Disabled prisoners’ lives put at risk by poor care and treatment in jail – The Guardian
“The plight of a man who had to be rushed to hospital hours after arriving in jail highlights the limitations of prison care.”
The Guardian, 18th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The UK and Strasbourg: a victim fantasy – UK Human Rights Blog
“Another defeat for the United Kingdom in Strasbourg yesterday. In James, Wells and Lee v. the United Kingdom, a chamber of the Court’s Fourth Section held that indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for public protection infringed Article 5 of the Convention.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th September 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Teenage victims of domestic violence targeted as definition is extended – The Guardian
“The official definition of domestic violence is to be changed from March to ensure that thousands of teenage victims who are abused while in a relationship get the help and support they need, ministers are to announce today. It is also to be widened to explicitly include ‘coercive control’, which is defined as complex patterns of abuse by one partner using power and psychological control over another, such as financial, verbal abuse or enforced social isolation.”
The Guardian, 19th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The disappeared’: prisoners on indeterminate sentences – The Guardian
“The European court of human rights has ruled that indeterminate prison sentences (IPPs) breached prisoner’s human rights. There are over 6,000 IPP prisoners in England and Wales currently without a release date, leading a senior high court judge to describe them as ‘the disappeared’. 3,500 of these prisoners have already served their time but have no idea when they will leave prison.”
The Guardian, 18th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Prince Charles’s letters to ministers should be disclosed, judges rule – The Guardian
“The government has for the first time been ordered to disclose copies of confidential letters that Prince Charles wrote to ministers.”
The Guardian, 18th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man jailed over extremist documents – The Independent
“A Muslim man with extremist literature on his computer was jailed for a year today.”
The Independent, 18th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Strasbourg court orders payout to woman evicted from Welsh caravan site – The Guardian
“The European court of human rights has ordered the government to pay £6,500 in compensation to a mother who was forced to leave a council’s Gypsy site in Wales.”
The Guardian, 18th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Indefinite sentences ruled unlawful – The Independent
“Jailing dangerous prisoners indefinitely on the grounds of risk without giving them access to rehabilitation courses breaches their human rights, European judges ruled today.”
The Independent, 18th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
ADS Aerospace Ltd v EMS Global Tracking Ltd [2012] EWHC 2310 (TCC) (03 August 2012)
Smith & Ors v South Eastern Power Networks Plc [2012] EWHC 2541 (TCC) (17 September 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Ace European Ltd & Ors v Howden Group Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 2427 (Comm) (17 September 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Cardiff Three: the long wait for justice – The Guardian
“The case of the Cardiff Three was a gross miscarriage of justice which, 24 years on, remains unresolved. Can a report into the failed prosecution of eight police officers shed new light?”
The Guardian, 17th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk
Government Response to the House of Commons Health Select Committee Report of Session 2012-13: Government’s Alcohol Strategy, Cm 8439 (PDF)
Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk
Neil Kinnock takes legal action as new phone-hacking claims reach 174 – The Guardian
“News International is now facing almost 200 fresh phone-hacking claims with legal action now confirmed from individuals including the former Labour party leader Neil Kinnock, former cabinet minister Stephen Byers and Louise Woodward, the former nanny jailed in the US for killing a baby.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
GMC: record number of complaints against doctors – Daily Telegraph
“Complaints about doctors have reached a record high, the General Medical Council said.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Employment Tribunal Rules – review by Mr Justice Underhill – Department for Business Innovation & Skills
“In November 2011, Mr Justice Underhill, former President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal was invited by Government to lead a fundamental review of the rules of procedure for employment tribunals. He was asked to ensure that the rules were simplified and provided the framework to manage cases flexibly, effectively, proportionately and consistently, providing certainty to all parties who participate in the employment tribunal process.”
Department for Business Innovation & Skills, 14th September 2012
Source: www.bis.gov.uk
Russian businessman Vladimir Slutsker loses legal fight over London house – The Independent
“A ‘very wealthy’ Russian businessman today lost a legal fight with his ex-wife over the ownership of a house in London worth millions of pounds.”
The Independent, 17th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2012 (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (England) Regulations 2012
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2012
The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 15) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Men jailed for £700,000 circular saw cash machine raids – BBC News
“Four men have been jailed for a year long campaign of raids on supermarket cash dispensers using a circular saw.”
BBC News, 17th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Anti-abortion protesters cleared of public order offences – The Guardian
“Anti-abortion protesters who displayed pictures of aborted foetuses outside a clinic offering pregnancy terminations have been cleared of public order offences.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
