Legal aid: Chris Grayling orders probe – BBC News
“An ‘immediate examination’ of the legal aid system has been ordered by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.”
BBC News, 7th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hugh Barrett: ‘We’re expecting test cases.’ – LegalVoice
“Next April represents a seismic shift in the legal aid world. It’s not only the LASPO cuts but the Legal Services Commission is going to be subsumed into the Ministry of Justice. Jon Robins speaks to Hugh Barrett, director of legal aid commissioning and contract management at the LSC.”
LegalVoice, 7th November 2012
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
Watchdog Ofqual queries text book links to exam boards – BBC News
“The publication or endorsement of text books by exam boards has been questioned by England’s exams watchdog Ofqual.”
BBC News, 7th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk
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Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2012
The NHS Bodies (Transfer of Trust Property) Order (No. 2) 2012
The Value Added Tax (Place of Supply of Services) (Transport of Goods) Order 2012
The Education (Wales) Measure 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2012
The Collaboration Between Education Bodies (Wales) Regulations 2012
The Local Policing Bodies (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Order 2012
The Local Policing Bodies (Consequential Amendments No. 2) Regulations 2012
The Energy Act 2004 (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Employment and Support Allowance (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2012
The Industrial Injuries Benefit (Injuries arising before 5th July 1948) Regulations 2012
The Police and Crime Panels (Application of Local Authority Enactments) Regulations 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Human rights victory for BNP bus driver – UK Human Rights Blog
“The BNP has been a relentless opponent of Human Rights Act and its manifesto for the 2010 General Election made no less than three separate declarations of its intention to scrap the Act and abrogate the European Convention of Human Rights which it described charmingly as being, ‘exploited to abuse Britain’s hospitality by the world’s scroungers.'”
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th November 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Policies or Aims, Obnoxious or Otherwise – Employment Law Blog
“The European Court of Human Rights today released its judgment in the case of Redfearn v UK, and held that the UK had failed through its domestic law adequately to protect the right of Mr Redfearn, a British National Party councillor, to freedom of association under Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
Employment Law Blog, 6th November 2012
Source: www.employment11kbw.com
When is Supreme better than Grand? – One Inner Temple Lane
“With its recent twin judgements of R v Riat & Others [2012] EWCA Crim 1509 and R v Ibrahim [2012] EWCA Crim 837 the Court of Appeal have finally dealt with the fallout from the long running spat over the correct approach to hearsay evidence which had been taking place between the British and European courts.”
One Inner Temple Lane, 7th November 2012
Source: www.1itl.com
Assignment & Organised Grouping: Where Does The Law Currently Stand? – Hardwicke Chambers
“This paper concerns part of TUPE1 regulation 4(1) and regulation 3(3)(a). There’s a summary of the main points at the end of it, on page 7.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 2nd November 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Fitness to Practice, Integrity: should you be able to buy a used car from this person? – 11 KBW
“An important function for regulators of the professions is to ensure that the ‘wrong’ people do not tarnish the reputation and standing of their peers. In this paper, I shall discuss some recent examples of professional misconduct, and identify some common threads between different regulatory regimes”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 31st October 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
Hearing Denis MacShane’s expenses letters in court ‘would breach his rights’ – Daily Telegraph
“Denis MacShane’s letters admitting expenses abuses cannot be used against him in court because it would breach his rights as an MP, parliament’s standards watchdog has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Foreign Secretary v Rahmatullah: Reprieve’s dodgy press release – Head of Legal
“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
Miners’ Knee Litigation: Judgment in the Court of Appeal – 4 New Square
“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.”
Full story (PDF)
4 New Square, 1st November 2012
Source: www.4newsquare.com
McRoberts v McRoberts – WLR Daily
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
Ched Evans refused appeal against rape conviction – BBC News
“Footballer Ched Evans has lost the right to appeal against his conviction for rape.”
BBC News, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Education Committee calls for earlier use of care proceedings – Family Law Week
“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
Sorting out extradition and prisoner voting – BBC Law in Action
“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 play judge and jury in too many cases, say magistrates – Daily Telegraph
“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
Wales child abuse: Theresa May launches inquiry – BBC News
“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
