Divorce: The warring couples who fight for the right to a frying pan – Daily Telegraph
“It’s the little things in a divorce that can turn out to be the biggest headaches, say lawyers.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Riot victim’s father spared jail sentence – The Independent
“Tariq Jahan, the bereaved father from Birmingham whose appeal for calm after his son’s death in last summer’s riots helped quell further violence, was spared jail yesterday after being convicted of grievous bodily harm.”
The Independent, 6th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Riots may be controlled with chemicals – The Guardian
“Future riots could be quelled by projectiles containing chemical irritants fired by police using new weapons that are now in the final stages of development.”
The Guardian, 9th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Public interest ‘high’ in publishing NHS risk register – BBC News
“The public interest in publishing a risk assessment of the NHS overhaul in England is ‘very high, if not exceptional’, a tribunal has ruled.”
BBC News, 5th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Unfair dismissal reform divides government and unions – The Guardian
“The amount of time an employee has to work for an organisation before he or she can make an unfair dismissal claim against the employer has doubled to two years, in a move the government says will boost growth but unions say will result in a ‘hire and fire’ culture.”
The Guardian, 6th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Juror jailed for contempt after jetting off to Malta – The Independent
“A juror has been jailed for 56 days after she said she was too sick to attend court and promptly jetted off on a two week holiday to Malta.”
The Independent, 5th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Inside Keppel: finding freedom in a children’s prison – The Guardian
“The Guardian has been given exclusive access to a unit in West Yorkshire trying new ways to reach the most disturbed children.”
The Guardian, 6th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Easter Break
There will be no posts over the Easter weekend (Friday 6th – Monday 9th inclusive) during which time the Library will be closed. We will resume posting on Tuesday 10th April.
Regina (McGetrick) v Parole Board and another – WLR Daily
Regina (McGetrick) v Parole Board and another [2012] EWHC 882 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 114
“When considering and making its substantive recommendation on the question of the early release or recall of prisoners on licence following a reference to it by the Secretary of State for Justice, the Parole Board was ‘dealing with the case’ within the meaning of section 239(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and was therefore required to consider all the documents given to it by the Secretary of State.”
WLR Daily, 4th April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Sunderland City Council v Brennan and others – WLR Daily
Sunderland City Council v Brennan and others [2012] EWCA Civ 413; [2012] WLR (D) 113
“An employer had no defence to an equal pay claim where its reason for a differential in payment between female and male employees was that the male employees had attracted a bonus for productivity when at the material time the link between productivity and bonus had been broken.”
WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Secretary of State for the Home Department v CB and another – WLR Daily
Secretary of State for the Home Department v CB and another [2012] EWCA Civ 418; [2012] WLR (D) 112
“Where a court made a non-derogating control order in proceedings against a person under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, it had no jurisdiction to order a permanent stay of such proceedings under the Act nor under its case management powers in the Civil Procedure Rules, unless the controlled person requested such a course of action.”
WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In re J (Children) (Care Proceedings: Standard of Proof) – WLR Daily
In re J (Children) (Care Proceedings: Standard of Proof) [2012] EWCA Civ 380; [2012] WLR (D) 111
In looking to the threshold criteria identified within section 31 of the Children Act 1989, and addressing the problem of the unidentified perpetrator of violence to a child or children where the pool of perpetrators was limited, the courts had to apply, with great care, the authorities in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, where it was mooted that such authority was not compatible with certain decisions of the House of Lords.
WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court and another (Article 19 intervening) – WLR Daily
“Where documents had been placed before a judge and referred to in the course of court proceedings, access should generally be permitted on the open justice principle. Where access was sought for a proper journalistic principle the case for allowing it would be particularly strong. The court would undertake a fact-specific proportionality exercise where there were grounds of opposition to the application for disclosure.”
WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
DKH Retail Ltd v Republic (Retail) Ltd – WLR Daily
DKH Retail Ltd v Republic (Retail) Ltd [2012] EWHC 877 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 109
“The current practice, in which applications to transfer cases to and from the Patents County Court were handled by judges of the court from which the case was to be transferred, was correct and in accordance with the Civil Procedure Rules.”
WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012
Soure: www.iclr.co.uk
Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria – WLR Daily
Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria [2012] EWCA Civ 415; [2012] WLR (D) 108
“An action by a beneficiary under a trust might be brought in respect of any fraud or fraudulent breach of trust to which the trustee was party or privy against both that trustee and any other person who dishonestly assisted him in such fraud or fraudulent breach of trust, in either case, after the expiration of the six-year limitation period for which section 21(3) of the Limitation Act 1980 provided.”
WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Innovia Films Ltd v Frito-Lay North America Inc – WLR Daily
Innovia Films Ltd v Frito-Lay North America Inc [2012] EWHC 790 (Pat); [2012] WLR (D) 107
“Where a court had jurisdiction under section 82(4)(b) of the Patents Act 1977 to determine a question to which section 82 applied, the court’s jurisdiction was exclusive of all other possible jurisdictions.”
WLR Daily, 30th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Prison Law Bulletin – Garden Court Chambers
“The Garden Court Prison Law Team presents the third issue of its ‘Prison Law Bulletin’.”
Garden Court Chambers, 5th April 2012
Source: www.gcprisonlaw.wordpress.com
Bar Council Calls for Government to Protect Civil Liberties – The Bar Council
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has called for the Government to amend further the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) to protect civil liberties and open justice.”
The Bar Council, 4th April 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
NHS reforms ‘will mean more litigation’ – Law Society’s Gazette
“The government’s reforms to the NHS in England are set to cause a wave of legal difficulties for local authorities, solicitors were warned this week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th April 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
