“A former Dorset police officer has been jailed for 10 years for repeatedly punching his pregnant ex girlfriend in the abdomen to bring on a miscarriage.”
BBC News, 7th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A fantasist who blogged about his experiences as a police officer during last summer’s London riots was today jailed for five years.”
The Independent, 7th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“There was no duty under article 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms on the Secretary of State to conduct an inquiry into deaths occurring before the Convention was adopted and the United Kingdom acceded to the Convention. Likewise because there was no common law right to an inquiry no duty arose under customary international humanitarian law.”
WLR Daily, 4th September 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Where an insured driver permitted an uninsured driver to use his motor vehicle in which he then was injured as a passenger, the insured as passenger was entitled to receive sums from a judgment against the negligent driver and would not automatically be excluded from the benefit of his compulsory insurance, but any recovery by the insurer in respect of that judgment must be proportionate and determined on the basis of the circumstances of the case.”
WLR daily, 24th August 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Rahman and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Case C-83/11; [2012] WLR (D) 259
“Member states of the EU were not required to grant every application for entry or residence submitted by family members of a Union citizen who did not fall under the definition in article 2(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC of 29 April 2004 , even if they showed, in accordance with article 10(2), that they were dependants of that citizen. It was, however, incumbent upon the member states to ensure that their legislation contained criteria which enabled those persons to obtain a decision on their application for entry and residence that was founded on an extensive examination of their personal circumstances and, in the event of refusal, was justified by reasons.”
WLR Daily, 5th September 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In re Euromaster Ltd: [2012] EWHC 2356 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 258
“If the appointment of an administrator was made in breach of the restriction in paragraph 28(2) of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986, the appointment was irregular, but valid. In the case of an irregular (as opposed to a void) appointment of administrators the position was governed by rule 7.55 of the Insolvency Rules 1986.”
WLR Daily, 10th August 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A widow who subjected a hospital manger to a stalking ordeal during a campaign of revenge following the death of her husband has been jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Youths caught carrying knives are less likely to be jailed than a year ago, official figures have shown, putting immediate pressure on the new Justice Secretary to make sentences tougher.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Newcastle businessman who opposes Britain’s extradition agreement with the US has begun a private prosecution against two British terror suspects to prevent them being tried in America.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge who said burglary needed ‘a huge amount of courage” will be investigated after members of the public contacted the Office for Judicial Complaints to vent their anger at his remarks.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2012
Soruce: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The press watchdog announced that it would not be ‘appropriate’ to investigate The Sun’s publication of photographs of a naked Prince Harry because it could breach his privacy.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
