Adrian Locke drug deal stabbing: Two guilty of murder – BBC News
“Two men have been found guilty of murdering a man they stabbed to death when he tried to buy heroin from them.”
BBC News, 25th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Expert highlights “worrying approach” in Justice Committee’s report on sentencing of environmental offenders – OUT-LAW.com
“It is ‘worrying’ that a Justice Committee report suggests treating companies whose actions risk harm to the environment in the same way as those who cause actual harm, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
HS2 challenges fail but powerful dissent – UK Human Rights Blog
“HS2 is the proposed high speed rail link to Birmingham and beyond. Its opponents sought to challenge the decision to promote it by way of a hybrid Bill in Parliament, saying that the process as a whole breached the various EU rules, including the need for Strategic Environmental Assessment under the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive 2001/42/EC and the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive 2011/92/EU.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
PC Chris Findley death: Dale Dixon, 19, sentenced – BBC News
“A teenager who killed an off-duty police officer has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in a young offenders institution.”
BBC News, 25th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Thief who stole from dying hospital patients jailed for three years – Daily Telegraph
“A thief who stole from dying hospital patients, including one who was terminally ill with cancer, has been jailed for three years.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Leicester Crown Court is ‘in crisis’ according to lawyers – BBC News
“Victims of crime are being put through unnecessary extra stress because of a ‘crisis’ caused by a lack of judges at Leicester Crown Court, lawyers claim.”
BBC News, 26th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
20 law firms implicated in ‘secret’ phone hacking scandal – Daily Telegraph
“Lawyers were the biggest users of the private investigators behind the ‘secret’ phone-hacking scandal, it has been revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge: couple’s £850,000 divorce is financial suicide – The Guardian
“A high court judge has said a couple have committed ‘financial suicide’ by spending £850,000 on legal bills during their divorce.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Stuart Hall should serve longer in jail for sex attacks, Attorney General tells Court of Appeal – The Independent
“The veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall’s 15-month prison sentence for indecently assaulting 13 girls was unduly lenient and he should serve longer in jail, the Attorney General told the Court of Appeal today.”
The Independent, 26th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lover jailed for Diana Lee murder and mutilation in Cheshire – BBC News
“A conman who murdered his lover and mutilated her body to cover his tracks has been sentenced to life, with a minimum prison term of 34 years.”
BBC News, 26th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stuart Hall: judges review whether sentence for sex attacks was too lenient – The Guardian
“Three of Britain’s most senior judges are considering whether the 15-month sentence handed to Stuart Hall for a string of sex offences was unduly lenient.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
PC Keith Blakelock trial date set for next year – The Guardian
“A provisional trial date has been set at the Old Bailey for a 44-year-old man charged with the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during the Broadwater Farm riots in 1985.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police lose A19 ‘forced retirement’ challenge – BBC News
“A regulation allowing police forces to forcibly retire officers after 30 years’
service is not unlawful, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 25th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prince Charles’s letters: judges allow appeal against block on publication – The Guardian
“High court judges give the Guardian right to challenge cabinet move to keep secret so-called ‘black spider memos.’ ”
The Guardian, 25th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Danny Nightingale avoids jail over possession of pistol and ammunition – The Guardian
“Ex-SAS sniper gets two-year suspended sentence for illegally possessing Glock 9mm and 300 rounds.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Council fails in Court of Appeal bid to overturn kinship carer fees ruling – Local Government Lawyer
“A London borough has failed in a Court of Appeal bid to overturn a ruling that its policy of differential treatment of family foster carers and unrelated foster carers was unlawful.”
Local Government Lawyer, 25th July 2013
Spurce: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Court of Appeal commends short rulings as way to cut “soaring costs of litigants” – Litigation Futures
“Short, old-style rulings that lay out the legal propositions relevant to the case and the conclusions reached by applying them should help reduce the cost litigation, the Court of Appeal has suggested.”
Litigation Futures, 25th July 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Nortel decision restores claims by the Pensions Regulator to position envisaged by Parliament, expert says – OUT-LAW.com
“Claims by the Pensions Regulator in relation to an insolvent company’s pension scheme rank as provable debts alongside the claims of other unsecured creditors, the UK’s highest court has ruled.24 Jul 2013.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Competition Commission backs away from mandatory rotation in preliminary report on audit market – OUT-LAW.com
“The Competition Commission (CC) has decided against forcing companies to rotate their statutory auditors regularly and has signalled that they should instead put their auditing needs out to tender at least every five years.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
