“A judge who criticised UK abortion policies while sentencing a woman to eight years in prison for performing her own abortion at a late stage in her pregnancy is one of at least five members of the judiciary with links to a Christian charity which has campaigned for more conservative abortion laws.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Nearly half of British adults think they have to go to court to get divorced, according to a survey that shows a lack of awareness of non-court options for family law matters.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th September 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Before prosecuting and jailing women for abortion, we should ask whether criminalisation is ever appropriate.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“As Andrew Tickell noted in his post on Wednesday the European Court of Human Rights this week ruled that the UK violated the Article 5(1) ECHR rights of three prisoners sentenced to indeterminate prison sentences for public protection, where reasonable provision for their rehabilitation was not made.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th September 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The first chief coroner of England and Wales has promised to establish a cadre of specialists to examine deaths in custody and military fatalities.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The ECtHR’s recent decision in Buckland v UK demonstrates again how wonderfully delphic the subject of housing and Article 8 rights has become.”
NearlyLegal, 23rd September 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police has commissioned an independent review into how it responds to people with mental health conditions.”
BBC News, 24th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than £750,000 has been taken from prisoners’ pay packets to support victims of crime, according to the new Minister for Victims.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Nearly £1bn has been spent on the electronic tagging of criminals over the past 13 years with little effect on cutting offending rates, offering little value for money and serving only to enrich two or three private security companies, one of which is G4S, a senior police officer has claimed.”
The Guardian, 24th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 15-year-old boy has been given a life sentence for killing a schoolboy whose stabbing was recorded on his own mobile phone.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former Lloyds Bank worker in charge of online security has been jailed for five years over a £2.4m fraud.”
BBC News, 21st September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v FV (Italy) [2012] EWCA Civ 1199 (14 September 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Sea Containers Services Ltd [2012] EWHC 2547 (Ch) (19 September 2012)
Slutsker v Haron Investments Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 2539 (Ch) (17 September 2012)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Smyth v St Andrew’s Insurance Plc [2012] EWHC 2511 (QB) (17 September 2012)
Source: www.bailli.org
The Accounting Standards (Prescribed Bodies) (United States of America and Japan) Regulations 2012
The Misuse of Drugs (Supply to Addicts) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Assets of Community Value (England) Regulations 2012
The Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Chong Nyok Keyu and ors v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and another [2012] EWHC 2445 (Admin).
Although the High Court has rejected an attempt to force the Government to hold a public inquiry into an alleged massacre of unarmed civilians by British troops in 1948, the case represents a further example of the use of the Courts to redress historical grievances.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st September 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The manoevres by which the Chagossians were evicted from their islands in the Indian Ocean, the late 1960s and early 1970s, so to enable the US to operate an air base on Diego Garcia, do not show the UK Foreign Office in its best light. Indeed, after a severe rebuke from the courts in 2000, the FCO accepted that the original law underlying their departure was unlawful, and agreed to investigate their possible resettlement on some of their islands. The first of these new cases is an environmental information appeal concerning the next phase of the story – how the FCO decided that it was not feasible to resettle the islanders in 2002-2004.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th September 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Retailers should make it clear from the outset when residents of remote areas will be charged extra for delivery in online sales, consumer protection regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th September 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Campaign group Save Britain’s Heritage (SAVE) has won the right to a judicial review of the Government’s £35 million transitional fund to help councils after the closure of the Housing Market Renewal (HMR) fund.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th September 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A former criminal defence solicitor has been jailed for two years for her part in a £1.3m mortgage fraud in east London.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th September 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The role and conduct of solicitors involved in legal proceedings following the 1989 Hillsborough disaster will be investigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the regulator announced today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th September 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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