Month: August 2011

Brownbill and others v St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – WLR Daily

Posted August 1st, 2011 in employment tribunals, equal pay, law reports, sex discrimination by tracey

Brownbill and others v St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [2011] EWCA Civ 903;  [2011] WLR (D)  264

“Once an employment tribunal had found that there were terms in women’s contracts and terms in men’s contracts that were susceptible to comparison and that each of the terms was a distinct provision with sufficient content to make it possible to compare them so that the benefits conferred by the provision could be contrasted, it should proceed to compare them focusing on the equality of terms not of total pay actually received.”

WLR Daily, 28th July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted August 1st, 2011 in legislation by tracey

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Amendment) Order 2011

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2011

The Dentists Act 1984 (Medical Authorities) Order 2011

The Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011

The Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011

The River Humber (The Deep Tidal Stream Generator) Order 2011

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

The Family Courts: Media Access & Reporting – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted August 1st, 2011 in family courts, media, private hearings, reporting restrictions, reports by tracey

“A joint publication of The President of the Family Division, the Judicial College and the Society of Editors.”

Full report

Judiciary of England and Wales, 29th July 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

CPS statement on Bilal Ahmad – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted August 1st, 2011 in internet, press releases, sentencing, soliciting to murder by tracey

“Bilal Ahmad was today sentenced for encouraging violent extremism and attempting to stir up hatred on the internet.”

Full press release

Crown Prosecution Service, 29th July 2011

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Newspapers guilty of contempt during murder investigation – Attorney General’s Office

Posted August 1st, 2011 in contempt of court, media, press releases by tracey

“Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd and News Group Newspapers Ltd have been found guilty of contempt of court for publishing potentially prejudicial coverage of a former suspect in the Joanna Yeates murder investigation at the start of this year which had the potential to impede the course of justice.”

Full press release

Attorney General’s Office, 29th July 2011

Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

My libel victory underlines the need for journalists to check their facts – The Guardian

Posted August 1st, 2011 in defamation, legal aid, media, news by tracey

“A critic is free to hate a book but this ruling found Lynn Barber had a reckless disregard for the truth.”

Full story

The Guardian, 29th July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Judge tells teacher sex offender: ‘I don’t criticise you for being attracted to children’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 1st, 2011 in indecent photographs of children, judges, news, teachers by tracey

“A judge has been condemned for telling a teacher convicted of child porn offences that she did not criticise him for being attracted to children.”

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Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

‘Viper in our midst’ jailed for threatening MPs – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 1st, 2011 in news, sentencing, soliciting to murder by tracey

“A Muslim extremist who posted a call for attacks on MPs who supported the Iraq war on a radical website, along with where to buy a knife, has been jailed for 12 years.”

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Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Negligence claims against GPs rising – The Guardian

Posted August 1st, 2011 in doctors, negligence, news by tracey

“Payouts to patients or their families hit unprecedented levels according to Medical Defence Union.”

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The Guardian, 29th July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Teacher who attacked pupil with dumbbell banned for life – The Guardian

Posted August 1st, 2011 in assault, news, sentencing, teachers by tracey

“A science teacher who attacked a 14-year-old pupil with a dumbbell has been banned from teaching for life.
Peter Harvey, now 51, had been provoked by pupils during a lesson in July 2009 when they called him a ‘psycho’ and ‘bald-headed bastard’. He lost control and hit the teenager about the head with the 3kg weight while shouting ‘die, die, die’.”

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The Guardian, 30th July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Natural History Museum thief ordered to pay thousands – BBC News

Posted August 1st, 2011 in confiscation, news, proceeds of crime, theft by tracey

“A student who stole 299 rare bird skins from a Hertfordshire museum had been ordered to pay £125,150 under the Proceeds of Crime Act.”

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BBC News, 30th July 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lawyers ‘furious’ over criticism in hacking scandal – The Independent

Posted August 1st, 2011 in interception, law firms, media, news by tracey

“Senior lawyers at royal solicitors Harbottle & Lewis are ‘furious’ at the way they have been blamed by Rupert Murdoch and others in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, The Independent on Sunday has learned. They will meet the Metropolitan Police to explain their position ‘in the next few days’.

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The Independent, 31st July 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Court forces property tycoon to give houses to mistress – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 1st, 2011 in news by tracey

“One of the world’s richest men has been forced to hand over multi-million pound homes to his mistress after the High Court ruled he had lied that his lover was a ‘top dog’ secretary.”

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Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Police launch investigation into computer hacking – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 1st, 2011 in computer crime, news, police, privacy by tracey

“The Metropolitan Police said it is considering a number of breach of privacy allegations received since January. The new team, to be formed under Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers, will examine matters not covered by the force’s phone-hacking inquiry, Operation Weeting.”

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Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk