“An ex-social services director says she is ‘thrilled’ to have won an appeal against a ruling that her sacking after Baby Peter’s death was lawful.”
BBC News, 27th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The consultation on the Sentencing Council’s draft guideline on drug offences will close on 20 June and with this date approaching, the Council is keen to encourage legal professionals with experience or an interest in the subject to contribute their views.”
Sentencing Council, 26th May 2011
“Launch of decision paper marks conclusion of review into the operation of referral fees in the legal services sector.”
Legal Services Board, 27th May 2011
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Grant, Re [2011] EWCA Civ 643 (26 May 2011)
Southgate & Anor v Sutton & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 637 (26 May 2011)
Belka v Prosperini [2011] EWCA Civ 623 (26 May 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Ors [2011] EWHC 1364 (QB) (26 May 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
JSC BTA Bank v Solodchenko & Ors [2011] EWHC B11 (Ch) (17 May 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Hosny v The General Medical Council [2011] EWHC 1355 (Admin) (26 May 2011)
Marathon Restaurant v London Borough of Camden [2011] EWHC 1339 (Admin) (26 May 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Four Muslim men who assaulted a religious education teacher because they did not approve of him teaching Muslim girls have been jailed.”
BBC News, 26th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“New Criminal Justice Statistics – published for the first time today – show a dramatic increase in the number of criminals who persistently reoffend.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th May 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The low number of women judges in Wales is due to a ‘lack of role models’, according to a Welsh tribunal judge.”
BBC News, 27th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Haringey’s former head of child services will learn today if she has won her court of appeal battle over her sacking in the wake of the Baby P tragedy.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tim Bratton blogs in a personal capacity – and his latest post: One for the students: so, you want to work at Big Law? Is a good one for law students, particularly.
David Allen Green, solicitor, is the author of the Jack of Kent blog and is the legal correspondent at The New Statesman. Carl Gardner is an ex-government lawyer and is the author of the Head of Legal blog.”
Charon QC, 26th May 2011
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“Just one criminal is jailed for every 93 offences committed, figures showed.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Three costs judges from the Senior Court Costs Office broke ranks to object to radical reform of civil litigation, it has emerged.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A serial sex offender who subjected a doctor to a ‘pitiless, wicked’ attack two decades ago was jailed for nine years today after a cold case review.”
The Independent, 26th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Europe is in danger of making the wrong choices on new data protection rules, Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke said.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th May 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The family drug and alcohol court is making a difference in breaking the intergenerational cycle of self-destructive behaviour.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman has been cleared of the murder of her severely autistic 11-year-old son.”
BBC News, 26th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lord Sugar was forced to remove a Twitter message during one of the parliamentary expenses trials earlier this year, which speculated that a peer would be cleared because he was a Tory, it was revealed on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Tory peer Lord Hanningfield has been found guilty of fiddling his parliamentary expenses.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who murdered two couples with a sawn-off shotgun was jailed for life today after evading justice for more than 25 years.”
The Independent, 26th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three-year broadband and phone contracts have been banned by the communications regulator Ofcom, with providers now only able to offer maximum contracts of two years. They must also make 12-month contracts available under the new regulations which bring the UK in line with EU telecoms law.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“One in seven rapists is sentenced to four years or less in jail, figures showed today.”
The Independent, 26th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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