Internet porn: Automatic block rejected – BBC News
“Ministers have rejected plans to automatically block internet access to pornography on all computers, saying the move is not widely supported.”
BBC News, 15th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court rejects Humanist Association’s challenge to faith school proposals in Richmond – UK Human Rights Blog
“This was an application for judicial review of decisions of the defendant Council to approve proposals put forward by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster to establish a voluntary aided secondary school designated by the Secretary of State as a school having a religious character as a school for Roman Catholics and a similarly designated primary school.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th December 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Leveson Inquiry: Public invited to review press code – BBC News
“Five lay people will be invited to take part in a review of the newspapers’ code of practice in the wake of the Leveson report into press ethics.”
BBC News, 15th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Nurse guilty of manslaughter of baby who bled to death after botched home circumcision – Daily Telegraph
“A nurse has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a four-week-old baby who bled to death after a botched home circumcision.”
The Independent, 14th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judges take on ministers over supreme court – The Guardian
“The government is facing a clash with some of the country’s most senior judges who will this week attempt to force ministers to relinquish control of the running of the supreme court.”
The Guardian, 16th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
More trials being disrupted over interpreter failings – The Guardian
“Nearly 200 trials were disrupted or postponed in England and Wales in the first quarter of the year because interpreters provided by a private firm failed to appear, according to a damning report by the select committee.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Appeal court rejects attempt to increase Chris Halliwell’s murder sentence – The Guardian
“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
Former Labour MP Margaret Moran escapes jail and criminal conviction despite fiddling £53,000 of expenses from taxpayer – The Independent
“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
Phone-hacking: 22 victims ‘reach court settlement’ – BBC News
“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
BAILII: Recent Decisions
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
In re A (A Child) (Family Proceedings: Disclosure of Information) – WLR Daily
“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
Brown-Quinn and another v Equity Syndicate Management Ltd and another – WLR Daily
“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 – WLR Daily
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
Abbey Forwarding Ltd (in liquidation) and another v Hone and others – WLR Daily
“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
Insurers celebrate ruling on BTE non-panel rates – Litigation Futures
“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 – Judiciary of England and Wales
” ‘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 to be given back their voice – Home Office
“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
Home Secretary Speech on ‘An Immigration System that Works in the National Interest’ – Speech given by Theresa May
“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
