ISPs split over UK open internet code of practice – BBC News

Posted July 25th, 2012 in codes of practice, internet, news by sally

“Several leading UK internet service providers have refused to sign a code of conduct designed to guarantee ‘full and open access’ to the net.”

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BBC News, 25th July 2012

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Jeremy Hunt: Olympics wrong time for PCS border staff strike – BBC News

Posted July 25th, 2012 in budgets, immigration, industrial action, news, sport, trade unions by sally

“The government is urging Border Agency workers not to hold a strike on the eve of the Olympics, arguing it is the ‘wrong time.’ ”

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BBC News, 25th July 2012

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Father’s rights breached by mother ‘too upset’ to let him see children – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 25th, 2012 in appeals, children, families, human rights, news, parental rights by sally

“A father who was denied access to his children for three years because it upset their mother suffered a breach of his parental rights, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2012

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Former Dale Farm travellers face new eviction attempt – The Guardian

Posted July 25th, 2012 in housing, local government, news, planning, repossession, travellers by sally

“Basildon council is preparing to bring back bailiffs after travellers removed from Europe’s largest illegal site at Dale Farm in Essex moved to a neighbouring settlement.”

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The Guardian, 25th July 2012

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Police protest tactics ‘give officers excessive and disproportionate control’ – The Guardian

“Pre-emptive arrests, confinement by kettling and the gathering of personal data give police officers ‘excessive and disproportionate’ control over public protests, a report by a coalition of police monitoring groups has warned.”

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The Guardian, 24th July 2012

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Public school teacher Bruce Roth jailed for sexual abuse – BBC News

Posted July 25th, 2012 in child abuse, news, sentencing, sexual grooming, sexual offences, teachers by sally

“A teacher has been jailed for 11 years for sexually abusing five boys at public schools in Berkshire and Kent.”

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BBC News, 24th July 2012

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Tottenham Court Road siege: Man jailed for office bomb hoax – BBC News

Posted July 25th, 2012 in bomb hoaxing, false imprisonment, guilty pleas, news, sentencing by sally

“A bomb hoaxer who caused the closure of London’s Tottenham Court Road after throwing equipment from the fifth floor of an office block has been jailed.”

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BBC News, 24th july 2012

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Inquest hears lessons learnt about IEDs after deaths in Helmand – The Independent

Posted July 25th, 2012 in armed forces, explosives, inquests, news, unlawful killing by sally

” Two Royal Marines who died in Afghanistan last May were unlawfully killed by an improvised explosive device (IED), an inquest has ruled.”

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The Independent, 25th July 2012

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Gabby Agbonlahor’s ex-girlfriend spared jail – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 25th, 2012 in harassment, internet, news, restraining orders, suspended sentences by sally

“The former girlfriend of Premier League striker Gabby Agbonlahor has escaped a prison sentence for harassing his current partner for four years.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

High Court rules on the history of the caravan – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 25th, 2012 in housing, news, planning by sally

“A senior judge wrote a brief history of the caravan after the Court of Appeal ruled on a planning dispute.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2012

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Leeds United win high court ruling over police costs at Elland Road – The Guardian

Posted July 24th, 2012 in costs, news, police, sport by sally

“Leeds United have won their high court action over who should pay for policing of matches at Elland Road. The Championship side asked for a decision on which of the services deployed by West Yorkshire Police for the last three seasons were special police services, and whether it was entitled to be repaid for services wrongly categorised.”

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The Guardian, 24th July 2012

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Benefit fraud Lottery winner Edward Putman jailed – The Independent

Posted July 24th, 2012 in benefits, costs, fraud, news, sentencing by sally

” A convicted rapist who won nearly £5 million on the lottery but continued to fraudulently claim benefits has been jailed for nine months.”

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The Independent, 24th July 2012

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Operation Weeting – CPS charging decisions – Crown Prosecution Service

“Statement from Alison Levitt QC, Principal Legal Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP): This statement is made in the interests of transparency and accountability to explain the decisions reached in relation to Operation Weeting.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 24th July 2012

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Gary McKinnon extradition decision due in October – BBC News

Posted July 24th, 2012 in computer crime, extradition, news by sally

“The home secretary will decide whether to order computer hacker Gary McKinnon’s extradition to the US by mid-October, the High Court has heard.”

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BBC News, 24th July 2012

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Amy Hofmeister car chase crash killers sent to prison – BBC News

Posted July 24th, 2012 in dangerous driving, homicide, news, sentencing by sally

“Two drivers have been sent to prison after being convicted of killing a 13-year-old girl during a car chase through Taunton.”

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BBC News, 24th July 2012

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ABS offers barristers at £75 an hour – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 24th, 2012 in alternative business structures, fees, law firms, news by sally

“A new law firm which promises clients fixed fees and immediate face-to-face meetings with barristers has become the latest alternative business structure (ABS). Red Bar Law was formed in September last year and applied to the Solicitors Regulation Authority for ABS status in January. Today the SRA confirmed it has become the ninth organisation to be granted a licence, which will be effective from 10 July.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd July 2012

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Deech hits back over bar tribunal ‘collapse’ claim – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 24th, 2012 in barristers, disciplinary procedures, news by sally

“The chair of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has defended the process for disciplining barristers following a claim that it is in a ‘state of collapse’ amid allegations of secrecy, maladministration and incompetence.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 20th July 2012

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted July 24th, 2012 in legislation by sally

The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2012

The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2012

The Health Act 2009 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2012

The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Authority to Carry) Regulations 2012

The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2012

The Broadcasting (Local Digital Television Programme Services and Independent Productions) (Amendment) Order 2012

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted July 24th, 2012 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

S (A Child), Re [2012] EWCA Civ 1031 (24 July 2012)

Itochu Corporation v Johann M.K. Blumenthal GmbH & Co Kg & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 996 (24 July 2012)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Red Bull GmbH v Sun Mark Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 2046 (Ch) (24 July 2012)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Leeds United Football Club Ltd v The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2012] EWHC 2113 (QB) (24 July 2012)

Source: www.bailii. org

Maidment v Attwood and others – WLR Daily

Maidment v Attwood and others: [2012] EWCA Civ 998;  [2012] WLR (D)  220

“Where a minority shareholder had brought a petition under section 994 of the Companies Act alleging that remuneration paid to a director of a now insolvent company in liquidation was excessive and therefore unfairly prejudicial, there was no basis in the statutory provisions or in principle or in authority to impose a requirement for diligence on shareholders in regards to the company’s filed accounts.”

WLR Daily, 19th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk