“A code of conduct for third-party funders of litigation has cleared its final hurdle and will be published later this month, the Gazette can report.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th November 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Five teenagers were today convicted of killing a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death as he arrived at school.”
The Independent, 14th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who made approximately £25,000 from selling unlawfully obtained personal data has been issued with a £1,700 fine and conditional discharge by a UK court.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The High Court challenge against the extradition of Bristol businessman Shrien Dewani is to take place next month.”
BBC News, 14th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government will introduce proposals next year to regulate the banking-industry body that runs the UK’s payments system, it has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Recently three Pakistani test cricketers, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, were convicted of conspiracy to cheat at gambling and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments, arising out of Pakistan’s tour of England in 2010. They were sentenced to 30 months, 12 months and 6 months’ imprisonment respectively (Amir having pleaded guilty). Butt has recently filed an appeal against sentence. Regrettably, although it is the first such prosecution in the UK, only a delusional optimist would assume it will be the last. It therefore falls to be considered whether the sentences were justified.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 14th November 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A hammer-wielding pregnant woman who battered her lover in the head was jailed today for his killing.”
The Independent, 14th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The watchdog responsible for overseeing NHS hospitals and care homes is being urgently investigated by the Department of Health over a series of alleged failures that could have risked patient care.”
The Guardian, 14th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A young care home worker walked free today after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether she killed an elderly resident by setting fire to her room.”
The Independent, 14th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two people have been jailed over the killing of a housemate in north London.”
BBC News, 14th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The new Civil Justice Council paper on the plight of litigants in person pulls no punches. The number of people unfortunate enough to come before the courts without a lawyer ‘will increase and with considerable scale’.”
The Guardian, 14th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“UK copyright reform could be ‘undermined’ if the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rules that copyright levies must still be charged when rights holders have given their permission for work to be copied, an IT trade association has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Oliver Letwin committed a series of data protection breaches by dumping correspondence from constituents in a park bin close to Downing Street, according to the information commissioner.”
The Guardian, 15th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A drama teacher who watched as two teenagers had sex on the back seat of his car has been jailed.”
BBC News, 14th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“LAG commissioned the disability charity Scope to research the impact of the proposed cuts in legal aid on benefits advice for disabled people. The report, Legal aid in welfare: the tool we can’t afford to lose, which is published today, demonstrates the serious consequences of the government’s proposals on disabled people and argues that taking benefits advice out of scope will undermine the government’s welfare reform programme.”
LAG News Blog, 14th November 2011
“Today marks a minor landmark for open justice. For the first time, a public inquiry is being shown live over the internet.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th November 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“In determining whether or not there was a deprivation of liberty, it was legitimate to have regard both the objective ‘reason’ why someone was placed and treated as they were and also the objective ‘purpose’ or ‘aim’ of the placement. For adults with disabilities, whose lives were dictated by their own cognitive and other limitations, the question whether they had been deprived of liberty fell to be determined by comparing their situation with that of an adult of similar age with the same capabilities, affected by the same condition or suffering the same inherent mental and physical disabilities and limitations.”
WLR Daily, 9th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
McGuinness v Norwich and Peterborough Building Society [2011] EWCA Civ 1286; [2011] WLR (D) 324
“A petition in bankruptcy against a guarantor could be founded, in certain circumstances, upon a guarantee which had contained a ‘see to it’ clause.”
WLR Daily, 9th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Legal Services Board (LSB) is today (12 November) publishing two literature reviews designed to inform policy development on measures aiming to ensure quality in legal services.”
Legal Services Board, 12th November 2011
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“On 26th October 2011 the Supreme Court gave judgment in the first Part V [civil recovery] case Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (‘POCA’) to reach the highest court in the land.”
23 Essex Street, 10th November 2011
Source: www.23es.com
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