“Changes to the Immigration Rules, which will ensure the UK remains the destination of choice for exceptional overseas talent, have been published today.”
Home Office, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Oakes and others v R [2012] EWCA Crim 2435 – the imposition of whole life orders for extremely serious crimes does not violate the prohibition on inhuman and degrading treatment under Article 3.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd November 2012
Sooure: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today published its data protection code of practice on managing the risks related to anonymisation. The code explains how to protect the privacy rights of individuals while providing rich sources of data.”
Information Commissioner’s Office, 20th November 2012
Source: www.ico.gov.uk
“Internet service providers (ISPs) will decide whether libraries, cafes and other public Wi-Fi network providers should be served with letters warning them that their service is being used to infringe copyright, Ofcom’s head of copyright has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A website operator must disclose the names and addresses of people who used the site to trade rugby tickets after the Supreme Court said that doing so would not be a disproportionate infringement of those individuals’ privacy rights.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Behavioural advertising networks will be subject to UK advertising rules from February next year, the advertising regulator has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“In Samin v Westminster CC [2012] EWCA Civ 1468, the Court of Appeal had to decide what was meant by someone being ‘temporarily unable to work’ so as to determine if Mr Samin retained his status as a ‘worker’ under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006.”
NearlyLegal, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
“There has been legislation in this country to criminalise female genital mutilation (FGM) for a long time and not one successful prosecution. The three cases referred to the CPS in the last two years had significant evidential difficulties and there was no realistic prospect of conviction.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th November 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Government plans to amend the 1989 Children Act by introducing a presumption of shared parenting are well-intentioned but misguided, say the authors of new research into childhood experience of family break-ups.”
Family Law Week, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“The Honourable Mr Justice Ryder delivered the keynote speech in Bristol at the annual conference on Friday 16 November 2012.”
Association of Lawyers for Children, 16th November 2012
Source: www.alc.org.uk
“Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews important recent developments relating to private children law.”
Family Law week, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Draft proposals to ensure that laws on prisoner voting comply with the UK’s international legal obligations were outlined by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling today.”
Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Draft Bill
Ministry of Justice, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Statistics published by the Ministry of Justice today look at women and the Criminal Justice System.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The widow of a policeman killed while helping a stranded motorist on a motorway hard shoulder today told of her ‘agonising’ grief after a lorry driver was jailed for his death.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“On the face of it, the government is respecting the rule of law but it is unattractive to knowingly put forward proposals that breach human rights.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A wildlife park run by TV presenter Anna Ryder Richardson and her husband has been fined £70,000 for health and safety breaches. Colin MacDougall, 46, the interior designer’s husband, was fined a further £4,000 for two identical breaches.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Conservative peer Lord McAlpine has reached a £125,000 settlement with ITV and Phillip Schofield. It is in relation to a This Morning programme broadcast in November during which the presenter handed the prime minister a list of names of alleged abusers he had found on the internet.”
BBC News, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The law in England and Wales offers ‘inadequate’ protection to postal workers who are attacked by dogs, a report says. The report, commissioned by Royal Mail, recommends a change in law to help deal with the owners of dogs who attack. The report points out that currently action cannot be taken if an attack takes place on private property.”
BBC News, 23rd November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ramani Ramaswamy, who was recruited from his native India, was given lessons to help him improve, but his command of the language only deteriorated, it was claimed. He was dismissed from his job and suspended from the national radiography register for a year after a string of complaints were made against him. The Health and Care Professions Council found that he had showed a ‘lack of competence’ in a number of areas during his term of employment at The Christie Hospital in Manchester.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“In a groundbreaking move, it was revealed that the College of Law, the country’s largest provider of legal education and training, had been granted full university status. It is the first private university to be established since Buckingham – officially a charity – was awarded the full title almost 30 years ago. But it the first time a profit-making organisation has been turned into a university.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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