“A sender of unlawful spam text messages has successfully appealed against a watchdog’s decision to fine him £300,000 over the activity after an Information Rights Tribunal ruled that insufficient damage or distress had been caused to recipients to merit the penalty being imposed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th October 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Metropolitan police is being sued by a former constable who claims he was racially abused in a three-year campaign by supervising officers.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A government-backed review into how the NHS in England handles complaints is set to publish its conclusions later.”
BBC News, 28th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The dream of owning a car which parks itself will have to wait until the law is changed in Britain and Europe.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who posed as a teenager on the Facebook social network in a bid to contact schoolgirls has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 25th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Prisoners should have access to computers and the internet to help with re-integration into society and reduce re-offending once they are released, according to research.”
The Independent, 28th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Fall in number of rape cases police refer to prosecutors raises fears under-pressure officers are ‘cutting corners’ and not taking victims seriously”
Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A 55-year-old man who raped a girl between the ages of eight and nine has been jailed for 16 years for the ‘utterly disgraceful’ crime.”
The Independent, 25th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A white supremacist who hoped to ‘ethnically cleanse’ Muslims has been told he will serve at least 40 years imprisonment for a terror campaign in which he hunted down a Muslim to murder before he bombed three Midlands mosques aiming to kill and maim worshippers.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Church of England proposes setting up an ombudsman to handle complaints arising from the introduction of women bishops.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Buy-to-let landlords are threatening to take legal action against what they say are unjustified interest rate rises.”
BBC News, 26th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Earlier this week the Supreme Court gave judgment in Woodland v Essex County Council [2013] UKSC 66. The case is important because it extends the circumstances in which schools and local authorities will be liable for injuries to the children in their care that are caused by negligence.”
Education Law Blog, 26th October 2013
Source: www.education11kbw.com
“Geraldine Morris tracks recent attempts to clarify cohabitation.”
New Law Journal, 24th October 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
“A retired police sergeant has been jailed for raping and sexually abusing two children while he was an officer serving in Lancashire and Merseyside.”
BBC News, 24th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The relationship between public bodies and independent contractors has been thrown into sharp relief by yesterday’s Supreme Court judgment in the Woodland case. Local Government Lawyer looks at the reaction to the ruling.”
Local Government Lawyer, 24th October 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
“The latest Alan Milburn report on social mobility has produced a little backslapping in legal circles, primarily because of this judgment: “Professions are undertaking more activity in order to improve but results are mixed: law leads medicine, media, politics and finance.”
Legal Week, 24th October 2013
Source: www.legalweek.com
“There has been a lot of discussion over the last couple of years in the media about what intellectual property exists in tattoos and who owns it. It is likely that tattoos, if original artistic works, will be subject to copyright and the owner of copyright works is generally the person who created them, i.e. the tattoo artist.”
Technology Law Update, 24th October 2013
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Britain’s mobile phone operators could be forced by Government to invest more in next generation services after ‘shocking’ figures showed thousands of miles of roads have no 3G coverage at all.
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman who claimed £100,000 in disability benefits because of a shoe allergy must return to work, officials say.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Blackpool Council has been fined £18,000 after a boy suffered ‘horrific injuries’ when a park swing fell on him.”
BBC News, 24th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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