Divorce judge: most couples in Hello! magazine end up in my court within a year or two – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 30th, 2012 in divorce, judges, marriage, news by sally

“A serving High Court judge who is launching a public campaign this week to defend marriage said most couples who appear in Hello! magazine end up in his divorce court ‘within a year or two.'”

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Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2012

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Lap dancer wins landmark employment ruling – The Independent

“A lap dancer has won the right to be considered an employee in a decision that could affect thousands of performers in the industry.”

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The Independent, 27th April 2012

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Legal aid for domestic violence victims should not be decided on luck – The Guardian

Posted April 30th, 2012 in bills, domestic violence, legal aid, news, parliament by sally

“It is surprising how many Liberal Democrat peers cravenly toed the government line when voting on the legal aid bill.”

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The Guardian, 27th April 2012

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UK immigration rules tightened to keep out human rights abusers – The Guardian

Posted April 30th, 2012 in human rights, immigration, news by sally

“The government is to announce tough immigration requirements that would ban non-EU citizens who have been accused of serious human rights abuses, including torture or murder, from visiting the UK.”

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The Guardian, 28th April 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Probation officers to be replaced by electronic kiosks in pilot scheme – The Guardian

Posted April 30th, 2012 in electronic monitoring, news, pilot schemes, probation, trade unions by sally

“Unions are furious with government plans that will see offenders released from prison and those serving community sentences reporting to electronic kiosks rather than probation officers.”

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The Guardian, 28th April 2012

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Pair jailed for 114 burglaries and £300,000 haul – BBC News

Posted April 27th, 2012 in burglary, news, sentencing by sally

“Two men have been jailed for seven years each for a total of 114 burglaries across Wales and England over a 14 month period.”

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BBC News, 27th April 2012

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Ex-UDM leader Neil Greatrex jailed for charity theft – The Independent

Posted April 27th, 2012 in news, sentencing, theft by sally

” A former leader of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers has been jailed for four years for stealing almost £150,000 from a charity which cared for elderly miners.”

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The Independent, 27th April 2012

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Phone hacking: Thurlbeck will not be prosecuted over intimidation claims – The Guardian

Posted April 27th, 2012 in intimidation, prosecutions, witnesses by sally

“The former News of the World chief reporter, Neville Thurlbeck, will not be prosecuted over claims of witness intimidation relating to the phone-hacking scandal, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.”

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The Guardian, 27th April 2012

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Man jailed for 1986 Windsor McDonald’s rape – BBC News

Posted April 27th, 2012 in DNA, news, rape, sentencing by sally

“A man has been jailed for eight years for raping a McDonald’s worker in Berkshire in 1986.”

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BBC News, 27th April 2012

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Parliament protest rules upheld – BBC News

Posted April 27th, 2012 in demonstrations, news, parliament by sally

“New rules designed to stop protesters sleeping near Parliament have been upheld in a High Court ruling.”

BBC News, 27th April 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted April 27th, 2012 in law reports by sally

High Court (Administrative Court)

Dulai & Ors, R (on the application of) v Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court & Anor [2012] EWHC 1055 (Admin) (26 April 2012)

Source: www.bailii.org

Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes (Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and another intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted April 27th, 2012 in age discrimination, law reports, partnerships, retirement by sally

Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes (Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and another intervening); [2012] UKSC 16;  [2012] WLR (D)  124

“A rule providing for the compulsory retirement at 65 of partners in a firm of solicitors could be justified as a means of achieving legitimate aims relating to recruitment and promotions within the firm.”

WLR Daily, 25th April 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

F-Tex SIA v Lietuvos-Anglijos UAB „Jadecloud-Vilma“ – WLR Daily

F-Tex SIA v Lietuvos-Anglijos UAB „Jadecloud-Vilma“; (Case C-213/10);  [2012] WLR (D)  123

“Where a liquidator assigned a claim to have a transaction set aside derived from the national law applicable to the insolvency proceedings, the claim subsequently made by the assignee against a third party to have the transaction set aside came within the concept of ‘civil and commercial matters’ within the meaning of article 1(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L12, p1) and was no longer covered by the exception in article 2(b) for insolvency proceedings.”

WLR Daily, 19th April 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police and another v Homer – WLR Daily

Posted April 27th, 2012 in age discrimination, law reports, retirement by sally

Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police and another v Homer; [2012] UKSC 15;  [2012] WLR (D)  122

“An employment requirement which worked to the comparative disadvantage of a person approaching compulsory retirement age was indirectly discriminatory on grounds of age and had to be justified.”

WLR Daily, 25th April 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (Rudewicz) v Secretary of State for Justice (Save Fawley Court Committee and others, interested parties – WLR Daily

Regina (Rudewicz) v Secretary of State for Justice (Save Fawley Court Committee and others, interested parties) [2012] EWCA Civ 499;  [2012] WLR (D)  121

“It was for the Secretary of State of Justice, as the licensing authority for the exhumation of human remains (other than the power of a consistory court to grant a faculty to exhume human remains interred in consecrated ground of the Anglican Church), to determine on what grounds and in what circumstances to grant a licence to remove human remains. Apart from an obligation to act rationally and otherwise in accordance with the general law, there should be no fetter on his jurisdiction, nor any justification to import a presumption of permanence.”

WLR Daily, 24th April 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk

Posted April 27th, 2012 in parliamentary papers by sally

Memorandum to the Home Affairs Committee: post-legislative assessment of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006, Cm 8327(pdf)

Parliamentary privilege, Cm 8318 (pdf)

Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk

Review of sanctions for disclosure failures in criminal trials – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted April 27th, 2012 in criminal procedure, disclosure, penalties, press releases by sally

“The Lord Chief Justice has asked Lord Justice Gross and Mr Justice Treacy to conduct a review of sanctions for disclosure failures.”

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Judiciary of England and Wales, 26th april 2012

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Attorney General and CPS Chief Crown Prosecutor welcome sentence increase for London rioter – Attorney General’s Office

“Today the Court of Appeal increased the sentence of Adam Khan Ahmadzai, who, in the summer of last year led a gang of looters along a street in Croydon during the London riots.”

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Attorney-General’s Office, 25th April 2012

Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

Code consultation: queries about insurance requirements – Bar Standards Board

Posted April 27th, 2012 in barristers, insurance, press releases, professional conduct by sally

“Since issuing the consultation on the new Code (Handbook), we have received some queries about the insurance requirements in the new Code.”

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Bar Standards Board, 26th April 2012

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk