“Manchester United and Wales star Ryan Giggs finally gave up all rights to anonymity in the High Court today over his alleged affair with glamour model Imogen Thomas.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Major banks could become embroiled in another mis-selling scandal after shares in CPP, the embattled credit card insurer, were suspended on the London Stock Exchange after a Financial Services Authority investigation.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court (Commercial Court)
Air Transworld Ltd v Bombardier Inc [2012] EWHC 243 (Comm) (20 February 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Irwin Mitchell has been forced to defend its pricing policy after the Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger highlighted a case in which it charged six times the amount paid out to its client.”
The Lawyer, 21st February 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
MM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: [2012] EWCA Civ 135; [2012] WLR (D) 36
” ‘Conspicuous unfairness’ was not a free standing ground in an immigration case on which a court could act in the absence of unlawful action on the part of the Home Secretary.”
WLR Daily, 24th January 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“With permission Mr Speaker I would like to make a statement on border security. In November last year, it became apparent that certain border security checks had been suspended without ministerial approval. As a result, the Head of the UK Border Force was suspended with immediate effect, full controls were reinstated, and I commissioned John Vine, the independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, to report on what had happened. Today, I have laid the report before the House and copies will be available from the Vote Office.”
Home Office, 20th February 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“An inquest jury has returned a verdict of death by misadventure in the case of a young footballer who died when a bag of cocaine split inside his body.”
BBC News, 20th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Santander has been fined £1.5m by the City regulator for failing to inform customers that stock market-linked bonds they were buying were not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) if the bank went bust.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A gang behind a series of cash machine burglaries have been jailed for a total of nearly 20 years.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s health and safety watchdog has failed to meet more than half of its own targets for workplace safety.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Comments made by presenter Matthew Wright about the alleged murder of a teenager on a remote Scottish island caused ‘considerable offence’ to viewers, TV watchdog Ofcom said today.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A 23-year-old man who set fire to a shop and a post office in Peckham in south London during the summer’s riots has been jailed for eight years.”
BBC News, 20th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two social workers who lost their jobs after the killing of Baby P will appeal against an employment tribunal ruling they were fairly sacked.”
BBC News, 21st February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man at the centre of allegations that computers were hacked for the News of the World has been convicted of conspiring to illegally access private information for profit.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A gay black police officer who accused Scotland Yard of racial and sexual discrimination has won his case at an employment tribunal, which also found that another officer deliberately leaked a ‘distorted account’ of the claim to the Sun newspaper.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An oil baron has been granted permission by the Appeal Court to rely on Nigerian native law in a bitter multi-million divorce battle with his former wife in what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 500,000 people were allowed into Britain unchecked due to the repeated suspension of vital checks, opening up an ‘unacceptable’ breach in the country’s defences against terrorists and criminals, an official investigation has found.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two former care home workers who ‘fleeced’ vulnerable patients of tens of thousands of pounds were jailed today.”
The Independent, 20th February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
N, R v [2012] EWCA Crim 189 (20 February 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Broadside Colours And Chemicals Ltd, Re (No 2) [2012] EWHC 195 (Ch) (20 February 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Ibrahim v Swansea University [2012] EWHC 290 (QB) (20 February 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Torfaen County Borough Council v Douglas Willis Ltd [2012] EWHC 296 (Admin) (20 February 2012)
High Court (Patents Court)
Nokia GmbH v Ipcom GmbH & Co KG [2012] EWHC 225 (Pat) (20 February 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
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