“Greater support needs to be given to vulnerable defendants in order for them to get a fair trial, particularly those with learning difficulties who may have problems understanding the process, a report by the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) has warned.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The defamation bill will do little to stop corporations suing individuals and should include a public interest defence.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Insurers have lost a Supreme Court appeal to overturn a damages payout to a man who fraudulently exaggerated his personal injuries claim.”
The Independent, 27th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The National Health Service (Clinical Commissioning Groups) Regulations 2012
The Gambling Act 2005 (Amendment of Schedule 6) Order 2012
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“The government plans to simplify how serious fraud is prosecuted and punished in the UK.”
BBC Law in Action, 26th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“European court of human rights insider leads first ballot in election to appoint UK judge in Strasbourg.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Saunders v R. [2012] EWCA Crim 1380 (26 June 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
BCC v FZ & Ors [2012] EWHC 1154 (Fam) (03 April 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Mandatory unpaid government work schemes that last up to six months should be declared illegal because they are a form of forced labour, lawyers acting for the unemployed argued on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Gangar and another [2012] EWCA Crim 1378; [2012] WLR (D) 185
“At the available asset stage of confiscation proceedings involving more than one defendant, a defendant’s partial interest in property was realisable, but had to be limited to his beneficial interest rather than treated as an 100% interest.”
WLR Daily, 21st June 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Welcome to this Without Prejudice Special on the Twitter Joke Trial with solicitor David Allen Green.”
Charon QC, 26th June 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“Liberal societies tend to view the retention of citizens’ private information by an arm of the state, without individuals’ consent, with suspicion. Last week, the High Court ruled that the automatic retention of photographs taken on arrest – even where the there is no prosecution, or the person is acquitted – for at least six years was an unlawful interference with the right to respect for private life of Article 8 of the ECHR, as enshrined in the Human Rights Act.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th June 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The Jimmy Carr tax avoidance case has thrown the spotlight on Jersey and Guernsey, where the days of aggressive tax loopholes may be numbered.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Key safeguards supposedly built into proposals for extending secret hearings in civil courts have either been ‘misunderstood or misrepresented’ by the government, a parliamentary committee has been warned.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Controversial powers to hold court cases in secret have been used to conceal the possible involvement of British intelligence agents in apprehending terror suspects in Africa.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A two-and-a-half year legal battle over a ‘joke’ posted on Twitter that landed its author with a criminal record returns to the high court on Wednesday in front of the most senior judge in England and Wales.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former police detective has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 years after admitting the murder of his partner, a policewoman whose body was found in a shallow woodland grave.”
The Independent, 26th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Illegal downloaders will start receiving warning letters from internet service providers from 1 March 2014, under a draft code for the government’s anti-digital piracy regime drawn up by media regulator Ofcom.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“E-disclosure is the disclosure of any electronic document. Documents stored electronically are often referred to as electronically stored information or ESI.”
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Cloisters, June 2012
Source: www.cloisters.com
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