“Plans to allow cameras into courtrooms would risk turning trials into media circuses and could jeopardise defendants’ safety, ministers were warned last night by a leading solicitor.”
The Independent, 29th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Copyright licensing processes in the UK could be more ‘streamlined, easier and cheaper to use’ than is currently the case, a report into the framework has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Gary McKinnon is almost certain to be extradited to the US after a psychiatrist declared him fit to be sent abroad, despite the same doctor having said three years ago that the computer hacker was too great a suicide risk to be handed to American authorities.”
The Independent, 29th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The head of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has said it made a ‘serious error’ in its handling of the Mark Duggan shooting.”
BBC News, 28th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Jeremy Bamber, who was jailed for 26 years for killing five members of his own family, is launching another bid for freedom after evidence emerged that the assistant director of public prosecutions decided not to proceed with drug trafficking and fraud allegations against a key prosecution witness.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Jeremy Bamber: prosecutor’s correspondence with police – full documents
“People will have a legal ‘right to choose’ which schools and hospitals they use under new laws overhauling public services, David Cameron says today.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Insurers may have to pay out as much as £5bn to relatives of those who have died from asbestos-related cancers following a supreme court judgment that will benefit thousands of families.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A big shake-up of legal services has removed restrictions on where such products may be sold.”
BBC News, 28th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An article in the People newspaper claiming Charlotte Church had drunkenly proposed to her boyfriend at a pub karaoke night could be seen as defamatory because she was a ‘star’, a high court judge has ruled.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A student who made racially offensive comments about footballer Fabrice Muamba on Twitter has been jailed for 56 days – the latest case where a comment made on social media has landed someone in court.”
BBC News, 28th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A so-called legal high used as an alternative to ketamine will be the first drug to be banned under new government powers, the Home Office has said.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Iran (European Union Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2012
The Energy Act 2011 (Commencement No 1 and Saving) Order 2012
The Financial Services (Omnibus 1 Directive) Regulations 2012
The National Health Service Trust Development Authority Regulations 2012
The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The National Health Service Trust Development Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2012
The Export Control (Amendment) Order 2012
The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“The first three alternative business structures (ABS) to be licensed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have been confirmed today (March 28), as the reforms ushered in by the Legal Services Act continue to gather pace.”
Legal Week, 28th March 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“It was coincidental that this cricket libel case and Lady Justice Arden’s speech on media intrusion and human rights ‘Striking the Balance’ came out on the same day.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Kenneth Clarke’s plans to toughen up community orders by tracking offenders with high-tech ankle tags and ensuring every sentence is a punishment could increase reoffending, the Government’s own impact assessment showed today.”
The Independent, 27th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
King, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2012] EWCA Civ 376 (27 March 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Cairns v Modi [2012] EWHC B1 (QB) (26 March 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
SMP Trustees Ltd, Re [2012] EWHC 772 (Ch) (27 March 2012)
High Court (Family Division)
A, Re (Disclosure of Third Party Information) [2012] EWHC 180 (Fam) (16 February 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Allman v Coroner for West Sussex [2012] EWHC 534 (Admin) (09 March 2012)
Walker v Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman [2012] EWHC 535 (Admin) (09 March 2012)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v BM [2012] EWHC 714 (Admin) (27 March 2012)
Hampshire Constabulary v Police Appeals Tribunal [2012] EWHC 746 (Admin) (27 March 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov & Ors [2012] EWHC 783 (Comm) (16 March 2012)
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2012] EWHC 648 (Comm) (08 March 2012)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
M3 Property Ltd v Zedhomes Ltd [2012] EWHC 780 (TCC) (26 March 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Article 31.1 of the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road, set out in the Schedule to the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965, restricted the courts where an action could be brought against a defendant, and the fact that the English court had jurisdiction under article 31.1 to entertain an action against one of a series of carriers of the same goods did not enable successive carriers of those goods, in respect of whom the court did not otherwise have jurisdiction under article 31.1, to be joined in the same proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 23rd March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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