We are ready for post-Jackson role, vows High Court judge – Litigation Futures
“A High Court judge says there is a ‘real determination’ among judges to embrace their new ‘project management’ role, and dismissed fears that they are not ready for the Jackson reforms.”
Litigation Futures, 24th May 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Can you decide who is to be your unpaid advocate? Eleanor Battie – UK Human Rights Blog
“RE F (CHILDREN) 14 May 2013, Court of Appeal – A topical case, this, given legal aid cutbacks. It concerns the ability of unrepresented litigants to choose those to help them out as advocates in court. Not an unconstrained right, as this case demonstrates. The High Court ruled that a judge had been entitled to refuse an application for a particular person to act as a McKenzie friend despite that individual not being present in court at the time of the application. The Court of Appeal upheld that decision.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th May 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Date cross border group relief claim is made, not end of accounting period, will determine claim success, says Supreme Court – OUT-LAW.com
“The date when a claim for cross border group relief is made should form the basis of a decision about one of the tests for granting that relief under EU law and not the date of the end of the accounting period in which the claim was made, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Why is Crime Falling? – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
“Vicki Helyar-Cardwell reports on a recent debate among criminal justice experts.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 18th May 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
Benefits cap will have catastrophic effect on families, court will hear – The Guardian
“Families will suffer catastrophic effects and victims of domestic violence may be forced to return to their abusers, it will be argued in the first test cases challenging the government’s imposition of a £500-a-week cap on benefits. A judge has already given permission for a full judicial review of claims that involve four vulnerable families relying on welfare payments. One household is facing imminent eviction, according to documents filed at the high court.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Phone-hacking victims reject newspapers’ charter proposal – The Guardian
“Some of the most prominent victims of phone-hacking have written to the culture secretary, Maria Miller, urging her to reject the royal charter proposed by the press industry, saying that it is unacceptable for ‘those responsible for the damage to our lives and the lives of others [to] seek to shrug off responsibility and once again write their own rulebook.’ ”
The Guardian, 24th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bipolar woman wins High Court battle for right to have abortion – The Independent
“A pregnant woman with severe mental health problems is expected to have an abortion after a High Court judge ruled that she was capable of making the decision.”
The Independent, 21st May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Hunt for Britain’s Sex Gangs – Channel 4 Dispatches
“In 2010 Telford police allowed cameras to start filming what was to become one of the biggest child sex abuse cases in the UK.”
Channel 4 Dispatches, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.channel4.com
Talent show mum Amanda Webber guilty of £350,000 benefit fraud – BBC News
“A mother of eight has been found guilty of fraudulently receiving more than £350,000 in benefits and tax credits.”
BBC News, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Report into Rochdale grooming a ‘damning indictment’ of council – Daily Telegraph
“A new report into the child sex grooming scandal in Rochdale is a ‘damning indictment’ of the local council, the town’s MP said.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ban for teacher who spent two years trying to woo pupil, 15 – Daily Telegraph
“A geography teacher has been banned from teaching indefinitely after she
‘romantically pursued’ a pupil for almost two years.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Flaws in fraud case show worrying lapses by judges and lawyers – The Guardian
“Anthony White admitted fraud over mortgages, but analysis seems to show problems that senior judges failed to spot.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
GP Davinder Jeet Bains jailed for filming abuse of patients – BBC News
“A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients at his surgery has been jailed for 12 years.”
BBC News, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Genson Courtney murder: Pair jailed for ‘execution’ of drug dealing stepson of gangland author Dave Courtney – The Independent
“Two men have been jailed for life for shooting the stepson of gangland celebrity and author Dave Courtney.”
The Independent, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Hillsborough – How They Buried the Truth – Panorama
“A Panorama investigation reveals how police, politicians, lawyers and judges all played a part in burying the truth about Britain’s worst football disaster.
Never-before-broadcast footage of the FA Cup semi-final in which 96 Liverpool fans died reveals a catastrophic failure by the emergency services, how lives might have been saved and how subsequent inquiries were misled.
And a former home secretary and former police chiefs are put on the spot about why a succession of official investigations left the truth hidden for a generation.”
BBC Panorama, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Cash Ratio Deposits (Value Bands and Ratios) Order 2013
The Chemical Weapons (Licence Appeal Provisions) (Revocation) (No. 2) Order 2013
The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2013
The Gas and Petroleum (Consents) Charges Regulations 2013
The Official Statistics Order 2013
The Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (Kent County Council) Order 2013
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 4) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
