Home Secretary Speech to ACPO Autumn Conference – Home Office
“Speech by the home secretary on 23 October 2012.”
Home Office, 25th October 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
New powers to spread the cost of drink fuelled crime – Home Office
“New powers to help pay the nation’s £11bn a year bill for alcohol-related crime and disorder come into effect next week. The measures will give local authorities the opportunity to ensure those selling alcohol help pay towards the costs of cleaning up and policing the effects of excessive drinking in towns and cities across the country, as well as restrict the sale of alcohol in the early hours.”
Home Office, 24th October 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Recall of prisoner on home curfew did not breach right to liberty – UK Human Rights Blog
“Whiston, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice – when a prisoner is recalled from home detention curfew he does not suffer a fresh deprivation of liberty so as to engage Article 5(4) of the Convention.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
OFT sets out details of its new power to suspend consumer credit licenses – OUT-LAW.com
“Consumer watchdog the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has set out details of how it intends to use a new power which will allow it to suspend the licenses of rogue lenders with immediate effect in some circumstances.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Challenges to EIA screening directions could undergo judicial review – OUT-LAW.com
“The Court of Appeal could be asked to carry out a judicial review of a Secretary of State decision on a screening direction for an environmental impact assessment (EIA) and to apply a lower threshold of reasonableness than ‘Wednesbury’ unreasonableness in its assessment.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Does it matter what I think”? A comparison of the consideration of children’s views in Hague Convention cases and Children Act 1989 proceedings – Family Law Week
“Radhika Handa, barrister, of Coram Chambers compares the court’s consideration of children’s wishes in Hague Convention and Children Act cases, in both private and public law.”
Family Law Week, 26th October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
The Victoria station killing verdict and the perils of applying joint enterprise – The Guardian
“Joint enterprise adds to the risk that the wrong people end up with convictions for murder. Reform of this law is needed.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Michael Upson, ex-policeman, sentenced over birds’ eggs – BBC News
“A Suffolk police constable who amassed a collection of 649 rare birds’ eggs has been given a suspended jail term.”
BBC News, 25th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lenders banned from discriminating against ‘mortgage prisoners’, watchdog says – Daily Telegraph
“Lenders are to be banned from discriminating against ‘mortgage prisoners’ who are unable to get new loans because of negative equity.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Why does the notion of human rights get such a bad press in Britain? – The Independent
“The jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights runs in 47 countries, but it is criticised most overtly and regularly in Britain. The outgoing president asks why.”
The Independent, 24th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
OFT intervenes over £52m ‘tax’ on school uniforms – Daily Telegraph
“Head teachers are being told to overhaul school uniform policies after it emerged that parents were being hit by a punitive ‘tax’ on sweaters, shirts, blazers and ties.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Care home chains face extra regulation – The Guardian
“Leading care home chains and providers of care for people in their own homes are to face new controls following the collapse of Southern Cross, the biggest company in the sector.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Homeowners affected by HS2 to get access to hardship fund – The Guardian
“Homeowners living along the proposed path of the high-speed rail link will be given access to a hardship scheme if they are unable to sell their house, even if is outside the area earmarked for development, the government has said.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MPs reject government plans for pilot badger cull – BBC News
“MPs have voted against the government’s policy of culling badgers in two pilot schemes in England.”
BBC News, 25th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Consultation opens on Concurrent Jurisdiction guidelines – Crown Prosecution Service
“The CPS has today published interim guidelines for Crown Prosecutors handling cases where more than one country or jurisdiction is investigating criminal conduct. The guidelines, which take immediate effect, formally set out the factors that are considered when deciding where criminal proceedings should be brought.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 25th October 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Haroon Bhatti death: Pazeer Ahmed jailed for murder – BBC News
“A man who murdered his five-year-old son after subjecting him to weeks of violence has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 25th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Doctors failing to examine women as one in ten medical negligence claims involve breast cancer – Daily Telegraph
“One in ten medical negligence claims involving cancer are from women with breast cancer as doctors are failing to examine women and not following up on abnormal test results, it has been warned.
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer-related medical negligence claim against GPs, Medical Protection Society (MPS) has found.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2012
Soruce: www.telegraph.co.uk
Drama teachers sacked over sex abuse play which made audience vomit – Daily Telegraph
“Two drama teachers were sacked for letting GCSE students perform in a play involving depictions of rape and child abuse.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
£5.8m payout for brain-damaged boy – The Independent
“A boy left brain damaged after a bowel condition was not properly treated is to receive compensation worth £5.8 million.”
The Independent, 25th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
