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
GCSE results row: high court to hear schools’ appeal for judicial review – The Guardian
“A high court judge has ordered an urgent hearing of a legal challenge over the summer’s GCSE English controversy mounted by an alliance of pupils, schools and councils.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Report #5: The English Legal System – the foundation – Charon QC
“Today, I am at 6 Bedford Square, the former home of Lord Eldon, Lord Chancellor, talking with Professor Gary Slapper, Director of NYU in London. We discuss the pervasiveness of law in our lives and the foundation and structure of the law of England & Wales. The intention is to provide an overview of the system for non-lawyers to set the scene for the remainder of the tour.”
Charon QC, 6th November 2012
Source: www.charonqcuklawtour.com
Eye-gouge man Shane Jenkin loses appeal over Tina Nash attack – BBC News
“A man jailed for life for blinding his girlfriend by gouging out her eyes has had an appeal against his sentence refused.”
BBC News, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Library closures may be unlawful, says Commons select committee – The Guardian
“A ‘damning’ report into library closures up and down the country has found that councils making plans to shut branches without taking proper account of local needs risk breaking the law.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Extradition cases: Should politicians or courts decide? – BBC News
“Who should decide whether a suspect should be extradited to stand trial abroad? Is extradition purely a legal matter, to be decided by the courts? Or should ministers have the discretion to block extradition in appropriate cases?”
BBC News, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bus driver sacked for BNP membership wins case in Strasbourg – The Guardian
“A Bradford bus diver should not have been sacked for being a member of the British National Party, the European court of human rights has ruled.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
How UK immigration laws are splitting families apart – BBC News
“The government’s promise to reduce net migration by 2015 includes measures that have made it more difficult for people from outside Europe to join family members in the UK, creating tough choices for some British residents.”
BBC News, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Civil enforcement remedies – consultation on extending the range of remedies available to public enforcers of consumer law – Department for Business Innovation and Skills
“The consultation sets out proposals to extend the range of remedies available to enforcers of consumer law.”
Department for Business Innovation and Skills, 5th November 2012
Source: www.bis.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) v Gibbons [2012] EWCA Civ 1379 (30 October 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Jolly v Harsco Infrastructure Services Ltd [2012] EWHC 3086 (QB) (05 November 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bamford & Ors v Harvey & Anor [2012] EWHC 2858 (Ch) (18 October 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Doherty v Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2012] EWHC 2990 (Admin) (17 October 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Police commissioner elections turnout threshold ruled out – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has refused to set a minimum turnout for next week’s police and crime commissioner elections in the face of claims that it could fall to the lowest in British election history.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ched Evans rape case: nine fined over naming of footballer’s victim – The Guardian
“Nine people have been fined after admitting to revealing online the identity of a woman raped by the footballer Ched Evans.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ignorance is no defence on Twitter and Facebook, warn legal experts – Daily Telegraph
“Media lawyers Niri Shan and Lorna Caddy explain why commenting on Twitter and Facebook is no longer the same as a chat down the pub.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Peers scrap hundreds of ancient laws in minutes – The Independent
“Peers took just minutes tonight to back the repeal of hundreds of outdated laws, stretching back over nearly 700 years.”
The Independent, 5th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
In re MF Global UK Ltd (in special administration); Heis and others v MF Global Inc – WLR Daily
“The appointment of an investment bank administrator under the Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 was not analogous to the appointment of a liquidator.”
WLR Daily, 1st November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
