Anuj Bidve killer Kiaran Stapleton to appeal against sentence – BBC News
“The man who shot dead Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford is to appeal against the length of his sentence.”
BBC News, 8th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
NightJack blogger receives £42,500 payout from Times publisher – The Guardian
“The Lancashire detective exposed by the Times as the author of the NightJack police blog has received a £42,500 damages payout from the publisher of the newspaper.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Two charged over rape victim naming – Crown Prosecution Service
“Two people have been charged with offences relating to messages posted online that identified the victim in the rape case which led to the conviction of footballer Chedwyn (Ched) Evans.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 8th October 2012
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
Finance & Divorce October 2012 Update – Family Law Week
“Anna Heenan and Nicola Rowlings, both of Mills & Reeve LLP, analyse September’s financial remedies and divorce news and cases.”
Family Law Week, 8th October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Mutua & Ors v The Foreign And Commonwealth Office [2012] EWHC 2678 (QB) (05 October 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hellard & Anor v Mitchell [2012] EWHC 2656 (Ch) (21 August 2012)
Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 2692 (Ch) (05 October 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Victims of crime may lose out on millions in compensation – The Guardian
“The government is studying plans to slash compensation for people injured by criminals, including the children of murder victims, despite mounting opposition from within its own ranks.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Get back in your box – NearlyLegal
“There is, it is fair to say, a degree of inconsistency in the approach and practice of LVTs up and down the country. In particular, some LVT members seem to see it as part of their role to act as quasi-audit bodies, looking into all aspects of the landlord’s practice and procedure to see if they can uncover any wrongdoing. It’s very frustrating, both for landlords and tenants and is one of the reasons for the increasingly ‘lawyerly’ approach of landlords (e.g. instructing solicitors and counsel).”
NearlyLegal, 6th October 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Mau mau torture claims against Foreign Office not time barred rules High Court – UK Human Rights Blog
“Although any claims regarding alleged acts of torture on Kenyan detainees during the 1950s state of emergency are technically time barred the High Court has allowed three of the claims to go ahead.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 5th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Border Agency teams up with police in drive to target foreign criminals – The Guardian
“Refugee groups fear the Met will effectively behave as arm of Border Agency putting some people off reporting crimes.”
The Guardian, 5th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
CLAF: ‘A tax on brain-damaged children’ – LegalVoice
“The CLAF (contingent legal aid fund) is ‘dead’, writes Elizabeth Davidson. That’s according to Roger Smith, director of JUSTICE. A CLAF – a fund which backs claims and re-invests a proportion of any damages won into future cases – was first proposed by JUSTICE in the late 1960s, and has been backed by the Law Society, Bar Council and various consumer bodies at various times, but never found its way into existence.”
LegalVoice, 4th October 2012
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
Defiant judges ignore new human rights guidelines – Daily Telegraph
“A woman jailed for her role in a multimillion pound benefits fraud ring has been allowed to stay in Britain because of her ‘human rights’.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Former Bank of Scotland director wins partial judgment in MoS libel case – The Guardian
“The publisher of the Mail on Sunday has lost part of a high court libel case brought by a former Bank of Scotland director over two articles he said falsely implied he was involved in criminal conspiracies.”
The Guardian, 5th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Resident Evil’ killers jailed for Derek Blake murder – BBC News
“Three people who murdered a man in Norfolk after torturing him in scenes compared to the Resident Evil horror franchise have been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 5th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Why is the Law of Fire like a student fridge? – UK Human Rights Blog
“The best part of a thousand years of law has been distilled into this scholarly resolution by the CA of an age old problem. Who pays for the consequences of an accidentally caused fire – the landowner where the fire started or the neighbour who suffered the loss?”
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
More on ECtHR, Article 8 and the Private Sector – NearlyLegal
“Hot on the heels of Buckland v UK follows a further decision of the ECtHR: Pelipenko v Russia, which is likely to add further weight to the Article 8/private sector debate.”
NearlyLegal, 6th October 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Securing a training contract: steps to take while at university – The Guardian
“Newly-qualified solicitor Sayo Ogundele shares his advice on how to kickstart your career in law while at university.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
