UK riots: the list of magistrate cases and convictions so far – The Guardian
“Who is ending up in the magistrates courts accused of riot-related offences? Now includes 155 cases.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK riots: in courtrooms across country, there was little room for leniency – The Guardian
“It was a day of frenzied activity in magistrates courts as the long riot cleanup entered its judicial phase.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Magistrates work through night as arrests and convictions follow riots
Companies that fall below card payment standards risk being fined, ICO says – OUT-LAW.com
“Businesses that fall short of set standards for ensuring the security of credit card data could be fined, the UK’s data protection watchdog said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
The lawyers trying to give deaf people a hearing – The Guardian
“Ten million people have a hearing problem but legal aid cuts will make woeful provision of legal services worse.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Society welcomes amendment to Localism Bill – Law Society’s Gazette
“The government has amended the Localism Bill, following Law Society warnings that a certain provision could have caused uncertainty in the property market.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th August 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Charging and convicting rioters is not a simple matter – The Guardian
“Amid the present – understandably febrile – state of public opinion we are hearing, as we often do in these circumstances, calls to short-circuit the cumbersome processes of the law in order to bring the rampaging rioters and looters to justice. The prime minister is reported as saying that a ‘major police operation’ is under way to track down looters caught on CCTV ‘picture by picture’, and that ‘phony concerns about human rights’ issues won’t stop them being published. He wants anyone convicted of violent disorder to be sent to prison.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Does publishing photos of rioters infringe their human rights? – The Guardian
“In the wake of the recent violence in cities across England, the police have been releasing photographs of individuals in an appeal to the public for assistance in identifying them and bringing them to justice.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
SL v Westminster City Council & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 954 (10 August 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Lim v Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust [2011] EWHC 2178 (QB) (10 August 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Housing (Purchase of Equitable Interests) (Wales) Regulations 2011
The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Order 2011
The Changing of School Session Times (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2011
The Housing (Service Charge Loans) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2011
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2) (Wales) Order 2011
The Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
JSC BTA Bank v Solodchenko and others – WLR Daily
JSC BTA Bank v Solodchenko and others [2011] EWHC 2163 (Ch); [2011] WLR (D) 273
“The court had jurisdiction to order a solicitor to disclose his client’s contact details if satisfied it was just and convenient to do so to ensure the effectiveness of an earlier order.”
WLR Daily, 5th August 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (BB) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission – WLR Daily
Regina (BB) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission [2011] EWHC 2129 (Admin); [2011] WLR (D) 272
“Proceedings before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission to determine the immigration bail conditions of a person subject to a deportation order were interim proceedings in the deportation proceedings or ancillary to them. Article 6.1 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms did not apply to the bail proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Curfews extended in tougher community sentences – Ministry of Justice
“Offenders will be forced to spend longer in their homes as daily curfews are extended from 12 to 16 hours as part of tougher community sentences.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th August 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Guidance on misleading airbrushing in adverts issued – OUT-LAW.com
“The UK’s advertising regulator has re-issued guidance on the use of digital enhancements in cosmetic ads after recently ruling two such ads were misleading.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Will alleged rioters get a fair trial? – The Guardian
“In the coming weeks and months we will see a succession of alleged rioters face justice. Already 1,000 people are being put through courts that have been been sitting through the night to cope with the numbers. Police and emergency services have been tested to their limits, and we can expect the laws of contempt to be similarly tested in the aftermath of these extraordinary events.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Unions lose redundancy pay case – The Independent
“The two largest Civil Service unions have lost their High Court challenge to a scheme which will reduce benefits paid to members on redundancy and early retirement.”
The Independent, 10th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Defence of property: what is permissible? – Legal Week
“Normally, in a democratic society, people rely on the police to be able to respond in a way which makes it unnecessary for the individual to have to act to defend his property. The responsibility for the maintenance of law and order rests primarily with the state authorities: principally, with the police.”
Legal Week, 10th August 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
Increase in the number of copyright offenders prosecuted, report says – OUT-LAW.com
“The number of individuals found guilty of violating UK copyright laws has increased, according to a report into intellectual property (IP) crime.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
UK riots: bang ’em up? Maybe, but at what cost to everyone? – The Guardian
“Our prisons are already bursting at the seams. More constructive would be restorative justice, writes Erwin James.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Courts sit round the clock to administer fast-track justice – The Independent
“A schoolworker, a hairdresser and an Exeter university student were among the first alleged rioters to be unmasked.”
The Independent, 11th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police tell public rioters can be hit with weapons if they pose a danger – The Guardian
“Scotland Yard has told the public that suspected rioters and looters can be hit with weapons if they are honestly thought to pose a danger.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
