“The Queen has approved the latest appointment to the Supreme Court bench with Lord Justices Toulson and Hughes and Lord Hodge being promoted.”
The Lawyer, 26th February 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Three teenage boys who kicked and punched a homeless man to death have been convicted of murder at Liverpool Crown Court.”
BBC News, 26th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A compulsive liar made almost a dozen false claims that she was raped in nearly a decade after making her first complaint at the age of 13, a court has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A police officer at a sex crime unit encouraged a woman to drop a rape claim against a man who went on to murder his two children, a report has said.”
BBC News, 26th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“When deciding whether an environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening direction by the Secretary of State (SoS) was lawful, the appropriate test to apply is the Wednesbury unreasonableness test, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The retrial of Vicky Pryce, the former wife of the disgraced cabinet minister Chris Huhne, has begun, with the new jury being warned to ignore anything they already knew about the case.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who knocked a 16-year-old girl unconscious in a street attack because he ‘didn’t like the way she looked at him’ has been jailed for four years.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Businesses and governments are continuing to wrestle with the question of what can and cannot be considered ‘adequate’ IT security in compliance with regulations including data protection laws.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Peers have staged a partial climbdown in their clash with the government over the introduction of Leveson-style controls on the press.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Reforms to the Patents County Court (PCC) – including a costs cap – have been a “considerable success” and enabled more people to bring cases, the first Jackson implementation lecture in nearly nine months has revealed.”
Litigation Futures, 26th February 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“People who tweeted photos allegedly of child killer Jon Venables are being charged with contempt of court. It’s the latest in a long line of cases that suggest that ordinary social media users need to have a grasp of media law.”
BBC News, 26th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A convicted sex offender who admitted harbouring fantasies about imprisoning and killing women has been jailed for life for the horrific rape and murder of a vet.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An actor who claimed he was suffering from the sleep disorder sexsomnia when he raped a 15-year-old girl after getting her drunk has been jailed for eight years.”
BBC News, 25th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former boyfriend of socialite and model Tamara Ecclestone was found guilty today of blackmailing her for £200,000.”
The Independent, 25th February 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A high court judge has banned protests by groups such as the English Defence League being held within 500 metres of the home of the radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The attorney general is taking legal action against several people who published photographs said to show one of James Bulger’s killers.”
BBC News, 25th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Media groups will on Tuesday challenge what they describe as a ‘deeply troubling’ attempt by the government to withhold evidence from the inquest into the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ben Boucher-Giles of Fountain Chambers considers the Supreme Court’s judgment in J (Children) and considers how it fits into the wider picture of findings as they relate to threshold.”
Family Law Week, 25th February 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.com
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