“A former nurse who built a business empire has begun a £12million legal action against a medical company she created, claiming that she was wrongfully sacked and that her former chairman touched her breast.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Free speech is under attack. Or so it seems. The last few weeks have been abuzz with stories to do with free speech: a Supreme Court ruling on the Reynolds defence to libel; contempt of court proceedings against an MP for comments made in a book and the latest in a growing line of criminal trials for Twitter offences. The diversity of media at the heart of these stories – print news, traditional books and online ‘micro-blogging’ – indicates the difficulty of the task for the legal system.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Journalists should appear before a court of law to make a public interest defence for stories obtained by unlawful newsgathering techniques, the information commissioner has said.”
The Guardian, 12th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Today was one of striking parallels between the USA and the UK in terms of litigation concerned with access to information.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Third-party companies will not be able to access data recorded in consumers’ smart meters unless consumers choose to let them see it, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Mr Justice Ryder has published his fourth update on the progress of the Family Justice Modernisation Programme.”
Family Law Bar Association, 11th April 2012
Source: www.flba.co.uk
“The Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) has issued a call for feedback on radical proposals for reform, including the replacement of the training contract with a more flexible period of ‘supervised practice’.”
Legal Week, 12th April 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A mother of four has been jailed for six months for falsely reporting her daughter had been abducted from her backyard.”
The Independent, 11th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Liam Stacey – a 21-year-old student – was recently sentenced by a District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) to 56 days imprisonment for his tweets in relation to Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba (pictured). The Guardian reported that Stacey entered a guilty plea to a charge of racially aggravated disorderly behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress contrary to Crime and Disorder Act 1998 s.31 (as read with Public Order Act 1986 s.4A)”
Legal Week, 11th April 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A political blogger may have breached UK data protection laws after posting a list of journalists and the requests they allegedly made to a private detective to ‘blag’ information for stories.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) legislation, set out in sections 212 to 215 of the Housing Act 2004, came into force in 2007 in respect of tenancy deposits paid by assured shorthold tenants. Essentially, it imposes two requirements on landlords:
(1) protection of the deposit paid in respect of such tenancies by paying it into an authorised scheme within 14 days of receipt of the deposit; and
(2) provision to the tenant of prescribed information, again within 14 days of the receipt of the deposit.”
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Zenith Chambers, 5th April 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“Seven men have been jailed for their part in a burglary during which a businessman was crushed to death.”
The Guardian, 11th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“At a time when 1 in 4 workers are now affected by work-related stress, it is unsurprising that lawyers too are seeing more occupational stress claims than ever before. Kate provides some timely guidance on how to sort the wheat from the chaff and considers whether McLennan v Hartford [2012] EWHC 346 amounts to a change in the landscape or more of the same.”
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Zenith Chambers, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“A man who forgave his partner for nearly killing him when she plunged a kitchen knife into his back brought an engagement ring to court in the hope a judge would let her walk free.”
The Guardian, 11th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The statutory contaminated land regime has changed, with the principal change being to the definition of contaminated land. The changes took effect on 6 April.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A looter has been jailed for 11-and-a-half years for starting a fire which destroyed a family-run furniture shop in south London in the summer riots.”
BBC News, 11th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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“A look at the continuing cuts to CPS fees and the effect on the criminal Bar; and a call for
support from within the Bar itself in dealing with the challenges now facing it.”
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Chairman of the Bar Council, April 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“No legal practitioner will have failed to note that in recent years personal injury claims have attracted a great deal of attention in the media; similarly, the government’s1 increasing involvement due to the dramatic increase in the number of such claims and the cost to the insurance industry, especially arising out of road traffic accidents, has been palpable. Although consideration has to be given to the fact that there has been an increase in the number of cars on the roads which will have contributed to the increase in road traffic accidents and subsequent personal injury claims, there also appears to have been an escalation in the propensity to make a claim and not simply arising out of road traffic accidents. Some have argued this is potentially due to the advent of no win no fee arrangements, but there is a firm belief that there has also been a significant rise in fraudulent PI claims.”
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Zenith Chambers, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
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