Home Office mulls data law change – BBC News
“The Home Office has agreed to meet civil liberties groups as part of a consultation it is conducting into UK interception laws.”
BBC News, 30th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Assisted dying inquiry will be fair, Falconer vows – The Guardian
“An inquiry into assisted dying in the UK will be objective and dispassionate, its chair, the former lord chancellor Lord Falconer, promised as it was launched today.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Roscoe lecture: Criminal justice in the 21st Century – Speech by Lord Justice Leveson
The Roscoe lecture: Criminal justice in the 21st Century (PDF)
Speech by Lord Justice Leveson
L.J.M.U. Roscoe Foundation for Citizenship, 29th November 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Coroner rules out inquest into death of Baby P – The Independent
“An inquest into the death of Baby P will not go ahead, a coroner ruled today.”
The Independent, 30th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Violent offenders escaping with cautions, warn magistrates – Daily Telegraph
“Almost 40,000 violent offenders a year are being handed soft punishments because they are not taken to court, one of the country’s leading magistrates has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Let sex offenders adopt and work with children, says report – The Guardian
“The government could face legal action if it continues to ban sex offenders from working with children, according to new research published today.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission v Beesley and another – WLR Daily
“The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission was not a creditor of a non-resident parent of a child, who was in arrears as to payment of child support and had other debts, and was therefore not capable of being bound by his individual voluntary arrangement within the meaning of s 260(2)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986.”
WLR Daily, 29th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others v Meltwater Holding BV and others – WLR Daily
“The end users of a commercial on-line media monitoring service who did not hold a Web End-User Licence from the publishers committed infringement of the publishers’ copyright in receiving and using the service.”
WLR Daily, 29th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
ITV Broadcasting Ltd and others v TV Catch Up Ltd – WLR Daily
ITV Broadcasting Ltd and others v TV Catch Up Ltd [2010] EWHC 3063 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 301
“For the purposes of s 20 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, there was no requirement that the mode of communication to the public of a broadcast had to itself have the characteristics of a broadcast.”
WLR Daily, 26th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Shanks v Unilever plc and others – WLR Daily
Shanks v Unilever plc and others [2010] EWCA Civ 1283; [2010] WLR (D) 300
“‘That person’ in s 41(2) of the Patents Act 1977 meant the actual assignee with its actual attributes rather than a notional non-connected counterparty operating in the appropriate market at the appropriate time.”
WLR Daily, 26th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Bribery Act guidance is too vague, says Law Society – OUT-LAW.com
“Proposed rules on what companies have to do to avoid being prosecuted under new bribery laws are not detailed enough, the Law Society has said. More clarification, particularly for smaller companies, is needed, it has told the Government.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th November 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Peter Sutcliffe to challenge high court ruling over sentence – The Guardian
“Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, will tomorrow (30 November) challenge a high court ruling that he must spend the rest of his life in jail. His case will be heard at the court of appeal by the lord chief justice, Lord Judge, Mr Justice Calvert-Smith and Mr Justice Griffith Williams. In a decision in July, Mr Justice Mitting said the serial killer must serve a ‘whole life’ tariff. The former lorry driver, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, was convicted at the Old Bailey in 1981. Sutcliffe, 64, received 20 life sentences in 1981 after being convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder another seven.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Disabled will suffer from assisted dying law, claim critics of new inquiry – Daily Telegraph
“Vulnerable elderly and disabled people will feel pressured to end their lives if the law on assisted dying is relaxed, disability campaigners have claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Government says it will not introduce Equality Act’s ‘socio-economic duty’ – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government will not bring into force a part of the Equality Act making public bodies proactively tackle social and economic disadvantage, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th November 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Mangrove Nine: the court challenge against police racism in Notting Hill – The Guardian
“Forty years ago this week, a trial started which exposed heavy-handed police tactics in Notting Hill and changed racial justice in the UK forever.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teenager suing friend’s family for £6m after pool party injury leaves her paralysed – Daily Telegraph
“A teenager who was paralysed after diving into a swimming pool during a party at a former friend’s home is suing the girl’s family in a multi-million pound damages suit because there were no warning signs.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Al-Qaida terrorist’s appeal argues that Britain was complicit in his torture – The Guardian
“A man convicted of serious terrorism offences is to launch an appeal against his conviction today on the grounds that the British government was complicit in the torture he suffered before being put on trial.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
McKinnon extradition case to be examined by MPs – BBC News
“The mother of Gary McKinnon is to give evidence to MPs looking into the UK’s extradition laws.”
BBC News, 29th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police warned over stop and search powers – The Independent
“Two police forces have been warned they could face enforcement action over their ‘disproportionate’ use of stop and search powers.”
The Independent, 30th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
RSPCA challenges decision to overturn will – The Guardian
“The RSPCA today launched a high court challenge to a ruling that overturned a will leaving the charity a £2.35m estate after a daughter contested her parents’ legacy.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
