“A look at the election wish lists of the legal profession as it faces the realities of the looming financial squeeze.”
The Times, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Marmite is beginning legal action against the British National Party after an image of a Marmite jar was used on a political broadcast without its permission, the company said today.”
The Independent, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, has outlined and celebrated significant recent progress in the support and coordination of Pro Bono work by the UK Domestic and International Pro Bono Committees.”
Full story
Attorney General’s Office, 31st March 2010
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“A woman from Warrenpoint has made history in a landmark discrimination case in which the House of Lords clarified the UK’s Disability Law.”
BBC News, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Poulton v Ministry of Justice [2010] EWCA Civ 392 (22 April 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Leeds Group Plc v Leeds City Council [2010] EWHC 810 (Ch) (21 April 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The indefinite notification requirements for sexual offenders who had been sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment or more were incompatible with the right to respect for private and family life because they did not contain any mechanism for reviewing the justification for continuing the requirements in individual cases.”
WLR Daily, 21st April 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.
“Five men accused of trying to extort £4.25m from one of Britain’s richest peers for the return of a stolen Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece have all walked free after an eight-week trial.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Bitter divisions within the legal profession were laid bare last night when the President of the Law Society of Scotland (LSS) said he was ‘unable to accept’ the emphatic vote of his members to oppose reforms of the legal system.”
The Times, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Three organisations that care for victims of torture have called on the leaders of the UK’s main political parties to agree to hold a judicial inquiry into the UK’s role in the rendition and mistreatment of terrorism suspects following the 11 September 2001 attacks.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Mediation provided by judges in Employment Tribunal cases has failed to achieve the anticipated time and cost savings over unmediated cases, the results of a pilot scheme have revealed.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The ex-boss of a Liverpool children’s charity has been jailed indefinitely after admitting the ‘sadistic torture’ of women in a string of sex attacks.”
BBC News, 21st April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A convicted burglar is taking legal action against the government because he is unable to vote in the election.”
BBC News, 21st April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother who admitted neglect after her 13-month-old son was found dead at her home in Manchester was sentenced to 27 months in prison today.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tens of thousands of exhausted holidaymakers struggled home yesterday as the scramble for flights and ferries continued, despite airports reopening.
But many face a new battle after Michael O’Leary, the Ryanair chief executive, said he would challenge the EU laws that hold airlines responsible for customers’ hotel and food bills after cancelled or delayed flights.”
The Times, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Headteachers are facing possible legal action after pressing ahead with a planned boycott of Sats tests in England.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A soldier who went absent without leave as he was about to be deployed to Afghanistan lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his nine-month sentence today.”
The Independent, 21st April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
