Charity fundraisers facing new rules – BBC News
“Charities now face fines of at least £1,000 if their street fundraisers breach rules designed to protect members of the public.”
BBC News, 20th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dangerous dog offences guideline comes into effect – Sentencing Council
“Following a three month period of training and implementation the definitive guideline on dangerous dog offences came into effect on 20 August 2012.”
Dangerous Dog Offences Definitive Guideline (PDF)
Sentencing Council, 20th August 2012
Regina (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice (Attorney General and another intervening); Regina (AM) v Director of Public Prosecutions and others (Same intervening) – WLR Daily
“The court should not depart from the long established position that voluntary euthanasia was murder unless article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms required that it be recognised as a possible defence to a murder charge under the doctrine of necessity, which was not the case.”
WLR Daily, 16th August 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Commercial prejudice: the importance of precise and limited redactions – Panopticon
“In the recent decision in UK Coal Mining v IC, Nottinghamshire County Council & Veolia [2012] UKUT 212 AAC, the Upper Tribunal has dismissed an appeal concerned with section 43(2) of FOIA (commercial prejudice): the First-Tier Tribunal (decision EA/2010/0142, on which see our post here) had been entitled to find that only very limited redactions could be made to provisions from a PFI contract for a waste incinerator. Upper Tribunal Judge Wikeley’s decision, while largely fact-specific, illustrates two significant points.”
Panopticon, 17th August 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Family of L, a man left in a vegetative state, wage court battle for right to life – The Guardian
“The family of a man left in a vegetative state after a heart attack has made an eleventh hour appeal for doctors to do all they can to keep him alive as they await a vital court ruling.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawcast 219: Carl Gardner on the Assange asylum issues – Charon QC
“Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer and author of The Head of Legal blog, about the Assange Asylum issue.”
Charon QC, 17th August 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Jeanette Goodwin murder: Martin Bunch jailed for life – BBC News
“A man who murdered his ex-partner four days after appearing in court charged with harassing her has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years.”
BBC News, 17th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Shut that (undemised) door! – NearlyLegal
“Is the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 still relevant in a landlord & tenant relationship, or not?”
NearlyLegal, 19th August 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
One in five jailed rioters let out of prison early – The Guardian
“Around one in five rioters jailed after last year’s summer rampages have been tagged and let out of prison early.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Reoffending rates: More to be done, say MPs – BBC News
“The Ministry of Justice must do more to stop reoffending in England and Wales including giving probation more importance, MPs have said in a report.”
BBC News, 18th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Secret court proposals compared to superinjunctions – The Guardian
“The government’s plan to establish a new generation of secret courts has sparked fresh controversy after it emerged that the fact that a hearing is to be held behind closed doors may itself be kept secret.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The BBC in the Tribunal: not a public authority under the EIR; strong arguments for disclosure of licence fee legal advice – Panopticon
“In Montford v IC and BBC (EA/2009/0114), the appellant had asked the BBC various questions about its expenditure in relation to Cambridge Media and Environment Program, which researched and planned a programme of seminars that had been running since 2005 at which BBC editorial staff discussed issues such as environmental change and world development, with the objective of improving BBC journalism in those areas.”
Panopticon, 17th August 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Fact’s victory over Surfthechannel is a decisive blow in the copyright wars – The Guardian
“The link-sharing website’s demise at the hands of the content industry’s pitbull has set more than one precedent.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
A tinge of green in our Bill of Rights? – UK Human Rights Blog
“Amidst the root and branch opposition to socio-economic rights from some quarters, the idea that the Bill of Rights might contain an environmental right seems to have got lost in the smoke of this rather unedifying battle. The July 2012 Consultation on a Bill of Rights summarises the rival contentions well.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th August 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Asbestos cancer compensation scheme is ‘too limited and too late’ for victims – The Guardian
“A scheme to compensate victims of asbestos cancer will not come into force for two years, so many will die before receiving any money, the government is being warned.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ministry of Defence to pay compensation to Afghan boy stabbed with a bayonet by a British soldier – The Independent
“The Ministry of Defence is to pay compensation after a British soldier stabbed an Afghan boy with his bayonet.”
The Independent, 18th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Fall in reported rapes ‘shows victims’ lack of confidence in Met’s sex crime unit’ – The Guardian
“The number of rapes being reported to Scotland Yard has fallen significantly amid claims of crumbling confidence among victims towards the Met’s specialist sex crimes operation, Sapphire.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Dangerous dog owners face tougher sentences – BBC News
“Owners of dangerous dogs in England and Wales now face tougher sentences under new Sentencing Council guidelines.”
BBC News, 20th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Cornish Glennroy Blair-Ford v CRS Adventures Ltd [2012] EWHC 2360 (QB) (13 August 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Robbins v London Borough of Bexley [2012] EWHC 2257 (TCC) (16 August 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
