“A couple who sold a crippled monkey as a pet instead of taking it to a vet for treatment have been permanently banned from keeping animals.”
BBC News, 12th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A brutal rapist who terrorised elderly women in a suburb for more than a decade was told today he will live out his days behind bars.”
The Independent, 12th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Tax Tribunal rules HMRC is waiting months before alerting firms returns are late so that fines stack up.”
The Independent, 13th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“It is rightly said that 95% of statistics are made up. Today’s (12 January) Daily Mail front page headline contained a typically exuberant statistical claim: Europe’s war on British justice: UK loses three out of four human rights cases, damning report reveals. According to journalist James Slack ‘Unelected Euro judges’ are mounting a ‘relentless attack on British laws laid down over centuries by Parliament’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th January 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The unlawful use of restraint was widespread in privately run child jails in Britain for at least a decade, a high court judge has ruled for the first time.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Men Behaving Badly actor Neil Morrissey has received an apology and ‘substantial’ damages from the Daily Mail over an article that falsely claimed he was banned from a French bar for “rowdy, drunken” behaviour.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The justice secretary certainly acted unlawfully in refusing to allow the BBC to interview Babar Ahmad, a British prisoner wanted in the US on terrorism charges, as the high court has found. But once the judgment came out, Ken Clarke showed none of the stubbornness associated with previous prisons ministers, telling the court that he would not be seeking to appeal.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“MPs today call for the bar to be raised if claimants are to receive compensation for whiplash injuries following motor accidents.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th January 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Obscene Publications Act 1959 s.1 commences by defining the test of obscenity:
‘For the purposes of this Act an article shall be deemed to be obscene if its effect or (where the article comprises two or more distinct items) the effect of any one of its items is, if taken as a whole, such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it. ‘Article’ means any description of article containing or embodying matter to be read or looked at or both, any sound record, and any film or other record of a picture or pictures.'”
Legal Week, 12th January 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
High Court (Chancery Division)
Avocet Industrial Estates LLP v Merol Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 3422 (Ch) (19 December 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Ener-G Holdings Plc v Hormell [2011] EWHC 3290 (Comm) (14 December 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A man who falsely accused his neighbour of being one of James Bulger’s killers has been spared an immediate prison sentence.”
The Guardian, 11th Janaury 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prosecutors will be able to challenge crown court decisions to release suspected serious offenders out on bail after David Cameron announced a change in the law yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government’s plans to reform welfare were badly hit on Wednesday when it suffered three defeats in the House of Lords on proposed benefit cuts.”
The Guardian, 11th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain has lost three out of four cases taken to the European Court of Human Rights, new figures have shown.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, intends to pursue through the courts the cosmetic industry companies that are refusing free operations to women wanting substandard breast implants removed.”
The Guardian, 11th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British spies are expected to find out whether they will face charges over their alleged complicity in the torture of terror suspects.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An alternative dispute resolution (ADR) pilot which allows smaller businesses to resolve tax disputes without having to resort to a tribunal is to be extended, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
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