint Pain – Right or Wrong? – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
“In a flurry of press reports, the trials of 20 young people charged in connection with a savage murder came to an end with unequivocally strong views on the parts of the families of both the convicted and the victim. This article looks briefly at the doctrine of joint enterprise in English criminal law, used to convict some, but it seems – surprisingly – not all of the defendants charged.
Soyfen Belamouadden was just 15 years old when on March 25, 2010 he was murdered in a vicious knife assault by a number of youths in the booking office in Victoria Station, London. Thirteen defendants were originally charged, with murder, with seven others charged with other offences. After a series of trials, 13 were convicted of various offences ranging from manslaughter to lesser offences such as violent disorder and three of the defendants were convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that they serve a minimum of 18 years.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 8th June 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
Claims management companies that break the rules will be named online – Ministry of Justice
“Consumers will be able to check if claims management companies (CMCs) are subject to investigation with the launch of a new online tool.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th June 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Six would-be terrorists who targeted EDL march jailed for total of 114 years – The Guardian
“Six men who planned an attack on an English Defence League rally which could have sparked ethnic violence on Britain’s streets, have been jailed for a total of more than a 100 years.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
ZZ (France) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
ZZ (France) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Case C-300/11); [2013] WLR (D) 218
“Where a national authority had failed to inform an EU citizen precisely and in full of the public security grounds, and the related evidence, upon which it had made a decision under article 27 of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC refusing the citizen entry, the national court was required, pursuant to articles 30(2) and 31 of the Directive and article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, to ensure that that failure was limited to that which was strictly necessary. The court had to ensure, in any event, that the citizen was informed of the essence of the grounds in a manner which took due account of the necessary confidentiality of the evidence.”
WLR Daily, 4th June 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (MA and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“On the proper interpretation of the second paragraph of article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003, where an unaccompanied minor, who had no family member within the European Union, had made applications for asylum in more than one member state, the member state responsible for examining that application was that in which the minor was present at the time, after having lodged an asylum application there.”
WLR Daily, 6th June 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ilott v Williams & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 645 (07 June 2013)
Holt v Reading Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 641 (07 June 2013)
SK (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 650 (30 April 2013)
CIMC Raffles Offshore (Singapore) Ltd & Anor v Schahin Holding SA [2013] EWCA Civ 644 (07 June 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
McMillan v Airedale NHS Foundation Trust [2013] EWHC 1504 (QB) (05 June 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Atrium Training Services Ltd & Connor Williams Ltd, Re [2013] EWHC 1562 (Ch) (07 June 2013)
Group Seven Ltd v Allied Investment Corporation Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 1509 (Ch) (06 June 2013)
Morse v Eaglemoss Publications Ltd [2013] EWHC 1507 (Ch) (07 June 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
R (Mother) v C (Father) & Anor [2013] EWHC 1295 (Fam) (17 May 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Stratton, R (on the application of) v Thames Valley Police [2013] EWHC 1561 (Admin) (07 June 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Bank of New York Mellon v Sterling Biotech Ltd [2013] EWHC 1478 (Comm) (12 April 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Six reasons the cuts to legal aid will ruin our justice system – The Independent
“Even the government’s own lawyers are horrified by these reforms.”
The Independent, 7th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Kevin Kennedy death: ‘Love rival’ guilty of murder – BBC news
“A Nottingham man has found guilty of killing and dismembering a love rival.”
BBC News, 7th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ofcom anti-piracy code delayed until 2015 – OUT-LAW.com
“Internet users who are suspected of illegally downloading copyrighted material will not be sent warning letters about their behaviour until the second half of 2015 at the earliest, the Government has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
West Burton power station: 21 protesters sentenced – BBC News
“Twenty-one people who occupied a power station for a week have avoided custodial sentences.”
BBC News, 6th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
