Reforming Legal Education – Speech by Lord Neuberger
Reforming Legal Education (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger
The Lord Upjohn Lecture, Association of Law Teachers, 15 November 2012
Source: www.supremecourt.gov.uk
Newly qualified drivers may face ban on non-family passengers – The Guardian
“Newly qualified drivers could be restricted from carrying non-family members under proposals being considered by the government to cut the number of road accidents involving teenagers.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judicial review ‘industry’ to be restricted, says PM – The Independent
“The right of people to mount legal challenges to decisions taken about them by public authorities is to be restricted, David Cameron will announce today.”
The Independent, 19th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Women to sue police over spy relationships – Daily Telegraph
“Women who claim they were tricked into forming intimate relationships with undercover officers from the Metropolitan Police are taking legal action against the force.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme Court justice calls for positive discrimination on the menu – Law Society’s Gazette
“Positive discrimination is the only thing likely to significantly accelerate the rate of progress towards a more diverse judiciary, a Supreme Court judge has suggested.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th November 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Circuses blow their top at lion licensing plan – The Independent
“A plan to force circuses to license all their lions, tigers and elephants – thrashed out after the Government shelved an outright ban on performing wild animals – could still drive many circuses out of business, owners have warned.”
The Independent, 18th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Prisoner vote bill to be outlined – BBC News
“The government’s draft bill on prisoner voting is to be outlined by the justice secretary on Thursday, the BBC understands.”
BBC News, 18th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
End of the right to challenge planning rulings – Daily Telegraph
“Residents’ rights to mount legal challenges to controversial development projects will be severely restricted, David Cameron will announce.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
These plans for secret hearings are unfair and implausible – The Guardian
“The government wants to use secret evidence to counter claims against it. This would undermine the rule of law.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“No-one should be under any doubt – prisoners are not getting the vote under this government” – UK Human Rights Blog
“It is being reported that Parliament will, after all, get the opportunity to decide whether the blanket ban on convicted prisoners being able to vote will be lifted. MPs could get three options to choose from, including removing the ban for prisoners serving six months or less and those serving four years or less. A third option will be to maintain the status quo, with no convicted prisoners being able to vote.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th November 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Lawyers say Clarke’s justice bill smacks of repressive and undemocratic regimes – The Guardian
“Secret trials and withholding evidence are reminiscent of ‘repressive regimes and undemocratic societies’, the legal profession warns in a letter opposing the government’s justice and security bill.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
More criminals to escape courts under new police commissioners, magistrates warn – Daily Telegraph
“More offenders will be ‘let off’ with cautions and fines following the introduction of police and crime commissioners, magistrates fear.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New immigration rules accused of splitting up families – The Independent
“Britons on low incomes are being forced to live apart from their families because of new immigration rules that rate their marriages as ‘second class’, campaigners say.”
The Independent, 17th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Why careless Tweeting could cost a fortune – Daily Telegraph
“Media lawyer Amber Melville-Brown explains why careless Tweeting of Lord McAlpine’s name could prove expensive for those who publish and repeat libellous remarks.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Concerns raised over number of children held in police cells under Mental Health Act – The Independent
“Police officers often face ‘no realistic option’ other than locking children as young as 11 years old in cells under mental health laws, it has emerged.”
The Independent, 18th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Adoption process is being rushed by councils, say judges – The Guardian
“Children in care are being threatened with separation from siblings and other family members because local authorities are attempting to rush through inappropriate and premature adoptions, high court judges have told the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
IPCC report condemns police handling of killer’s gun licence – report – The Guardian
“A man who shot dead three women had been allowed to keep his guns by police despite complaints of domestic violence and then threatening to shoot himself, according to a report seen by the BBC.”
The Guardian, 19th Npvember 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Test Claimants in the FII Group Litigation v Inland Revenue Commissioners (No 3) – WLR Daily
“Articles 49 and 63FEU precluded legislation of a member state which applied the exemption method to nationally-sourced dividends and the imputation method to foreign-sourced dividends if it was established, first, that the tax credit to which the company receiving the dividends was entitled under the imputation method was equivalent to the amount of tax actually paid on the profits underlying the distributed dividends and, second, that the effective level of taxation of company profits in the member state concerned was generally lower than the prescribed nominal rate of tax.”
WLR Daily, 13th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Waya – WLR Daily
Regina v Waya: [2012] UKSC 51; [2012] WLR (D) 324
“The statutory object of Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 was to remove from a defendant the proceeds of his crime and a confiscation order made thereunder was not intended to be an additional financial penalty similar to a fine. A confiscation order which was disproportionate to the benefit obtained by the defendant from his crime would be a violation of article 1 of the First Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. However section 6(5) of the 2002 Act could, pursuant to section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998, be read and given effect in a manner which was compatible with the rights under article 1.”
WLR Daily, 24th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Nun’ sentenced over envelopes containing white powder that were sent to Nick Clegg – The Independent
“A pensioner claiming to be a Catholic nun who sent envelopes containing white powder to parliamentary figures including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was given a community order today.”
The Independent, 16th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
