Speeding biker Gary Dobson who did 144mph on A63 banned – BBC News
“A biker who reached speeds of 144mph (232km/h) on an A-road in North Yorkshire has been banned from riding for six months.”
BBC News, 8th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Council ‘failed to consider differing needs of elderly and dementia patients when setting care home fees’ – Daily Telegraph
“A group of care homes has won a legal challenge against their local council, after accusing it of setting care fees too low and putting elderly and frail people at serious risk.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Husband who beat wife’s lover freed after she finally admits affair – Daily Telegraph
“A man jailed for beating up a friend he saw embracing his wife has been freed on appeal – after she belatedly confessed to the affair.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Injured workers face tougher battle for compensation under government plans – The Guardian
“Personal injury lawyer says bill making workers prove company negligence favours insurance industry at expense of taxpayer.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Phone hacking: Andy Coulson fights high court ruling over legal fees – The Guardian
“Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has challenged a high court ruling that News International is not liable to pay his legal fees over the phone-hacking scandal. Lawyers for Coulson told the court of appeal in London on Thursday that criminal charges relating to his time as editor of the Sunday tabloid were ‘absolutely essential’ to the meaning of a key clause in his contract with News International.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Scissor death killer Sandra Clinch jailed for husband’s manslaughter – BBC News
“A woman who fatally stabbed her husband with a pair of scissors in a row about tidying their house has been jailed.”
BBC News, 8th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Abu Hamza son Imran Mostafa jailed over King’s Lynn raid – BBC News
“The son of Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been jailed for 11 years over an armed raid on a Norfolk jewellers.”
BBC News, 8th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lady of the manor’ wins £8.7m in divorce from landed gentry – Daily Telegraph
“A multi-millionaire estate owner from an ‘illustrious family’ has been ordered to pay his ex-wife £8.7m after falling in love with a penniless young singer, as a judge ruled the ‘lady of the manor’ should be kept in the luxury she had expected since birth.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Immigration backlog is the size of Iceland – Daily Telegraph
“The Commons home affairs select committee said the growing number of immigration cases — which includes almost 174,000 missing illegal immigrants — is equivalent of the population of Iceland. Mismanagement by the UK Border Agency could lead to tens of thousands more illegal immigrants being granted an ‘effective amnesty’ as officials write off their cases, the MPs said.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Upper Tribunal confirms the legitimacy of the new immigration rules – but questions their completeness – UK Human Rights Blog
“Before the new immigration rules were introduced in July, cases involving Article 8 ECHR ordinarily required a two-stage assessment: (1) first to assess whether the decision appealed against was in accordance with the immigration rules; (2) second to assess whether the decision was contrary to the appellant’s Article 8 rights. In immigration decisions, there was no doubt that human rights were rooted in primary legislation: s.84(1)(c) and (g) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, the ‘2002 Act’) allows an appeal to be brought against a decision which unlawful under section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42) (public authority not to act contrary to Human Rights Convention) as being incompatible with the appellant’s Convention rights. In addition to this, there is s.33(2) of the UK Borders Act 2007 which provides, as one of the statutory exceptions to the automatic deportation regime, ‘…where removal of the foreign criminal in pursuance of a deportation order would breach (a) a person’s Convention rights’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 8th November 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Firms that discriminate against Territorial Army reserves may be sued – The Guardian
“Companies that discriminate against members of the Territorial Army could be sued under the same kind of laws that protect women and ethnic minorities, ministers have revealed.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Defra Public Consultation: Food Information Regulations 2013 – Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“Defra has launched a public consultation on the Government’s plans to make underpinning domestic legislation (Food Information Regulations 2013) to enable the FIC to be enforced in the UK.”
Defra Public Consultation: Food Information Regulations 2013 (PDF)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, November 2013
Source: www.defra.gov.uk
Civil courts could get powers to enforce compensation for wronged consumers – OUT-LAW.com
“New powers that could make it easier for consumers to demand reimbursement from companies who have overcharged or mis-sold them products have been proposed by the Government.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th November 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Changes to squatting laws should be extended to commercial property, expert says – OUT-LAW.com
“An increase in the number of cases of squatting in commercial premises was the ‘inevitable consequence’ of a change in the law to criminalise the practice in residential property, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th November 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
UK’s relationship with the Council of Europe soon to reach a turning point – UK Human Rights Blog
“In a couple of weeks’ time, the government’s relationship with the Council of Europe will reach something of a turning point.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th November 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Metal theft: Tougher powers unveiled – BBC News
“Measures intended to ‘stamp out’ metal theft with bigger fines for rogue traders and stronger police rights of entry to scrapyards are to be unveiled.”
BBC News, 8th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Facebook user avoids jail over April Jones comments – The Guardian
“A sales adviser who made a series of depraved sexual comments about five-year-old April Jones on Facebook has been given a suspended prison sentence.”
The Guardian, 7th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Home Secretary’s statement on historic allegations of child abuse in north Wales – Home Office
“In 1991, North Wales Police conducted an investigation into allegations that, throughout the 1970s and 1980s, children in homes that were managed and supervised by Clwyd County Council were sexually and physically abused. The result of the police investigation was eight prosecutions and seven convictions of former care workers.”
Home Office, 6th November 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
