“Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a parliamentary review of the banking sector in the wake of the Barclays inter-bank lending furore.”
BBC News, 2nd July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Domestic and Personal Injury Newsletter (PDF)
Thirty Nine Essex Street, June 2012
Source: www.39essex.com
“Government departments must conduct tests to make sure that blocks of data they release do not result in the identification of individuals when combined with blocks of other released data.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Walter Bagehot, in his high Victorian classic The English Constitution, wrote that
the danger of the House of Lords certainly is, that it may never be reformed.
Already the view’s been expressed that if you have a problem with the coalition’s House of Lords Reform Bill then, since the perfect is the enemy of the good, objectively speaking you’re resistant to reform. I don’t hold with that. Further reform is welcome. But those who’d tinker with the constitution need close watching; and bad reform is worse than none.”
Head of Legal, 29th June 2012
Source: www.headoflegal.com
“Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the latest financial remedies and divorce news and cases.”
Family Law Week, June 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“Banks faced fresh criticism about their treatment of customers on Friday after the Financial Services Authority said the big four high street banks – Barclays, RBS, Lloyds and HSBC – might need to compensate small business customers.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Pressure was growing yesterday for the bankers involved in interest-rate fixing to face criminal charges.”
The Independent, 2nd July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The number of warnings issued about the behaviour of newspaper journalists harassing and intruding into the privacy of celebrities and members of the public is creeping back to the levels before the Milly Dowler phone hacking scandal erupted.”
The Guardian, 1st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A High Court ruling will reassure landlords seeking to avoid business rate charges on properties left lying empty, a property law expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Hi-tech monitors that track households’ energy consumption threaten to become a major privacy issue, according to the European watchdog in charge of protecting personal data.”
The Guardian, 1st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“All criminals will be fined under plans that would almost double the amount of money available to help victims. Ken Clarke, the Justice Secretary, will announce tomorrow that he is increasing the amount of money raised from offenders from £10m to £50m to end the scandal of only those not jailed contributing to the funding of victims’ services.”
The Independent, 1st July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Discrimination against armed forces veterans could become against the law after the government agreed to cross-party talks aimed at giving new rights to protect former members of the military.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The partner of MP Chris Huhne has launched an appeal after the High Court rejected her privacy and harassment claim against Associated Newspapers.”
BBC News, 29th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A father has been jailed for five years for causing injuries to his baby son that resembled those of a crash victim.”
BBC News, 29th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has been forced to close a public consultation on blocking online pornography after it emerged visitors were able to view others’ supposedly confidential responses, and personal details including passwords.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A prisoner took his own life, in part due to neglect by a jail’s former healthcare provider, an inquest jury has ruled.”
BBC News, 29th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012
The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2012
The Infrastructure Planning (Waste Water Transfer and Storage) Order 2012
The Local Authorities (Exemption from Political Restrictions) (Designation) Regulations 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Omar & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs [2012] EWHC 1737 (Admin) (26 June 2012) . The Divisional Court has ruled that common law principles cannot be used to obtain evidence from the Foreign Secretary for use in a foreign court.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th June 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A babysitter has been jailed for eight years for the manslaughter of a six-month-old boy from Cleethorpes.”
BBC News, 27th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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