Rape cases: why judicial training is needed – The Guardian
“Special training for rape case judges is needed to tackle preconceived ideas – and already it is starting to work.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Falkland Islands: Government rules out protection law – BBC News
“The government has ruled out bringing in a UK law to ensure the Falkland Islands’ right to remain British.”
BBC News, 31st January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Banker banned from City for obtaining £1.4m dishonestly to cover debts – The Guardian
“One of the most senior figures in the banking industry, Ravi Sinha, who once fronted a bid for Northern Rock, has been banned from working in the City and fined £2.9m by the Financial Services Authority after dishonestly obtaining millions of pounds to cover his debts.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Attorney General: London Common Law and Commercial Bar Lecture – Attorney General’s Office
London Common Law and Commercial Bar Lecture
Attorney General’s Office, 26th January 2012
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
Network Rail admits safety breaches over girls’ deaths – BBC News
“Network Rail has admitted three health and safety breaches over the deaths of two girls at an Essex level crossing in 2005, a court has heard.”
BBC News, 31st January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Nominet proposes new code of rules for members – OUT-LAW.com
“The internet registry for .uk domain names has proposed a new code that would allow it to prevent members associating themselves with its brand if they display a lack of professionalism, integrity or accountability.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Timing is Everything – Section 14A in Practice – Hardwicke Chambers
“In a claim for damages for the tort of negligence the cause of action accrues at the date that damage occurs, even if is no-one knows about it at the time. The problem with this principle is vividly illustrated by the famous decision of the House of Lords in Pirelli v Oscar Faber & Partners [1983] 2 AC 1 where the defendant engineers were retained by the claimants to design a chimney at their factory. The chimney was lined with a new material Lytag and completed in July 1969. By April 1970 cracks had appeared at the top of the chimney but the claimants did not become aware of them until November 1977. They made repairs and issued a writ in October 1978. Overturning the decision below the Lords held that the claim was statute barred because the damage had occurred in April 1970, and thus the cause of action was complete more than six years before the claim was issued and, as it happened, more than six years before the claimants knew they had a claim.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 25th January 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Independent scrutiny of database will not breach privacy rights, High Court says – OUT-LAW.com
“A trade union has been ordered to let an independent expert examine its computer database to try to identify anonymous users of a forum it operated who allegedly defamed and harassed an airline pilot.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Hunt v Times Newspapers Ltd [2012] EWHC 110 (QB) (30 January 2012)
Wiemer v Zone & Ors [2012] EWHC 107 (QB) (30 January 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Wokuri v Kassam [2012] EWHC 105 (Ch) (30 January 2012)
Wharton v Bancroft & Ors [2012] EWHC 91 (Ch) (30 January 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina v H (J); Same v Ferris; Same v W (A); Same v Walker; Same v Dan; Same v S (C); Same v Robertson; Same v P (M) – WLR Daily
“In principle, in historic or cold cases, a defendant had to be sentenced in accordance with the sentencing regime applicable at the date of sentence. Nevertheless, as the offence which he had committed years earlier contravened the criminal law in force at the date when it was committed a defendant was liable to be convicted of that offence and no other and therefore the sentence was limited to the maximum sentence then available for the offence of which he had been convicted.”
WLR Daily, 24th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Crime map website to reveal hotspots – BBC News
“The number and type of crimes which take place at hotspots like nightclubs, subways and parks are to be revealed on a crime-mapping website from Tuesday.”
BBC News, 31st January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ken Clarke: £50m for victims’ services – Ministry of Justice
“An overhaul of victims’ services could see up to £50m generated from offenders to help create a speedier, more supportive system for victims of serious crime.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th January 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
AIB fraud trial of Mayfair property tycoon collapses – The Guardian
“The trial of Achilleas Kallakis, the onetime Mayfair property tycoon accused of using forged paperwork to trick banks, including HBOS and Allied Irish Bank, into lending £750m, has collapsed after four months. A retrial has been ordered.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
More secret trials? No thanks – UK Human Rights Blog
“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
PCC chief tells Leveson newspapers should be fined for breaching code – The Guardian
“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
Police raid on whistleblower’s home was ‘total abuse of power’ – The Independent
“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
