England riots: Court rejects seven of 10 sentence appeals – BBC News
“The Court of Appeal has rejected seven of 10 sentence appeals by people jailed over August’s rioting in England.”
BBC News, 18th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Independent schools can decide charitable status, says Tribunal – UK Human Rights Blog
” It is not for the Charity Commission or the courts to impose on trustees of a school their own idea of what is for the ‘public benefit’ so as to qualify for charitable status, the Upper Tribunal has ruled. In a detailed assessment of the law on charitable status both before and after the Charities Act, the Tribunal has indicated that the Act has not introduced any legal requirement to act in a way prescribed by the Charity Commission or anyone else. Provided they run their charity to ensure that the poor are able to benefit in a way that is more than minimal or tokenistic, they should be free to make their own considered assessment of what is for the ‘public benefit’ in the circumstances pertaining to their own institution.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th October 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
IPCC says police failed murdered young mother – The Independent
“A young mother was beaten to death by her violent ex-partner after police failed to intervene 11 times, investigators said today.”
The Independent, 18th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Morrissey takes ‘racism’ battle to court – The Guardian
“He once claimed to bear more grudges than lonely high court judges. Now Morrissey wants his date in the high court to rebut years of allegations that he is a racist and a hypocrite.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ex-teacher jailed for sex with boy at Lincolnshire school – BBC News
“A former teacher at a school in North East Lincolnshire has been jailed after admitting having sex with a pupil.”
BBC News, 17th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supremely misreported – The Guardian
“One of the reasons for creating the supreme court was to make justice at the highest level more transparent and understandable, and to clarify the role of the UK’s top court and judges. Certainly, the new supreme court is easy to find and visit: in August 2011 an average of 398 people came to look around each day (a total of 8646 during the month), despite the airport-style security at the entrance. It now speaks clearly and accessibly. Judgments are released with succinct press summaries. Since May 2011 it has been possible to watch proceedings live online. The court announces decisions with a brief summary explaining the facts of the case and the court’s decision. These judicial soundbites fit easily into TV coverage. Where cases attract significant media interest, the court organises a budget-style ‘lock-in’ arrangement for broadcast journalists allowing them to go on air as the case is announced.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Carter-Ruck’s take on the Trafigura story: who guards the Guardian? – Legal Week
“In the last three years The Guardian has published over 200 articles relating to Trafigura, the vast majority of which have referred to the ‘super-injunction’ which the company obtained against the newspaper and to Carter-Ruck’s apparent attempts to gag the reporting of Parliament. Despite this saturation coverage, some questions remain unanswered.”
Legal Week, 17th October 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
Senior judge blames press sentencing criticism for full prisons – Daily Telegraph
“A senior judge yesterday blamed a ‘relentless’ press campaign on soft sentencing for prisons now being full.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Justice minister stripped of powers – The Guardian
“The justice minister, Jonathan Djanogly, has been stripped of his responsibility to regulate firms that ‘ambulance chase’ the public following a Guardian investigation that revealed how he and his family could profit from controversial changes to legal aid he was piloting in parliament.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Levi Bellfield case: Contempt of court move – BBC News
“The attorney general has begun contempt of court proceedings against the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror over coverage of the conviction of Levi Bellfield.
BBC News, 17th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lady Hale leads panel making feminist readings of court judgments – The Lawyer
“A panel of distinguished female lawyers and legal scholars gathered at Norton Rose’s InterLaw Diversity Forum event on Thursday 13 October to discuss judgments from a feminist lawyer’s point of view.”
The Lawyer, 17th October 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Russia’s richest woman wins Sunday Times libel battle – The Guardian
“Russia’s richest woman has won a bitter two-year libel battle against the Sunday Times after it wrongly claimed that she had secretly bought a £50m mansion in north London.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Spouses have no right to lottery winnings – Daily Telegraph
“If your spouse picks the winning numbers, you are entitled to a share of the jackpot only if he or she invests it in a shared asset such as the family home, a High Court judge ruled yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Media reports on the detention of children: UK Border Agency response – UK Border Agency
“The UK Border Agency today reiterated the need to hold families for short periods at UK ports and airports in small numbers of cases in order to act in the interests of vulnerable children and protect the border.”
UK Border Agency, 17th October 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Child detention: has the government broken its promise to end it? – The Guardian
“After promising last year to end child detention in failed asylum cases – and closing the notorious Yarl’s Wood unit – the government opened a smart new centre for deportees. But isn’t this still detention?”
The Guardian, 17th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fake rape claim Burnley woman is jailed – BBC News
“A woman who falsely accused a man of rape has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 17th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gary McKinnon extradition law ‘not biased against Britons’ – The Guardian
“Controversial extradition legislation under which Gary McKinnon, who has Asperger’s syndrome, faces being sent for trial in the United States on computer hacking charges is not ‘lopsided’ or biased against British citizens, a judge-led review will report on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
PC jailed over sex text abuse – The Independent
“A ‘sexually obsessed’ police officer who sent explicit text messages to vulnerable women after his marriage fell apart has been jailed for three years and four months.”
The Independent, 17th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Prosecutors report first Bribery Act conviction – OUT-LAW.com
“A court clerk has become the first person to be convicted under new UK bribery laws, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Reynolds defence is just the start – The Guardian
“In Flood v the Times, the supreme court has to consider questions of balance and the limits of editorial discretion.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
