header-logo header-logo

26 June 2008
Issue: 7327 / Categories: Case law , Public , Law digest
printer mail-detail

CRIMINAL LITIGATION

R v G [2008] UKHL 37, [2008] All ER (D) 216 (Jun)

The House of Lords endorsed R v G and another [2002] EWCA Crim 1992, [2003] 3 All ER 206 (per Lord Justice Dyson at 33): “So far as Article 6 is concerned, the fairness of the provisions of the substantive law of the Contracting States is not a matter for investigation.

The content and interpretation of domestic substantive law is not engaged by Article 6.” It follows that a criminal offence of strict liability does not violate Art 6 of the Convention.

Issue: 7327 / Categories: Case law , Public , Law digest
printer mail-details

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

Browne Jacobson appoints Vicky Tomlinson as Head of Independent Health and Care

DWF—five appointments

DWF—five appointments

DWF further strengthens major injury and casualty offering with new partner and four directors from DAC Beachcroft

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby

Switalskis strengthens Grimsby child care team

NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
back-to-top-scroll