Tia Sharp: council launches serious case review – The Guardian
“A serious case review has been launched into the death of 12-year-old Tia Sharp, whose body was found.”
The Guardian, 14th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Should we be using ‘special’ offences to prosecute crimes against disabled people? – UK Human Rights Blog
“Eleven Winterbourne View staff have pleaded guilty to 38 charges of ill-treatment and neglect of a mental health patient under s127 Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). In this post I want to consider why we need ‘special’ offences like s127 MHA and also s44 Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA), rather than prosecuting crimes in care settings using more ‘mainstream’ offences.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th August 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Man who tried to spy on Chinese Olympic swimmers could be spared jail – The Guardian
“A man who tried to spy on members of the Chinese Olympic swimming team in a women’s changing room has been told he could be spared jail.”
The Guardian, 14th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Torture claims handling at Dover immigration removal centre criticised – The Independent
“Officials at an immigration removal centre were too dismissive of reports from detainees claiming to be victims of torture, inspectors said today.”
The Independent, 15th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Guesthouse couple win right to appeal – The Guardian
“The owners of a guesthouse who refused to allow a gay couple to stay in a double-bedded room have won permission to take their case to the Supreme Court.”
The Guardian, 14th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Convicted paedophile walks free because prison ‘would make him more dangerous’ – Daily Telegraph
“A man convicted of child porn offences has walked free from court as the judge ruled sending him to prison would make him ‘dangerous’, in a dilemma the judiciary ‘face again and again’.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Trial by Twitter – The Guardian
“As their papers go weekly or move online, court reporters are embracing Twitter.”
The Guardian, 14th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal Clarifies the Law on Holiday Pay for Sick Workers – Harwicke Chambers
“In the recent decision of NHS Leeds v Larner [2012] EWCA Civ 1034, the Court of Appeal confirmed that workers on sick leave are entitled to carry forward unused statutory holiday entitlement without needing to submit a formal request to do so.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 7th August 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Public Law and Article 8 at Eviction Stage – Hardwicke Chambers
“On 30th July 2012 Ingrid Simler QC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, handed down judgment in JL-v- (1) Secretary of State for Defence (2) Leeds City Council (Interested Party) [2012] EWHC 2216 (Admin).”
Hardwicke Chambers, 6th August 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Directors cannot form part of an “organised grouping of employees” for the purposes TUPE, tribunal holds – OUT-LAW.com
“Directors of a charity cannot form part of an ‘organised grouping of employees’ and so cannot take advantage of certain legal protections when the service they provide is taken in-house, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has found.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th August 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
A modern legal regime for protecting and managing wildlife – Law Commission
“In a consultation opening today, the Law Commission is seeking views on how wildlife law should be modernised and simplified.”
Law Commission, 14th August 2012
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
Related link: Wildlife: a consultation (PDF)
Justice Denied: The Greatest Scandal? – BBC Panorama
“The case of the Cardiff Three – wrongly convicted of murder in 1992 – refuses to go away. Twenty years after a BBC Panorama investigation helped to clear the original men, the same team returns to investigate why the trial against the police officers accused of perverting the course of justice collapsed last year, and asks: is this the biggest scandal in British legal history?”
BBC Panorama, 13th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dr Freddy Patel labelled ‘misleading’ over Tomlinson case – BBC News
“A disciplinary panel says the pathologist who conducted the first post-mortem examination on Ian Tomlinson is ‘dishonest’ and ‘liable to bring his profession into disrepute’.”
BBC News, 13th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The triple Olympic detainee – UK Human Rights Blog
“Along with many others, today I find myself emerging from an Olympic haze. And alongside that morning-after blur comes a nagging feeling that it is time to get back to blogging. Why not start with a man who has watched the last three Olympic Games during what the High Court describes as an ‘enormously lengthy’ period of detention without charge, and whose last bail application was refused as it would be too difficult to keep track of him during the 2012 Olympics?”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th August 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Kent teacher loses £5m wellington boot throw damages bid – BBC News
“A teacher paralysed in a wellington boot accident has lost his High Court claim for more than £5m in damages.”
BBC News, 13th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Finance and Divorce August 2012 Update – Family Law Week
“Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse July’s financial remedies and divorce news and cases.”
Family Law Week, 10th August 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2012
The Education (School Teachers’ Appraisal) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Education (Amendment of the Curriculum Requirements for Fourth Key Stage) (England) Order 2012
The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Sumal & Sons (Properties) Ltd v London Borough of Newham [2012] EWCA Crim 1840 (08 August 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
BAA Ltd v Competition Commission [2012] EWCA Civ 1077 (26 July 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
FBME Bank Ltd v Elwes & Anor [2012] EWHC 2209 (QB) (25 July 2012)
RAR v GGC [2012] EWHC 2338 (QB) (10 August 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
McKillen v Misland (Cyprus) Investments Ltd & Ors [2012] EWHC 2343 (Ch) (10 August 2012)
Re Euromaster Ltd [2012] EWHC 2356 (Ch) (10 August 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Prisoner gets apology from ombudsman over attack inquiry – The Independent
“A triple murderer who attacked three prison officers with a broken bottle while serving a life sentence has secured an apology after authorities failed to properly investigate claims that he had been attacked by warders in his cell.”
The Independent, 11th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
