Art of court stenographer faces the final sentence – The Independent
“Charlie Cooper discovers what we’ll lose when the law enters the digital age.”
The Independent, 24th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Oxford law graduate cleared of role in London riot – The Guardian
“An Oxford law graduate accused of throwing bricks at police during last summer’s riots walked free from court on Friday after a jury took just half an hour to find him not guilty.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawyer jailed for £51,000 OAP fraud – The Independent
“A solicitor was today jailed for 26 months after stealing more than £51,000 from an elderly dementia sufferer who treated him like a son.”
The Independent, 23rd March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Merseyside pair jailed for handling stolen LS Lowry art – BBC News
“Two men from Merseyside have been jailed for handling stolen paintings by the artist LS Lowry worth £1.7m.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prostitution ring head Thomas Carroll to hand over £1.9m – BBC News
“A man who ran an international prostitution ring will have to hand over £1.9m of his criminal profits after losing a court appeal.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Australia deports rapist Leslie Cunliffe back to UK – The Independent
“A British rapist who carried out a horrific sex attack likened to The Silence of the Lambs has been deported from Australia to the UK.”
The Independent, 23rd March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lawyers give mixed response to Woodcock age discrimination ruling – The Lawyer
“Employment lawyers have given a mixed response to an eagerly anticipated Court of Appeal (CoA) ruling on whether discrimination can be justified by saving costs.”
The Lawyer, 23rd March 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust [2012] EWCA Civ 330 (22 March 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Loveluck-Edwards & Anor v Ideal Developments Ltd. & Anor [2012] EWHC 716 (Ch) (22 March 2012)
Rohl v Bickland Ltd [2012] EWHC 706 (Ch) (22 March 2012)
High Court (Patents Court)
Teva UK Ltd & Ors v Astrazeneca AB [2012] EWHC 655 (Pat) (22 March 2012)
Regeneron Pharmacueticals Inc v Genentech Inc [2012] EWHC 657 (Pat) (22 March 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (FDA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another – WLR Daily
“The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was entitled to use the Consumer Price Index, rather than the Retail Price Index, as the measure of consumer price inflation for the purpose of annually uprating public service pensions under section 150 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.”
WLR Daily, 20th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Newhaven Port & Properties Ltd) v East Sussex County Council – WLR Daily
“The words used by Parliament to define ‘town and village green’ in section 15 of the Commons Act 2006 were sufficiently broad to permit the registration of a tidal beach, comprising part of operational port land owned by a landowner, as a town or village green provided that the nature, quality and duration of the recreational user satisfied the statutory test: there was no requirement that land in respect of which registration was sought had to be either ‘grassy’ or consistent with traditional notions of what constituted a village green. That was so even if the land in issue was wholly covered in water for part of the day.”
WLR Daily, 21st March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Justice is Too Often Sacrificied for Price Competition: Bar Chairman Addresses Cayman Islands on Ethics and Rule of Law – The Bar Council
“Michael Todd QC, the Chairman of the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, will today address an invited audience in Grand Court Number One of the Cayman Islands on ‘Ethics and the Rule of Law.’ ”
The Bar Council, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Appeals in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division: details of sentence – The Bar Council
“The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) will in future strongly recommend any legal representative drafting grounds of appeal against sentence to incorporate within those grounds a pro forma table setting out the details of the sentence passed.”
The Bar Council, 21st March 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Compelling reasons but no need for truly drastic circumstances: second stage immigration appeals revisited – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Court of Appeal has considered the test for the second stage of appeal in immigration cases, when someone wishes to appeal from the Upper Tribunal to the Court of Appeal. The test requires showing that: ‘(a) the proposed appeal would raise some important point of principle or practice; or (b) there is some other compelling reason for the [Court of Appeal] to hear the appeal.’ ”
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Children’s Commissioner for Wales’ first review uncovers failings in advocacy provision – Family Law Week
“Some of Wales’ most vulnerable children and young people are unaware of their statutory right to an independent professional advocate due to a system without a clear set of checks and balances, according to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Keith Towler.”
Family Law Week, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Police anti-terrorism stop and searches cease – BBC News
“Police have ceased using anti-terrorism stop and search powers, figures from the Home Office show. Between April and September 2011 the powers, which enable police to search anyone for terrorist material in designated areas, were not used once.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Headteacher Andrew Wilkie jailed for £53k theft from school – BBC News
“A headteacher has been jailed for 16 months after stealing more than £53,000 from his school to fund a gambling addiction. Andrew Wilkie, 41, admitted two charges of theft from Southdown Primary School in Buckley, Flintshire, after losing his life savings on online poker sites.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Thief stole laptop after apologising to victim – Daily Telegraph
Months earlier Ivan Barker, 21, had stolen a laptop and cigarettes from wheelchair-bound Jean Jacque Mathely. So when he called round to say ‘sorry’ his victim was naturally guarded, but let him in after he said police suggested he should face up to his offending. But once inside, rather than apologise to the man he had wronged, he made off with Mr Mathley’s new laptop. Now Barker, who sold the stolen goods to pay for booze, has finally been jailed for 16 weeks after pleading guilty to theft.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
One in five abortion clinics breaks law – The Guardian
“Up to one in five abortion clinics is suspected of breaking the law and faces a police inquiry following an official investigation ordered by the Health Secretary, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. The regulator conducted a series of unannounced raids on every clinic offering abortions this week and found that a ‘shocking’ number may be breaking the law.”
The Guardian, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
