“Last Wednesday the Supreme Court gave judgment in this case in which Yunus Rahmatullah, who’s being held by American forces in Afghanistan, applied for habeas corpus against the British government.”
Head of Legal, 6th November 2012
Source: www.headoflegal.com
“On 25 October 2012, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the Miners’ Knee Group Litigation. This is the latest determination of the appellate courts on issues of limitation arising in group actions and follows the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the Atomic Veterans Litigation earlier this year.”
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4 New Square, 1st November 2012
Source: www.4newsquare.com
McRoberts v McRoberts [2012] EWHC 2966 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 305
“If review or modification of an obligation imposed in matrimonial proceedings was not within the jurisdiction of the matrimonial courts under the Matrimonial Causes Acts, then s 281(5) of the Insolvency Act 1986 should not be deployed to supply some additional basis of review. When exercising its discretion under s 281(5) to release a bankrupt from bankruptcy debt, the question the court had to ask was whether, accepting that the obligation’s imposition was justified, there was any real prospect of it being satisfied now or in the future and whether its release was necessary to enable or at least substantially assist the discharged bankrupt to re-establish himself.”
WLR Daily, 1st November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Footballer Ched Evans has lost the right to appeal against his conviction for rape.”
BBC News, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The House of Commons Education Committee’s report Children first: the child protection system in England calls for earlier intervention by local authorities to prevent abuse to and neglect of children.”
Family Law Week, 7th November 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“Joshua Rozenberg considers how the tension between politicians’ wishes and what the law requires is likely to be resolved in two highly controversial areas of government policy: extradition and the right of prisoners to vote.”
BBC Law in Action, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police have become judge and jury dispensing inappropriate summary justice on the streets, the country’s leading magistrates have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Home Secretary Theresa May has announced a new police inquiry into allegations of child abuse in north Wales in the 1970s and 1980s.”
BBC News, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A high court judge has ordered an urgent hearing of a legal challenge over the summer’s GCSE English controversy mounted by an alliance of pupils, schools and councils.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Today, I am at 6 Bedford Square, the former home of Lord Eldon, Lord Chancellor, talking with Professor Gary Slapper, Director of NYU in London. We discuss the pervasiveness of law in our lives and the foundation and structure of the law of England & Wales. The intention is to provide an overview of the system for non-lawyers to set the scene for the remainder of the tour.”
Charon QC, 6th November 2012
Source: www.charonqcuklawtour.com
“A man jailed for life for blinding his girlfriend by gouging out her eyes has had an appeal against his sentence refused.”
BBC News, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A ‘damning’ report into library closures up and down the country has found that councils making plans to shut branches without taking proper account of local needs risk breaking the law.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Who should decide whether a suspect should be extradited to stand trial abroad? Is extradition purely a legal matter, to be decided by the courts? Or should ministers have the discretion to block extradition in appropriate cases?”
BBC News, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Bradford bus diver should not have been sacked for being a member of the British National Party, the European court of human rights has ruled.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government’s promise to reduce net migration by 2015 includes measures that have made it more difficult for people from outside Europe to join family members in the UK, creating tough choices for some British residents.”
BBC News, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The consultation sets out proposals to extend the range of remedies available to enforcers of consumer law.”
Department for Business Innovation and Skills, 5th November 2012
Source: www.bis.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) v Gibbons [2012] EWCA Civ 1379 (30 October 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Jolly v Harsco Infrastructure Services Ltd [2012] EWHC 3086 (QB) (05 November 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bamford & Ors v Harvey & Anor [2012] EWHC 2858 (Ch) (18 October 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Doherty v Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2012] EWHC 2990 (Admin) (17 October 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has refused to set a minimum turnout for next week’s police and crime commissioner elections in the face of claims that it could fall to the lowest in British election history.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Nine people have been fined after admitting to revealing online the identity of a woman raped by the footballer Ched Evans.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Media lawyers Niri Shan and Lorna Caddy explain why commenting on Twitter and Facebook is no longer the same as a chat down the pub.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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