“Prime Minister David Cameron said today he was ‘deeply sorry’ for the extent of state collusion in the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane in 1989 following the publication of an independent review.”
The Independent, 12th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Related link: Pat Finucane Report
“The Independent’s campaign to gain access to the court that deals with Britain’s most vulnerable has made great strides for open justice. Our reporter explains how.”
The Independent, 12th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Public organisations are wasting resources and causing financial hardship by taking too long to put right basic mistakes, says a new report by parliamentary ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Responsive and Accountable? 2011-12
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Sadighpour v R. [2012] EWCA Crim 2669 (11 December 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Suffolk County Council v Nottinghamshire County Council [2012] EWCA Civ 1640 (11 December 2012)
Singh & Ors v Ahluwalia [2012] EWCA Civ 1635 (11 December 2012)
Phillips & Co (a firm) v Bath Housing Co-Operative Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1591 (11 December 2012)
Davies v Davies [2012] EWCA Civ 1641 (11 December 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Price v Powel & Ors [2012] EWHC 3527 (QB) (11 December 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) Regulations 2012
The Value Added Tax (Small Non-Commercial Consignments) Relief (Amendment) Order 2012
The Police (Amendment No. 5) Regulations 2012
The Excise Duties (Surcharges or Rebates) (Hydrocarbon Oils etc.) Order 2012
The Police Pensions (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2012
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2012
The Regional Strategy for the East of England (Revocation) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Lord Justice Leveson has warned that unless criminal and civil law is enforced against bloggers, the quality of journalism in conventional media could deteriorate.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Immigration casework needs to improve so that people aren’t detained for longer than necessary, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and John Vine, Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, publishing the report of a thematic review of immigration detention casework.”
HM Inspectorate of Prisons, 12th December 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) heard appeals against conviction and sentence more quickly last year than in previous years according to the Court’s annual report published today (Tuesday 11 December).”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th December 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Phillips & Co (a firm) v Bath Housing Co-operative Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1591; [2012] WLR (D) 372
“A solicitors’ claim for costs, billed but not yet fixed by assessment or agreement, fell within the phrase ‘debt or other liquidated pecuniary claim’ in section 29(5)(a) of the Limitation Act 1980.”
WLR Daily, 11th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“New measures to bring down the number and cost of whiplash claims, including speculative and fraudulent applications has been announced today [11th December].”
Ministry of Justice, 11th December 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The government could be preparing to back down over whether judges or ministers should have the final say on legal evidence being heard in secret.”
The Guardian, 11th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) sub-sale rules announced as part of the draft Finance Bill ‘will introduce complexity and uncertainty into commercial transactions’ said John Christian, a property tax expert at Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-law.com.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th December 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group, which supports destitute refugees, may be hit by sweeping legal aid cuts.”
The Guardian, 11th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Increasing numbers of ‘unmeritorious’ appeals could have the effect of ‘clogging the arteries’ of the court of appeal, the registrar of criminal appeals has warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th December 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“More than 40 people facing deportation have been held for longer than two years in prisons and immigration removal centres at a cost to the taxpayer of nearly £40,000 each, official inspectors have revealed.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The general anti abuse rule (GAAR) will come into force from royal assent to the Finance Bill 2013 and not from 1 April 2013 as originally proposed, according to draft legislation for the Finance Bill 2013 published today.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th December 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A teenager who murdered his mother after becoming fascinated with knives following a ‘two-year diet of constant DVDs’ has been sentenced to life imprisonment.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government’s draft Communications Data Bill details plans to increase the amount of data gathered about the web and mobile habits of anyone in the UK.”
BBC News,
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It seemed a fairly straightforward hearing – a pre-trial review in an anti-social behaviour possession claim prior to a one-day trial at the end of December – with both my opponent and I agreeing that the matter was ready to proceed.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 30th December 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
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