“The Legal Services Commission (LSC) are developing a new online system (the Client and Cost Management System – CCMS).”
The Bar Council, 27th July 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“This country recognises the equal rights of husband and wife in a divorce, so will not recognise a prenup agreement that is unfair to the woman.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“People will be able to use a simpler and quicker system to apply for their loved ones to legally manage their affairs under Government plans put out for consultation today.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th July 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A grandmother has been jailed for four years for kidnapping and drugging her own daughter after she refused to marry the man her family wanted her to.”
The Independent, 27th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Workers blacklisted by the construction industry over more than three decades have launched a high court claim against industry giant Sir Robert McAlpine, the Tory donor and builder of the Olympic Stadium, for conspiring with other firms to keep them out of work.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2012
The Hinkley Point Harbour Empowerment Order 2012
The Hinkley Point (Temporary Jetty) (Land Acquisition) Order 2012
The Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2012
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2012
The Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“The famous ‘Twitter joke’ conviction of Paul Chambers has been overturned on appeal, bringing welcome clarity to what is and what is not an offence of this type. On discovering a week before he was due to take a flight that the airport was closed due to adverse weather conditions, he tweeted that ‘I am blowing the airport sky high!!’ unless the situation was resolved by the time of his flight. He was convicted of sending a message of a ‘menacing character’, but has had the conviction quashed on appeal, on the basis that, as it was a joke, it was not of a menacing character.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th July 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A teenage boy who throttled a 10-year-old girl as she played in a street and repeatedly beat her around the head so viciously he could have killed her has been locked up indefinitely.”
The Guardian, 27th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A ban on the referral fees blamed for creating a ‘compensation culture’ will be difficult to police and may not even be effective, regulators have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The director of public prosecutions (DPP) stopped his staff dropping the case against Paul Chambers, author of the ‘Twitter joke’ about blowing up Robin Hood airport in South Yorkshire, it has been claimed.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Killers and rapists serving long jail terms could be released earlier following a High Court ruling that their strict parole terms may breach their human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Motorists using prescribed painkillers such as morphine and codeine could be charged with ‘drug driving’ under a new law designed to keep dangerous hard drug users off British roads, doctors and campaigners have warned.”
The Independent, 29th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain has quietly agreed to measures that could increase the ability of the security services to intercept online communications, experts say.”
The Guardian, 28th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There is general agreement among non-family lawyers that family procedures should be more transparent. But exactly what role should the media play in matters of family justice?”
Lecture by The Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Wall
Gresham College, 28th June 2012
Source: www.gresham.ac.uk
“Ofcom will set out a formal timetable for completing investigations into alleged breaches of competition law in the communications sector and will publish an explanation on its website if it fails to comply with its specified deadline, the regulator has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A campaign group has won a High Court battle over the agricultural use of Green Belt land formerly owned by broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby for intensive poultry farming.”
The Independent, 27th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Supreme Court has today delivered its Judgment in the case of T (children) [2012] UKSC 36 concerning the liability of a local authority to pay the costs of a party to care proceedings.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 25th July 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“Two ‘notorious’ brothers from Wolverhampton have been jailed for their part in a £34m tax fraud.”
BBC News, 27th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Standard Chartered Bank v Ceylon Petroleum Corporation [2012] EWCA Civ 1049 (27 July 2012)
Alexander v Freshwater Properties Ltd & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 1048 (27 July 2012)
Rossetti Marketing Ltd & Anor v Diamond Sofa Company Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1021 (27 July 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
S v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWHC 1939 (QB) (16 July 2012)
Chambers v Director of Public Prosecutions [2012] EWHC 2157 (QB) (27 July 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Relfo Ltd v Jadvavarsani [2012] EWHC 2168 (Ch) (27 July 2012)
Bower Terrace Student Accommodation Ltd & Anor v Space Student Living Ltd [2012] EWHC 2206 (Ch) (27 July 2012)
Jackson v Dear & Anor [2012] EWHC 2060 (Ch) (25 July 2012)
Avrora Fine Arts Investment Ltd v Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd [2012] EWHC 2198 (Ch) (27 July 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Family Division)
HH v BLW [2012] EWHC 2199 (Fam) (28 June 2012)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Turning Point Ltd v Norfolk County Council [2012] EWHC 2121 (TCC) (26 July 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A 52-year-old man has been jailed for 18 months for offences relating to indecent images of children.”
BBC News, 26th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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