‘A 77-year-old former miner was deprived of his liberty – without proper account of the law being taken – when he was prevented from going home to die beside his brother, a joint report from two Ombudsmen has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th March 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A judge-led, inquisitorial system of justice may be a better way of conducting family and civil cases where litigants are unrepresented, the lord chief justice has suggested.’
The Guardian, 4th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Rebecca Reeves, 34, was the head of a group of five women who targeted the elderly in the Lancashire town of Chorley.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A university lecturer who helped her boyfriend and two others escape after they shot dead a rival drug dealer has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ordering the Mormon church to pay local property taxes on one of its English temples is not a breach of human rights, European judges have ruled.’
The Independent, 4th March 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Nigel Farage’s party must be given the same coverage as the Tories, Labour and the Liberal Democrats in the run up to the European elections, the regulator says.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A judge has lifted an order banning the naming of an 18-year-old man charged with terror offences.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A violent sex attacker was caught when police used ground-breaking anti-terrorism powers to covertly recover DNA from a coffee cup he had used at the end of a four-day surveillance operation.’
The Independent, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Is it possible to pursue a second vocation alongside the law?’
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The law of private nuisance is the way of balancing the rights of neighours, the right to be noisy or smelly, and to be free of noise or smells. Hitherto it is has been explicitly a private law remedy, and has slightly odd rules. But it has been struggling with public interests for some years; are they irrelevant, or can they carry the day for claimant or defendant in a private nuisance claim?’
UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A district council faces having to make a significant payout to exporters of live animals after a High Court ruled that the authority did not have power to impose a temporary ban on shipment.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Five police forces have appealed against a ruling that their use of a regulation to make older officers retire was not “proportionate”.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager who murdered his grandmother and tried to kill his grandfather while high on drugs has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New UK legislation will ban the disclosure of aggregated patient medical records for commercial purposes, according to media reports.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘High Court judge agrees to proceedure despite his parents’ objections on religious grounds.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A prison officer who had sex with an inmate and supplied drugs to prisoners at HMP Birmingham has been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Witnesses against a man charged with being part of a mob that hacked a police officer to death almost 30 years ago themselves took part in the attack and have been given immunity from prosecution, a jury has heard.’
The Guardian, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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