Hillsborough: Application to quash inquests next month – BBC News
“An application to quash the Hillsborough inquest verdicts will be made next month, the Attorney General has announced.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mandatory post-release rehab courses for short-sentence prisoners unveiled – The Guardian
“Prisoners serving less than 12 months will have to agree to undertake a post-release rehabilitation programme as a condition of their release under legislation planned by the justice secretary, Chris Grayling.”
The Guardian, 20th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
When does a professional appointment include a guarantee of success? – Zenith Chambers
“For anyone concerned as to whether a professional appointment imposes a duty guaranteeing or warranting a successful outcome the Court of Appeal decision in Trebor Bassett Holdings Limited -and- The Cadbury UK Partnership v. ADT Fire and Security Plc (2012) EWCA Civ 1158 provides invaluable assistance.”
Zenith Chambers, 14th November 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
New rights for surrogate parents as part of innovative overhaul of flexible parental leave framework – Cloisters
“Parental leave is to be shared more equally in the future. From 2015 the UK will have a new system of flexible parental leave in place”
Full story (PDF)
Cloisters, November 2012
Source: www.cloisters.com
Just because it looks like a Duck, walks like a Duck and sounds like a Duck, does not mean it is Duck –or a house? – Hardwicke Chambers
“Part I of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 was designed to alter the balance between freeholders and their residential tenants, by giving the leaseholders the right to an extended lease or to compulsory acquisition of the freehold.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 16th November 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
More victims to get a say – restorative Justice – Ministry of Justice
“More victims of crime will be able to access a high standard of restorative justice across England and Wales with the launch of a new action plan today [19 November].”
Ministry of Justice,
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related link: Restorative Justice Action Plan for the Criminal Justice System (PDF)
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Abbey v Gilligan & Ors [2012] EWHC 3217 (QB) (20 November 2012)
Ahmed v The Inns’ Conduct Committee [2012] EWHC 3270 (QB) (19 November 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Payday loan firms warned over lending and debt collection – BBC News
“The payday loan industry has been warned to improve the way it lends money and collects debts, or face sanctions.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
JR, the rule of law, and administrative justice – NearlyLegal
“According to Cameron, there is a need to restrict the right to judicial review to ensure the country’s economic competitiveness. As he put it, judicial review should, therefore, cost more, have shorter deadlines, and fewer rights of appeal. This is so that ‘people think twice about time wasting’.”
NearlyLegal, 20th November 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Charging announcement in relation to Operation Elveden – Crown Prosecution Service
“Alison Levitt, QC, Principal Legal Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions, oversees CPS decision making and all potential prosecutions in relation to the ongoing phone hacking investigations and other related matters.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th November 2012
Source: www.blog.cps.gov.uk
Protected food names: Quality or cartel? – BBC News
“What’s in a name? Well, if it’s the name of a tasty local food, then legal wrangles, multimillion-pound sales and the threat of small local traders going to the wall.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Elephant owners in court over alleged animal cruelty – The Guardian
“Secretly filmed footage of a circus elephant being kicked and hit with a pitchfork has been shown at the trial of a husband and wife who are accused of causing the animal unnecessary suffering.”
The Guardian, 19th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MoJ plans for judicial review reform face sceptical response from lawyers – Legal Week
“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is to reform the judicial review process in an attempt to reduce the number of ‘weak or ill-conceived cases’ the Government says are clogging up courts, with the news greeted with a sceptical response from the legal profession.”
Legal Week, 19th November 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
IPCC advised to take soft tone with police – BBC News
“The deputy chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) cautioned one of their senior investigators against treating police as possible suspects in investigating a man’s death during an arrest.”
BBC News, 19th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Diminishing judicial review will reverse 50 years of legal progress – The Guardian
“We ought always to strive to streamline our judicial system, but our right of access to justice should not be lightly interfered with.”
The Guardian, 19th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Votes for prisoners – opening the door? – BBC News
“Polls suggest the public are incredulous at the idea. And, famously, we all know that it makes David Cameron physically sick.”
BBC News, 19th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Equal pay claims: should equal pay claims be brought in an ordinary court? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“As Harvey points out in Division K, there have been inconsistent decisions over the last year on whether equal pay claims can be brought in an ordinary court, the obvious point being that in a tribunal a claimant must claim within six months of leaving the employment whereas in a court action the limitation period would be six years.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th November 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
