Battered wife Sally Stickland ran over husband with car – BBC News
‘A woman who ran over her husband after suffering years of domestic violence has been given a suspended prison term.’
BBC News, 9th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Rochdale child sex exploitation: Inquiry to begin – BBC News
‘An inquiry into child sexual exploitation is to be held to assess improvements in protecting youngsters since the Rochdale grooming case.’
BBC News, 9th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Royal Marine seeks to overturn conviction for murder – Daily Telegraph
‘Lawyers for Royal Marine convicted of murder will launch an appeal against his conviction.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Aristocrat faces jail for years of drunken attacks on his wife – Daily Telegraph
‘Aristocrat from one of Britain’s most distinguished families is facing jail after he admitted beating his wife during 22 years of marriage.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
World’s leading authors: state surveillance of personal data is theft – The Guardian
‘More than 500 of the world’s leading authors, including five Nobel prize winners, have condemned the scale of state surveillance revealed by the whistleblower Edward Snowden and warned that spy agencies are undermining democracy and must be curbed by a new international charter.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tens of thousands harmed in hospital by IV drip blunders – Daily Telegraph
‘Around 500 patients could be dying each year because of an “astonishing” lack of training in the use of intravenous drips, health experts have warned.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
How to tweet without ending up in prison – The Guardian
‘An ill-judged tweet can land you in a whole lot of legal bother, as Peaches Geldof and Sally Bercow know only too well. So the attorney general’s new guidelines are essential reading.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jurors who search web during cases could be jailed under new proposals – The Guardian
‘Jurors should face up to two years in prison if they search the internet for information about cases beyond what is revealed in court, the Law Commission has recommended.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Boat race protester Trenton Oldfield wins appeal against deportation – The Guardian
“Trenton Oldfield, an Australian protester who leapt into the Thames to disrupt the Oxford versus Cambridge boat race, will not be sent back to Australia, an immigration judge has said.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Finance and Divorce Update – Family Law Week
‘Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in November.’
Family Law Week, 6th December 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
The Shortcomings of Computer-Generated Exhibits – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
‘Guidelines should be given on the use of computer-generated exhibits, Dr Gareth Norris writes.’
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly,
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
Nordecon AS and another v Rahandusministeerium – WLR Daily
Nordecon AS and another v Rahandusministeerium (Case C-561/12); [2013] WLR (D) 470
‘Article 30(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18/EC did not allow a contracting authority to negotiate with tenderers tenders that did not comply with the mandatory requirements laid down in the technical specifications of the contract as published.’
WLR Daily, 5th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Paying the price for speaking freely about FIFA – the Triesman libel proceedings – Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers
‘The Court of Appeal will soon be delivering judgment in a high-profile clash between the head of Thailand’s football federation, Dato Worawi Makudi, and Lord Triesman, the former chairman of the FA, which raises an issue of high constitutional importance.’
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 9th December 2013
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
Drug courier jailed for supplying heroin to grandmother who hid stash amongst Cornish pasties – The Independent
‘A drug courier who supplied a grandmother with heroin which she hid among her supply of Cornish pasties has been jailed for three years.’
The Independent, 7th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Council ordered to fund support for disabled Roma boy when outside area – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has ruled that a council has the power to provide support for a disabled child even when his Roma Gypsy family are working in different parts of the country and outside the council’s borders.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th December 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
TalkTalk v Ofcom – the Court of Appeal stresses that market definition is a tool not an end – Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers
‘The Court of Appeal, in TalkTalk v Ofcom [2013] EWCA Civ 1318, recently gave an important reminder to all competition practitioners that market definitions are a tool rather than an end: what matters is substance not form.’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 9th December 2013
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
Continued detention pending removal of failed asylum seeker on hunger strike not unlawful – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that the secretary of state for the Home Department had the power to detain an immigration detainee in hospital to ensure that he received appropriate medical treatment pending his removal from the United Kingdom.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th December 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
The Permissive Notice – NearlyLegal
‘Spencer v Taylor [2013] EWCA Civ 1600. This case was flagged recently on the Arden Chambers eflash service. This flash gave some bare bones details and led to much debate on the internal NL email discussion list. However, we now have the vital transcript and so we can give a proper report.’
NearlyLegal, 8th December 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Judges to rule on ‘right to die’ – Daily Telegraph
‘A panel of Britain’s most senior judges are preparing to make a landmark ruling over attempts to introduce a ”right to die” under human rights legislation.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
