“Around 80 Traveller families were removed from site 12 months ago after a decade long battle, but many are still close by.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The father of Shannon Matthews has asked the High Court to block the release of a report he believes will ‘seriously compromise’ her.”
BBC News, 17th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Research shows that clients are reluctant to complain to lawyers when things go wrong and that the Legal Ombudsman needs to be clearer in its message.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has ruled a car head on smash caused when a woman’s Ugg boots became trapped under the brake pedal, was ‘entirely foreseeable.'”
Daily Telegraph, 12th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“CPR r 36.13(2) did not permit the court to be told the position as to a Part 36 offer and consequently go on to deal with the question of costs at the conclusion of the first part of a split trial.”
WLR Daily, 9th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A property built as, and which retained the appearance of, a house but which was being used solely for commercial purposes was not a ‘house … reasonably so called’ for the purposes of section 2(1) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 so as to give the lessees the right to acquire the freehold compulsorily.”
WLR Daily, 10th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
R v Varma [2012] UKSC 42; [2012] WLR (D) 270
“The Crown Court had the power and, in most cases, where the criteria in section 6 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 were satisfied, the duty to make a confiscation order against a defendant following conviction for an offence in respect of which the defendant had received an absolute or a conditional discharge.”
WLR Daily, 10th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Byankov v Glaven sekretar na Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti (Case C-249/11); [2012] WLR (D) 269
“European Union law precluded the application of a national provision which provided for the imposition of a restriction on the freedom of movement, within the European Union, of a national of a member state, solely on the ground that he owed a legal person governed by private law a debt which exceeded a statutory threshold and was unsecured.”
WLR Daily, 4th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Public sector bodies will generally be required to disclose information even if it is stored in computer ‘recycle bins’, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Out of his shadow: The long struggle of wives under English Law (PDF)
The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire’s Annual Law Lecture, 9th October 2012
Source: www.supremecourt.gov.uk
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2012
The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 2012
The Licensing Act 2003 (Early Morning Alcohol Restriction Orders) Regulations 2012
The Late Night Levy (Expenses, Exemptions and Reductions) Regulations 2012
The Education (Educational Provision for Improving Behaviour) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ward v Allies and Morrison Architects [2012] EWCA Civ 1287 (10 October 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
A & Anor v Somerset County Council [2012] EWHC 2753 (QB) (11 October 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Scientists and academics are to be given extra protection from bullying corporations that use Britain’s libel laws to suppress legitimate criticism and debate, the Government has indicated.”
The Independent, 12th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Communities secretary Eric Pickles has set out the details of plans announced by him earlier this week to remove restrictions on the use of temporary stop notices, giving councils greater freedom to prevent unauthorised traveller sites being set up.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A trainee vet whose car fatally struck a tow truck driver by the side of a motorway has triumphed in a ground-breaking legal fight to overturn an inquest verdict that he was ‘unlawfully killed’.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The McLaren racing team is entitled to claim a corporation tax reduction in respect of a £32 million fine levied by the motor racing governing body because the fine was not a criminal penalty imposed by statute, a tribunal has held.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Ministry of Defence says an investigation will be launched into claims that an inquiry it set up to examine whether British troops abused Iraqi prisoners has become ‘little more than a whitewash’.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission will announce today whether it will hold a full-scale investigation into how the police behaved at the Hillsborough disaster.”
The Independent, 12th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman who lost everything after investing in the Spanish property market has won a landmark legal ruling that could now benefit many others given bad financial advice.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Little or no effective work is being done with some of the most serious sex offenders behind bars, the chief inspector of prisons says in a report published on Friday.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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