19th Statute Law Repeals Report – Law Commission
19th Statute Law Repeals Report (PDF)
Law Commission, 4th April 2012
“Hugely important” 1996 Hague Convention anticipated to come into force on 1st August this year – Family Law Week
“The Annual Report of the Office of the Head of International Family Justice for England and Wales has just been published. Lord Justice Thorpe, Head of International Justice for England and Wales reports on the activities of ‘the Office’ during the period January-December 2011.”
Family Law Week, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
AH (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
AH (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 395; [2012] WLR (D) 106
“In looking to the question whether an asylum seeker, who had been a member of a terrorist organisation and convicted of a crime outside the country of refuge, fell to be excluded from the Refugee Convention pursuant to article 1F(b) and (c) thereof, one had to avoid applying a presumption of individual liability; and in asking whether the crime in question was sufficiently ‘serious’ one also had to set the applicable threshold with care.”
WLR Daily, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Secret justice: do we have a compromise? – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights has now responded to the Government’s consultation on the proposals set out in their Justice and Security Green Paper Cm 8194. The idea is to extend ‘closed material procedures’ so as to be available in all civil proceedings, i.e. not just in some highly restricted national security contexts such as deportation appeals before SIAC (the Special Immigration Appeals Commission), control orders, and their successor regime known as TPIMs.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Judge was wrong to stop terror suspects’ case to save money, Appeal Court rules – Daily Telegraph
“A judge who stopped a case brought by two terror suspects in order to save money was in the wrong, the Appeal Court has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Faniyan v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2012] EWCA Civ 411 (03 April 2012)
Central Bank of Nigeria v Williams [2012] EWCA Civ 415 (03 April 2012)
CB & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 418 (03 April 2012)
Council of the City of Sunderland v Brennan & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 413 (03 April 2012)
Turnbull v Warrener [2012] EWCA Civ 412 (03 April 2012)
J (Children), Re [2012] EWCA Civ 380 (03 April 2012)
Lomas & Ors v JFB Firth Rixson Inc & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 419 (03 April 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Town and Country Planning (Trees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2012
The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2012
The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Tribunal Composition) Order 2012
The Schools (Specification and Disposal of Articles) Regulations 2012
The Town and Country Planning (Compensation) (Wales) Regulations 2012
The Thurrock Development Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2012
The Education (Charges for Early Years Provision) Regulations 2012
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2012
The Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving Provision) (Wales) Order 2012
The Land Compensation Development (Wales) Order 2012
The Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) (Revocation) (Wales) Regulations 2012
The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2) (Wales) Order 2012
The Pembrokeshire (St. Mary Out Liberty and Tenby Communities) Order 2012
The Planning Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2012
The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Miners’ leader guilty of stealing £150,000 from union care home – The Guardian
“A miners’ leader once feted for opposing Arthur Scargill has been convicted for stealing nearly £150,000 from his own union’s charity.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal Services Board concedes ‘no big bang’ in five years since LSA – The Lawyer
“The Legal Services Board (LSB) has admitted that the 2007 Legal Services Act (LSA) has not resulted in sweeping changes to the profession, stating in a five-year progress report that it is ‘early days’ to judge its impact.”
The Lawyer, 4th April 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Child abductor handed new jail term – The Independent
“A former insurance salesman who abducted his daughter on her third birthday more than two years ago and refuses to reveal her whereabouts was today handed a fourth consecutive jail term by a High Court judge.”
The Independent, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Reinvigorated” Right to Buy in force – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government’s ‘reinvigorated’ Right to Buy scheme is now in force and will apply to social housing tenants, following a consultation at the end of last year.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Haircut attacker banned from carrying scissors – The Guardian
“A man has been banned from carrying scissors in public after he sneaked up on two unsuspecting women and cut their hair.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sarah’s Law reveals identities of 160 sex offenders with access to children – The Independent
“The identities of more than 160 child sex offenders have been exposed during the first year of the ‘Sarah’s Law’ scheme, which allows worried parents to check on anyone who has regular access to their children.”
The Independent, 4th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Facebook ‘live murder’ taunt: Chepstow siege man Greg Searle jailed for two years – BBC News
“A 35-year-old man who claimed he was going to commit a ‘live murder on Facebook’ during an eight-hour police siege has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Damning verdict on ill-thought-out secret justice proposals – The Guardian
“Parliament’s joint committee on human rights (JCHR) has produced a unanimous report on the government’s justice and security green paper that is as precise and persuasive as the green paper itself is unfocussed and unconvincing.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal fight over high-speed rail – BBC News
“Campaigners against the HS2 rail scheme have confirmed they will make two court bids to halt the £33bn project.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Surrey library volunteer decision ruled unlawful by High Court – BBC News
“Surrey County Council’s decision to run 10 libraries by volunteers in a move to keep its 52 libraries open has been ruled unlawful by the High Court.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex-paratrooper Anthony Malone jailed over torture – BBC News
“A former paratrooper has been jailed for eight years for taking part in the kidnap and torture of two brothers after a property deal collapsed.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Online privacy: Big Brother will be watching you – but he’ll have his hands full – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“It’s pretty hard to do anything these days without someone knowing what you’re up to. The minutiae of our lives can be pieced together by hundreds of different agencies tracking our health, spending habits, travel, requests for credit checks, presence at work, absence from work, arrival at the gym, our children’s education – the list is extensive. So why is it that the current proposals for government monitoring of email and web use are causing such a fuss?”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Former soldier Aaron Wilkinson cleared of murder – BBC News
“A former soldier who was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder when he shot and killed his landlady has been cleared of her murder.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
