“This research assessed the strengths and skills of magistrates and District Judges to inform better deployment of the judiciary in magistrates’ courts.”
Ministry of Justice, 15th November 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A Ministry of Justice report suggests the difference is less than some imagine.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
” The judge in the Stephen Lawrence murder trial has asked the Attorney General to consider criminal charges over an article written by the former editor of Radio 4’s Today programme, Rod Liddle, which appears in the current edition of the Spectator magazine.”
The Independent, 18th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“There is no doubt that freedom of expression plays a starring role in the human rights fairy tale. While she is carried aloft on the soaring rhetoric of citizens’ rights from the newsrooms to protesters’ rallies, the right to information, her shy stepsister, is rarely allowed out. How can that be? Surely we can’t have the one without the other?”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th November 2011
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A rapist who had to use a bucket as a toilet at an Isle of Wight prison has claimed a breach of his human rights.”
BBC News, 17th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Government proposals to slice £350m out the annual legal aid budget undermine the constitutional principle that citizens must have access to justice, a senior House of Lords committee has warned. Issued by the constitution select committee, which includes prominent crossbench and Conservative peers, the report is a significant challenge to the legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill days before its second reading in the upper house.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A social club where two young boys took part in a cage-fighting event can continue to hold similar bouts even though it breached its licence, councillors said on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman whose ‘ugly’ vase sold at auction for an unexpected £228,000 has been ordered to pay the windfall to her ex boyfriend’s mother after a court ruled that it was not hers to sell.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A violent man with a history of mental illness went on to kill months after being released from prison without any supervision or care, says a report.”
BBC News, 17th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Anti-tax avoidance protesters from the group UK Uncut have been found guilty of aggravated trespass after more than 150 people occupied a luxury food retailer during a TUC-organised demonstration last March.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A bride and groom who were arrested on their wedding day have been jailed for trying to breach immigration laws after the marriage was exposed as a sham.”
BBC News, 16th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Dean & Dean Solicitors v Dionissiou -Moussaoui [2011] EWCA Civ 1331 (17 November 2011)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Vinall & Anor v R [2011] EWCA Crim 6252 (16 November 2011)
Carpenter, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 2568 (11 November 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov & Ors [2011] EWHC 2988 (Comm) (17 November 2011)
A.K.Kablo Imalat SAN VE TIC A.S. v Intamex S.A. [2011] EWHC 2970 (Comm) (16 November 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Al Baho & Ors v Meerza [2011] EWHC 2984 (QB) (16 November 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Family lawyers have welcomed the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment on the division of assets between former cohabiting couples – but say the case highlights the need for law reform.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th November 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“OPINION: Companies can breathe a sigh of relief that the UK courts have underlined the integrity of international arbitration cases which are heard in the UK. Courts have confirmed that, largely, they will refuse to overturn arbitration awards.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Williams v Essex County Council: [2011] EWCA Civ 1315; [2011] WLR (D) 329
“A statement of special educational needs automatically lapsed when a person ceased to be a child, which was at 19 years. The Court of Appeal so stated when allowing the appeal of Essex County Council against a decision of Judge Jacobs in the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) on 8 March 2010 setting aside a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) of 8 September 2009 that it was no longer necessary to maintain the statement of special educational needs of MW (now aged 22 years), the daughter of the claimant, Antony John Williams.”
WLR Daily, 15th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“When assessing whether a patient’s care deprives him or her of their liberty, and thereby entitles them to the procedural protections under Article 5 (4) ECHR, the right to liberty, the Court of Appeal has ruled that the appropriate comparator is an individual with the same disabilities and difficulties who is not in care. The court also provided useful general guidance for deprivation of liberty cases.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th November 2011
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A code of conduct and minimum standards of training is to be drawn up for health care assistants and care workers who look after the elderly in England.”
BBC News, 16th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Travellers who have returned to Dale Farm in Essex risk jail terms after breaching a court injunction banning occupation of the site, a council has said.”
BBC News, 17th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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