‘Whole life’ term for hair fetish killer – The Independent
“A hair fetishist has been given a ‘whole life’ jail sentence for the ‘depraved’ and ‘callous’ murder and mutilation of a mother of two.”
The Independent,
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Emergency law to overturn court ruling on police bail – The Guardian
“Emergency legislation is to be introduced to overturn a court ruling that has severely restricted police powers to detain suspects for questioning and plunged police bail laws into chaos.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (G) v Governors of X School (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening) – WLR Daily
“A teaching assistant accused of acts of abuse of trust with a pupil was not entitled to legal representation in school disciplinary proceedings which might lead to a referral to the Independent Safeguarding Authority, which could bar him from working with children.”
WLR Daily, 29th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
New independent assessor of compensation appointed – Ministry of Justice
“Right Honourable Dame Janet Smith DBE has been appointed to succeed Lord Brennan of Bibury QC as the independent Assessor for miscarriages of justice compensation for England and Wales.The Assessor is appointed under schedule 12 of the Criminal Justice.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Theresa May acts over banned activist in UK – The Independent
“Home Secretary Theresa May ordered an investigation today after a leading Palestinian activist accused of a history of ‘virulent anti-semitism’ entered the UK despite being banned.”
The Independent, 29th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Inquiry launched after police turn up at midnight to question 13-year-old who ‘threw apple’ – Daily Telegraph
“A police force has launched an inquiry to discover why two of its officers went to the home of a 13-year-old schoolboy at nearly midnight to question him about throwing an apple at a fellow pupil.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ken Clarke announces £20m fund after criticism of legal aid cuts – The Guardian
“A £20m fund is to be created to help law centres and advice services threatened by the government’s plan to cut legal aid, the justice secretary has announced.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Whitebirk witches’ given anti-social behaviour orders – BBC News
“Two girls who were known as the ‘Whitebirk witches’ have been given anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) for terrorising their neighbours.”
BBC News, 29th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
News focus: our analysis of the legal aid and sentencing bill – Law Society’s Gazette
“A close reading of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill has left many lawyers, campaign groups and politicians who support the legal aid system more worried than ever about future provision.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Torture row: Handing over prisoners ‘appropriate and lawful’ – government – The Guardian
“British intelligence officers who question prisoners at risk of torture while in the hands of foreign governments are committing no offence, lawyers for the government have argued at the high court.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Hair in hand’ case: Danilo Restivo guilty of Heather Barnett murder – The Guardian
“A man with a fetish for surreptitiously cutting locks of hair from girls and women has been found guilty of murdering a British seamstress and now faces extradition over the killing of a teenager in Italy.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
G, R (on the application of) v X School [2011] UKSC 39 (29 June 2011)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Parchment v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 1391 (09 June 2011)
Killick, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 1608 (29 June 2011)
Saunders, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 1571 (29 June 2011)
C v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 1607 (29 June 2011)
Brown v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 1606 (29 June 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Telegraph Media Group Ltd. v Thornton [2011] EWCA Civ 748 (22 June 2011)
Medway Primary Care Trust & Anor v Marcus [2011] EWCA Civ 750 (29 June 2011)
Khan v Coventry Magistrates’ Court & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 751 (29 June 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
Miscela Ltd & Ors v Coffee Republic Retail Ltd [2011] EWHC 1637 (QB) (23 June 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
London Borough of Brent v Shulem B Association Ltd [2011] EWHC 1663 (Ch) (29 June 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Harooni & Anor v Rustins Ltd [2011] EWHC 1632 (TCC) (29 June 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Government to close squatters’ legal aid loophole – Ministry of Justice
“Squatters will no longer get legal aid to fight home owners trying to evict them from their properties, under proposals set out in the Sentencing, Legal Aid and Punishment of Offenders Bill which has it’s second reading in the House of Commons today.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Right to self-defence in homes to be ‘much clearer’ – BBC News
“Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has said a householder who knifes a burglar will not have committed a criminal offence under plans to clarify the law on self-defence in England.”
BBC News, 29th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court ruling on bail ‘a disaster’, say police – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Theresa May, is considering whether emergency legislation to stem growing concern among senior police officers over their ability to hold suspects is needed in the wake of a court ruling.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Attorney General: the state of human rights in Europe – Attorney General’s Office
Short speech to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP
Attorney General’s Office, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
