“The appeal court has ruled against an attempt to increase the minimum jail term being served by Chris Halliwell, who brutally murdered Sian O’Callaghan after she got into his taxi.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former Labour MP, Margaret Moran, has been given a two-year supervision and treatment order for fiddling her expenses in order to gain £53,000 she was not entitled to.”
The Independent, 14th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Twenty-two victims of the News of The World (NoW) phone-hacking scandal,
including DJ Jamie Theakston and Jade Goody’s ex-partner, have accepted damages
to settle their cases.”
BBC News, 14th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Devanney v London Borough of Hounslow [2012] EWCA Civ 1660 (13 December 2012)
Bank of Scotland v Qutb [2012] EWCA Civ 1661 (13 December 2012)
Durham County Council v Dunn [2012] EWCA Civ 1654 (13 December 2012)
Mirador International LLC v MF Global UK Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1662 (13 December 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Mastafa v HM Treasury [2012] EWHC 3578 (Admin) (13 December 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
HFI Farnborough Llp & Ors v Park Garage Group Plc [2012] EWHC 3577 (Ch) (13 December 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Minerva Navigation Inc v Oceana Shipping AG [2012] EWHC 3608 (Comm) (13 December 2012)
Dalmare SpA v Union Maritime Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 3537 (Comm) (13 December 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The identity of a third party and the allegations of sexual abuse which she made in confidence against the father of a child who was the subject of contact proceedings would be disclosed in those proceedings since to do so would not violate her right to protection from inhuman or degrading treatment under article 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and would be a proportionate interference with her right to respect for her private life under article 8, since it was justified by the need to protect the parents’ and child’s rights to a fair trial and respect for their family life, guaranteed by articles 6 and 8 of the Convention.”
WLR Daily, 12th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A legal expenses insurer could seek to limit the level of costs and expenses payable under an insurance policy in respect of a solicitor’s services for which it was liable to the insured provided that the freedom to choose a lawyer guaranteed by Council Directive 87/344/EEC, as transposed into English law by regulation 6 of the Insurance Companies (Legal Expenses Insurance) Regulations 1990, was not rendered meaningless.”
WLR Daily, 12th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Nottinghamshire County Council v Suffolk County Council: [2012] EWCA Civ 1640; [2012] WLR (D) 376
“The local authority responsible for providing financial and other support for a child under the Children Act 1989 was any authority which looked after the child or, if the child was not a looked after child, the local authority in whose area the child was living.”
WLR Daily, 11th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“There was no general bar in principle to the award of general damages for emotional distress where a freezing order was wrongly obtained but any such award would be sensitive to the facts of a particular case.”
WLR Daily, 11th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Legal expenses insurers have welcomed this week’s Court of Appeal ruling about the rates they have to pay non-panel firms.”
Litigation Futures, 14th December 2012
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
” ‘Hold the front page: news-gathering in a time of change,’ speech by Lord Justice Leveson, University of Melbourne, Australia, 12 December 2012.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 12th December 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Victims of antisocial behaviour and low level crime will be able to have their say on out-of-court punishments of offenders, the Home Office announced today.”
Home Office, 13th December 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Speech given by Theresa May on ‘An Immigration System that Works in the National Interest’. The Speech was delivered on 12 December 2012.”
Home Office, 12th December 2012
“The Government has revealed its plans to reform Judicial Review, and has opened a public consultation which closes on 24 January 2013.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th December 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“This week David Cameron announced plans to introduce whole genome mapping for cancer patients and those with rare diseases within the NHS.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th December 2012
“There have been a number of important privacy judgments in recent weeks, particularly concerning Article 8 ECHR in cases with child protection elements.”
Panopticon, 13th December 2012
“The First-Tier Tribunal’s decision of 13 December 2012 in Montague v (1) Information Commissioner (2) Liverpool John Moores University EA/2012/0109 will be of interest to academic institutions, and any other public bodies whose employees have research interests not necessarily connected with their job. Anya Proops of 11KBW appeared for the University.”
Panopticon, 13th December 2012
“The story of what has happened to Detective Superintendent Fulcher would drive anyone to despair for the sanity of our legal system,” reflected a journalist in the Daily Telegraph in October. Certainly, there have been plenty of calls for reform of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 following the debacle over Christopher Halliwell, who abducted and killed a young clubber, but escaped prosecution for the murder of a second victim, despite having confessed and taken the police to where she was buried.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th December 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“This week headlines have been dominated by the recommendations from the Leveson Inquiry; and the two Australian DJs, whose prank call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge led to the nurse who took the call taking her own life. Yet again, we are asking questions about press freedom and whether we should be drafting new regulations.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th December
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
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