“Yvonne Hossack has become a hate figure for the establishment, but the fearless solicitor risking bankruptcy to challenge cuts and closure of care services tells David Brindle how she is driven on by ‘a more ancient set of laws’.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Current account providers are to appeal a court ruling over overdraft charges that looked set to allow consumers to reclaim billions of pounds, it was reported today.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Home Office ministers are poised to give the green light for the establishment of a central e-crime reporting and investigation agency in the UK.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st May 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Bridget Prentice has made a written ministerial statement on the statutory duty to report deaths to the coroner and the modernisation and consolidation of the cremation regulations.”
Ministry of Justice, 21st May 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A civil registrar who refuses to officiate at partnerships between same-sex couples, claiming that it is ‘sinful’ and against her religion, has brought a legal case that could have implications for ceremonies conducted throughout the country.”
The Times, 21st May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The manager of a transsexual driving instructor who used to be a man has been threatened with court action because she sent her to teach a married Muslim woman.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The legal status of Ecstasy could be reviewed, the Home Office said.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A gay man who faces the death penalty in Iran has won asylum in the UK after protests prompted the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, to reconsider his case.”
The Independent, 21st May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“When West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service passed judgement publicly on the editing of ‘Undercover Mosque’, the programme-makers had no choice but to sue, writes their solicitor Nick Armstrong.”
The Independent, 21st May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A decade-long government drive to cut youth offending has had ‘no measurable impact’, an independent study suggests.”
BBC News, 21st May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Report of the Working Group on Access to Environmental Justice (PDF)
Judiciary of England and Wales, 20th May 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
R v Bassett; [2008] WLR (D) 157
“For an offence of voyeurism to be committed, within the definition in s 67 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, there had to be a private act which involved parts of the body for which people would normally expect privacy, as defined by s 68(1). Casual observation by other changing room users created no offence of voyeurism, even if those persons gained sexual gratification from what they saw. Although those using the showers at a public swimming pool had a reasonable expectation of privacy from covert filming, there was no reasonable expectation that a man should enjoy privacy of his upper torso, since “breasts” in the Act referred to female breasts and not the exposed male chest.”
WLR Daily, 20th May 2008
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.
“A divorcée has won the right to move abroad with her three children after judges ruled that the £610,000 she received in her divorce settlement from her wealthy husband would not be enough to buy an adequate home in London.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Modernisers on both sides of the House of Commons tonight easily defeated attempts to restrict access for lesbian couples seeking to conceive children through IVF treatment.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Australian personal injury lawyers Slater & Gordon have set the benchmark that practices in the UK are set to follow”
The Times, 21st May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The children of Mark Birley, the late founder of Annabel’s nightclub, are to do battle in the High Court over his £104 million will.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A security guard exposed as a paedophile in stings by a television documentary crew and police has been jailed by Bristol Crown Court.”
BBC News, 20th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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