“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Career women increasingly feel that they are losing out in divorce settlements because courts do not ask who does the housework, lawyers say.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As the number of sex crimes rises, police procedures mean victims of assault do not get justice – and their attackers go free.”
The Independent, 7th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“New supergrass laws have led to some murderers, gangsters and drug dealers having their prison sentences cut by more than 80%, a BBC Panorama investigation has found.”
BBC News, 8th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A builder has been given a two year jail term after a three-year-old girl died when she was crushed by a collapsing wall.”
BBC News, 5th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lawyers acting for more than 170 phone-hacking victims, including Cherie Blair and Hugh Grant, were dealt a blow on Friday after losing a high court application to force News International to do a general search of its databases for potential evidence of illegal voicemail interception.”
The Guardian, 5th October 2012
Surce: www.guardian.co.uk
“Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects will be extradited to the US ‘immediately’ after their last-ditch appeals were dismissed out of hand by senior judges.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“John Terry’s defence against claims he racially abused Anton Ferdinand was ‘improbable, implausible, contrived’, according to the Football Association panel which found him guilty.”
BBC New, 5th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three Kenyans who were tortured by British colonial authorities can proceed with their legal claims against the UK government, a court has ruled.”
BBC News, 5th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
G (Children), Re [2012] EWCA Civ 1233 (04 October 2012)
Langsam v Beachcroft LLP & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 1230 (04 October 2012)
Bradbury & Ors v Taylor & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 1208 (04 October 2012)
Stannard (t/a Wyvern Tyres) v Gore [2012] EWCA Civ 1248 (04 October 2012)
Deripaska v Cherney [2012] EWCA Civ 1235 (03 October 2012)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Mulgrew & Anor v R. [2012] EWCA Crim 2008 (04 October 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Sandhu v Kaur [2012] EWHC 2679 (Ch) (04 October 2012)
Newcastle International Airport Ltd (NIAL) v Eversheds LLP [2012] EWHC 2648 (Ch) (02 October 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) (Amendment) Order 2012
The Police and Crime Panels (Modification of Functions) Regulations 2012
The Machine Games Duty Regulations 2012
The Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2012
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No.4) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
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