‘Court sentences man to 18 weeks’ jail for bombarding politician with abuse on Twitter over Jane Austen £10 note campaign’
The Guardian, 29th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Exclusive pricing deals between car insurance providers and price comparison websites (PCWs) will be banned, the UK’s competition watchdog has confirmed, as part of its plans to increase competition and reduce the cost of insurance premiums for drivers.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th September 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘This week, the Conservative Party will unveil its plans for human rights reform in the UK. In other news, Chris Grayling’s decision to drastically reduce the number of legal aid contacts granted is successfully challenged, while a prosecution for assisted suicide keeps the assisted dying debate alive.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th September 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Afficionados of Sherlock Holmes will recall “The Adventure of Silver Blaze”, a tale of horse nobbling and dark deeds amidst the turf fanciers of late Victorian England. “Silver Blaze” (incidentally the only Holmes story to feature a deerstalker cap, and that only in an accompanying illustration) is a story in which the question of custody of the horse is all important, and is best known for the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. The curious incident is that the dog did nothing (it had been doped, using curried mutton – not a frequently encountered doping agent in modern sporting life) , and nothing is also what the rider of the horse did in Turner v British Equestrian Federation (SR/0000120209, 1 August 2014). Nothing wrong, that is.’
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 25th September 2014
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
‘A law firm has won an injunction against a former client who set up websites about the firm with its name in the URL, after the High Court deemed his actions to be harassment.’
Legal Futures, 29th September 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Guidance for chief police officers when considering whether to make an application to the Commissioner for the retention and use of biometric material.’
Home Office, 26th September 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘A man who drunkenly exposed himself in a park, smeared his own blood on two men and threw bottles at people has been jailed for eight months.’
BBC News, 26th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A public investigation is to be launched into how a paedophile teacher, William Vahey, was able to drug and abuse at least 60 children at the £25,000-a-year Southbank International School in London.’
The Guardian, 27th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Treasury has been ordered to pay £142,000 to a former senior civil servant after refusing to carry out a previous tribunal’s ruling that he should be found another job.’
The Guardian, 29th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A tagging programme for child offenders is not working and results in excessive punishment, a charity has warned.’
BBC News, 29th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One of the Conservative MPs who was contacted by a Sunday Mirror reporter posing as a woman interested in sex is to write to the Metropolitan police over the tabloid sting. Mark Pritchard said he would contact Scotland Yard and make a formal complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) over accusations of entrapment.’
The Guardian, 29th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis has been given a suspended sentence of three months for indecently assaulting a woman in 1995.’
BBC News, 26th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sarah E Green, solicitor at TLT, reviews Ian McEwan’s latest novel which concerns a High Court judge in the Family Division.’
Family Law week, 25th September 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A Sussex PCSO who stole thousands of pounds from passengers while on duty at Gatwick Airport, has been jailed for six and a half years.’
BBC News, 25th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An NHS nurse who was convicted of sexual grooming after plotting to behead and eat a girl has been jailed for nine years.’
The Guardian, 25th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The death of a toddler who died from a respiratory virus after seeing GPs 30 times could not have been prevented or predicted, his inquest heard.’
BBC News, 25th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “callous and brutal” father who murdered his baby daughter by repeatedly biting, punching and shaking her has been jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th September 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A police constable under investigation following the death of a mentally ill musician has lost a legal battle to be allowed to resign in order to become a Church of England minister.’
The Guardian, 25th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The solicitor general has been criticised for asking a court to increase a three-and-a-half-year jail term imposed on a trainee barrister and new mother convicted of falsely accusing her former boyfriend of a series of rapes and assaults. Robert Buckland QC asked the court of appeal to increase the sentence handed to Rhiannon Brooker, 30, after she was found guilty of fabricating allegations that led to her ex-partner Paul Fensome being jailed for 36 days. But three appeal court judges ruled that the term should not be increased.’
The Guardian, 25th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Cartier International, the luxury watch and jewellery company, is attempting to block websites allegedly selling counterfeit goods in a test case that could have far-reaching consequences for the internet. Lawyers for the Paris-based company launched their claim at the high court in London on Thursday. It is believed to be the first time online service providers have been asked to close down websites on the grounds that they feature pirated trademark logos.’
The Guardian, 25th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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