“Tory peer Norman Tebbit will not face criminal action over claims that he kicked a person wearing a dragon costume during Chinese New Year celebrations.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined £28.6m for breaching competition law after sharing confidential details about the pricing of its commercial loans with rival staff at Barclays.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service has decided not to proceed with the retrial of Wahleed Hussain, who stood trial last year alongside his uncles for an attack on burglar Walid Salem near their home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 29th March 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A company which indexes and sorts postings to Usenet groups is liable for the copyright infringement of its users when they download films, software and television programmes, the High Court has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th March 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Lewis v Yeeles [2010] EWCA Civ 326 (29 March 2010)
Silvera v Bray Walker Solicitors (A Firm) & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 332 (29 March 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Seymour Pierce Ltd v Grandtop International Holdings Ltd [2010] EWHC 676 (QB) (29 March 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation & Anor v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch) (29 March 2010)
Jeffries v Archer [2010] EWHC 679 (Ch) (29 March 2010)
Sita UK Ltd v Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority [2010] EWHC 680 (Ch) (29 March 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Cecil & Ors v Bayat & Ors [2010] EWHC 641 (Comm) (29 March 2010)
High Court (Patents Court)
Red Spider Technology v Omega Completions Technology [2010] EWHC 59 (Pat) (21 January 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Jack Straw has spent 13 years in the cabinet without ever quite reaching the top. He talks about the art of survival, reform of the Lords and why he supported the Iraq war.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
In re G (a Child) (Special guardianship order: Application to discharge)
Court of Appeal
“Since a mother had demonstrated a change in circumstances, her application for the discharge of a special guardianship order would be granted.”
The Times, 29th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Connor v Surrey County Council
Court of Appeal
“A head teacher was entitled to damages for negligence because of the local education authority’s failure to exercise a statutory discretion to replace the school’s governing body with an interim executive board.”
The Times, 29th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Thousands of council tenants who make profits by illegally sub-letting their homes will face tough new measures to be announced by ministers this week.”
The Times, 29th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Gay male couples will be able to use a fast-track route to become the legal parents of surrogate children from next week. On 6 April, changes to the law will permit two men to be named as parents on a child’s birth certificate for the first time in British history.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The cost of no-win, no-fee legal claims against the National Health Service has risen 16-fold in five years. A breakdown of clinical negligence cases settled by the NHS under ‘conditional fee arrangements’ (CFA), in which solicitors get paid only if they win a case, shows that their value – in costs and damages – has risen from £6.5m in 2004-05 to £108m last year.”
The Independent, 28th MArch 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Paedophiles convicted of downloading images of child abuse from the internet are not receiving rehabilitation treatment because the sentences they are given are too short, public protection experts warn today. A dossier collected by the probation union, Napo, reveals that typical sentences given to online paedophiles often fall far short of recommendations made by court-appointed experts who prepare pre-sentencing reports for judges.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Criminal case barristers delivered a broadside to Jack Straw over their pay, saying that most take home less per hour than a car mechanic.”
The Times, 29th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The justice secretary, Jack Straw, has insisted that, despite Lord Mandelson’s opposition, Labour is poised to announce its commitment to an elected second chamber to replace the House of Lords.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Members of the public are to be given a much bigger say in the process which sees criminals having their sentences increased if they are ruled to be too lenient.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 published
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
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