Shopkeeper murder: Brothers jailed for Kingstanding stabbing – BBC News
“Two pairs of brothers have been jailed for life for the murder of a Birmingham shopkeeper during a robbery.”
BBC News, 12th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Joel Mattsson compensated for military parade photo ban – Daily Telegraph
“Lawyers say Joel Mattsson, who was wrongly stopped by police from taking photographs at a public event in a town centre, has been compensated.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Education Act 2011 – Hardwicke Chambers
“The Education Act 2011 heralds significant changes in respect of school governance and beyond, all of which will impact directly upon parents, pupils, schools, local authorities and of course, the public law practitioner.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 7th December 2011
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
A – Z Update on the Coalition Government’s Education Policies and Law – Hardwicke Chambers
“David Lawson and Amelia Walker recently spoke at the Education Lawyers Association Annual Conference on ‘Education in the Big Society’. You can find Amelia’s A-Z Update on the Coalition Government’s Education Policies and Law by clicking here.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 8th December 2011
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Trevor Phillips attacks ‘bonkers’ use of Human Rights Act – Daily Telegraph
“Trevor Phillips, the head of Britain’s equality watchdog, has attacked the ‘thoroughly bonkers’ misuse of the Human Rights Act – and warned that it must not become the ‘exclusive property of minorities’.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Pearson looks at acquiring College of Law – Daily Telegraph
“Pearson, owner of the Financial Times newspaper, has been examining an acquisition of legal training company, The College of Law.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
RBS report: FSA’s analysis of banks was ‘deficient’ – BBC News
“The UK’s financial regulator will be highly critical of its own role in its report into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 11th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Female motorists face £900m hike in annual insurance premiums, Government says – OUT-LAW.com
“Women drivers in the UK will pay over £900 million more a year for motor insurance than they currently do as a result of ‘broadly negative’ changes to EU gender laws, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Inspection link to inmate’s death – BBC News
“A report into the death of a prisoner has suggested he was moved from a jail – where he felt safe – because an inspection was due to take place.”
BBC News, 10th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Let us show terror detainee’s face on BBC, lawyers plead – The Independent
“Lawyers for a prisoner who has been detained for more than seven years without trial have made a plea in the High Court for BBC television to be allowed to show the world his ‘prematurely aged’ face.”
The Independent, 10th December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Human rights chief issues warning to UK over weakening of laws – The Guardian
“Watering down British laws ‘would send a dangerous signal to undemocratic states’, says Thomas Hammarberg.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pair cleared over Jayden Wray death – BBC News
“Two parents have been cleared at the Old Bailey of killing their four-month-old son, who was suffering from rickets.”
BBC News, 9th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Moors murderer Ian Brady to face public hearing – BBC News
“Moors murderer Ian Brady will face a public hearing on whether he should be returned to prison.”
BBC News, 9th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
More solicitors make the bench – Law Society’s Gazette
“Solicitors outperformed barristers in two selection exercises for the judiciary completed earlier this year, the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) has revealed.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th December 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Firms in revolt over CPS ‘paperless’ plan – Law Society Gazette
“The Crown Prosecution Service’s ambitious plan to go paperless by April could be in peril following a refusal by defence firms to engage with it.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th December 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Cusack v Harrow London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Cusack v Harrow London Borough Council: [2011] EWCA Civ 1514; [2011] WLR (D) 357
“A highway authority had power under section 66(2) of the Highways Act 1980, but not under section 80, to erect posts so as to prevent vehicular access to a frontager’s forecourt in order to safeguard users of the highway. If the highway authority exercised that power the frontager would become entitled to compensation under section 66(8) of the 1980 Act.”
WLR Daily, 7th December 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Russell and others v Transocean International Rescources Ltd and others – WLR Daily
“Employees working on oil and gas installations in the North Sea whose contract of employment provided for a repeating shift pattern of two weeks’ work on the rig, followed by two weeks onshore on non-working ‘field break’, were not entitled to take their statutory holiday entitlement during time when they had been scheduled to work offshore.”
WLR Daily, 7th December 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Islington London Borough Council v Boyle and another – WLR Daily
Islington London Borough Council v Boyle and another: [2011] EWCA Civ 1450; [2011] WLR (D) 355
“Guidance on the principles to be applied when determining whether a tenant occupied a dwelling-house as his only or principal home within section 81 of the Housing Act 1985.”
WLR Daily, 6th December 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Lord Chief Justice Issues Warning over Jurors – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, has issued a warning of the need to preserve the integrity of jury trial and the jury system. The warning came in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division’s Annual Review of the Legal Year 2010/11published today (Friday 9 December).”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 9th December 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
