“Laws which could create substantial new powers for local authorities could come one step closer to passing when the House of Lords considers all proposed amendments today.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The High Court retains control of the Day List of applications at the Land Registry. Retrospective reinstatement can be ordered but ordinarily will not be where a third party interest has since arisen.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 5th September 2011
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“The public would be likely to be confused if three original members of Bucks Fizz were allowed to register a trade mark that included the band’s name, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has announced that the ban on broadcasting in courts is to be lifted. Broadcasting will initially be allowed from the Court of Appeal, and the Government will ‘look to expand’ to the Crown Court later. All changes ‘will be worked out in close consultation with the judiciary’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th September 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Planners have been told to start approving developments on the basis of the Coalition’s controversial new planning guidelines, despite ministers offering to reword the legislation before it comes into force.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Some judges fear that the presence of cameras in court rooms might encourage their colleagues to put on a performance.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Reforms to the coroner system will ensure that inquests are more timely, more efficient and more effective, Minister Jonathan Djanogly said.”
Ministry of Justice, 6th September 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is set to give evidence alongside several key victims of press intrusion as the first witnesses in the judicial inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Cameron’s plan to allow TV cameras into court will shed light on the judicial process but, crucially, leave parts in the dark.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The committee scrutinising the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill resumes its work today (Tuesday 6 September). A number of amendments have been put forward for consideration by members of the committee which includes the justice minister Jonathan Djanogly MP and his Labour opposition counterpart, Andrew Slaughter MP.”
LAG News Blog, 6th September 2011
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Malcolm v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 2069 (01 September 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Pope v Energem Mining (IOM) Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1043 (05 September 2011)
High Court (Family Division)
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council v Watson [2011] EWHC B15 (Fam) (22 August 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The UK’s advertising watchdog has received a surge in the number of complaints it has had to investigate since it was given oversight of digital marketing regulation, it has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Legal Aid and the Costs Review Reforms
Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
Judiciary of England and Wales, 5th September 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The Law Society has written to the Leveson Inquiry to express its concerns over fresh allegations that lawyers acting for phone-hacking victims have been targeted by private investigators.”
Legal Week, 5th September 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Squatters are not criminals and could be good for society, a judge has ruled in ordering a London council to make public a list of empty homes in its area.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Judges’ sentencing of offenders is to be televised under plans to be unveiled by the prime minister shortly, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 5th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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