‘Pale, male’ courts in Wales ‘need more women judges’ – BBC News
“The low number of women judges in Wales is due to a ‘lack of role models’, according to a Welsh tribunal judge.”
BBC News, 27th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Appeal court to rule on council sacking after Baby P’s death – The Guardian
“Haringey’s former head of child services will learn today if she has won her court of appeal battle over her sacking in the wake of the Baby P tragedy.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
#Without Prejudice 6: Tomlinson – Separation of powers and injunctions – Privacy – and The Role of GCs – Charon QC
“Tim Bratton blogs in a personal capacity – and his latest post: One for the students: so, you want to work at Big Law? Is a good one for law students, particularly.
David Allen Green, solicitor, is the author of the Jack of Kent blog and is the legal correspondent at The New Statesman. Carl Gardner is an ex-government lawyer and is the author of the Head of Legal blog.”
Charon QC, 26th May 2011
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Just one criminal jailed for every 93 crimes – Daily Telegraph
“Just one criminal is jailed for every 93 offences committed, figures showed.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cost judges voiced fears over Jackson reforms, report reveals – Law Society’s Gazette
“Three costs judges from the Senior Court Costs Office broke ranks to object to radical reform of civil litigation, it has emerged.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Man jailed for 1991 sex attack – The Independent
“A serial sex offender who subjected a doctor to a ‘pitiless, wicked’ attack two decades ago was jailed for nine years today after a cold case review.”
The Independent, 26th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Kenneth Clarke warns on EU data protection rules – Ministry of Justice
“Europe is in danger of making the wrong choices on new data protection rules, Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke said.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th May 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
How a specialist court is helping families riven by addiction – The Guardian
“The family drug and alcohol court is making a difference in breaking the intergenerational cycle of self-destructive behaviour.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Yvonne Freaney cleared of murder of autistic son, 11 – BBC News
“A woman has been cleared of the murder of her severely autistic 11-year-old son.”
BBC News, 26th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lord Sugar forced to remove Twitter message by high court judge – The Guardian
“Lord Sugar was forced to remove a Twitter message during one of the parliamentary expenses trials earlier this year, which speculated that a peer would be cleared because he was a Tory, it was revealed on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lord Hanningfield found guilty of expenses fraud – Daily Telegraph
“Former Tory peer Lord Hanningfield has been found guilty of fiddling his parliamentary expenses.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Farm labourer guilty of four shotgun killings – The Independent
“A man who murdered two couples with a sawn-off shotgun was jailed for life today after evading justice for more than 25 years.”
The Independent, 26th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ofcom bans three-year broadband and phone contracts – The Guardian
“Three-year broadband and phone contracts have been banned by the communications regulator Ofcom, with providers now only able to offer maximum contracts of two years. They must also make 12-month contracts available under the new regulations which bring the UK in line with EU telecoms law.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Eight years average term for rape – The Independent
“One in seven rapists is sentenced to four years or less in jail, figures showed today.”
The Independent, 26th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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‘Staff failed’ in Newport police cell death says IPCC – BBC News
“An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) into the death of a ‘vulnerable’ man in a police cell has found “staff failed” to protect him.”
BBC News, 25th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Kambadzi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [On appeal from Regina (SK (Zimbabwe)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department] – WLR Daily
“In addition to complying with the statutory requirements for detaining a foreign national who was awaiting deportation from the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State was also required to comply with the published Home Office policy relating to the detention of such persons. A failure to conduct regular reviews as required by the published policy rendered the continued detention of a foreign national unlawful so as entitle him to damages for false imprisonment.”
WLR Daily, 25th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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Regina v Redmond – WLR Daily
Regina v Redmond [2011] EWCA Crim 203; [2011] WLR (D) 174
“Although a defendant, who had pleaded guilty to being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of the duty chargeable on cigarettes, was not liable to pay the duty if he was not holding the cigarettes at the excise duty point and had not caused them to reach it, he was liable to pay VAT on the consignment. That was therefore a liability which he had evaded ‘as a result of or in connection with’ the criminal conduct of which he was convicted, and amounted to a “benefit” within the meaning of section 75(6) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.”
WLR Daily, 24th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
