“Statutory regulation of the press would ‘pose a real danger,’ BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has told the Society of Editors conference.”
BBC News, 13th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“He quotes Wilkes and Thatcher, admits he doesn’t know much about how papers work, and reveals how he will run the PCC.”
The Guardian, 13th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The inquiry into whether the UK was involved in alleged torture must be open or it would ‘only serve to cover up abuses,’ a UN expert has said.”
BBC News, 13th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“How should the court approach the determination of the beneficial interests in a property acquired in joint names by an unmarried couple? The Court of Appeal had held the decision of the House of Lords in Stack v Dowden did not allow the court to impute to the parties an intention that they would divide their beneficial interest in their property fairly. The Supreme Court revisited the decision in Stack v Dowden and disagreed with the Court of Appeal: If the presumption of joint beneficial ownership is rebutted, the court can, in the absence of finding any intention as to the shares, impute to the parties an intention that their beneficial interest would be divided in a manner that the court considers fair.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 9th November 2011
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“A three-year-old boy was given a packet of crisps by a judge after making legal history by becoming what is believed to be the youngest child to give evidence in a British court case.”
The Independent, 12th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Most victims of stalking who turn to the criminal justice system for protection say it is failing them, a survey reveals.”
The Guardian, 13th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An ex-policeman who went from ‘rags to riches’ in weeks by trying to fleece the taxman in a £300m fraud has been jailed for 10 years.”
BBC News, 11th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The energy drink Lucozade has lost a bizarre legal attempt to prove it is a ‘functional food’ rather than a ‘beverage’, in a ruling which means it will still be eligible for VAT.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Mike Tindall has been fined £25,000 by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and removed from England’s elite player squad for his World Cup conduct.”
BBC News, 11th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two severely disabled adults have won a landmark high court battle over cost-cutting by their local authority when a judge ruled that Isle of Wight council’s plans to reduce its adult social care budget are unlawful.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Sun has apologised and paid a substantial sum in damages to a man it falsely claimed had been deported from Thailand over child sex offences.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother of four who admitted biting her boyfriend’s scrotum during a drunken row has been given a suspended jail term.”
BBC News, 11th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother who force-fed her baby girl who later died has been jailed.”
BBC News, 11th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” A former soldier who raped a nine-year-old girl while serving in Germany 24 years ago was today jailed for seven years after justice finally caught up with him.”
The Independent, 10th November 2011
Source: www.indpendent.co.uk
“Official admits he issued indefinite visas to people who should not have been allowed to stay in the UK.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A system where newspaper stories can be ‘locked away’ but not entirely deleted from archives under new data protection law proposals could be used to ensure a balance is struck between privacy and free speech rights, a media law expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
SA, R (on the application of) v Kent County Council [2011] EWCA Civ 1303 (10 November 2011)
Berry v Ashtead Plant Hire Co Ltd & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 1304 (10 November 2011)
Bubb v London Borough of Wandsworth [2011] EWCA Civ 1285 (09 November 2011)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Mears & Anor, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 2651 (10 November 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Cherwell District Council v Anwar [2011] EWHC 2943 (Admin) (10 November 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
JSC BTA Bank v Shalabayev & Anor [2011] EWHC 2915 (Ch) (10 November 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Germany v Flatman [2011] EWHC 2945 (QB) (10 November 2011)
Fortune v Roe [2011] EWHC 2953 (QB) (10 November 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Carillion Construction Ltd. v Stephen Andrew Smith [2011] EWHC 2910 (TCC) (10 November 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Bubb v Wandsworth London Borough Council: [2011] EWCA Civ 1285; [2011] WLR (D) 323
“A county court judge hearing an appeal on a point of law under section 204 of the Housing Act 1996, against a review of whether a local housing authority owed a duty to a homeless person under the 1996 Act, had no jurisdiction to find the relevant primary facts for himself. The judge’s function was to consider whether the reviewing officer’s decision should be quashed on judicial review grounds.”
WLR Daily, 9th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A coalition of UK solar companies has initiated legal action against the government in response to its plans to more than halve solar subsidies.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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