“Part 36 continues to trouble the courts, with two rulings recently involving parties seeking to overturn the usual costs consequences of accepting an offer after the usual 21 days.”
Litigation Futures, 10th January 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“Two versions of a highly sensitive military witness statement – initially substantially withheld, then later revealed – illustrate the dangers of government plans to expand secret courts, according to campaigners.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Only a fraction of sexual offences in England and Wales results in a conviction, a statistical review says.”
BBC News, 10th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government is to start feasibility work on what would be Britain’s biggest prison as part of a major programme of updating Britain’s prison estate. The new prison could hold more than 2,000 prisoners – around a quarter more than the largest current facility. The new facility is likely to be in London, the North West or North Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th January 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Nightingale, R. v [2012] EWCA Crim 2734 (29 November 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Boxing Brands Ltd v Sports Direct International Plc & Ors [2012] EWHC 3588 (Ch) (10 December 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A ‘super-prison’ capable of housing 2,000 inmates is to be built along with four mini-prisons in a departure from Coalition policy which had suggested that jails are costly and ineffectual.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A flying instructor whose student died in a helicopter crash has been found guilty of lying to get him a licence.”
BBC News, 9th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“John McCririck, the flamboyant racing pundit, has launched a £3 million age discrimination claim after he was dropped by Channel 4.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Merseyside music promoter who admitted making anti-Semitic remarks to a Jewish MP has been fined £120.”
BBC News, 9th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Victims could report crimes at the Post Office as 65 front desks in police stations across the capital are closed amid sweeping budget cuts of more than £500 million.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Enthusiasm for legal apprenticeships grew notably last year with several firms launching formal schemes. Not only are new Higher Apprenticeships in Legal Services due to launch in March, which are equivalent to the first year of a degree, but the government’s minister for skills, Matthew Hancock, announced in late December that it may be possible to enroll on apprenticeships equivalent to bachelors and masters degree level as early as this year.”
The Guardian, 9th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“‘Transforming Rehabilitation – a revolution in the way we manage offenders’ describes the Government’s proposals for reforming the delivery of offender services in the community to reduce reoffending rates whilst delivering improved value for money for the tax payer.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th January 2013
Source: www.consult.justice.gov.uk
“A teenage boy who was left brain-damaged at birth has been awarded £7.1m damages after a 14-year legal battle by his mother against the hospital responsible.”
The Guardian, 9th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government is consulting on new laws which would extend producers’ and performers’ rights in sound recordings from 50 to 70 years.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th January 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Government’s response to the Public Administration Select Committee report ‘Smaller Government: Shrinking the Quango state’ sets out the plans for reforming public bodies. It includes new Triennial Review requirements for Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPB).”
Law Commission, 9th January 2013
Source: www.consult.justice.gov.uk
“The High Court has refused to throw out misuse of private information claims brought by celebrity Katie Price against her ex-husband Peter Andre, ex-manager Claire Powell, and ex-friend Jamelah Asmar.”
The Lawyer, 9th January 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Sun has won a two-month battle to overturn an injunction brought by Bristol City Council that prevented it from reporting details of a child protection scandal.”
The Guardian, 9th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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