“The Honourable Mr Justice Ryder delivered the keynote speech in Bristol at the annual conference on Friday 16 November 2012.”
Association of Lawyers for Children, 16th November 2012
Source: www.alc.org.uk
“Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews important recent developments relating to private children law.”
Family Law week, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Draft proposals to ensure that laws on prisoner voting comply with the UK’s international legal obligations were outlined by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling today.”
Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Draft Bill
Ministry of Justice, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Statistics published by the Ministry of Justice today look at women and the Criminal Justice System.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The widow of a policeman killed while helping a stranded motorist on a motorway hard shoulder today told of her ‘agonising’ grief after a lorry driver was jailed for his death.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“On the face of it, the government is respecting the rule of law but it is unattractive to knowingly put forward proposals that breach human rights.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A wildlife park run by TV presenter Anna Ryder Richardson and her husband has been fined £70,000 for health and safety breaches. Colin MacDougall, 46, the interior designer’s husband, was fined a further £4,000 for two identical breaches.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Conservative peer Lord McAlpine has reached a £125,000 settlement with ITV and Phillip Schofield. It is in relation to a This Morning programme broadcast in November during which the presenter handed the prime minister a list of names of alleged abusers he had found on the internet.”
BBC News, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The law in England and Wales offers ‘inadequate’ protection to postal workers who are attacked by dogs, a report says. The report, commissioned by Royal Mail, recommends a change in law to help deal with the owners of dogs who attack. The report points out that currently action cannot be taken if an attack takes place on private property.”
BBC News, 23rd November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ramani Ramaswamy, who was recruited from his native India, was given lessons to help him improve, but his command of the language only deteriorated, it was claimed. He was dismissed from his job and suspended from the national radiography register for a year after a string of complaints were made against him. The Health and Care Professions Council found that he had showed a ‘lack of competence’ in a number of areas during his term of employment at The Christie Hospital in Manchester.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“In a groundbreaking move, it was revealed that the College of Law, the country’s largest provider of legal education and training, had been granted full university status. It is the first private university to be established since Buckingham – officially a charity – was awarded the full title almost 30 years ago. But it the first time a profit-making organisation has been turned into a university.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The report from the first part of the Leveson Inquiry into press standards is to be released next Thursday.”
The Independent, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has overturned an order made by a Cambridge judge who said a convicted rapist could not be identified by the media.”
BBC News, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court
The Rugby Football Union v Consolidated Information Services Ltd [2012] UKSC 55 (21 November 2012)
Al- Sirri v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 54 (21 November 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Slater v Condappa [2012] EWCA Civ 1506 (22 November 2012)
Favor Easy Management Ltd & Anor v Wu & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 1464 (21 November 2012)
Johnson v Ministry of Defence & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 1505 (21st November 2012)
Sharbatly v Shagroon [2012] EWCA Civ 1507 (21 November 2012)
Campbell v Daejan Properties Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1503 (20 November 2012)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Gilbert, R v [2012] EWCA Crim 2392 (21 November 2012)
Oakes & Ors v R [2012] EWCA Crim 2435 (21 November 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
EU Plants Ltd v Wokingham Borough Council [2012] EWHC 3305 (Admin) (22 November 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc v FAL Oil Company Ltd& Ors [2012] EWHC 3628 (Comm) (20 November 2012)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Jacobs UK Ltd v Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP [2012] EWHC 3293 (TCC) (15 November 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Pomiechowski v District Court in Legnica, 59-220 Poland [2012] EWHC 3161 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 331
“It was acceptable for a European arrest warrant to contain particulars of both convictions and accused offences.”
WLR Daily, 9th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v YDG: Regina v ZSB: [2012] EWCA Crim 2437; [2012] WLR (D) 332
“Where a judge had directed, pursuant to section 29 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, that there should be a preparatory hearing, and the conditions of that section were satisfied, he had no power to revoke his direction.”
WLR, 20th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012
The Iran (European Union Financial Sanctions) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2012
The Value Added Tax (Relief for European Research Infrastructure Consortia) Order 2012
The Financial Restrictions (Iran) Order 2012
The Agriculture, Animals, Environment and Food etc. (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012
The NHS Foundation Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Amendment Order 2012
The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Amendment) Rules 2012
The UK Borders Act 2007 (Border and Immigration Inspectorate)(Joint Working etc.) Order 2012
The Bedfordshire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) (Variation) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Today the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, John Vine, published his report on the Handling of Legacy Asylum and Migration Cases.”
UK Border Agency, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The further review was established to consider the specific issue of sanctions for disclosure failure by both the prosecution and the defence; whether the sanctions available, together with judicial case management powers, are adequate to secure compliance with disclosure duties and, if not, whether there are options for strengthening those sanctions.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
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