Kwame Ofosu-Asare murder: Two teenagers detained – BBC News
“Two teenagers have been given life terms for the murder of a schoolboy.”
BBC News, 18th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Crimes of the Benefit-Bashers – Garden Court Chambers Blog
“Liz Davies paints a bleak picture of what the government’s spending cuts and benefit caps mean to the least advantaged in society.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 18th December 2012
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
Neon Roberts to have surgery against mother’s wishes after court ruling – The Guardian
“A high court judge has ordered that a seven-year-old boy at the centre of a legal dispute must have an urgent life-saving brain operation despite his mother’s refusal to give her consent.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Leveson report: law on libel and the Press Complaints Commission – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“It was perhaps timely, following so soon as it did in the wake of the Leveson Report, that an Australian radio station telephoned the private hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated for acute morning sickness, and pretended to be the Queen. Whilst it was amusing that the presenters, who themselves confessed that they thought their accents would give them away, actually managed to obtain any information, it also raises once again the ugly spectre of press control, and what information should be freely available to the press to broadcast to the world, and what should be left strictly in the private domain.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th December 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Father faces jail for finger-biting attack at school nativity play – The Guardian
“A father who admitted biting off part of another man’s finger at a children’s nativity play has been told a jail sentence is almost inevitable.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
McDonald’s waitress wins £3,000 compensation for being fired – Daily Telegraph
“A McDonald’s waitress won £3,000 compensation today for being fired after sprinkling too much chocolate on an ice-cream.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Legal Complaints) (Parties) Order 2012
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Alteration of Limit) Order 2012
The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2012
The Caversfield Service Family Accommodation Byelaws 2012
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Singapore) Order 2012
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Switzerland) Order 2012
The Cowes Harbour Revision Order 2012
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Liechtenstein) Order 2012
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Barbados) Order 2012
The Visiting Forces and International Military Headquarters (EU SOFA) (Tax Designation) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
The Commission on a Bill of Rights’ report– A UK Bill of Rights? – The Choice Before Us – Ministry of Justice
“The Commission on a Bill of Rights, established in March 2011 to investigate the creation of a UK Bill of Rights, has today delivered its report – A UK Bill of Rights? – The Choice Before Us – to the Government.”
Ministry of Justice, 18th December 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related links: The Commission on a Bill of Rights’ report– A UK Bill of Rights? – The Choice Before Us – Volume 1 (PDF)
The Commission on a Bill of Rights’ report– A UK Bill of Rights? – The Choice Before Us – Volume 2 (PDF)
IPO to launch ‘premium’ service for processing of patent applications – OUT-LAW.com
“Businesses will be able to obtain patent protection for their inventions within 90 days of applying for it under plans to change the way the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) works.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th December 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Lord McAlpine settlement reached with BBC and ITV – BBC News
“Conservative peer Lord McAlpine has formally settled his libel actions against the BBC and ITV at London’s High Court.”
BBC News, 18th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Redundancy notice period to be cut from 90 to 45 days – BBC News
“The period of notice which employers have to give before making large-scale redundancies is to be cut from 90 to 45 days.”
BBC News, 18th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Olympic Airlines SA v ACG Acquisition XX LLC [2012] EWCA Civ 1659 (17 December 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Entrust Pension Ltd v Prospect Hospice Ltd [2012] EWHC 3640 (Ch) (17 December 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Threlfall v ECD Insight Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 3543 (QB) (17 December 2012)
Dar v Vonsak & Anor [2012] EWHC 3632 (QB) (17 December 2012)
Horner v Allison & Anor [2012] EWHC 3626 (QB) (17 December 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Youths who abuse on Twitter may avoid prosecution – Daily Telegraph
“Prosecutors will be told to exercise ‘real caution’ before deciding to prosecute children and young people over abusive comments made on Twitter and Facebook under guidelines to be issued today, it was reported.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Women could pay £500 more for car insurance as EU ruling comes into force – The Guardian
“Women who take out car or life insurance could find themselves paying as much as £500 more when an EU ruling on gender comes into force on Friday.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judges should have extra support in litigation costs reforms, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
“OPINION: A seemingly attractive plan to make judges responsible for predicting the cost of court action is not the best way to encourage the accurate prediction of costs, but it is better than nothing.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th December 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Housing benefit changes challenged in high court – The Guardian
“The coalition’s decision to break the link between the cost of renting and housing benefit payments is being challenged in the high court.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Driver who killed pedestrian after texting escapes jail – Daily Telegraph
“A motorist who killed a pedestrian after sending a text on her mobile phone has escaped jail after a judge accepted there would be no one to care for her elderly mother and 12-year-old daughter if she went to prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gay marriage: divorces over adultery face legal challenge – Daily Telegraph
“Unfaithful husbands could attempt to stop their wives divorcing them for adultery if gay marriage is legalised, according to senior lawyers.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New rules will force hospitals to publish operation survival rates by individual surgeons – The Independent
“Hospitals will be required to publish survival rates for operations by individual surgeons under plans to help patients to more effectively choose where they have their care.”
The Independent, 18th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
