Richard O’Dwyer case: TVShack creator’s US extradition approved – BBC News
“Home Secretary Theresa May has approved the extradition to the US of a student accused of copyright infringement.”
BBC News, 13th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman fails to quash conviction for falsely retracting rape claim – The Guardian
“The court of appeal has refused to quash a criminal conviction against a mother of four young children who was jailed for falsely retracting an accusation of rape against her allegedly violent and abusive husband.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court dismisses Belize rapes action – The Independent
“Two women who were raped as schoolgirls on ‘the trip of a lifetime’ to Belize have lost their High Court damages action.”
The Independent, 13th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court quashes pub landlady conviction over football copyrights infringement – OUT-LAW.com
“The pub landlady who was fined for screening FA Premier League (FAPL) football matches using a foreign satellite decoder has had her criminal conviction overturned by the High Court.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
CFA reform will not be retrospective, MoJ says – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) today sought to quell fears that Jackson reforms would be applied retrospectively to cases launched before April 2013.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 13th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Regina v Kapoor and others – WLR Daily
Regina v Kapoor and others [2012] EWCA Crim 435; [2012] WLR (D) 72
“For the purposes of section 25(1)(2) of the Immigration Act 1971, as substituted, an ‘immigration law’ was a law which determined whether a person was lawfully or unlawfully either entering the United Kingdom, or in transit or being in the United Kingdom and did not include section 2 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 which made it an offence for a person not to have with him at a leave or asylum interview an immigration document which was in force and satisfactorily established his identity and nationality or citizenship.”
WLR Daily, 9th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Huet v Université de Bretagne Occidentale – WLR Daily
Huet v Université de Bretagne Occidentale (Case C-251/11); [2012] WLR (D) 71
“National legislation which provided for conversion of fixed-term employment contracts into an employment contract of indefinite duration when the fixed-term employment contracts reached a certain duration did not have to require that the employment contract of indefinite duration reproduced in identical terms the principal clauses set out in the previous contract. However, in order not to undermine the practical effect of, or the objectives pursued by, Council Directive 1999/70/EC, the member state concerned had to ensure that the conversion of fixed-term employment contracts into an employment contract of indefinite duration was not accompanied by material amendments to the clauses of the previous contract in a way which was, overall, unfavourable to the person concerned when the subject-matter of that person’s tasks and the nature of his functions remain unchanged.”
WLR Daily, 8th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Golden Ocean Group Ltd v Salgaocar Mining Industries Pvt Ltd and another – WLR Daily
“A contract of guarantee is enforceable where contained not in a single document signed by the guarantor but in a series of documents duly authenticated by the signature of the guarantor.”
WLR Daily, 9th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Crime and Punishment: new documentary exploring criminality – Ministry of Justice
“A new BBC documentary starts today, exploring criminality over the past 60 years and featuring a number of prisons in England and Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 12th March 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
International Children Law Update – March 2012 – Family Law Week
“Jacqueline Renton of 4 Paper Buildings reviews the latest key decisions in international children law.”
Family Law Week, 12th March 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Nicklinson v Ministry of Justice & Ors [2012] EWHC 304 (QB) (12 March 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
D R Sheridan LLP v Higgins & Anor [2012] EWHC 547 (Ch) (12 March 2012)
JSC BTA Bank v Solodchenko & Ors [2012] EWHC 550 (Ch) (08 March 2012)
High Court (Family Division)
A v SM & Anor [2012] EWHC 435 (Fam) (25 January 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Postal Services Act 2011 (Taxation) Regulations 2012
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2012
The Social Security (Credits) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Postal Services Act 2011 (Transfer of Accrued Pension Rights) Order 2012
The Postal Services Act 2011 (Transfer of Assets) Order 2012
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) Order 2012
The Reporting of Savings Income and Interest Payments (Data-gathering) Regulations 2012
The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Plant Health (Fees) (England) Regulations 2012
The Finance Act 2010, Schedule 6, Part 2 (Commencement) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal: Herefordshire Council’s use of planning report did not provide adequate reasons for grant – OUT-LAW.com
“A local authority should not have used a report recommending the refusal of planning permission as justification for allowing that planning permission, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Investors launch legal action against RBS – Daily Telegraph
“A group of institutional and private shareholders has launched a multi-billion pound legal claim against the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), its former chief executive Fred Goodwin and 18 directors and non-executive directors.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Future of human rights court must not be decided by shadowy late night deals – UK Human Rights Blog
“It’s a busy week for the debate on human rights reform. Today at 2:15pm, the Joint Committee on Human Rights will question the UK judge and current President of the European Court of Human Rights, Sir Nicholas Bratza. Sir Nicholas returns to the UK in a hailstorm of UK reporting – accurate and inaccurate – on the perceived failings of the Strasbourg Court and its judges.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Paedophiles chemically castrated in British jail – Daily Telegraph
Around one hundred child sex offenders have undergone chemical castration under a government programme to reduce the likelihood of them reoffending.
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
CPS cost cuts damaging court cases, report warns – The Guardian
“Mistakes are being made in crown court cases by unprepared in-house prosecutors as bosses try to cut costs, a report has warned.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Taxpayer owned Bank of Scotland escapes fine over “serious misconduct” during financial crisis – OUT-LAW.com
“The corporate arm of the Bank of Scotland was guilty of ‘very serious misconduct’ in the way it loaned money to businesses which contributed to its need to be bailed out by the Government, the financial services regulator has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
