“On the panel tonight – Carl Gardner, David Allen Green, Dr Evan Harris and Charon QC.”
Charon QC, 9th February 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“Intelligence chiefs will be questioned in public for the first time to ensure that the secret services cannot escape the scrutiny of ‘open democracy’, a leading MP said yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Controversial plans to build a US-style mega pig-farm in South Derbyshire close to a prison and residential housing pose serious health risks to those living and working there and could breach their legal rights to protection of their private and family life, the local council is being warned.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“At first sight, Article 2 – the ‘right to life’ – seems to be a prohibition on extra-judicial executions and state-sponsored death squads. It does, of course have a role to play in that respect (and one that is not limited to those countries whose signature of the Convention is viewed with scepticism from Western Europe).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th February 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Clive Chatterton condemns ‘suffering’ of vulnerable inmates, calling on government to pursue alternatives to short sentences.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Today the Court of Appeal will rule on whether to uphold an eviction order granted to the City of London Corporation to drive the tent village from the steps of the cathedral and bring the four-month protest to an end.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Conviction of David Bryant for child sex assault will be pioneering forensics team’s last success.”
The Guardian, 12th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three Derby men have been jailed for giving out leaflets calling for homosexual people to be executed.”
BBC News, 10th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers and the intelligence services will be able to cover up sensitive information relating to the state’s complicity in torture and secret rendition, under controversial plans likely to be included in the Queen’s Speech in May.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The private lives of celebrities are of legitimate interest to the media, the European court of human rights (ECHR) has ruled in landmark judgments involving a cocaine-possessing German TV actor and Princess Caroline of Monaco. The decisions by the Strasbourg court establish significant legal precedents for privacy cases in British courts, tipping the balance back towards freedom of expression.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Barristers should stop insulting solicitor advocates and take steps to merge the two professions.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Fixed-share partners of law firms are not employees and cannot claim employment rights before a tribunal, the Court of Appeal has ruled. However the ruling, in a case brought by Martin Tiffin against southern England law firm Lester Aldridge (LA), applies only when fixed-share partners enjoy some of the ‘obligations and responsibilities’ of full equity partnership.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th February 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Bar Council has urged the government to protect the right of citizens to hold private conversations with their lawyers. The call, supported the Law Society, comes as the proposed Protection of Freedoms Bill, intended to protect people from unwarranted state intrusion in their private lives, goes through parliament.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 9th February 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“National Secular Society’s victory over Bideford council may force half of local authorities to review practice of holding prayers.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two Christian guesthouse owners who were ordered to pay damages after refusing to allow a gay couple to stay in a double room have lost their appeal. The challenge by Peter and Hazelmary Bull, who run Chymorvah House in Marazion, Cornwall, was rejected by three judges in the court of appeal in London.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Nathaniel Rothschild, the billionaire financier, has lost a High Court libel action over a claim that he was the ‘puppet-master’ behind a deal involving Lord Mandelson and a Russian oligarch.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Lloyds Tsb Bank Plc v Markandan & Uddin (a firm) [2012] EWCA Civ 65 (09 February 2012)
Foss v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions [2012] EWCA Civ 80 (09 February 2012)
Cambridge v Makin [2012] EWCA Civ 85 (09 February 2012)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Court, R. v [2012] EWCA Crim 133 (09 February 2012)
MJ, R v [2012] EWCA Crim 132 (09 February 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bieber & Ors v Teathers Ltd [2012] EWHC 190 (Ch) (09 February 2012)
Wright Hassall Llp v Morris [2012] EWHC 188 (Ch) (09 February 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Navios International Inc v Sangamon Transportation Group [2012] EWHC 166 (Comm) (08 February 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina v Court and another: [2012] EWCA Crim 133; [2012] WLR (D) 27
“The ingredients of the common law offence of keeping a disorderly house required that the services provided were open to members of the public and were of such a character and conducted in such a manner that their provision amounted to an outrage to public decency. The provision of straightforward sexual intercourse was not sufficient to constitute the offence.”
WLR Daily, 9th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Blight and others v Brewster: [2012] EWHC 165 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 26
“Bankrupts who were subject to an order for enforcement of a judgment had to take both the benefits and burdens of their bankruptcy and should not be allowed to hide their assets in pension funds when they had a right to withdraw monies needed to pay their creditors.”
WLR Daily, 9th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Cotter: [2012] EWCA Civ 81; [2012] WLR (D) 25
“Where the revenue decided to challenge matters contained in a self assessment tax return in response to the particulars sought by the return, it should use either the procedure in section 9A of the Taxes Management Act 1970 or seek to make a correction to the return under section 9ZB, if applicable, therefore entitling the taxpayer to a right of appeal to the First Tier Tribunal. The court did not have jurisdiction to determine in collection proceedings whether a taxpayer was entitled to include in his tax return a claim for relief and so rely on it as a defence to the claim for immediate payment.”
WLR Daily, 8th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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