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How Protection of Freedoms Bill will work ? BBC News

Posted on March 01, 2011
“MPs are to debate the government’s Protection of Freedoms bill later, which ministers claim will protect millions of people in England and Wales ‘from unwarranted state intrusion in their private lives’.” Full story BBC News, 1st March 2011 Source: www...

Challenging the cuts: A guide to judicial review ? The Guardian

Posted on March 01, 2011
“The coalition government wants to reduce the national deficit by billions, but is facing regular court challenges against its decisions to cut budgets. Some have been successful, such as the challenge to the cancellation of a school building programme and to London Councils’ decision to cut the London boroughs’ grants scheme budget ? and there [...

Peeping tom jailed over sex film ? The Independent

Posted on March 01, 2011
“A man who used his mobile phone to film a couple having sex through their bedroom window before showing it to friends in the pub was jailed for 12 months today.” Full story The Independent, 28th February 2011 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Insurers set for sex discrimination ruling ? BBC News

Posted on March 01, 2011
“Young women could face big increases in the cost of car insurance, if insurers are told that they have to stop quoting different prices for men and women.” Full story BBC News, 1st March 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Fresh bid to evict peace campaigner Brian Haw

Posted on March 01, 2011
“The mayor of London has returned to the High Court in a fresh bid to evict veteran peace campaigner Brian Haw from Parliament Square Gardens.” Full story The Independent, 28th February 2011 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Anti-gay Christian couple lose foster care case ? The Guardian

Posted on March 01, 2011
“A Pentecostal Christian couple have lost their high court claim that they were discriminated against by a local authority because they insisted on their right to tell young foster children that homosexuality is morally wrong.” Full story The Guardian, 28th February 2011 Source: www...

Newspaper does not have to identify anonymous commenters, rules High Court ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on February 28, 2011
“The Daily Mail does not have to identify the people behind two anonymously posted comments on its website because to do so would breach their rights to privacy, the High Court has said.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 28th February 2011 Source: www...

International Criminal Practice Seminar, 9th March ? The Bar Council

Posted on February 28, 2011
“This event is aimed at criminal practitioners, clerks and practice managers who are interested in learning about how to expand their criminal practices internationally. The seminar will be Chaired by Peter Lodder QC, Chairman of the Bar Council and will feature a panel of speakers who will talk briefly on areas of international criminal work, [...

Hounslow London Borough Council v Powell; Leeds City Council v Hall; Birmingham City Council v Frisby ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 28, 2011
Hounslow London Borough Council v Powell; Leeds City Council v Hall; Birmingham City Council v Frisby [2011] UKSC 8; [2011] WLR (D) 64 “In all cases where a local authority was seeking possession of a property which constituted a persons home, including persons who had been granted introductory tenancies pursuant to Part V of the [...

British Airways plc v Mak and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 28, 2011
British Airways plc v Mak and others [2011] EWCA Civ 184; [2011] WLR (D) 63 “The employment tribunal had jurisdiction to entertain claims for race and age discrimination brought against a British airline by employees based in Hong Kong, who worked for the airline on flights between Hong Kong and London among other destinations, since [...

41?60 Albert Palace Mansions (Freehold) Ltd v Craftrule Ltd ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 28, 2011
41?60 Albert Palace Mansions (Freehold) Ltd v Craftrule Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 185; [2011] WLR (D) 62 “The meaning of the words ‘a self-contained ? part of a building’ in section 3 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 was clear and there was nothing in the section to suggest that the [...

PO (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 28, 2011
PO (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 132; [2011] WLR (D) 61 “The current practice of producing a headnote of the determination of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in a country guidance case needed to be reviewed...

Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Delta Air Lines Inc ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 28, 2011
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Delta Air Lines Inc [2011] EWCA Civ 162; [2011] WLR (D) 60 “Notwithstanding the difficulties which could arise in cases where the technology was complex, it should not be assumed that summary judgment was not for patent disputes; the general rules as to summary judgment applied equally to patent cases [...

Berezovsky v Abramovich ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 28, 2011
Berezovsky v Abramovich [2011] EWCA Civ 153; [2011] WLR (D) 59 “A claimant who applied for permission to amend his particulars of claim by reframing the loss allegedly suffered as a result of the commission of a tort was not seeking to make a new claim involving the addition or substitution of a new cause [...

Regina v Vasili ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 28, 2011
Regina v Vasili [2011] WLR (D) 58 “If an object had all the characteristics of a flick knife, it would therefore be considered an offensive weapon per se: the fact that the same object functioned also as a lighter did not stop it being an offensive weapon...

Judges slam legal aid cuts and lawyers who bring ?unmeritorious? claims ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on February 28, 2011
“Judges have slammed government plans to cut legal aid, but also criticised publicly funded lawyers who bring ?unmeritorious? public law claims, and proposed limiting legal aid in judicial review cases.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 28th February 2011 Source: www...

Relaxing DNA rules could reduce rape convictions, Labour warns ? The Guardian

Posted on February 28, 2011
“The government is running the risk of making it more difficult to convict rapists by relaxing the rules for retaining the DNA of suspects, the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has warned.” Full story The Guardian, 28th February 2011 Source: www...

Murderers launch campaign for ?freedom? based on their human rights ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 28, 2011
“Three murderers who were expected to die in jail have launched a campaign for freedom based on their human rights and the European Court of Human Rights has agreed to hear the cases.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2011 Source: www...

Phone-hacking libel claim contested by Metropolitan police ? The Guardian

Posted on February 28, 2011
“Scotland Yard is to contest a lawsuit that could establish the true number of victims in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.” Full story The Guardian, 26th February 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Male pensioners could lose out in EU sex discrimination ruling ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 28, 2011
“Male pensioners could lose around �340 a year if the European court backs gender equality rules for insurance companies this week, experts are predicting.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2011 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Young offenders leaving custody for life of homelessness and reoffending ? The Guardian

Posted on February 28, 2011
“Children as young as 13 are being released from custody without a safe place to live, forcing them into a cycle of homelessness and reoffending, research has shown.” Full story The Guardian, 28th February 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? legislation.gov.uk

Posted on February 26, 2011
The Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 (Commencement No.4) Order 2011 The Reporting of Prices of Milk Products (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 The Air Traffic Services (Exemption) Order 2011 Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 26, 2011
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Ahmed & Anor v R [2011] EWCA Crim 184 (25 February 2011) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Ricky Edwards-Tubb v JD Wetherspoon Plc [2011] EWCA Civ 136 (25 February 2011) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Aviva Insurance Ltd v Brown [2011] EWHC 362 (QB) (25 February 2011) Locke v Stuart [...

Guardian Focus podcast: The indefinite detention of foreign prisoners ? The Guardian

Posted on February 26, 2011
“Hundreds of foreign prisoners are held indefinitely after they have served their criminal sentences. Harriet Grant investigates.” Full story The Guardian, 25th February 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jeremy Bamber fights whole-life tariffs at EU court ? BBC News

Posted on February 26, 2011
“Three murderers including Jeremy Bamber are asking the European Court to rule against use of whole-life sentences.” Full story BBC News, 26th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Government relaxes Bribery Act ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 26, 2011
“The Government has bowed to pressure from business and relaxed key elements of the Bribery Act.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2011 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Life sentence for US wife killer Harold Landry ? BBC News

Posted on February 25, 2011
“A US businessman who stabbed his wife 23 times and left her under a hedge has been jailed for at least 16 years.” Full story BBC News, 25th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 25, 2011
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Thompson, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 102 (03 February 2011) Moss, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 252 (1 February 2011) Thornley, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 153 (26 January 2011) Webb, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 152 (26 January 2011) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Ceva Logistics Ltd v Lynch [...

From Law Undergraduate to Professional Practitioner ? Bar Standards Board

Posted on February 25, 2011
From Law Undergraduate to Professional Practitioner (presentation) Baroness Deech, Derek Wood QC, Dr John Carrier, Dr Valerie Shrimplin. Bar Standards Board, 28th January 2011 Source: www.slideshare.net

CMCS Common Market Commercial Services AVV v Taylor; Taylor v Stoutt and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 25, 2011
CMCS Common Market Commercial Services AVV v Taylor; Taylor v Stoutt and others [2011] EWHC 324 (Ch); [2011] WLR (D) 57 “There was no difference in principle between the ambit of a solicitor?s duty to the court in relation to the conduct and supervision of disclosure of documents and the conduct and supervision of any [...

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