“A second High Court judge has issued an interim injunction banning the owner of the website Solicitors From Hell from publishing or republishing defamatory material about a lawyer with a London firm.”
The Independent, 5th October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Gray v Crown Prosecution Service [2010] EWHC 2144 (QB) (20 August 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Puzo v District Court In Kladno Czech Republic [2010] EWHC 2387 (Admin) (16 September 2010)
High Court (Patents Court)
Glaxosmithkline Biologicals SA v Novartis AG [2010] EWHC 1806 (Pat) (14 July 2010)
Abbott Laboratories Ltd v Medinol Ltd [2010] EWHC 2285 (Pat) (08 September 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
CNH Financial Services SAS v Krecent Traders Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 2429 (Comm) (04 October 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
“The number of court appearances by FTSE 100 companies has jumped by 16% over the last year, according to new research.”
Legal Week, 4th October 2010
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Judges are ‘giving up’ trying to stop juries using Google, Facebook and Twitter to access potentially false and prejudicial information about defendants, Sir Ken Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions, has warned.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers who bring the industry into disrepute by charging huge prices for services will no longer get away with it, the new Legal Ombudsman has said.”
BBC News, 5th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man obsessed with violent child porn who called police to tell them he had raped and murdered his 12-year-old niece was told today by a judge he would spend the remainder of his life in prison.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A married deputy head teacher was today jailed for seven years for encouraging and watching the rape of a three-year-old girl.”
The Independent, 4th October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three councils in England have launched legal action over the government’s decision to scrap the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) initiative.”
BBC News, 5th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“BT has today been granted a stay of execution in its bid to challenge attempts of rights holders to obtain personal details about customers without convincing evidence of illicit file sharing.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has explained his decision for refusing to ban a book revealing the identity of Top Gear’s The Stig.”
BBC News, 4th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A chef who murdered his former wife after she taunted him on the social networking site Facebook about child support payments was jailed for life today (4 October).”
The Guardian, 4th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Men and women facing domestic violence could argue they were forced to kill their tormentor under a new murder law which comes into force today.”
The Independent, 4th October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Most prisoners will be expected to work a full 40-hour week instead of spending their days in enforced idleness in cells, under plans to be unveiled by the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, today.”
The Guardian, 5th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
CA v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 2278 (QB) (10 September 2010)
High Court (Family Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Updates to the rules on how some types of civil cases are managed or prepared for court come into force on 1 October.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st October 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“UK VAT rules will have to change after the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruled this week that record companies should not owe the tax on free albums sent to journalists, DJs and promoters.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th October 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
The Welfare Reform Act 2009 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2010
The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2010
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Specified Lists: Scotland) Order 2010
The Commons Registration (Amendment and Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2010
The Bee Diseases and Pests Control (England) (Amendment) Order 2010
The Feed (Sampling and Analysis and Specified Undesirable Substances) (Wales) Regulations 2010
The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2010
The Food Irradiation (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“A teenager who left a man severely paralysed and able to communicate only by blinking has been spared jail after a judge ruled it would not be ‘useful’.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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