“New laws are needed to give consumers better rights to take private action against businesses that adopt unfair commercial practices, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A casino worker was sentenced today for laundering thousands of pounds of drug money with her father, police said.”
The Independent, 1st August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The use and scope of privacy injunctions will be formally monitored from today (1 August) under a pilot scheme launched by the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger.”
Legal Week, 1st August 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A pro bono clinic is helping clients who have never sought legal advice before – and cuts to legal aid will mean more work still.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges will be able to veto moves to discover the true scale of injunctions and secret court orders despite a bid for more transparency.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Shielded from the flashing cameras by a pair of sunglasses and clutching a book entitled Free radicals: The secret anarchy of science, the alleged LulzSec hacker Jake Davis left court yesterday morning after a judge granted him bail.”
The Independent, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Theresa May, the Home Secretary, was accused last night of resisting calls to tighten gun laws following the shooting spree of Derrick Bird in which 12 people were murdered.”
The Independent, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Survivors and relatives of those who died in the 7 July bombings have abandoned their legal attempt to force the government to hold a public inquiry into the attacks, acknowledging that proceedings would be likely to be unsuccessful and would cause ‘further unnecessary distress’.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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“The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a formal investigation into the role played by solicitors in the News International phone-hacking scandal.”
The Lawyer, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The founder of consumer website Solicitors from Hell has lost another defamation case in the High Court, with Mr Justice Tugendhat ordering him to pay £10,000 to Marlow firm Gabbitas Robins.”
The Lawyer, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A music student at Cambridge University has been stripped of his picturesque Scottish island home after a court ruled it must be sold to pay off his criminal mother’s debts.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Legal professional privilege meant Harbottle & Lewis had to secure a waiver to discuss Murdoch’s claim about phone hacking claims.”
The Guardian, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who fatally stabbed a burglar at his home in Salford will not be prosecuted, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Macmillan Publishers has been ordered to pay £11.3m for ‘unlawful conduct’ related to its education division in East and West Africa.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Search engine results should indicate whether material on websites is in breach of copyright law or not, a music licensing group has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
CPS v F [2011] EWCA Crim 1844 (21 July 2011)
McDonald v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 1776 (21 July 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Rees & Anor v Peters [2011] EWCA Civ 836 (21 July 2011)
Finnerty & Anor v Clark & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 858 (21 July 2011)
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council v Norton & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 834 (21 July 2011)
Fulham Football Club (1987) Ltd v Richards & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 855 (21 July 2011)
Szepietowski v The Serious Organised Crime Agency [2011] EWCA Civ 856 (21 July 2011)
B v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 828 (21 July 2011)
Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd v Jan De Nul NV & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 827 (21 July 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Mutua & Ors v The Foreign & Commonwealth Office [2011] EWHC 1913 (QB) (21 July 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Pioneer Freight Futures Company Ltd v TMT Asia Ltd [2011] EWHC 1888 (Comm) (21 July 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
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