“Illegal immigrants could be tracked down and deported more easily under a new UK Border Agency scheme to manage tip-offs.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A florist owner who tried to smuggle cocaine worth £23.5 million into the country in boxes of flowers has been jailed for 18 years.”
The Independent, 27th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The High Court has ordered the release of a man jailed in the run-up to the Olympics, because of terrorism-related convictions dating from the 1970s.”
BBC News, 28th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Judicial appointments will only go to second-rate lawyers if the lord chancellor fails to do a deal that satisfies judges.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Emails from private accounts and texts sent by the prime minister and cabinet members could be accessible under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI).”
BBC News, 30th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Cowboy wheel clampers will be outlawed from clamping vehicles on private land from tomorrow as new legislation comes into place.”
The Independent, 30th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Forty-nine Metropolitan police officers were suspended for corruption over a three-year period, with figures showing 15 cases were proven, 18 unproven and 16 ongoing.”
The Guardian, 29th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An advert for a computer game that contained ‘scenes of graphic violence’ involving fighting between a man and several women wearing ‘sexually provocative clothing’ was not likely to cause widespread offence or distress to viewers, was not socially irresponsible and did not glamorise violence against women, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th September 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The most senior judge in the country has spoken of his ‘fury’ that cases like Abu Hamza are allowed to drag on for years.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Lawyers acting for more than 170 alleged phone-hacking victims, including Cherie Blair and Wayne Rooney, have dropped their claim for exemplary damages, the high court has been told, as News International accused them of seeking ‘windfall’ payouts.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Courts would have the power to order website operators to remove comments that have already been ruled to be defamatory even if those website operators did not post the comments themselves, according to the latest revisions to the Defamation Bill.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th September 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to pilot Sunday magistrates’ courts have been hit by a technical hitch after prisons said they could not accept new prisoners on that day, writes Elizabeth Davidson. However, its pilot of full-day Saturday courts is still on schedule to begin in the Manchester area this weekend, despite vocal opposition from local criminal lawyers, some of whom claim taking part could leave them vulnerable to expensive employment tribunal claims.”
LegalVoice, 27th September 2012
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“Facebook has been criticised by a judge for encouraging violence because people feel more they can post offensive messages they would never say face to face.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s senior judge has stressed that criminals who break into homes are committing offences against the person as well as offences against property.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, has today launched a public consultation on guidance about the most serious driving offences, including death by careless or dangerous driving.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 27th September 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Clyde & Co LLP & Anor v Bates Van Winkelhof [2012] EWCA Civ 1207 (26 September 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Edwards & Walkden (Norfolk) Ltd & Ors v City of London [2012] EWHC 2527 (Ch) (12 September 2012)
High Court (Family Division)
Bristol City Council v A Mother & Ors [2012] EWHC 2548 (Fam) (25 September 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
General Medical Council v Ingram [2012] EWHC 2586 (Admin) (16 August 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Two Tory peers jailed for fraudulently claiming thousands of pounds of parliamentary expenses have been ordered to pay back £188,000.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Community Payback must be more intensive and delivered within days of an offender being sentenced, new Minister for Probation Jeremy Wright said today.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th September 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The government has launched an appeal against a ruling that it must publish a secret blacklist of 44 countries whose nationals face tougher immigration measures when applying to come to Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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