Paul Mahoney is UK frontrunner for human rights court – The Guardian
“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
“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.”
Full story (PDF)
Cloisters, June 2012
Source: www.cloisters.com
“In many cases where a person wishes to leave an employment and establish a new business, that person may wish to tell colleagues about the plans and to encourage them to join him or her in the new venture. It may be that there is disaffection in the workplace and that there is a general, if unexpressed, desire to move on.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 22nd June 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
The Crime and Security Act 2010 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2012
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Amendment Regulations 2012
The British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012
The Driving Instruction (Compensation Scheme) Regulations 2012
The Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG [2012] EWCA Civ 854 (25 June 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Vallen International Limited v Lewis & Anor [2012] EWHC B5 (QB) (25 June 2012)
AXN & Ors v Worboys & Ors [2012] EWHC 1730 (QB) (25 June 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
SMP Trustees Ltd, Re [2012] EWHC 1728 (Ch) (25 June 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“In a consultation opening today, the Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission are proposing a new law to make clear what businesses must tell insurers when they buy insurance.”
Law Commission, 26th June 2012
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
Talking About Reform (PDF)
Speech by Mr Justice Ryder
Public Child Care Law Conference, 26th June 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk