Tea row killer Dewi Evans loses appeal over wife’s murder – BBC News
“A former miner who killed his wife during a row over a cup of tea has lost his bid to overturn his conviction.”
BBC News, 17th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Metropolitan Police succeed in G20 “kettling” appeal – Wessen Jazrawi – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Metropolitan Police has succeeded in its appeal against a Divisional Court ruling (see previous post) that the use of crowd control measures – in this case, containment or ‘kettling’ – against Climate Camp protesters did not constitute ‘lawful police operations’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th January 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Digitally altered photographs can qualify for copyright protection, UK court rules – OUT-LAW.com
“Photographs that are digitally manipulated using imaging software can be original enough to qualify for copyright protection, the Patents County Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Russian oligarch’s ex-wife wins £12.5m after ‘unfair’ post-nup – Daily Telegraph
“The former wife of a Russian oligarch has won a divorce payout of £12.5 million after a judge ruled the postnuptial agreement she signed was ‘grossly unfair’.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man charged with ‘drink-driving’ mobility scooter is let off – The Guardian
“A man accused of drink-driving after being caught more than four times the alcohol limit while riding his mobility scooter has been let off because his vehicle was too small to be classed as a road vehicle.”
The Guardian, 19th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Life after legal aid: the fightback begins – The Guardian
“Solicitors are not going to sit back when welfare benefits and legal aid are withdrawn. We intend to challenge injustice in the courts.”
The Guardian, 19th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Assisted suicide – institutionalised murder? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“A recent report by a Commission on Assisted Suicide funded by euthanasia advocates, Terry Pratchett and Bernard Lewis, ushered in by euthanasia supporter and Labour peer, Charles Falconer, and sponsored by Dignity in Dying (formerly the Voluntary Euthanasia Society), has found, predictably, that a legal framework should be investigated that would allow medical complicity in suicide. The fact that the 11-strong commission was made up of nine well-known proponents of euthanasia, led, inexorably, to an early-stage boycott of the inquiry by over 40 organisations, including the British Medical Association.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th January 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Pity the poor conveyancer – The Guardian
“The legal element of buying a house is regarded as a necessary evil, the part that always slows the transaction down. This isn’t necessarily true, of course. But conveyancing is proving to be just as much of a pain to the legal profession as it can be to the public.”
The Guardian, 19th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
No deportation for Abu Qatada, but where are we now on torture evidence? – Professor Adam Tomkins – UK Human Rights Blog
“On 17 January 2012 the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) handed down its judgment in Othman (Abu Qatada) v UK. In a unanimous ruling the Court held that the UK could not lawfully deport Abu Qatada to his native Jordan, overturning the House of Lords (who had unanimously come to the opposite conclusion in RB (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 10, [2010] 2 AC 110).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th January 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Man jailed for sharing father’s industrial compensation – BBC News
“John Kennedy followed his father’s wishes when he died, sharing the money from a compensation payout with the rest of the family, but he ended up in prison as a result.”
BBC News, 19th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Metropolitan Police wins appeal over 2009 G20 ‘kettling’ tactics – BBC News
“The Metropolitan Police has won its appeal against a High Court ruling over ‘kettling’ tactics used during the G20 demonstrations in April 2009.”
BBC News, 19th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
Judge slams quality of mental health advocacy – Law Society’s Gazette
“A judge has fiercely criticised the quality of advocacy in mental health review tribunals (MHRT) as calls intensify across the profession for the compulsory accreditation of practitioners appearing for mentally ill clients.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th January 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Regina v Clinton; Regina v Parker; Regina v Evans – WLR Daily
Regina v Clinton; Regina v Parker; Regina v Evans [2011] EWCA Crim 2; [2012] WLR (D) 2
“For the purposes of the partial defence to murder of loss of self-control, where such loss of self-control was triggered by sexual infidelity that could not, on its own, qualify as a trigger for the purposes of the defence. Nevertheless, where an admissible trigger might be present, the evidence relating to sexual infidelity might arise for consideration as part of the context in which to evaluate that trigger and whether the statutory ingredients required of the qualifying trigger might be established.”
WLR Daily, 17th January 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Litigants in person could find access to justice hard – Law Society’s Gazette
“The prospect of a huge increase in litigants fighting their cases themselves in the face of legal aid cutbacks has prompted dire warnings from judges, magistrates, practitioners and support groups about the impact this will have on access to justice. They also fear that HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s plans to cut counter services will create chaos, particularly in the family courts, with litigants in person (LiPs) left struggling for information. While more online services may help fill the gap, support groups warn that many vulnerable LiPs do not have access to computers or know where to turn for advice.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th January 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Localism Act clarifies rules on predetermination – OUT-LAW.com
“The fact that a member of a local planning authority’s planning committee has campaigned against a proposed development within the authority’s administrative area will not be taken as proof that they are not open minded, according to the clarified rules on predetermination in the Localism Act.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Border agency was a law unto itself, MPs conclude – The Independent
“Passport checks have been relaxed too often in recent years because of ‘highly troubling’ mistakes by executives at the UK Border Agency, MPs warned.”
The Independent, 19th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
