Lesley Dunford found guilty of daughter’s manslaughter – BBC News
“A woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for the manslaughter of her three-year-old daughter at their home in East Sussex.”
BBC News, 20th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
QASA – and what it means to you – LegalVoice
“New rules for solicitors (and registered European lawyers) who want to undertake criminal advocacy form January 2013 will require them to notify the Solicitors Regulation Authority under the new Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (Crime) arrangements, writes Anne-Marie Lynch. The scheme opens on July 2nd 2012 and will be open for notifications until 21st September 2012. It will introduce a system for accreditation for criminal advocacy work in the Crown and magistrates’ courts.”
LegalVoice, 20th June 2012
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
Publishing names of individuals in breach of proposed new financial services laws may break data protection laws, EU watchdog says – OUT-LAW.com
“Financial services regulators may breach data protection laws if they are forced to publish the details of individuals who breach proposed new EU rules affecting credit institutions, a privacy watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Census faces high court challenge over right to privacy – The Guardian
“A high court judge will be told on Thursday that the 2011 census was unlawful because a provision in the act that governs it allows data to be passed to third parties.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Pirate Bay says BT block already breached – BBC News
“BT has joined other UK internet service providers (ISPs) in blocking access to The Pirate Bay, a ban the group says users have already circumvented.”
BBC News, 20th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hillsborough disaster’s families to get access to secret documents – The Guardian
“Families bereaved by the Hillsborough tragedy have learned that they will get access to secret police and government documents within three months after a long campaign for the papers to be released.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Banking giant faces landmark mis-selling case – Law Society’s Gazette
“Key defences relied on by banks in interest rate swap (IRS) mis-selling claims are set to be tested in court this October when the claim of business-owner Sara Pearson against Barclays comes to trial.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
HH v Deputy Prosecutor of the Italian Republic, Genoa [2012] UKSC 25 (20 June 2012)
BH & Anor v The Lord Advocate & Anor (Scotland) [2012] UKSC 24 (20 June 2012)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Fadairo v R [2012] EWCA Crim 1292 (20 June 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
VTB Capital Plc v Nutritek International Corp & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 808 (20 June 2012)
Kell v Durham Police Authority [2012] EWCA Civ 809 (20 June 2012)
London Borough of Camden v Stafford [2012] EWCA Civ 839 (20 June 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Tower Hamlets v MK & Ors [2012] EWHC 426 (Fam) (02 March 2012)
X v X [2012] EWHC 538 (Fam) (16 March 2012)
A Local Authority v A Mother & Ors [2012] EWHC 1637 (Fam) (15 June 2012)
HSE Ireland v SF (A Minor) [2012] EWHC 1640 (Fam) (15 June 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Combating corruption in a global business environment – forthcoming HLE panel discussion – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“According to the Ministry of Justice, it was hoped that the Bribery Act 2010 would ‘provide a more effective legal framework to combat bribery in the public or private sectors’ and ‘help tackle the threat that bribery poses to economic progress and development around the world’.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 20th June 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Businesses will be able to challenge supermarkets’ potentially uncompetitive land use restrictions – OUT-LAW.com
“Businesses will be able to challenge land use restrictions put in place by major supermarkets to limit local competition from rival grocery outlets, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Husband and wife jailed for insider dealing – The Guardian
“An investment banker and his wife were behind bars last night after netting £1.5m from insider dealing in one of the biggest cases ever pursued by the Financial Services Authority.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Extradition judges condemn US order – The Independent
“Senior judges are seeking assurances from the US government that a man facing extradition accused of child sex crimes will not be placed on a controversial sex offenders treatment programme.”
The Independent, 20th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Supreme Court backs extraditions involving children – BBC News
“Extraditions to the US and Europe should go ahead, even when a suspect has children in the UK, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 20th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The quality of advocacy – BBC Law in Action
“As the lines blur between the work of solicitors and barristers , Joshua Rozenberg asks whether a cheaper service provides better value for money or is it leading to poor representation in court and ultimately miscarriages of justice? He discusses the issues with Baroness Deech of the Bar Standards Board, a solicitor advocate Sundeep Bhatia and Elisabeth Davies, Chair of the Consumer panel at the Legal Services Board. He also speaks to senior appeal court judge Lord Justice Moses and asks about the best way to assess quality and what dangers lie ahead if suffers.”
BBC Law in Action, 19th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
XX (Ethiopia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (JUSTICE intervening) – WLR Daily
“The rule on the exclusion of evidence obtained by torture was exceptional. It was not an abuse of process to admit evidence from security service officers obtained in secret detention facilities.”
WLR Daily, 15th June 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Hutton and others v Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority – WLR Daily
Hutton and others v Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority [2012] EWCA Civ 806; [2012] WLR (D) 176
“‘Particular circumstances’ in para 18 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2001, which provided that a claims officer could waive the two-year time limit within which claims for compensation in respect of criminal injury should be brought pursuant to the scheme, meant the actual or distinct circumstances of the individual case, not special circumstances in the sense of being unusual or extraordinary circumstances.”
WLR Daily, 14th June 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
SK (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 807 (19 June 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Price & Anor v Nunn [2012] EWHC 1605 (Ch) (13 June 2012)
High Court (Admiralty Court)
Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 1612 (Admlty) (15 June 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Sustainable Communities Regulations 2012
The Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) Regulations 2012
The Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Amendment) Order 2012
The Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2012
The Smoke-free (Signs) Regulations 2012
The Insolvency Act 1986 (Disqualification from Parliament) Order 2012
The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2012
The NHS Bodies (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 2012
The Badger (Control Area) (Wales) (Revocation) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Secret court plans ‘address genuine problem in disproportionate way’ – The Guardian
“Plans to extend secret court hearings address genuine problems of national security but also contain elements of “overkill”, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has warned.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Terror watchdog warns of wave of compensation claims over drone strikes – Daily Telegraph
“Britain is facing a wave of compensation claims for allegedly helping the US target drones strikes abroad, the terror watchdog warned yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
