Lord McNally’s speech for Legal Aid Practitioners Group Conference – Ministry of Justice
“Lord McNally’s speech for Legal Aid Practitioners Group Conference.”
Ministry of Justice, 12th October 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Why we allow dissent – by our judges – UK Human Rights Blog
“Why do judges disagree and publish their disagreements when cases get decided? After all, the Cabinet does not do so (openly at least), and our FTSE-100 companies do not generally do so, when their executives propose a merger or launch a new product. Surely, judicial dissent is a recipe for diminishing the authority of the majority answer, and an invitation to self-indulgence on the part of the minority to re-fight lost and irrelevant battles.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Criminal law opt-out – our justice system deserves better – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“Recently there has been concern in the legal world and media about the potential loss of EU criminal justice and judicial cooperation measures which are incorporated into English law.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th October 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Enhancing the Role of Grandparents in the Current Legal Landscape – Family Law Week
“Julie Stather, barrister, of 42 Bedford Row suggests some ways to benefit children by strengthening the position of grandparents.”
Family Law week, 12th October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Criminals to be named and shamed by Home Office – Daily Telegraph
“Mugshots of convicted criminals are to be published on a Government website in a move to name and shame offenders.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Wrongly convicted father granted care of children again – BBC News
“A father wrongly convicted of causing grievous bodily harm and cruelty against his baby daughter has been told he can care for his children again.”
BBC News, 13th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Age should not affect surgery – report – BBC News
“Assumptions about fitness in older people should not be used to decide whether patients have surgery, according to a report by the Royal College of Surgeons and Age UK.”
BBC News, 15th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Theresa May takes first step to opting out of EU law and order measures – The Guardian
“Britain will on Monday take steps towards opting out of a series of EU law and order measures in a move designed by the Tories to show that they are living up to their pre-election Eurosceptic pledges.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
EU working time rules put patients at risk, warn doctors – Daily Telegraph
“Patient care is being put at risk by the European Working Time Directive, which ‘disrupts continuity of care and distorts clinical training’, say two Royal Colleges.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New report heavily critical of secret justice plans ahead of controversial Bill – Amnesty International
“The government’s plans for a substantial extension of the use of secret evidence in the justice system have been heavily criticised in a new Amnesty International report published today”
Amnesty International, 15th October 2012
Source: www.amnesty.org.uk
Metropolitan police accused of ‘creating crime’ at honey-trap pawn shop – The Observer
“More than 100 people were convicted after year-long sting – but charity says they may have been lured into committing offences.”
The Observer, 14th October 2012
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Five marines charged with murder after Afghanistan ‘incident’ – BBC News
“Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over an incident in Afghanistan in 2011, the MoD has said.”
BBC News, 14th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Possessing small amount of drugs ‘should not be crime’ – BBC News
“The penalties for drug misuse should be relaxed so that possession of small amounts would no longer be a criminal offence, the government has been urged.”
BBC News, 15th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wearing Ugg boots while driving can cause accidents, judge warns – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has ruled a car head on smash caused when a woman’s Ugg boots became trapped under the brake pedal, was ‘entirely foreseeable.'”
Daily Telegraph, 12th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Beasley (by Cadell Beasley as litigation friend) v Alexander – WLR Daily
“CPR r 36.13(2) did not permit the court to be told the position as to a Part 36 offer and consequently go on to deal with the question of costs at the conclusion of the first part of a split trial.”
WLR Daily, 9th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Day v Hosebay Ltd and another Lexgorge Ltd v Howard de Walden Estates Ltd – WLR Daily
“A property built as, and which retained the appearance of, a house but which was being used solely for commercial purposes was not a ‘house … reasonably so called’ for the purposes of section 2(1) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 so as to give the lessees the right to acquire the freehold compulsorily.”
WLR Daily, 10th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
R v Varma – WLR Daily
R v Varma [2012] UKSC 42; [2012] WLR (D) 270
“The Crown Court had the power and, in most cases, where the criteria in section 6 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 were satisfied, the duty to make a confiscation order against a defendant following conviction for an offence in respect of which the defendant had received an absolute or a conditional discharge.”
WLR Daily, 10th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Byankov v Glaven sekretar na Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti – WLR Daily
Byankov v Glaven sekretar na Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti (Case C-249/11); [2012] WLR (D) 269
“European Union law precluded the application of a national provision which provided for the imposition of a restriction on the freedom of movement, within the European Union, of a national of a member state, solely on the ground that he owed a legal person governed by private law a debt which exceeded a statutory threshold and was unsecured.”
WLR Daily, 4th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk