Regina v Majeed; Regina v Westfield – WLR Daily

Posted June 11th, 2012 in appeals, bribery, conspiracy, corruption, gambling, law reports, sport by sally

Regina v Majeed; Regina v Westfield [2012] EWCA Crim 1186; [2012] WLR (D) 172

“Where a sportsman corruptly accepted financial inducements to identify, in advance, occasions when during a match he would play in a specific, previously agreed, manner, the conduct of that sportsman, whose contract obliged him to refrain from doing anything that might damage the reputation of the club or board which employed him, was integral to the affairs and business of that club or board, who were therefore victims of such corrupt activities, even if the bribes were not intended to and did not influence the club or board in any way.”

WLR Daily, 31st May 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Allocation, offences taken into consideration and totality definitive guideline comes into effect – Sentencing Council

Posted June 11th, 2012 in news, sentencing by sally

“The Sentencing Council’s definitive guideline on allocation, offences taken into consideration and totality came into effect on 11 June 2012.”

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Sentencing Council, 11th June 2012

Source: http://sentencingcouncil.judiciary.gov.uk

Ministry of Justice call for contributions to the Red Tape Challenge – Ministry of Justice

Posted June 11th, 2012 in consultations, legal services, news by sally

“The Ministry of Justice has invited interested parties to respond to the legal services section of the Government’s ‘Red Tape Challenge’ consultation, identifying which regulations they believe should be improved, retained or scrapped.”

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Ministry of Justice, 8th June 2012

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Employment judge first to fall foul of new misconduct rules – The Lawyer

Posted June 11th, 2012 in complaints, disciplinary procedures, judiciary, news, ombudsmen, professional conduct by sally

“An employment judge has become the first to be publicly censured under new rules that will see all judges and magistrates who are disciplined for misconduct have their cases publicised by the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC).”

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The Lawyer, 11th June 2012

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Carers of relatives in England to get legal rights – BBC News

Posted June 11th, 2012 in budgets, carers, families, local government, news by sally

“Ministers are planning to grant legal rights for the first time to people in England who spend hours caring for elderly or disabled relatives.”

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BBC News, 9th June 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted June 11th, 2012 in legislation by sally

The Police and Crime Panels (Nominations, Appointments and Notifications) Regulations 2012

The Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012

The National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment Regulations 2012

The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2012

The Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Amendment) Order 2012

The Mink Keeping (Prohibition) (Wales) Order 2012

The Mental Health (Primary Care Referrals and Eligibility to Conduct Primary Mental Health Assessments) (Wales) Regulations 2012

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

No-fuss sacking payouts included in employment law overhaul – The Guardian

Posted June 11th, 2012 in bills, compensation, dismissal, employment, news by sally

“Rules making it easier for companies to sack their workers by offering them immediate payouts if they agree to leave without any fuss will be unveiled this week as part of the government’s controversial overhaul of employment law.”

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The Guardian, 10th June 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Stark choice under new immigration rules: exile or family breakup – The Guardian

Posted June 11th, 2012 in families, human rights, immigration, news, remuneration, visas by sally

“British citizens with foreign-born partners are to be given the choice of indefinite ‘exile’ in countries including Yemen and Syria or face the breakup of their families if they want to remain in the UK, under radical immigration changes to be announced next week, MPs have been told.”

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The Guardian, 8th June 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Article 8 and a half – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted June 11th, 2012 in deportation, human rights, interpretation, judiciary, news, parliament by sally

“Tomorrow, the Home Secretary will announce to Parliament plans to give judges guidance on how to interpret Article 8 ECHR (the right to private and family life) in foreign criminal deportation cases. There has been already significant speculation as to whether the long-heralded changes will make much or even any difference.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 10th June 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Rape detective’s arrest sparks Met review of 63 cases – The Independent

Posted June 11th, 2012 in criminal records, inquiries, news, ombudsmen, police, rape by sally

“The Metropolitan police is reviewing 63 sex-crime investigations dating back more than two years after a detective on its specialist rape-inquiry team was arrested over allegations of falsifying crime records.”

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The Independent, 9th June 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Man jailed for plane bomb hoax against online girlfriend – The Guardian

Posted June 11th, 2012 in bomb hoaxing, communicating false information, internet, news, sentencing by sally

“A man who told police his online girlfriend was going to blow up a plane after she deleted him from her Facebook account has been jailed for 16 weeks.”

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The Guardian, 8th June 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Doctors to face hearings under new tribunal service – BBC News

Posted June 11th, 2012 in doctors, news, ombudsmen, tribunals by sally

“Doctors involved in fitness to practise hearings will now be referred to a new independent tribunal service set up as part of government-led reforms.”

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BBC News, 11th June 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Gang jailed over multi-million identity fraud – The Independent

Posted June 11th, 2012 in gangs, identity fraud, news, possession of false identity documents, sentencing by sally

“Members of a multi-million pound organised crime gang specialising in providing fake identities and documents to thousands of customers were jailed today.”

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The Independent, 9th June 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Theresa May ready for showdown with courts over foreign prisoners’ rights – The Guardian

Posted June 11th, 2012 in appeals, deportation, families, human rights, immigration, news, prisons, remuneration by sally

“Theresa May is heading for a renewed showdown with the courts over the rights of foreign prisoners battling to avoid deportation after signalling that she would bring in primary legislation if judges failed to implement new rules.”

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The Guardian, 10th June 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk

Posted June 8th, 2012 in parliamentary papers by sally

Roots of violent radicalisation, Cm 8368 (PDF)

Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk

Corporate hospitality, bribery and the Olympics – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted June 8th, 2012 in bribery, news, sport by sally

“Corporate hospitality might have been expected to have a bumper season this year. But apparently such is not the case. A number of companies, it is reported, are refusing to allow their staff to accept ticketsto the Olympics, lest they fall foul of the Bribery Act 2010. Commendable restraint, one might think, but let’s take a closer look.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 8th June 2012

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Restraint of Trade/Recent Authorities – 11 KBW

Posted June 8th, 2012 in employment, news, restraint of trade by sally

“As usual, the current crop of recent decisions in this area contain a real mix of the orthodox and the heterodox approach to the doctrine of restraint of trade, frequently within the same case. A good illustration of this is the case of Caterpillar Logistics Services (UK) Ltd v Paula Huesca De Crean [2012] EWCA Civ 156 which will be extensively covered in the talk to be delivered by Simon Forshaw on Confidential Information. I confine myself to observing that the ‘barring out’ injunction sought on the
basis of supposed fiduciary obligations was a restraint on working on a particular contract for a customer and not for a competitor.”

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11 KBW, 1st June 2012

Source: www.11kbw.com

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted June 8th, 2012 in legislation by sally

The National Patient Safety Agency (Amendment) Regulations 2012

The Traffic Management (Sheffield City Council) Permit Scheme Order 2012

The Traffic Management (Leeds City Council) Permit Scheme Order 2012

The National Patient Safety Agency (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2012

The Iran (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2012

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

New licence will allow law firm clients free access to publishers’ work – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 8th, 2012 in copyright, internet, law firms, licensing, news by sally

“Organisations will be able to obtain free access to some publishers’ digital content through their law firm under a new licensing option on offer by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA).”

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OUT-LAW.com, 8th June 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

An ignoble day for the noble art: Haye v Chisora – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted June 8th, 2012 in licensing, news, sport by sally

“Recently on Halsbury’s Law Exchange Simon Hetherington wrote a thoughtful piece on boxing. He stated candidly at the outset that he was not a boxing fan. For my own part, I admit to being an inveterate fan of the sport, although I haven’t followed it closely for a few years now. Even the most avid boxing fan, however, has to admit that the activity gives rise to serious moral and legal questions. And even if one finds satisfactory answers to those questions in principle, no-one can be happy – from a legal, moral or sporting perspective – with the way in which boxing is run, as the embarrassing saga of the planned fight between David Haye and Dereck Chisora demonstrates.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 7th June 2012

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk