Forced marriages blight lives, but criminalising them would not work – The Guardian

Posted April 10th, 2012 in crime, forced marriages, news by sally

“There are better ways to combat forced marriages than creating a new offence, which would deter victims from seeking help.”

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The Guardian, 9th April 2012

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Theresa May pledges to end ‘family rights’ bar on deportation – The Guardian

Posted April 10th, 2012 in deportation, families, human rights, immigration, news by sally

“New immigration rules are to be introduced to make it more difficult for foreign criminals to resist deportation by invoking their right to a family life under the European convention on human rights.”

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The Guardian, 8th April 2012

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Divorce: The warring couples who fight for the right to a frying pan – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 10th, 2012 in divorce, news by sally

“It’s the little things in a divorce that can turn out to be the biggest headaches, say lawyers.”

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Daily Telegraph, 6th April 2012

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Riot victim’s father spared jail sentence – The Independent

“Tariq Jahan, the bereaved father from Birmingham whose appeal for calm after his son’s death in last summer’s riots helped quell further violence, was spared jail yesterday after being convicted of grievous bodily harm.”

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The Independent, 6th April 2012

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Riots may be controlled with chemicals – The Guardian

Posted April 10th, 2012 in chemical weapons, news, public order, violent disorder, weapons by sally

“Future riots could be quelled by projectiles containing chemical irritants fired by police using new weapons that are now in the final stages of development.”

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The Guardian, 9th April 2012

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Public interest ‘high’ in publishing NHS risk register – BBC News

Posted April 10th, 2012 in freedom of information, health, news, public interest, tribunals by sally

“The public interest in publishing a risk assessment of the NHS overhaul in England is ‘very high, if not exceptional’, a tribunal has ruled.”

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BBC News, 5th April 2012

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Unfair dismissal reform divides government and unions – The Guardian

Posted April 10th, 2012 in news, time limits, unfair dismissal by sally

“The amount of time an employee has to work for an organisation before he or she can make an unfair dismissal claim against the employer has doubled to two years, in a move the government says will boost growth but unions say will result in a ‘hire and fire’ culture.”

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The Guardian, 6th April 2012

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Juror jailed for contempt after jetting off to Malta – The Independent

Posted April 10th, 2012 in contempt of court, juries, news, sentencing by sally

“A juror has been jailed for 56 days after she said she was too sick to attend court and promptly jetted off on a two week holiday to Malta.”

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The Independent, 5th April 2012

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Inside Keppel: finding freedom in a children’s prison – The Guardian

Posted April 10th, 2012 in children, detention, news, prisons, rehabilitation, young offenders by sally

“The Guardian has been given exclusive access to a unit in West Yorkshire trying new ways to reach the most disturbed children.”

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The Guardian, 6th April 2012

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Easter Break

Posted April 5th, 2012 in news by sally

There will be no posts over the Easter weekend (Friday 6th – Monday 9th inclusive) during which time the Library will be closed. We will resume posting on Tuesday 10th April.

Pegasus – slaying the Bar’s beast of a diversity problem – Legal Week

Posted April 5th, 2012 in barristers, diversity, news, pupillage by sally

“‘Mini-pupillages are essential for getting a pupillage in the end and most sets would not look at a candidate without them,’ says Brick Court Chambers co-head Jonathan Hirst QC.”

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Legal Week, 5th April 2012

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Regina (McGetrick) v Parole Board and another – WLR Daily

Posted April 5th, 2012 in evidence, law reports, parole, release on licence, removal directions by sally

Regina (McGetrick) v Parole Board and another [2012] EWHC 882 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 114

“When considering and making its substantive recommendation on the question of the early release or recall of prisoners on licence following a reference to it by the Secretary of State for Justice, the Parole Board was ‘dealing with the case’ within the meaning of section 239(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and was therefore required to consider all the documents given to it by the Secretary of State.”

WLR Daily, 4th April 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Sunderland City Council v Brennan and others – WLR Daily

Posted April 5th, 2012 in appeals, equal pay, law reports, local government, sex discrimination by sally

Sunderland City Council v Brennan and others [2012] EWCA Civ 413; [2012] WLR (D) 113

“An employer had no defence to an equal pay claim where its reason for a differential in payment between female and male employees was that the male employees had attracted a bonus for productivity when at the material time the link between productivity and bonus had been broken.”

WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Secretary of State for the Home Department v CB and another – WLR Daily

Secretary of State for the Home Department v CB and another [2012] EWCA Civ 418; [2012] WLR (D) 112

“Where a court made a non-derogating control order in proceedings against a person under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, it had no jurisdiction to order a permanent stay of such proceedings under the Act nor under its case management powers in the Civil Procedure Rules, unless the controlled person requested such a course of action.”

WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

In re J (Children) (Care Proceedings: Standard of Proof) – WLR Daily

Posted April 5th, 2012 in child abuse, children, law reports, standard of proof by sally

In re J (Children) (Care Proceedings: Standard of Proof) [2012] EWCA Civ 380; [2012] WLR (D) 111

In looking to the threshold criteria identified within section 31 of the Children Act 1989, and addressing the problem of the unidentified perpetrator of violence to a child or children where the pool of perpetrators was limited, the courts had to apply, with great care, the authorities in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, where it was mooted that such authority was not compatible with certain decisions of the House of Lords.

WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court and another (Article 19 intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted April 5th, 2012 in disclosure, documents, evidence, extradition, law reports, media by sally

Regina (Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court and another (Article 19 intervening) [2012] EWCA Civ 420; [2012] WLR (D) 110

“Where documents had been placed before a judge and referred to in the course of court proceedings, access should generally be permitted on the open justice principle. Where access was sought for a proper journalistic principle the case for allowing it would be particularly strong. The court would undertake a fact-specific proportionality exercise where there were grounds of opposition to the application for disclosure.”

WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

DKH Retail Ltd v Republic (Retail) Ltd – WLR Daily

DKH Retail Ltd v Republic (Retail) Ltd [2012] EWHC 877 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 109

“The current practice, in which applications to transfer cases to and from the Patents County Court were handled by judges of the court from which the case was to be transferred, was correct and in accordance with the Civil Procedure Rules.”

WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012

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Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria – WLR Daily

Posted April 5th, 2012 in appeals, breach of trust, fraud, law reports, limitations, time limits by sally

Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria [2012] EWCA Civ 415; [2012] WLR (D) 108

“An action by a beneficiary under a trust might be brought in respect of any fraud or fraudulent breach of trust to which the trustee was party or privy against both that trustee and any other person who dishonestly assisted him in such fraud or fraudulent breach of trust, in either case, after the expiration of the six-year limitation period for which section 21(3) of the Limitation Act 1980 provided.”

WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Innovia Films Ltd v Frito-Lay North America Inc – WLR Daily

Posted April 5th, 2012 in jurisdiction, law reports, patents by sally

Innovia Films Ltd v Frito-Lay North America Inc [2012] EWHC 790 (Pat); [2012] WLR (D) 107

“Where a court had jurisdiction under section 82(4)(b) of the Patents Act 1977 to determine a question to which section 82 applied, the court’s jurisdiction was exclusive of all other possible jurisdictions.”

WLR Daily, 30th March 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Prison Law Bulletin – Garden Court Chambers

Posted April 5th, 2012 in human rights, news, prisons, sentencing by sally

“The Garden Court Prison Law Team presents the third issue of its ‘Prison Law Bulletin’.”

Issue 3 – 5 March 2012

Garden Court Chambers, 5th April 2012

Source: www.gcprisonlaw.wordpress.com