“Writing exceptions to copyright into UK law will not deliver economic growth and would in fact ‘remove the core asset value’ in creators’ content, a number of licensing bodies have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Grand Chamber of the ECtHR recently tackled the question of whether the police tactic of ‘kettling’ (verb, UK, of the police – to contain demonstrators in a confined area) amounted to a deprivation of the liberty of four applicants within the meaning of Article 5(1) of the ECHR.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Two in five violent criminals and sex offenders are escaping with a caution rather than being put before the courts, figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd April 2012
“The extradition to South Africa of Shrien Dewani, the man accused of murdering his wife on honeymoon there in 2010, has been delayed pending an improvement in his mental health.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Ministers are to introduce a new law allowing police and security services to extend their monitoring of the public’s email and social media communications, the Home Office has confirmed.”
The Guardian, 1st April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Magistrates’ courts are to be ordered to sit in then early mornings, evenings and at weekends under plans to deliver a ‘short, sharp shock’ to youths who get drunk and commit offences on Friday and Saturday nights.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The most significant cause of delay for children needing adoption in England is the length of time taken by court proceedings, a report by Ofsted says.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Thomas Hammarberg, the European commissioner for human rights, calls Liam Stacey’s 56-day sentence excessive.”
The Guardian, 1st April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former deputy head has been banned from state schools after stealing £13,000 from an after-school club.”
BBC News, 29th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A doctor who failed to tell his police and NHS employers about a manslaughter conviction acted dishonestly, a watchdog has found.”
BBC News, 30th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Military commanders have disciplined a further four British soldiers accused of killing or wounding Afghan civilians. The disclosures come at a time of heightened tension after a series of incidents involving foreign troops, and the killing on Monday of two British soldiers by a member of the Afghan security forces. The Guardian has learned that a British soldier was given an unspecified punishment after an Afghan was fatally shot in the neck while praying in a field. In other cases, a soldier punched and knocked out an Afghan, and another fired a flare into an Afghan’s face.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It may not be slave labour, but forcing people to work for free could breach human rights laws.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A student has lost his appeal after being sent to jail for posting racially offensive comments on Twitter about footballer Fabrice Muamba.”
BBC News, 30th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” Ten men and one woman including a former IT teacher have been given jail terms, suspended prison sentences and community service for their part in a £1m ‘fake royalties’ fraud of iTunes and Amazon.”
The Independent, 30th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two judges in London ruled that it would be ‘unjust and oppressive’ to order the removal of Dewani, who is accused of arranging the contract killing of wife Anni in Cape Town in November 2010 during their honeymoon.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2012
Soruce: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Valencia v Llupar [2012] EWCA Civ 396 (30 March 2012)
Al -Jedda v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 358 (29 March 2012)
Berky, R (on the application of) v Newport City Council & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 378 (29 March 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Ayyub v General Medical Council [2012] EWHC 797 (Admin) (29 March 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
AC & Anor v TR & Anor [2012] EWHC 796 (QB) (29 March 2012)
Contostavlos v Mendahun [2012] EWHC 850 (QB) (29 March 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“For the purposes of article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights there was no civil right derived from domestic and common law to associate with fellow prisoners, so that an administrative decision to segregate or continue segregation of a prisoner was not a determination of such a right.”
WLR Daily, 27th Mach 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Haringey London Borough Council v Mountplace Ltd: [2012] EWHC 698 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 100
“The duty of care imposed on a producer of waste (or anyone else who fell within one of the different categories of waste holder) by section 34(1)(c) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 was a duty to secure the results set out in the subsection which fell to complied with on the occasion of a given transfer of waste, and the question as to what were the reasonable measures applicable to him ‘in that capacity’ to secure those results fell to be answered by reference to his capacity on that occasion in the circumstances prevailing at that time. However, that did not mean that a waste holder could not comply with that duty on the occasion of the transfer by having reference to measures he had already taken on days prior to that occasion in anticipation of that occasion, nor did it preclude the court from considering such measures, or the absence thereof, in determining whether the duty had been complied with.”
WLR Daily, 28th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
A local authority and others v L: [2012] EWCA Civ 253; [2012] WLR (D) 101
“The High Court’s inherent jurisdiction to protect vulnerable adults had survived the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Thus the court could act where an adult’s capacity to make decisions for herself was overborne by circumstances such as undue influence or duress which were not covered by the Act.”
WLR Daily, 28th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Postal Services Act 2011 (Specified Day) Order 2012
The Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2012
The Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2012
Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England)(Amendment) Order 2012
The Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 2012
The Quality Standards for Green Bananas (England and Wales) Regulations 2012
The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
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