“From next month, divorce may get a little less confrontational – and cheaper. Changes to legal aid mean couples who split won’t be funded through the courts, but that could be a good thing, argues mediator Victoria Scott.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Like most people who are commenting in the ether at the moment, I find disturbing one of the two principal threads of the story about undercover policing which are in the news: the forging by one or more undercover officers of sexual relationships with people in the protest groups they had infiltrated. Have a look at this report on the BBC website, for a flavour of the coverage it is receiving, and a call for tighter controls to prevent such activity in the future. And then look at the Home Affairs Select Committee interim report.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 11th March 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A ‘violent’ man who coerced his mother into changing her will to leave him nearly all of her £350,000 fortune is facing a £110,000 legal bill after a judge set aside the will because of his ‘forceful’ nature.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“In 2009, when asked by the then Lord Chancellor to look at judicial diversity, Baroness Neuberger said:
‘Judges drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and life experiences will bring varying perspectives to bear on critical legal issues. A judiciary which is more visibly reflective of society will enhance public confidence.'”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 11th March 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The Government’s seemingly endless battle to deport the radical cleric Abu Qatada went back before the courts today.”
The Independent, 11th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The eight month prison sentences imposed on Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce are well within the normal range for such offences but slightly longer than many had expected.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police buried sex abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile in files marked ‘restricted’ and ‘sensitive’ because of his celebrity status, a damning report has revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Related link: “Mistakes were made.” HMIC’s review into allegations and intelligence material concerning Jimmy Savile between 1964 and 2012 (PDF)
“A former futures trader was yesterday sentenced to four years jail after being found guilty of insider dealing.”
The Independent, 12th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Chris Huhne and his ex-wife, Vicky Pryce, have each been jailed for eight months for perverting the course of justice over an arrangement 10 years ago in which Pryce took speeding points for the former Liberal Democrat MP.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Operation of Air Services in the Community (Pricing etc.) Regulations 2013The Inter-authority Recoupment (England) Regulations 2013
The Plant Health (Fees) (England) Regulations 2013
The National Health Service (Clinical Negligence Scheme) Amendment Regulations 2013
The Residential Family Centres (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013
The Civil Legal Aid (Statutory Charge) Regulations 2013
The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013
The Criminal Legal Aid (Recovery of Defence Costs Orders) Regulations 2013
The Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Legal Persons) Regulations 2013
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Review of Maps) (England) Regulations 2013
The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2013
The Cattle Identification (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Loss of Tax Credits (Specified Day) Order 2013
The Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order 2013
The Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order 2013
The Social Security Pensions (Flat Rate Accrual Amount) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Supreme Court, 6th March 2013
ITV Broadcasting Ltd and others v TVCatchup Ltd (Case C-607/11); [2013] WLR (D) 92
“The concept of ‘communication to the public’, within the meaning of article 3(1) of Parliament and Council Directive 2001/29/EC covered a re-transmission of the works included in a terrestrial television broadcast where the re-transmission was made by an organisation other than the original broadcaster, by means of an Internet stream made available to subscribers of that other organisation who could receive that re-transmission by logging on to its server, even though those subscribers were within the area of reception of that terrestrial television broadcast and could lawfully receive the broadcast on a television receiver. It was irrelevant that a re-transmission was funded by advertising and was therefore of a profit-making nature and was by an organisation which was acting in direct competition with the original broadcaster.”
WLR Daily, 7th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A man has been handed a life term after stabbing a gambler to death who had won £3,000 at a casino.”
The Independent, 9th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“In his recent blog ‘Down the rabbit hole,’ Tom Richards described the ‘quasi judicial review within an appeal’ contained in s.193(7) Communications Act 2003 as something of a Wonderland.”
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 11th March 2013
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
“A new route into the legal profession is launched today in a bid to improve access and diversity in the law.”
Legal Futures, 11th March 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“The Alfie Meadows ruling is a reminder of the coalition’s hypocrisy on non-violent protest.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of motorway speeding convictions could be overturned because the font used to display the numbers on some variable speed limit signs may not have complied with traffic regulations.”
BBC News, 9th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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