Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts – Law Commission
“This Issues Paper looks at unfair terms in contracts between businesses and consumers. During 2012, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is consulting on a package of measures to clarify consumer law, to be introduced by primary and secondary legislation. This provides an opportunity to clarify the law on unfair terms as it affects consumers.”
Law Commission, 25th July 2012
Source: http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
Outlawing God? The limits of religious freedom – UK Human Rights Blog
“Monday night’s fascinating seminar on Article 9, ‘Outlawing God’, saw Dinah Rose QC, John Bowers QC, Dr Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat former MP) and Rabbi Michael Laitner (solicitor and Orthodox rabbi) square off over the relationship of the courts to religious belief and believers, refereed (and sometimes stoked) by Joshua Rozenberg in the chair.“
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th July 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
When human rights hit the private law of damages for death – UK Human Rights Blog
“Swift v. Secretary of State for Justice [2012] EWHC 2000 (QB) Eady J, read judgment. This decision involves the intersection of Articles 8 (family) and 14 (discrimination) of the ECHR with the law governing who can recover damages for the death of a relative. This law is the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (for the text see [10] of the judgment – embarrassingly, the one freely available on the internet is out of date). One does not to think for very long before realising that the FAA is underpinned by an idea that one ought to respect the rights of the family, and to pay the family when one has negligently caused the death of a family member. But like all such laws, there is the problem of where to stop – where does the family stop for these purposes?”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th July 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Government may be in breach of EU copyright laws over volunteer-run libraries’ royalty payment commitments, authors’ body claims – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government may have failed to abide by EU copyright laws if volunteer-run libraries are not required to pay authors royalties when they loan out books, the Society of Authors (SoA) has claimed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
ICO reminds firms of requirement to gain clearance for personal data processing – OUT-LAW.com
“The UK’s data protection watchdog is reminding firms that they must notify it and be registered in order to process personal data.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Government launches consultation on the designs legal framework – Intellectual Property Office
“The Government today set out its proposals to enhance the UK designs legal framework to make the system more accessible for businesses.”
Intellectual Property Office, 24th July 2012
Source: www.ipo.gov.uk
Court of Appeal refuses Secretary of State Sandbach appeal – OUT-LAW.com
“The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court ruling that Secretary of State Eric Pickles must reconsider his refusal of plans for 280 homes on a greenfield site at Sandbach, Cheshire.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
ISPs split over UK open internet code of practice – BBC News
“Several leading UK internet service providers have refused to sign a code of conduct designed to guarantee ‘full and open access’ to the net.”
BBC News, 25th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jeremy Hunt: Olympics wrong time for PCS border staff strike – BBC News
“The government is urging Border Agency workers not to hold a strike on the eve of the Olympics, arguing it is the ‘wrong time.’ ”
BBC News, 25th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Father’s rights breached by mother ‘too upset’ to let him see children – Daily Telegraph
“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Former Dale Farm travellers face new eviction attempt – The Guardian
“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.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Public school teacher Bruce Roth jailed for sexual abuse – BBC News
“A teacher has been jailed for 11 years for sexually abusing five boys at public schools in Berkshire and Kent.”
BBC News, 24th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tottenham Court Road siege: Man jailed for office bomb hoax – BBC News
“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.”
BBC News, 24th july 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Inquest hears lessons learnt about IEDs after deaths in Helmand – The Independent
” Two Royal Marines who died in Afghanistan last May were unlawfully killed by an improvised explosive device (IED), an inquest has ruled.”
The Independent, 25th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Gabby Agbonlahor’s ex-girlfriend spared jail – Daily Telegraph
“The former girlfriend of Premier League striker Gabby Agbonlahor has escaped a prison sentence for harassing his current partner for four years.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court rules on the history of the caravan – Daily Telegraph
“A senior judge wrote a brief history of the caravan after the Court of Appeal ruled on a planning dispute.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Leeds United win high court ruling over police costs at Elland Road – The Guardian
“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.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Benefit fraud Lottery winner Edward Putman jailed – The Independent
” A convicted rapist who won nearly £5 million on the lottery but continued to fraudulently claim benefits has been jailed for nine months.”
The Independent, 24th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
