“A child learns early that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it. Thankfully that principle does not apply to Government consultations and this is aptly demonstrated by the responses to the consultation into whether ‘closed material’ (secret evidence) procedures should be extended to civil trials.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st January 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Newspapers should be fined if they are found to be in ‘systemic’ breach of the standards set out in the industry’s code of practice, the director of the Press Complaints Commission has conceded at the Leveson inquiry.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner asked police to raid the home of a whistleblower days before he was due to give damaging evidence about alleged failings by the watchdog to Lord Justice Leveson’s public inquiry into media standards.”
The Independent, 31st January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Official figures understate the number of people who die in custody after being restrained by police, a BBC investigation has found.”
BBC News, 31st January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two prominent Libyan dissidents are suing a former senior MI6 officer in a move which could expose the role of ministers in the men’s abduction to Tripoli, where they say they were tortured by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s secret police.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Norris and Gary Dobson are to appeal against their convictions for the racist murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence in south-east London in 1993.”
BBC News, 30th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Last week, the Sentencing Council issued new definitive guidelines on drug offences that signify a more pragmatic and reasonable approach towards drug sentencing.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 30th January 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“One of the country’s leading prosecutors has defended the stiff sentences handed out to hundreds of rioters in London last summer and derided the excuses given by some of them in court.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Motorists face a huge hike in speeding fines to as much as £100 to help fill a funding gap for victims of crime, Kenneth Clarke has disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ken Clarke can already refuse victims compensation for violent crimes if they are of bad character. Now he wants to ban anyone with an unspent conviction from applying.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Victims who suffer sprained ankles, broken toes or bruised ribs would no longer be entitled to compensation under Government plans, Kenneth Clarke said today.”
The Independent, 30th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Former director says body is merely a complaints handler after it is criticised for its failure to investigate phone hacking.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
PD, R. v [2012] EWCA Crim 19 (26 January 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
QBE Management Services (UK) Ltd v Dymoke & Ors [2012] EWHC 80 (QB) (27 January 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Concept Elite Inc v (Thames Enterprises Ltd & Ors [2012] EWHC 94 (Ch) (27 January 2012)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
ACD (Landscape Architects) Ltd v Overall & Anor [2012] EWHC 100 (TCC) (27 January 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2012
The Solicitors’ (Non-Contentious Business) Remuneration (Amendment) Order 2012
The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Advisory Panel to the Welsh Language Commissioner (Appointment) Regulations 2012
The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (Commencement No.2) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Kücük v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen Case C-586/10; [2012] WLR (D) 11
“Clause 5(1)(a) of the framework agreement on fixed-term work, in the Annex to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP, meant that a temporary need for replacement staff, provided for by national legislation could, in principle, constitute an objective reason under that clause for the renewal of successive fixed-term contracts. The mere fact that an employer had to employ temporary replacements on a recurring, or even permanent, basis and that those replacements might also be covered by the hiring of employees under employment contracts of indefinite duration did not mean that there was no objective reason under clause 5(1)(a) or that there was abuse within the meaning of that clause.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v D (P) [2012] EWCA Crim 19; [2012] WLR (D) 10
“The fact that the effect of a good character direction might be undermined by the facts of a particular case provided no justification for a judge to decline to give any such direction.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner should have ruled that a university was likely to be storing a copy of a deleted email it had refused a request to disclose, an Information Rights Tribunal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Lawyers for a stroke victim who wants help to end his life can continue to act on his behalf without fear of prosecution or disciplinary action following a high court ruling.”
The Guardian, 27th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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