Darren Purchase jailed for 20 years for series of sex crimes – BBC News
“A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting and
raping eight people including a 13-year-old boy.”
BBC News, 25th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Criminal record checks to be relaxed – BBC News
“Thousands of job applicants will no longer have to face their criminal past
being disclosed to employers, under changes announced by the Home Office.”
BBC News, 26th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK Border Agency to split into two new groups – Home Office
“The UK Border Agency is to be split into two separate entities – an immigration and visa service and an immigration law enforcement organisation – as part of a package of changes announced today.”
Home Office, 26th March 2013
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
New system of criminal records checks to restore balance in public safeguarding – Home Office
“Changes to criminal records checks will continue to protect the public while ensuring that employers no longer have access to certain old or minor cautions and convictions.”
Home Office, 26th March 2013
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Rochdale nightclub death: Twelve jailed over John Lee Barrett killing – BBC News
“Twelve men have been jailed over the death of a man at a Rochdale nightclub in the early hours of Christmas Day in 2011.”
BBC News, 26th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Drug lord jailed as police shut down largest smuggling operation in UK – The Guardian
“The last remaining kingpin of an international network of organised criminal gangs that flooded the UK with £300m worth of illegal drugs has been brought to justice.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Last-ditch bid to dilute secret courts plan fails – The Guardian
“A new generation of secret courts will be established in law within weeks after a last-ditch bid to water down controversial government plans failed in the House of Lords.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Anonymity granted for nurse due to give evidence at inquest into death of Royal hoax call victim Jacintha Saldanha – The Independent
“A nurse due to give evidence at the inquest into the death of Royal hoax call victim Jacintha Saldanha has been granted anonymity to offer protection against similar media interest.”
The Independent, 26th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Individuals ‘have no right’ to stop name being used online – Daily Telegraph
“Ordinary people have no right to stop their names being used in web addresses
because they are not famous enough, according to regulators.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Richard III reburial plans breach human rights, say descendants – Daily Telegraph
“Fifteen living relatives of the monarch, the last English king to die in battle almost 500 years before the European convention on human rights came into force, are threatening to launch a legal challenge seeking the Richard III’s reburial in York Minster, rather than the proposed Leicester Cathedral. An application for judicial review is to be lodged by lawyers in Leeds on behalf of the Plantagenet Alliance to bring the action against the Ministry of Justice, which granted the archaeological excavation licence to Leicester University, the Guardian reported.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
European court adjourns prisoner voting case – BBC News
“Human rights judges have adjourned until September consideration of more than
2,300 legal cases against the UK over prisoner voting rights.”
BBC News, 26th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Abu Qatada deportation decision due – BBC News
“Home Secretary Theresa May is due to learn whether she has won an appeal to
overturn a decision to allow radical cleric Abu Qatada to stay in the UK.”
BBC News, 27th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kevin Lane could face full appeal hearing – The Guardian
“Kevin Lane was jailed for life for the 1994 murder of Robert Magill, and given a tariff of eighteen years. As his daily updated website indicates, he has now completed that tariff plus 46 days. However, he has not yet been released because he continues to protest his innocence.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Chetham’s music teacher Michael Brewer jailed for sexually abusing pupil – The Guardian
“A music teacher at one of the UK’s most prestigious music schools has been jailed for six years after being found guilty of sexually abusing a pupil.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Government’s response to Lord Carlile’s report on the Edlington case – Department for Education
“In March 2012 the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, asked Lord Carlile to conduct an independent review of the case of the ‘J’ children in Edlington. The ‘J’ children had committed a very serious assault on two young victims in April 2009, having assaulted another young victim the previous weekend.”
Department for Education, March 2013
Source: www.education.gov.uk
The Legal Ombudsman Scheme: how it works and how firms can challenge it – 4 New Square
“The Legal Ombudsman (‘LeO’) publishes brief summaries of its decisions on its website. Where awards have been made against lawyers to date the amounts have usually been very modest: hundreds rather than thousands of pounds. There has not been much for lawyers or their insurers to worry about. But things could be about to change.”
Full story (PDF)
4 New Square, 21st March 2013
Source: www.4newsquare.com
Assessment Notices under the Data Protection Act 1998 – Extension of the Information Commissioner’s Powers – Ministry of Justice
“This consultation paper sets out our proposal to extend the powers of the Information Commissioner to carry out compulsory assessments of NHS bodies’ compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and its data protection principles. It seeks views from NHS data controllers across the United Kingdom. The proposals are informed by the Information Commissioner’s experience working with NHS bodies to improve their compliance with data protection law.”
Ministry of Justice, 25th March 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Regional Strategy for the North East (Revocation) Order 2013
The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2013
The Free School Lunches and Milk (Universal Credit) (England) Order 2013
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) Order 2013
The Children, Schools and Families Act 2010 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2013
The Trusts (Capital and Income) Act 2013 (Commencement No.1) Order 2013
The National Health Service Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) (Amendment) Order 2013
The Local Transport Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2013
The Rookery South (Resource Recovery Facility) Order 2011
The Public Bodies (Abolition of British Shipbuilders) Order 2013
The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Cold-calling prosecutions planned – Law Society’s Gazette
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is ready to prosecute up to a dozen more companies who carry out cold-calling and send spam text messages.
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd March 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Mahmood v R [2013] EWCA Crim 325 (22 March 2013)
Love & Anor, R. v [2013] EWCA Crim 257 (13 February 2013)
Jackson v R. [2013] EWCA Crim 163 (28 February 2013)
Applied Language Solutions Ltd, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 326 (25 March 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 230 (22 March 2013)
ACE European Group Ltd & Ors v Chartis Insurance UK Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 224 (22 March 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Cockbill v Riley [2013] EWHC 656 (QB) (22 March 2013)
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust v Acres [2013] EWHC 652 (QB) (22 March 2013)
Gaskin v Norwich City Council & Ors [2013] EWHC 623 (QB) (22 March 2013)
Norbrook Laboratories Ltd & Anor v Carr [2013] EWHC 476 (QB) (22 March 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Turner v Phythian & Anor [2013] EWHC 499 (Ch) (15 March 2013)
Magical Marking Ltd & Anor v Ware & Kay LLP & Anor [2013] EWHC 636 (Ch) (20 March 2013)
High Court (Family Division)
S (A Child), Re [2013] EWHC 647 (Fam) (25 March 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Core Issues Trust v Transport for London [2013] EWHC 651 (Admin) (22 March 2013)
Bauer & Ors v The Director of Public Prosecutions [2013] EWHC 634 (Admin) (22 March 2013)
London Borough of Islington v The Unite Group Plc [2013] EWHC 508 (Admin) (22 March 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
