Pop star Rihanna wins image battle – BBC News
‘Singer Rihanna has won a legal battle with high street store Topshop over a T-shirt bearing her image.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 22 January 2015
Webber v Department for Education – WLR Daily
Webber v Department for Education [2014] EWHC 4240 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 14
‘It was prima facie a matter for the ombudsman to assess whether and to what extent an oral hearing was necessary either to enable the investigation to be satisfactorily completed or out of fairness, and such decisions could only be challenged on appeal on the familiar basis that they exceeded the generous ambit within which reasonable disagreement was possible.’
WLR Daily, 19th December 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Street butcher fined after boy loses hand in mincing machine – BBC News
‘A butcher has been fined £3,000 after a teenage apprentice’s hand was chopped off in a mincing machine.’
BBC News, 21st January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prison suicide rate at highest level since 2007, figures show – The Guardian
‘Prison suicides in England and Wales have risen to the highest level for seven years with 82 prisoners taking their own lives last year, according to new figures.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cigarette package law to be voted on by MPs before election – BBC News
‘A law introducing plain cigarette packaging in England could come into force in 2016 after ministers said MPs would be asked to vote on the plan before May’s general election.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman guilty of assault for throwing water – Daily Telegraph
‘Michelle Dodd convicted after Stockport magistrates hear of her long-standing dispute with neighbour over ‘noisy’ children playing outside on trampoline.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ofgem tightens up rules for comparison websites – The Guardian
‘The energy regulator Ofgem has announced new rules for comparison websites which will force them to give consumers more information on the tariffs they show, amid allegations that they are hiding the best deals from consumers.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cocaine conspiracy fugitive Paul John Scott jailed – BBC News
‘One of the UK’s most wanted fugitives, who was arrested on his return to Britain in a light aircraft, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 21st January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
£60k compensation for pensioner, 91, locked away from his cat – Daily Telegraph
‘Judge says it is ‘hard to imagine a more depressing and inexcusable’ case than that of the WWII veteran taken from his home against his wishes by Essex council.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Strip-searched girl’s family sues Merseyside police – The Guardian
‘A teenager who was forcibly strip-searched is suing Merseyside police for alleged mistreatment, as more and more children are subjected to the practice.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Eric Pickles ‘breached’ Green Belt Gypsies’ human rights – BBC News
‘Communities Secretary Eric Pickles “unlawfully discriminated” against Romany Gypsies wanting pitches in the Green Belt, the High Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 21st January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Juror in trial of Sun journalists discharged due to ‘pressure and stress’ – The Guardian
‘A juror in the trial of four Sun journalists has been discharged from his duties because of the “pressure and stress” of deliberations.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
