“Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has today published interim guidelines on the approach prosecutors should take when assessing the public interest in cases affecting the media.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th April 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Mullen & Ors, R. v (Rev 1) [2012] EWCA Crim 606 (01 March 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Adams v The Law Society of England and Wales & Ors [2012] EWHC 980 (QB) (17 April 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“An individual’s employment cannot be automatically transferred to another employer without following the proper procedures under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations, a tribunal has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A former Libyan dissident who was abducted and flown to one of Muammar Gaddafi’s prisons in a so-called rendition operation mounted with the help of MI6 has started legal proceedings against Jack Straw, who was British foreign secretary at the time.”
The Guardian, 18th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Raithatha v Williamson (a bankrupt) [2012] EWHC 909 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 115
“A trustee in bankruptcy was entitled to obtain an income payments order under section 310 of the Insolvency Act 1986 where a bankrupt had an entitlement to a payment under his pension scheme not merely where the scheme was in payment of benefit but also where, under the rules of the scheme, the bankrupt would be entitled to payment merely by asking for payment.”
WLR Daily, 4th April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The names of three junior members of staff who had handled complaints made to the financial services regulator should have been disclosed as part of a freedom of information request as disclosure ‘did not adversely affect their privacy’, a tribunal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Victims of domestic violence will be given greater access to legal aid to fund civil cases against abusive partners, Kenneth Clarke announced on Tuesday as the government made a U-turn on some of its controversial reforms. The justice secretary described the amendments to the legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill as ‘fairly formidable’.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 150 criminals, potentially including terrorists, have been secretly given immunity from prosecution or discounted sentences for becoming supergrasses.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs will be forced to defend itself in court against allegations that it gave one of the world’s most profitable banks a sweetheart deal on the repayment of unpaid taxes worth up to £20m.”
The Guardian, 18th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government is being urged to prevent universities being bought by private equity firms after the College of Law, a charity that provides teaches law courses in London and six other cities across England, was sold to a private equity firm for £200m.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A caretaker who systematically abused numerous young boys over a 30-year period has been branded a ‘depraved, predatory’ paedophile and jailed for 13-and-a-half years.”
The Independent, 17th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Hard on the heels of MP comes another case on the unlawful restriction of discretion with regard to prison rules (see my post on that decision). This case concerned national policy relating to prison incentives and the earned privileges scheme (IEP). The scheme gave enhanced status to convicted sex offenders who had been assessed as unready for a sexual offences training programme.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A rail company is to be prosecuted after one of its trains overshot a station by nearly two-and-a-half miles.”
The Independent, 17th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The home secretary has ordered that the radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada be deported to Jordan at the end of the month.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) Regulations 2012
The Education (Penalty Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Food Hygiene (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Firefighters’ Pension (Wales) Scheme (Contributions) (Amendment) Order 2012
The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) (Contributions) (Amendment) Order 2012
The Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Jurisdiction of Residential Property Tribunals) (Wales) Order 2012
The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (Commencement No.4) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“An activist who took part in a protest against the construction of an Olympic facility says he has been handed a court order banning him from approaching any Olympic venue, activity or official.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former London DIY store cashier who became governor of an oil-rich Nigerian state has been jailed for 13 years for fraud totalling nearly £50m ($77m).”
BBC News, 17th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Last-minute negotiations over the text of controversial British plans to reform the European court of human rights (ECHR) are focusing on the criteria for screening out cases and the leeway each country is permitted to interpret convention laws differently.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A gas fitter has been jailed for three years for the manslaughter of a woman who died of carbon monoxide poisoning.”
BBC News, 17th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The teenager who killed pensioner Richard Mannington Bowes during the summer riots has been sentenced to eight years’ detention.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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