ASA begins oversight of new online behavioural advertising rules – OUT-LAW.com
“New UK rules governing the use of online behavioural advertising (OBA) have come into effect.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Gambling firms start legal fund to fight government tax crackdown – The Independent
“Gambling executives are planning to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds to keep open a tax loophole estimated to cost British taxpayers £250m a year.”
The Independent, 5th February 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Gay marriage: some legal inequalities will remain – The Guardian
“The aim of the marriage (same-sex couples) bill is to ensure that all couples enjoy equal marriage rights. Some elements of legal asymmetry remain, however, under the legislation.”
The Guardian, 5th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Triple killer granted anonymity ‘to protect human rights’ – Daily Telegraph
“A triple killer guilty of ‘exceptionally horrific’ and ‘unprovoked’ crimes has been granted anonymity to protect his human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Trials collapsing thanks to ‘shambolic’ privatisation of translation services – The Guardian
“The privatisation of court interpreting services has been ‘shambolic’, MPs warn saying it has caused more trials to collapse and suspects to be remanded unnecessarily in custody.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Public sector cuts hit judges’ pensions – The Guardian
“Judges have been given figures showing how much they will lose when their tax-free pension allowances are cut in line with government reforms of public sector pay.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government plans for radical overhaul of family law would do little to help improve lives of vulnerable children, warn charities – The Independent
“Charities warned that Government plans for a radical overhaul of family law including the introduction of shared parental leave would do little to help improve the lives of the most vulnerable children.”
The Independent, 5th February 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Were James Bulger’s killers too young to stand trial? – The Guardian
“Twenty years ago, two 10-year-olds were prosecuted for murdering a toddler in Merseyside. Despite pressure from child protection campaigners, the UK’s minimum age of criminal responsibility remains one of the lowest in the world.”
The Guardian, 5th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Farmer who claimed £100,000 in disability benefits caught herding cattle – Daily Telegraph
“David Millward, 55, was secretly filmed by the Department of Work and Pensions carrying bags of animal feed around the field he rented off Stafford Road, Coven, Staffs, despite claiming he could only walk 10 metres unaided.Millward admitted fraudulently claiming £75,532 in income support and £24,692 in disability living allowance earlier this month after making an application for disability benefits in 2003.He was sentenced to 18 months in prison at Wolverhampton Crown Court today.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Olympic 100m final bottle thrower Ashley Gill-Webb sentenced – BBC News
“A man who threw a plastic beer bottle on to the track at the start of the men’s
100m final at the London Olympics has been given a community order.”
BBC News, 4th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lorraine breaks rules on promotion – BBC News
“ITV show Lorraine broke rules by allowing Dannii Minogue to promote a milk product she had a commercial deal to endorse, Ofcom has ruled.”
BBC News, 4th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Commercial Court)
Akciné Bendrové Bankas Snoras v Antonov & Anor [2013] EWHC 131 (Comm) (04 February 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Insurer wrong to reject law firm’s blanket notification of possible claims, High Court rules – Legal Futures
“A professional indemnity (PI) insurer was wrong to reject a law firm’s blanket notification of possible claims, the High Court has decided in what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind.”
Legal Futures, 5th February 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Another critique of the new Immigration Rules’ codification of Article 8 – UK Human Rights Report
“Izuazu (Article 8 – new rules) Nigeria [2013] UKUT 45 (IAC). The Upper Tribunal has concluded that new Immigration Rules do not adequately reflect the Secretary of State’s obligations under Article 8 of the ECHR.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th February 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, on the Reform of Banking – HM Treasury
“Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, on the Reform of Banking, 4th Februaruy 2013.”
Banking reform: a new structure for stability and growth, Cm 8545
HM Treasury, 4th Februaury 2013
Source: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
Regulator begins investigation into annuity market – OUT-LAW.com
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is investigating whether consumers are
getting a ‘fair dea’ when purchasing annuities, it has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Religious courts and Sharia divorce – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“If you glanced at the front page of The Times for 1 February, with its headline ‘High Court opens way to Sharia divorces’, you could have been forgiven for thinking that the court had made some important pronouncement on the role of Sharia (Islamic law) in divorce proceedings. The story’s first paragraph would also have led you naturally to that conclusion. ‘The prospect of divorce cases being settled by Sharia and religious courts’, it says, ‘has been opened up by landmark legal decision.’ So it would have come as a bit of a jolt to read the start of the next paragraph: ‘A Jewish couple have had their divorce settlement under Beth Din, rabbinical law, approved by the High Court.’ As this indicates, the case (AI v MT [2013] EWHC 100 (Fam)) says nothing whatsoever about Sharia.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 4th February 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Refusal to make a statement: remember the context – Education Law Blog
“A short recent decision of the Upper Tribunal (JS v Worcestershire County Council [2012] UKUT 451 (AAC)) has emphasised the importance, when assessing a child’s special educational needs (‘SENs’), of considering the context in which he or she is performing.”
Education Law Blog, 4th february 2013
Source: www.education11kbw.com
